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To the left is a current day map of eastern North Carolina. This is the area where John Oates, Joseph Oates, James Oates, and Jethro Oates settled in the 1740's and 1750's

The current-day county structure and boundaries are much different from those of the mid-1700's, as indicated by the chronology below:
  1746 Johnston was formed
  1750 Duplin formed from New Hanover
  1758 Dobbs formed from Johnston; abolished 1791
  1779 Wayne formed from Dobbs
  1779 Richmond formed from Anson
  1784 Sampson formed from Duplin
  1787 Robeson formed from Bladen
  1899 Scotland formed from Richmond
    
The "Red" star on the map to the left is centered on Faison, North Carolina (pop. 600), which is centrally located to the various Oates landmarks presented in this section of the website. The basic economy of the area, agriculture, has changed little over the past 150 years. Faison was established in 17xx). 

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