Person

James Preston Bates (Barren Co, Ky, attorney, postmaster, and prov govt)

b. 1810-04-28 d. 1877-11-30

Barren County, Kentucky, attorney, postmaster, and politician. Grayson County, Virginia, native. Married to Harriet Barrick Bates in Barren County in January 1834. Father of Virginia Bates, William Bates, James Bates, John Bates, George Bates, Edward Bates, and Frank Bates. Attorney in Barren County, Kentucky, in 1850. Postmaster at Glasgow, Kentucky, from April 3, 1858, to September 6, 1859. Resident in Barren County in 1860. Member of the convention of the provisional government at Russellville, Kentucky, in November 1861. Elected member of the Council of Ten for the provisional government. Chairman of the Ways and Means Committee for the provisional government of Kentucky. Member of the Committee on Military Affairs for the provisional government of Kentucky.

Details

Sex
Male
Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Barren County, District No 2, p. 331A.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Barren County, District No 2, p. 1054.

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Warren County, Bowling Green Precinct, p. 31A.

Find A Grave, "COL James Preston Bates, I (1810-1877)," Memorial #180532393, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/1805323931 (accessed January 7, 2020).

Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Barren County Marriages, Film #000209752, p. 520 of microfilm.

Record of Appointment of Postmasters, 1832-1971. Records of the Post Office Department, NARA Series M841, RG 28, Barren County, Kentucky, Volume 28, p. 113 of microfilm.

Lewis Collins and Richard Collins, History of Kentucky, vol. 1 (Collins & Company, 1882), 353.

H. Levin, The Lawyers and Lawmakers of Kentucky (Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1897), 468.

“Douglas Sentiments,” Daily Courier (Louisville, Ky.), October 19, 1860.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Barren County, 331A.

KYR-0004-033-0001.

KYR-0004-033-0003.

Citation

Bates, James Preston. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32211822 (November 12, 2026).

The people, organizations, and places listed below appear in the same documents as James Preston Bates (Barren Co, Ky, attorney, postmaster, and prov govt). They are sorted by the number of documents they share.

Documents (20)

People

Organizations

Places

Loading network...

Network Visualized

How to use the visualization

CWGK’s network visualization brings the edition’s documents to life. The network on this page centers around Bates, James Preston. Click on the light blue dot to see the documents in which the entity appears. You can also click on the dark orange dots to see other people linked to Bates, James Preston, a light orange dot to see the places connected to Bates, James Preston, or dark green dots to see organizations linked to Bates, James Preston.

Additionally, the lines between the dots add additional information. The light green lines demonstrate direct connections between Bates, James Preston and another person, place, or organization. The light pink lines highlight that the dots appear in the same document.