From The Greensborough Patriot

July 31, 1862 – Pg. 3

Deaths.

Died. – In the Hospital at Richmond, Va., July 15^th, John Watson Yates, from a wound received in the battle before Richmond. The deceased was a native of Guilford, eldest son of Henry Yates, deceased. Soon after the breaking out of the war, Mr. Yates volunteered in Capt. C. C. Cole’s Company, and acted nobly his part as a good and faithful soldier.