I am looking for any information on David C. OATES. Who migrated to Oklahoma Territory perhaps in 1900. He became Sheriff of Woods County OK. Was killed when his son David C. OATES Jr. was a small child. Sheriff OATES may have been from Cherokee Alabama in Colbert County Alabama. He was Postmaster there before the War Between the States. He had a son also named David C. OATES born in Tuscaloosa County Alabama in 1871. Sheriff OATES may have been a Confederate Veteran. But where is he buried, what happened to him. Anyone that maybe researching thius family please contact me.

You might post this query in Linda Wagners weekly news letter. I will send the address to you by E Mail.
Marty

You can find a good bit of information about David C. "Pat" Oates at the following URL:

http://okielegacy.org/journal/Vol5/OHTHV5-28.html

After serving as sheriff in Woods County, Oklahoma, Pat Oates (mis-identified as "Oakes" in the picture on the Web page) became a deputy warden at the Oklahoma State Prison, McAlester. He was killed in a prison escape attempt in 1914 and was buried in Alva, Oklahoma.

My grandfather, Lee Granville Oates, who grew up in Shattuck, Oklahoma (1897 through the 1930s) was often called "Pat" after the popular and likeable sheriff and deputy warden.

Good luck in your search!

Charles L. "Chuck" Oates
cloatesREMOVETHIS@cox-DOT-.net
Norman, Oklahoma

Hopefully someone is still watching this message board. According to my family history, my great, great grandmother was a slave on a plantation in Buzzard Roost, Alabama (near Cherokee, Al) owned by David C. Oates.

David C. Oates was the apparent owner of a vast amount of real estate in what is now West Cobb County, GA. For some time prior to 1865, he owned at least 1,700 acres of land in the Buzzard Roost, Alabama. This expansive land area was known as Newport Plantation.

Looks as though the info is related.