Vol. 1 Chapter 1 of Balden county Tax List of 1768
page 8
Whites Joseph Oates & son Carraway 2
Blacks A Negro fellow named Antony 1
Total 3

Chapter 3 of Balden County Tax List of 1770
page 35
Whites Carraway Oats 1
Total 1

Chapter 4 of Bladen County Tax List of 1771
Whites Carraway Oats 1
Total 1

page 59
Chapter 5 of Balden County Tax List of 1772
Whites Joseph Oates 1
Blacks Negroe wench Sue & boy Joe 2
Painter 1
No. 4

Whites Carraway Oats 1
No. 1

pg.81
Chapter 6 of Bladen County tax List of 1774
Whites Joseph Oates 1
B. Men 2
B. Women 1
Total 4

Whites Carraway Oates Constable 0
Total 0

p. 116

Chapter 6 of Bladen County Tax List
Whites Joseph Oates Self 1
Men Slaves Anthony & Pender 2
Women Slaves April 1
Total 4

Whites Carraway Oates Constable 0
Total 0
p. 136

Here is the evidence that Joseph Oates and Elizabeth Wiatt had a foourth son
Joseph Jr. Shown in these pages to be the father of Carraway Oates.