Database: rdball dated 21 Mar 2021
Family 1: Samuel Gates, b. 30 Jan 1802 in Mill Creek, Orangeburgh District, South Carolina
- Married: 21 Jul 1831 5
- Susannah Margaret "Anna" Gates, b. 8 Aug 1833
Family 2: William Frederick Rast, b. Bet 1811 and 1820
- Married: 13 Feb 1838 3
- John A. Rast, b. 11 Feb 1839
Sources:
- Angie Rayfield, WorldConnect Database: Rayfield, Rootsweb, Jan 2000.
- Helen Rickenbaker King, Rickenbaker - Gates History, Unpublished.
- Ron Hollerand, RH note of 3/31/03, Personal Communication.
- U. S. Federal Census of 1850, South Carolina (337).
- Gates Family Book, Calhoun County Museum, St. Matthews, South Carolina.