Administrative Information

Access Restrictions

The collection is open for research.

Use Restrictions

Gloves required for photographs.

Preferred Citation

Bates Family Papers, MS 680, Albemarle Charlottesville Historical Society

Acquisition Information

Unknown

Biographical Information

Rowland Horsely Bates (1787-1871) was a general business owner in the former Israel's Gap. His son, Edwin James (1812-1889), was the executor of his will and took over his father's debt and business dealings. Their family legacy exists today as Batesville, named after the Bates family for their contributions to the community.

Scope and Content

The Bates Family Papers includes numerous facets of the family, organized into personal and professional papers. The personal papers include pedigree and genealogical research, transcriptions of Rowland's last will and testament listing the race of individuals on the estate, letters and correspondences, and medical papers, while the professional papers include legal and insurance documents, freight bills, slave hire papers, and various collected advertisements. A photo album is included in a separate box.

Arrangement

Folder 1: Genealogy and Research

Folder 2: Medical Receipts (1847-1914)

Folder 3: Letters/Correspondences (1834-1928)

Folder 4: Insurance Documents

Folder 5: Freight Bills

Folder 6: Advertisements

Folder 7: Slave Hire Papers

Folder 8: Legal Documents

Folder 9: Receipts (1810s-1840s)

Folder 10: Receipts (1850s-1870s)

Folder 11: Receipts (1880s-1890s)

Folder 12: Receipts (1900s-1930s)

Folder 13: Receipts (Families: Pleasants, Suddarth, Fortune/Falls)

Folder 14: Receipts (Undated)

Folder 15: Miscellaneous

Index Terms

Persons:

• Bates, Edwin J. -- 1812-1889
• Bates, Rowland H. -- 1787-1871

Family Names:

• Bates family
• Durrett family
• Fall family
• Fortune family
• Moon family
• Oliver family
• Pleasants family
• Suddarth family
• Sutherland family
• Timberlake family
• Timberland family

Subjects:

• Bates family
• General stores--Virginia--Albemarle County
• General stores--Virginia--Batesville
• Merchants--Virginia--Batesville

Geographical Names:

• Batesville (Va.)
• North Garden (Va.)