Would someone be kind enough to look up death info on
Colonial Guild Bates born in Dekalb County, TN in 1846. If there is an exact birth date that would be great too. Colonial as I understand was part of his given name. He married Phalbry Jane Sewell on 31 Jan 1863. Both were in 1880 census so I am sure their death was after that.
CHILDREN are as follows: Syntha b.1865 Dekalb, TN; William B b. 22 Nov. 1866; Emily b. 1868 TN, Anderson 1873 TN; Joseph b. 1875 Dekalb, TN; Nettie b. 1876, & Mattie b. 1878.
PARENTS: William Bates b. 1819 Dekalb, TN & died after 1860 sometime, married to Cyntha Seyntha Parker b. 1816, TN.
Any help would be appreciated. Thank you.

Hello,

If he died before 1908 he will not have an official death record filed as the State of Tennessee did not start requiring the counties to record deaths by law until 1908. If you think he could have died after 1908, here is a link to the Tennessee State Library and Archives site where they have the years 1908-1928 indexed:

http://www.tennessee.gov/tsla/history/vital/index.htm

Hope this helps.

Melissa Barker
Genealogist for Tennessee and Kentucky
E-Mail: kaitysmom@peoplestel.net

Thank you for your reply but there does not seem to be any Bates listed much in the DeKalb County Records. There are plenty in the Census records but not in the Archives.
I will just keep on searching. It probably was before then anyway. I found the last Census on him, I believe it was in 1880. It must have been after that and before 1908.
His children of course I found much later. Some moved to Putnam Co and others moved various places. Thanks for the information.