| Period | Pioneer/Settler | Oates Line | Where Settled - Date | Points of Interest | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1740-1780 | John Oates3 (c.1722- 1784) | Joseph2/ James1 | John Oates and his brother, Joseph may have moved from Duplin County, NC to Lincoln County, NC after 1752. (reference pgs. 174-179, "Roots, Seeds, and Other Things", (Vol. I), by John Martin Oates, Jr.). John Oates married Elizabeth Blount 12-1742, Tyrrell County, N.C. [N.C. Archives] Seeking information from descendants of John and Joseph Oates | 5 | |
| 1740-1780 | James Oates3 (1724-1766) | Joseph2/ James1 | Dobbs (Wayne) County, NC | ||
| 1740-1780 | Joseph Oates | Joseph2/ James1 | |||
| 1740-1780 | Jethro Oates3 (1730-1780) | Joseph2/ James1 | Duplin (Sampson) County, NC | ||
| 1780-1820 | Samuel Oates (1760- 1802) | James3 | Fairfield County, SC | Samuel died in Fairfield County, SC. His widow, Fanny Cannon (1762-1841), is buried in Cherokee, Alabama | 6 |
| 1780-1820 | Fanny (Cannon) Oates (1762- 1841), widow of Samuel Oates (1760-1802) moved to Cherokee Co., Alabama | James3 | Cherokee, Alabama | ||
| 1780-1820 | Richard Wyatt Oates (1762-1851) | James3 | Hancock County, GA | Wyatt Oates was a Revolutionary War Soldier | 6 |
| 1780-1820 | Stephen Oates (1764-1817) and wife, Ferebe Carraway and children, except John, moved to Darlington, SC | James3 | Darlington County, SC | Descendants later settled in Polk County, Texas ** | 6 |
| 1780-1820 | Jesse Oates (1756-1831) left N.C. in 1802. Wife, Zilpha Mason and their children, John Mason, Elizabeth, David, Bryant and Jesse Jr. and Jesse's children by his first wife, Lorohama Stevens: William, Jethro, and Nancy joined Jesse in Kentucky between 1803 and 1805. | Jethro3 | Muhlenberg County, Kentucky between 1803 and 1805. | William Oates went first to join his father in Kentucky. He returned briefly to North Carolina to bring the family to join their father in Kentucky. None of them are known to have ever returned to North Carolina. | 5 |
| 1780-1820 | Elizabeth Oates ((B1763) married James Blackman (D1818); moved to Tennessee in 1808 | Jethro3 | Rutherford County, Tenn. in 1808 | 6 | |
| 1780-1820 | Michael Oates (1765-1829) | Jethro3 | Mecklenburg County, NC | 6 | |
| 1820-1860 | Stephen Oates (1786-1835) widow, Elizabeth (Shipp) Oates (1788-1866), and children (Henderson, James Seavy, John C., Seany, Ferebe, Robert, Stephen Wyatt, Anna, Ephraim, Margaret, Elizabeth, Catherine, and Fanny E. ) moved to Alabama, 1842. | James4/ James3 | Henry County, Alabama | Husband, Stephen Oates (1786-1835) was buried in Sampson County, N.C.; she is buried in Henry County, Alabama. Henderson, James S., Robert, John C., and Stephen Wyatt Oates moved on and settled in Texas. Most of the brothers later moved to Texas. Brother Ephraim set roots in Abbeville, Ala.** | 6 |
| 1820-1860 | James Wyatt Oates (1797-1877) and wife Mary Cobb and children, Martha Catherine, James Wyatt Jr., John, and Henry C. moved to Tenn. James Wyatt Oates married second, Sophia _____ ( -1855), in Tenn. and moved to Texas. | James4/ James3 | Harris County, Texas | Married Mary Cobb in Sampson County, NC. They were in Dyer County, Tenn. in 1832. Mary C. Oates died in Tenn. | 6 |
| 1820-1860 | Samuel K. Oates (1796-1854) | Samuel4/James3 | Born in Fairfield County, SC, died in Memphis, Tennessee | 6 | |
| 1820-1860 | James C. Oates (1803 | Samuel4/James3 | Cherokee, Alabama | 6 | |
| 1820-1860 | John Oates (Oats) (1784-1833) | Stephen4/James3 | Moore County, NC. | Buried in "Oats Cemetery", Cameron, NC | 6 |
| 1820-1860 | James Oates (1786-1873) | Stephen4/James3 | Darlington County, SC | The town of Oates, SC was founded by his son, William James Oates (1826-1897) who married Ann Loyd. They are buried in the Wesley Chapel Cemetery. | 6 |
| 1820-1860 | Carraway Oates (B1797- ) | Stephen4/James3 | Alabama about 1824 | 6 | |
| 1820-1860 | William Oates (B1798- ) | Stephen4/James3 | Pike (later Bullock) Co., Alabama about 1828 | His son, William Calvin Oates (1835-1910), was a Colonel in the CSA (commanded the 15th Alabama Infantry. "Gettysburg--The Battle on the Right." By Colonel Wm. C. Oates, of Alabama, SHSP, Vol. 6, pp.172-182. Later, William C. Oates was elected Governor of Alabama from 1894-1896. | 6 |
| 1820-1860 | Lewis Cogdell Oates (1809-1876) and 4th. wife, Sarah J. Gavin, and all their living children, James L, Patrick, Ann Eliza, John Washington Oates, Julia Custus, Susan A., Lucretia Jane, Sarah Lewis, Elizabeth A., and youngest daughter, Texas Oates | John4/ Jethro3 | Angelina County, Texas in 1859 | Moved from Sampson County, N.C. to Magnolia, N.C. in Duplin County about 1849 where he lived with his 4th wife and children until their departure for Texas in 1859. Sailed from the port of Wilmington, NC, and went up the Mississippi River, then up the Red River to their point of departure, then by covered wagon to Rocky Hill, Angelina County, Texas. There, for $1000 cash, Lewis bought 409 2/3 acres of land. | 5 |
| 1820-1860 | Anna Maria (Ann) Oates (1806-1875) and husband Rev. Jethro Oates ( son of Jethro E. Oates) | John4/ Jethro3 | Shelby County, Texas after 1832 | 5 | |
| 1820-1860 | Rev. Jethro Oates and wife Anna Maria Oates (1st. cousin) | Jethro E4/ Jethro3 | Shelby County, Texas after 1832 | 5 | |
| 1820-1860 | John Oates (c.1795- ) | Jethro E4/ Jethro3 | Fayette County, Tenn. | Married Harriet Stevens, of Johnston County, NC, daughter of William Stevens and Zilpha (Cogdell) Stevens. | 5 |
| 1820-1860 | Curtis Caraway Oates b1814 and wife Ann McQueen Faison Oates and children, Ann Julia, Maria Olivia, Curtis Ivey, Susan Arabella, John Faison, James Varus, Lola Ellen, Minnie Irene, and Asha Elizabeth. William Thomas and Mary Eliza joined the family in Mo. after the Civil War ended. | Jethro E4/ Jethro3 | Pemiscot County, Missouri between 1851 and 1860. | Curtis Caraway Oates, loyal to his Southern roots, refused to take the Oath of Allegiance to the Union. was imprisoned in Illinois, where he died before the Civil War ended. | 5 |
| 1860-1875 | Henderson M. Oates (B1808) moved from Alabama to Texas | Stephen5/ James4/ James3 | Yazoo County, Texas | 5 | |
| 1860-1875 | James Seavy Oates (1809-1863) married in 1834 in Sampson Co., his third cousin Mary M. Oates (1815-1885), grand-daughter of Jethro E. Oates, and children, Fannie, Eliza Catherine, Jesse, and Nancy Jane, moved from Henry Co., Ala. to Shelby Co., Texas. | Stephen5/ James4/ James3 | Shelby County, Texas | 5 | |
| 1860-1875 | Robert Oates (1818-1874) moved from Alabama to Texas | Stephen5/ James4/ James3 | Polk County, Texas | 5 | |
| 1860-1875 | John Charles Oates (1822-1887) moved from Alabama to Texas | Stephen5/ James4/ James3 | Gonzales County, Texas | 5 | |
| 1860-1875 | Stephen Wyatt Oates (1825-1867) moved from Alabama to Texas | Stephen5/ James4/ James3 | Montgomery County, Texas | 5 | |
| 1860-1875 | John Olen Oates (1816- ) | Stephen5/ Jethro E4/ Jethro3 | was in Edgecombe Co., N.C. in 1860 census | Married Martha M. Mercer. Children: Fanny M., William L., Thomas D., and John Olen Oates. | 5 |
| 1860-1875 | Jethro David Oates (1841- ) | Jethro5/ John4 / Jethro3 | Unknown Destination | CSA Veteran, Medical Corps. Left North Carolina for unknown destination about 1874. This website is seeking information. | 5 |
| 1860-1875 | Ann Eliza Oates (b1845- ) | Clayborne Ivey Oates5/JethroE4/ Jethro3 | Indian Territory | The website is seeking confirmation and additional information. | 7 |
| 1860-1875 | Jethro Daniel Oates (b1838- ) | Clayborne Ivey Oates5/JethroE4/ Jethro3 | Mobile, Alabama | 7 | |
| 1860-1875 | James Oates (b1840- ) | Clayborne Ivey Oates5/JethroE4/ Jethro3 | Greenville, SC | 7 | |
| 1860-1875 | Mary Gilmore Oates (b1844- ) | Clayborne Ivey Oates5/JethroE4/ Jethro3 | Moscow, Kentucky | 7 | |
| 1860-1875 | Roena Oates (b1847- ) | Clayborne Ivey Oates5/JethroE4/ Jethro3 | Auburn, Alabama | 7 | |
| 1860-1875 | John Curtis Oates (b1848- ) | Clayborne Ivey Oates5/JethroE4/ Jethro3 | Pine Bluff, Arkansas | 7 | |
| 1860-1875 | Julie Josephine Oates (b1852- ) | Clayborne Ivey Oates5/JethroE4/ Jethro3 | Moscow, Kentuky | 7 | |
| 1860-1875 | Evaline Pierce Oates | Clayborne Ivey Oates5/JethroE4/ Jethro3 | Woodland Mills, Tenn. | 7 | |
| 1860-1875 | Kate Oates | Clayborne Ivey Oates5/JethroE4/ Jethro3 | Woodland Mills, Tenn., Alabama | 7 | |
| 1860-1875 | Ivey Oates | Clayborne Ivey Oates5/JethroE4/ Jethro3 | Texas | 77 |
Sources of Information:
(1) “Our Family Heritage”, bu Minnie Speer Boone
(2) “Oates, Earle, and Related Families”, by William Winebarger
(3) by Addison Ford Oates
(4) by Addison Ford Oates
(5) “Roots, Seeds, and Other Things, Oates-Cogdell-Barfield-Martin” [Vol. I], by John Martin Oates, Jr.
(6) “Roots, Seeds, and Other Things, King-Sutton-Oates”, Vol. II, by John Martin Oates, Jr.
(7) FamilyTreeMaker.com
** Logical conclusion added by webmaster
Recognition:
Minnie Speer Boone is a direct descendant of Curtis Caraway Oates5/Jethro E4/Jethro3
William Winebarger married Lillian Virginia Oates, a direct descendant of William Oates5/Jesse4/Jethro3
Addison Ford Oates is a direct descendant of Lewis Cogdell Oates5/John4/Jethro3
John Martin Oates Jr.(8) is a direct descendant of David Cogdell Oates5/John4/Jethro3 (Jack lives within 5 miles of the location of the “Oates Family roots” in NC)
J.M. Oates, Jr. thanks the following for assistance during the compiling/writing of Roots I and Roots II:
Lucille (Wright) Trimble of Montgomery, Alabama – Lucy Jane Oates6/Ephraim5/Stephen4/James3
Grace (Williamson) Turner of Wilson, N.C.
James B. Ingram of Oxford, N.C.
Elza Oates of Huntsville, Texas
A. Lorene (Price) Houk of Kingwood, Texas