George GATES

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• Birth: 1797, Virginia

George married Barbara GILLESPIE on 03 May 1820 in Yorke Township, Belmont County, Ohio. Barbara (daughter of David GILLESPIE and Hannah STUCKEY) was born on 12 Dec 1800 in York Township, Belmont County, Ohio; died on 31 Aug 1881 in Cats Run, York Township, Belmont County, Ohio; was buried in Boger Cemetery, York Township, Belmont Co., Ohio. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Jacob GATES was born on 17 Jun 1830 in York Township, Belmont County, Ohio.
2. Mahalia GATES was born on 15 Oct 1823 in York Township, Belmont County, Ohio; died in 1831 in York Township, Belmont County, Ohio.
3. David GATES was born on 01 Oct 1821 in York Township, Belmont County, Ohio.
4. Sevilla GATES was born on 17 Oct 1825 in York Township, Belmont County, Ohio; died in York Township, Belmont County, Ohio.
5. Nancy GATES was born on 04 May 1835 in York Township, Belmont County, Ohio; died in 1836 in York Township, Belmont County, Ohio.
6. George GATES was born on 10 Oct 1829 in York Township, Belmont County, Ohio; died in 1832 in York Township, Belmont County, Ohio.
7. Isaac GATES was born on 05 Mar 1837 in York Township, Belmont County, Ohio; died on 06 Jul 1915 in Belmont Co., Ohio; was buried in Beallsville Cemetery, Beallsville, Monroe County, Ohio.
8. Elizabeth GATES was born on 23 Feb 1840 in Belmont Co., Ohio; died on 17 Mar 1917 in Moundsville, Marshall County, West Virginia; was buried in Greenlawn Cemetery, Moundsville, Marshall County, Ohio.
9. James GATES was born in Aug 1842 in Ohio.
10. Hannah GATES was born on 10 Oct 1832 in York Township, Belmont County, Ohio; died in York Township, Belmont County, Ohio.

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• Also Known As: George Gates

Notes:

Information from mariana L Zuelsdorf:
History of Belmont and Jefferson Counties, Ohio. J.A. Caldwell. Historical Publishing Co., 1880 Page 417
"York was one of the original civil townships and erected November 25, 1801, as follows: The third to begin on the Ohio river at the southeast corner of the township of Pultney.......thence up the river to the place of beginning, to be called and known by the township of York. This township has been the scene of severa Indian depredations, prominent among which was the battle of Captina....this battle occured in 1794, on section 8, at the mouth of Cove Run.
.........George Gates (setled) Septembe 28, 1804......Abel Brown (settled )December 21, 1805

From: "Belmont Co., Ohio before 1830." Irene M. Ochsenbein and Catharine F. Fedorchak. 1977. Page 53
"George Gates is buried in the Boger Cemetery, York Township, Belmont Co., near the junction of State Road 7 and S.R. 148. He emigrated from Germany to eastern PA., then to Washington Co., PAS., in 1790, then to Washington and Belmont Cos. in Ohio, near the boundary with present day Monroe Co. His will is on file in Belmont Co. and the following children are named: 1. Mary; 2, Susan; 3. Daniel;4. Valentine; 5. Henry; 6. George; 7 Solomon; 8. Sevilla; and 9. John."

"Monroe County, Ohio: A History. by Theresa A. Maienknecht and Stanley B. Maienknecht. Chapter XXX Switzerland township. Page 408
"Early in the month of April 1819 a colony of ten Swiss families embarked in a flat boat......After leaving Wheeling they were informed that at Captina there was a great quantity of vacant land, and that there they would find two men (Henry Sweppy and George Goetz) who could speak German, and were urged to stop there. On the 15th day of September they landed there and were kindly received and cordially welcomed by the old settlers of the Valley of Captina, viz: the Greens, Lemleys, Moores, Browns, Goetz, Sweppy, Ruble, Smith, and others."
"Along the river all was a forest, except an improvement opposite Fish Creek, then owned by George Goetz. On Big Run, Jos Blare, Hendershot Lemley and the Smiths had made some improvement. In Belmont County, on Captina and Cat's Run, was settled by the Greens, Browns and Goetz, before mentioned."

Georg married Maria Sybilla STEHELI on 11 Jun 1782 in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. Maria (daughter of Johann Melchior STEHELI and Maria Sybilla ?) was born in 1761 in Lancaster, Pennsylvania; died on 09 Dec 1850 in York Township,Belmont County, Ohio; was buried in Boger Cemetery, York Township, Belmont Co., Ohio. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Census: 1850, Living with daughter, Susannah Gates Brisen, in York, Belmont County, Ohio