Bates, Matt

Title: Bates, Matt
Alias: Kersey, Mat
Gender: Male
Biography: Described in William Bates 1823 will, "My yellow man Matt, about 32 years of age" Granted his freedom upon the death of William Bates. Went on to assist in Underground Railroad activity in North Bend.
Member: Bates family
Birth date: circa 1791
Place of birth: Kentucky
Participant in: 1818--Matt Bates membership at Bullittsburg Baptist Church, later excluded; 1823--Freedom for Matt Bates
Resided in: Garrison Creek (Boone County, Ky. : Town)
Member of: Bullittsburg Baptist Church (Bullittsburg, Ky.)
Relationship: Slaveholder(s): Bates, William; Bates, William
Bibliographic citation(s): Boone County Will Book B, page 422
Source(s): Boone County Will Books; Minutes of the Proceedings of the Bullittsburg Baptist Church; Seventh Census of the United States, 1850

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