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Asa Bates

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Asa Bates

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4 Jul 1879 (aged 80)
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Columbus, Muscogee County, Georgia, USA Add to Map
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Asa Bates was born in 1799 in Boston, Ma. Trained as an engineer by the U.S. Army, he was sent to Columbus, Ga. in 1827 to organize a local company of militia for defense against the Creek Indians. Locals were not receptive, and he resigned his commission to stay and make a home with the girl he loved, Caroline Reed. There was plenty of work in a brand new town for and engineer. Among his many projects, he built the First Presbyterian Church in Columbus and the Opera House, both of which retain their outward appearances but had to be rebuilt inside after fires during the gaslight era. when the Creeks went to war, he was quickly elected to lead the Columbus Guards militia company, and was made Col. commanding the GA troops in the last Creek war. At different times, he served as Fire Chief, Police Chief, Sheriff and County Commissioner in Muscogee county and Columbus. He raised 17 children at his residence in Girard, AL. where he at one time owned 6000 acres.
Matilda Adelaid Bates was the youngest child.
(Gary Joines)
Asa Bates was born in 1799 in Boston, Ma. Trained as an engineer by the U.S. Army, he was sent to Columbus, Ga. in 1827 to organize a local company of militia for defense against the Creek Indians. Locals were not receptive, and he resigned his commission to stay and make a home with the girl he loved, Caroline Reed. There was plenty of work in a brand new town for and engineer. Among his many projects, he built the First Presbyterian Church in Columbus and the Opera House, both of which retain their outward appearances but had to be rebuilt inside after fires during the gaslight era. when the Creeks went to war, he was quickly elected to lead the Columbus Guards militia company, and was made Col. commanding the GA troops in the last Creek war. At different times, he served as Fire Chief, Police Chief, Sheriff and County Commissioner in Muscogee county and Columbus. He raised 17 children at his residence in Girard, AL. where he at one time owned 6000 acres.
Matilda Adelaid Bates was the youngest child.
(Gary Joines)

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