Oates Landmarks   
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In the late 1740s, the four sons of Joseph Oates (1697c - 1765), son of  James Oates (1660-1703), the forefather of our Oates Family, moved from Perquimans Co., North Carolina to a section along the boundary between New Hanover and Johnston Counties, N.C. This section later became Dobbs and Duplin Counties, and even later, Dobbs County became Wayne, Lenoir, and Green Counties. Sons, John and Joseph moved to that section which became Duplin County. James Oates and Jethro Oates settled south of the Neuse river in what would become Dobbs and later Wayne County.  In 1784, Sampson County was formed from Duplin County.

It was in Dobbs, Duplin and Sampson Counties of North Carolina that the "Roots" of the families of James Oates (1724-1766) and Jethro Oates  (1732-1780) sprouted into what is now thousands of Oates descendants across the country. No records have yet been identified to establish descendants for John Oates (1720-17xx). Only recently did we learn about a fourth son, Joseph. Oates family genealogist are now researching the descendants of Joseph.

In this section of the website, we attempt to simplify the understanding of the locations and landmarks discussed in the various books and other publications contained in the "Oates Library". Maps, land grants, land division plats, and drawings specially created for this website are used to graphically present these "Oates Landmarks". As a result, we trust that visitors to this website will be able to better determine the locations where their ancestors and "Oates Pioneers" lived, and therefore, where their own "roots" began. We hope, also, that students of Oates Family history, as well as genealogist will find this information useful in their studies and research.

The various books and other documents located in the "Oates Library" section of this website have been used as sources of information, as well as study by John Martin Oates, Jr. of maps and land grants of the period in the months prior to his death in December 2001.

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