Europe
Bates
aka Ephraim
Born in Mississippi, United States
Son of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of
Vicey (Allen) Bates
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Descendants 
Died [date unknown]
[location unknown]
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Biography
Europe Bates is Notable.
Europe Bates, a former slave, applied for and earned land under the Homestead Act in Amite County, Mississippi. His family later donated a portion of the land for a school for African American Children which took the name, The Europe Bates School.[1]
Europe was born in 1834 in Mississippi. His parents are unknown but census records state that they, also, were born in Mississippi.
On the 1870 census he is in a household with Vicey (Allen) Bates [2] and children: Sallie (1860), Howell (1862), and Ellen (May 1870). On the 1880 census Sallie had married and left the household and a young daughter, Susan (1872) has been added.
Europe Bates was issued a patent for 165 acres in Amite County, Mississippi on September 15, 1883. [3] "His improvements included one dwelling, one corn crib, a cotton house, shop, kitchen and, two small cabins."[1]
On February 15, 1894 he married Mrs. Eliza Jackson in Amite County, Mississippi[4]. Europe and Eliza are together on the 1900 census, still in Amite County. There are three step-children and two grandsons in their household.
A school for African American children was opened in Amite County in the late 1800s and was named in his honor, The Europe Bates School, his family having donated the land.[1] The school was" a small, white, wood-frame, eight-room country school with a stage for class performances" [5]
Europe Bates died in 1910 in Amite County, Mississippi and is buried in the Bates Cemetery.[1]
Sources
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 National Park Service, Homestead National Historical Park, https://www.nps.gov/people/europe-bates.htm
- ↑ Black Homesteaders of the South, by: Bernice Alexander Bennett, Arcadia Publishing, 2022, p. 119, https://books.google.com/books?id=ivqBEAAAQBAJ&newbks=0&lpg=PA119&dq=%22Europe%20Bates%22&pg=PA119#v=onepage&q=%22Europe%20Bates%22&f=false
- ↑ BLM GLO Records, Patent Details, https://glorecords.blm.gov/details/patent/default.aspx?accession=MS2360__.084&docClass=STA&sid=s50icxlt.5pa#patentDetailsTabIndex=1
- ↑ Mississippi, U.S., Compiled Marriage Index, 1776-1935; https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/33422:7842?tid=&pid=&queryId=559284c2f7cd98b3ecbf256c5a818d50&_phsrc=XtP1&_phstart=successSource
- ↑ Ellis Ph.D., Janice S.. From Liberty to Magnolia: In Search of the American Dream. United Kingdom, Christian Faith Publishing, Incorporated, 2018. https://www.google.com/books/edition/From_Liberty_to_Magnolia/RIQuEAAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=0
- U.S. Federal Census, Year: 1870; Census Place: Between Osyka and Greensburg R, Amite, Mississippi; Roll: M593_721; Page: 495A; https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/36290695:7163
- U.S. Federal Census, Year: 1880; Census Place: Beat 5, Amite, Mississippi; Roll: 640; Page: 521D; Enumeration District: 047; https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/8350935:6742
- U.S. Federal Census, Year: 1900; Census Place: Beat 5, Amite, Mississippi; Roll: 799; Page: 16; Enumeration District: 0028; FHL microfilm: 1240799; https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/55116936:7602
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