John GATES

Notes:

Birth date is unconfirmed.

Family/Spouse: Hannah BARRETT. Hannah was born in 1805 in Belmont Co., Ohio; died in 1856; was buried in Grandview Christian Cemetery, Washington Township, Belmont Co., Ohio. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Nancy GATES was born in 1840; died in 1840; was buried in Grandview Christian Cemetery, Washington Township, Belmont Co., Ohio.
2. Elizabeth GATES was born about 1825; died about 1825; was buried in Grandview Christian Cemetery, Washington Township, Belmont Co., Ohio.
3. James B. GATES was born on 01 Jan 1826 in Ohio; died on 19 Apr 1919 in Belmont Co., Ohio; was buried in Grandview Christian Church Cemetery, Belmont County, Ohio.
4. Daniel GATES
5. Sevilla GATES was born in 1832; died in 1869; was buried in Grandview Christian Church Cemetery, Belmont County, Ohio.
6. Christopher Christian GATES was born in Mar 1843 in Ohio; died on 04 Feb 1919.
7. Rebecca GATES was born in Sep 1827 in Ohio.
8. George W. GATES was born about 1826 in Monroe County, Ohio; died on 26 May 1896 in Monroe County, Ohio.
9. Lydia GATES was born on 06 Apr 1837 in Ohio; died on 13 Jan 1902.
10. Elizabeth GATES was born on 19 Mar 1846; died on 18 Nov 1846.
11. Mary GATES was born in 1835.

Other Events and Attributes:

• 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]

Other Events and Attributes:

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