Reubin Bates was an architect and builder. He was a builder of many houses of note. He is said to have worked for Thomas Jefferson building Monticello and had the contract to build the State House at Richmond and failed before he finished it and lost all.
Reubin and Nancy Bates married on November 7, 1801 in Amherst County, Virginia, and had 5 children. He was a member of the Nelson County (Virginia) Militia and fought with them in the War of 1812. In 1820, they moved to Barren County, Kentucky where he died in 1853.
Reubin Bates was an architect and builder. He was a builder of many houses of note. He is said to have worked for Thomas Jefferson building Monticello and had the contract to build the State House at Richmond and failed before he finished it and lost all.
Reubin and Nancy Bates married on November 7, 1801 in Amherst County, Virginia, and had 5 children. He was a member of the Nelson County (Virginia) Militia and fought with them in the War of 1812. In 1820, they moved to Barren County, Kentucky where he died in 1853.
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Reubin Bates
Virginia
Nelson Co. Militia
War of 1812
February 24, 1771
February 11, 1853
Son of Reubin Bates
1731-1801
INF REV WAR
Family Members
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