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Name: Joseph Bates

Born: about 1730 in Virginia

Died: 1761 in Union County, SC

Buried: unknown

Children: Elizabeth, Humphrey, Joseph, Ephraim, Thomas

    Joseph was born in Virginia to parents unknown. He married Anna Schmidt and they farmed in Union County, SC. He was working the fields with his wife and children when Indians attacked. The Indians carried off his wife and children. He was killed. The Indians brought the scalps back to the camp and his wife could see that one was his. The wife and children were ransomed a year later.