Jefferson Nelson Bates

Name: Jefferson Nelson Bates 1

Sex: M

Birth: 1838 in Macon County, North Carolina. 1

Death: ABT 1865 in Civil War

Census: 1850 Macon County, North Carolina, Tennessee Valley

Census: 1860 Macon County, North Carolina. #432. Shows race as (M). Part Indian maybe? In home of William & Christina Bates . Next door to Enos Gray brother of Elizabeth T. Gray. Elizabeth Next door to Enos in household of her mother.

Military Service: 1865 Corporal, Company D, 62nd Regiment, North Carolina Infantry. Film Number M230 roll 3

Census: 1860 Macon County, North Carolina. #432. Shows race as (M). Part Indian maybe? In home of William & Christina Bates . Next door to Enos Gray brother of Elizabeth T. Gray. Elizabeth Next door to Enos in household of her mother.

He was a casualty of the Civil War.

CONFEDERATE NORTH CAROLINA TROOPS

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62nd Regiment, North Carolina Infantry

62nd Infantry Regiment was formed at Waynesville, North Carolina, in July, 1862. Its members were raised in the counties of Haywood, Clay, Macon, Rutherford, Henderson, and Transylvania. The unit served in North Carolina, then in July, 1863, was assigned to General Gracie's Brigade and stationed at Cumberland Gap. Here many were surrendered in September, but a number escaped from being captured. They returned to the Asheville area and in April, 1864 had 178 men present. The records show 443 men of the 62nd were prisoners at Camp Douglas. It continued the fight under Generals Breckinridge, Vaughn, and Williams in East Tennessee, then became a part of Colonel J.B. Palmer's command at Asheville in March, 1865. Later it disbanded near the French Broad River. The field officers were Colonels George W. Clayton and Robert G.A. Love, and Lieutenant Colonel Byron G. McDowell.

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