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The Bates-Fleming Line (1286-1900) Thornhilll 45. James Woodson Bates was born August 25, 1788 in Belmont, Goochland Co., VA and died December 26, 1846 in van Buren, Crawford Co., AR. He married Elizabeth W. Moore December 12, 1827 in Crawford Co, Arkansas. She was born between 1800 and 1810 in VA and died in about 1848 in Crawford Co, Arkansas. Children: None Burial : 1846 in Burial: family graveyard, Moores Rock, Sebastian Co., AR Notes on James Woodson Bates When quite young he attended the trial of Aaron Burr, at Richmond, [p.735] for treason. Congressional Record - "BATES, James Woodson, (brother of Edward Bates), a Delegate from the Territory of Arkansas; born in Goochland County, VA., August 25, 1788; attended Yale College and was graduated from Princeton College in 1807; studied law; was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Virginia; moved to St. Louis, Mo., in 1816, and Page 22
The Bates-Fleming Line (1286-1900) thence to the Post of Arkansas in 1819; elected as first Delegate from Arkansas to the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Congresses and served from December 21, 1819, to March 3, 1823; unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1822 to the Eighteenth Congress; resumed the practice of law in Batesville, Ark.; judge of the fourth judicial circuit of Arkansas Territory 1824-1828; judge of the superior court of Arkansas 1828- 1832; delegate to the Arkansas state constitutional convention in 1835; judge of the probate court of Crawford County in 1836; register of the land office in Clarksville 1841-1845; died in Van Buren, Crawford County, Ark., December 26, 1846; interment in the family burying ground at Moores Rock, Crawford (now Sebastian) County, Ark. " ---The first settlement at Batesville, at first called Poke Creek and Polk Bayou, is usually attributed to John Reed in 1810. The place was not called Batesville until 1820, after James Woodson Bates had settled there and Independence county was formed. History: Batesville is the second oldest city in the state of Arkansas. It was named for James Woodson Bates who settled in the town and was the first territorial delegate from Arkansas to the Congress of the United States. The town has also gone by the names of Napoleon and Polk Bayou. In early days, Batesville was an important port on the White River and served as an entry point to the interior of northern Arkansas. Batesville played a large role in the settling of the Ozark Mountains region and served as the central land office for northern Arkansas. The first known settlement of the Batesville area was in 1810 near the mouth of Polk Bayou, and by 1819 the town had a ferry across the White River. Scenes of Batesville, Arkansas Page 23
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