Reverend Timothy Bates, Sr.

Birth: Nov. 29, 1778 Fayette County Pennsylvania, USA

Death: Jun. 15, 1867 Sarahsville Noble County Ohio, USA

Timothy was married twice. Sarah Ann Hughes (date unknown) and Ruth Moore of Pennsylvania (m. 1804). Ruth was the sister of Isaac's wife Catherine Sarah Moore. The Bates Cemetery may be in Seneca Township, Noble, Ohio.

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TIMOTHY(7) BATES (EPHRAIM6, WILLIAM5, JOSEPH4, WILLIAM3, JEREMIAH2, WILLIAM1)18,19 was born November 29, 1778 in Fayette Co., Penn., and died June 15, 1869 in Seneca Township, Noble Co., Ohio. He married (1st) SARAH ANN HUGHES. She died January 15, 1872. He married (2nd) RUTH MOORE19 February 04, 180419. She died 186019.

Notes for TIMOTHY BATES: Migrated to Seneca Township, Noble County, Ohio in 1805, became the first Postmaster in 1830 of the village later named Batesville. It is said his first quarterly report to the Post Office Department read "No Letters, no papers; hope for better luck next quarter." He was pastor of the Mt. Ephraim Christian Church in 1840; married 1st 4 Feb 1804 to Ruth Moore of Captina Creek, Belmont County, Ohio. She died 1860. Married 2nd to Sarah Hughes, she died 15 Jan 1872. He died 15 Jun 1867. He established a mill as early as 1815 in Wayne Township. He also built a distillery and people came as far as 20 to 30 miles to purchase whiskey, hauling a barrel home on skids harnessed to a horse with the large end of logs resting on the ground. He was a member of the Church of Christ and would sometimes preach in the storage area, using the whiskey barrels as pews. Once Timothy and his brother, Isaac, were hunting, Timothy was out ahead and heard a shot ring out. He turned around in time to see a panther drop from a tree overhead where he had been standing. Thus his life was probably saved.

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One of the earliest settlers ami most prominent men was Timothy Bates. Ue located in what is now Seneca Township about ISCM, ami was probably the earliest permanent settler of the township. His father. Ephraim Bates, and several of Tim- othy's brothei-s were pioneers in other parts of the county, and art elsewhere mentioned. Timothy I$att*> and his bmther Isaac came from Captina Creek, near the Ohio River, as soon as they dared venture into the wilderness, on account of the Indians, and entered land on section 24. They were probably here with their families in the year mentionetl. Timothy Bates was born in Pennsvl- vania in 1778, and from his earliest years was familiar with the scenes of pioneer life. He built a mill soon after he came, in what is now Wayne Township, which was among the earliest in the county. He silso hatl a distillery and did a thriving busi- ness. He livetl to see the country, which he entered when it was a wil- derness, well peopled and pros|>eroiis, and departed this life June 15, 1869. His wife's maiden name wjis Ruth Moore, a native of Pennsylvania. They reared a large family. The names of their children were Susan (Itucker), living; Polly (Rucker), living; Abigfiil (Stotts), dece^ised: Bethel, living; Lovina (DanfonI),

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Rev Timothy Bates Birth 25 Nov 1776 Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, USA Death 15 Jun 1867 (aged 90) Sarahsville, Noble County, Ohio, USA Burial Old Bates Cemetery Mount Ephraim, Noble County, Ohio, USA Memorial ID 41940131 · View Source

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When he created this memorial Albert Lutge indicated that "Timothy was the brother of my 4x Great grandfather Isaac Clark Bates Sr."

Timothy's tombstone clearly indicates he was born November 25, 1776, although it further states he was 90y 6m and 20 days when he died June 15, 1867 and this age would have placed his birth on the 26th rather than the 25th. The book "the County of Noble" recorded his birth as November 29, 1778 and date of death as June 15, 1969. Timothy is reputed by some to be a twin of his brother Ephraim that would place his birth November 29, 1778. For this memorial I am relying on the information provided by his gravestone.

Timothy was born the 6th of eleven known children. His mother was 31 and his father 32 when he was born. His parents had lived in Catfish Camp, VA about four years prior and although Timothy's birth is recorded as being born in Augusta Town, Westmoreland Co., PA a search of old history books and maps demonstrates that Catfish Camp VA was also known as Augusta Town, PA in 1776. At that time Virginia and Pennsylvania were in a dispute over borders and both governments had officials that presided over the area. Further search demonstrates that Augusta Town, PA later became known as Washington, PA. In 1776 Augusta Town was in Westmoreland Co., PA, but with later county division it now lies in Washington County within the Pittsburgh metropolitan area.

Five months after Timothy's birth, his father Ephraim enlisted in the Revolutionary War for six months. The following year Ephraim re-enlisted until the end of the war. Ephraim's ancestor number for the DAR is A004476. When he was about 20 years old Timothy moved with his family to an area that is now Grave Creek, West Virginia for about six months before moving on to Captina Creek in Belmont Co., OH. There he met Ruth Moore and they were married February 4, 1804 in Belmont County. The following year Timothy moved his wife and daughter Susan and together with his brother Isaac who had married Ruth's sister Catherine and had two young children of his own, they all located in what is now Seneca Twp., Noble Co., OH. They were two of the earliest settler families of the township arriving as soon as they dared venture into the wilderness as less than six other settler families resided in the area at the time, and they were greatly outnumbered by the native Indians. Timothy entered on section 24.

Timothy was familiar with pioneer life and soon built a mill in what is now Wayne Township. His mill was one of the earliest in the county being in full operation by 1815. He was an enterprising and industrious businessman accumulating good property through hard work and a keen sense of providing for the needs of his fellow citizens. Consequently he became a prominent man in the community. About 1827 a new post office was opened at Bates' Mill and Timothy became the postmaster as he was the mills owner and operator. One of the enterprising uses of his mill was to distill whiskey. In addition to operating his farm, mill and distillery, Timothy raised hogs that he drove to Baltimore, Maryland. His timing for hog sales was well planned, as the hogs needed to swim across the Ohio River to reach the Baltimore market.

Timothy was a member of the Christian Church. His great great grandfather William had left Ireland for America to escape the religious prosecution he was suffering for professing Quakerism. His grandfather William was married in a Presbyterian Church. According to the Monroe Co., Ohio, Deed Book, Journal 2, p.16, Rev. Timothy Bates received a license to marry persons as an ordained minister of the Christian Church in 1833. Since his distillery was a large building, early religious meetings were held in the loft of the distillery and whisky barrels were put into use as pews and the pulpit. This was perfectly acceptable to citizens attending his services. People came from twenty to thirty miles around to get whiskey from the distillery and to attend religious services. In the fall of 1839 Timothy together with evangelist John Burnett organized the Mount Ephraim Christian Church.

When she was 76 years old, Timothy's wife Ruth died. Timothy himself was 83 years old at the time. The following year, Timothy remarried. His second wife was Ann Marie Hill. Ann was younger than Timothy's oldest daughter, having been born in 1807 when Timothy was 30 years old. Ann's first husband was Benjamin Garing whom she married in Tuscarawas Co. January 7, 1830. After his death she married Timothy Hughes on October 28, 1838 again in Tuscarawas Co. They moved to Belmont Co., and Timothy Hughes died about 1855. On May 19, 1861, Ann married Timothy Bates.

Timothy and Ruth had fourteen children. Their youngest child Nancy was born in 1829 when Timothy was 52 and Ruth was 45. Their second child, Uzal lived only a couple of months and daughter Elizabeth lived only a couple of years. Timothy and Ruth's other eleven children all married and had families of their own. At the time of his death Timothy and Ruth had over 205 descendants that had been born. Despite his age of 90 years, a remarriage and all these descendants, Timothy chose to die without a will.

Notes for RUTH MOORE: of Captina Creek, Belmont County, Ohio

Children of TIMOTHY BATES and SARAH HUGHES are:

 	i. 	  	BETHE8 BATES19.

 	ii. 	  	ELIZABETH BATES19.

 	iii. 	  	LOUVANA BATES19.

 	iv. 	  	MARY BATES19.

 	v. 	  	UZAL BATES19.

Children of TIMOTHY BATES and RUTH MOORE are:

 	vi. 	  	ELIZABETH8 BATES.

 	vii. 	  	NANCY BATES19, d. Bef. 1887; m. REUBEN HAGUE.

 	viii. 	  	RUTH BATES19, m. JOHN BOWERSOCK; d. Allentown, Ohio.

	More About RUTH BATES: Burial: Old Bates Cemetery on Willis Creek, Noble County, Ohio

 	ix. 	  	BETHEL BATES.

 	x. 	  	ANNA BATES20,21, m. DIGHTON MOORE.

	Notes for ANNA BATES: Moved to Crown City, Gallia County, Ohio

 	xi. 	  	SUSAN BATES, b. June 13, 1804, Powhattan, Ohio; d. 1889; m. JULIUS SR. RUCKER, August 01, 1822.

 	xii. 	  	MARY BATES, b. February 03, 1807; m. (1st) JOHN RUCKER; m. (2nd) SAMUEL BOWERSOCK.

 	xiii. 	  	ABIGAIL BATES21, b. February 03, 1807; d. Bef. 1887; m. JOHN STOTTS22.

	Notes for JOHN STOTTS: He was a great muskrat hunter

 	xiv. 	  	LAVINA BATES23, b. April 02, 1812; d. 1884; m. ABRAHAM DABFORD24; b. January 01, 1807; d. December 10, 1890.

 	xv. 	  	LOUANNA BATES, b. March 28, 1813; d. Bef. 1887; m. JOSIAH KENT.

 	xvi. 	  	BARNA BATES25, b. July 15, 1815; d. December 19, 1869; m. MARTHA MCWILLIAMS; d. January 09, 1886.

 	xvii. 	  	JR TIMOTHY BATES25, b. December 09, 1821; d. November 1915; m. SARAH JANE MEIGHAN, August 1843; b. September 01, 1820; d. March 01, 1907.

	More About SARAH JANE MEIGHAN: Burial: Bates Hill Cemetery

 	xviii. 	  	LAFAYETTE BATES25, b. July 09, 1824; d. March 02, 1868; m. LETTICE LONG; d. April 27, 1870. 23. 	xix. 	  	UZAL BATES.

 	xx. 	  	DANIEL BATES25.

 	xxi. 	  	PHOEBE BATES25.

Postmaster Batesville, Noble, Ohio, United States

Distiller, Miller and Farmer 1815 Ohio, United States

Methodist Preacher 1833