>Subject: [ALCOOSA] COKER-Ausborn R., Thompson, Nathan, Middleton, James >Sent: 2/18/20 1:53 AM >Received: 2/23/02 11:53 AM >From: Beth Gay, [email protected] >To: [email protected] > >Hello list, >I am researching the Coker family. Ausborn R. Coker was the first sheriff of >Coosa County. Need to know his wife and children's names. Thompson Coker was >married to Mary Watson. He was in Bibb County and came to Coosa County, >Thompson Coker died around 1837, seeking information about his death. Nathan >Coker was married to Susan Watson, Nathan Coker was in Monroe County and >lived in Coosa in the 1830's and was in the 1840 census there. Middleton >Coker was the son of Noah Coker of Autauga County, Alabama. Middleton had a >brother named Thomas Coker, seeking any information about Thomas Coker. >There are 2 marriages of a James A. Coker in the marriage records, were >there 2 James A. Coker's in Coosa or is this the same James A. Coker? There >was also an Asbury Coker mentioned in the history of Coosa County. > >Beth Gay - [email protected] Hello Beth. I know nothing about the Cokers, but I'm interested in these Watsons they married. I'm assuming Susan and Mary were sisters. My Watson was also named Susan. She was born somewhere in Georgia ca. 1807 to a wealthy Georgia Watson family, originally of England, who disowned her when she "married down" to an Irish sectionhand on the railroad, Benjamin Anderson Flynn. Susan and Ben married in Coweta Co., GA, in 1831, and moved to somewhere in east Alabama. Their firstborn, Julia Ann Flynn, born 29 Oct 1840 in Arbacoochee, Randolph Co., AL, later would become my great-grandmother. Julia and her husband lived in Coosa Co. all their married lives, and her mom, Susan Watson Flynn, lived not far from them after Benjamin died sometime after 1850. All we know at this point about Susan's family is that she allegedly had a brother named Henry, but we have no documentation of this--only family lore. Your Susan and Mary could easily have been the children of any brother of my Susan, and so I'm very interested in any information you have regarding their roots. I'm looking forward to hearing from you on this. In Jesus, John (Complete contact information follows in signature.) ========================================================== John M. Gwin e.mail: [email protected] Snail Mail Address: 1845 Anderson Drive, Las Cruces, NM 88001 USA Telephone: (505) 522-2171 Netscape/AOL Instant Messenger Screen Name: Zianib GENEALOGY Homepage: http://www.zianet.com/jmcdgwin/genealogyhomepage.htm Nib Collection: http://www.zianet.com/jmcdgwin How to know God personally (No kidding!): www.gospelcom.net/navs/navinfo/resources/bridge/bridge.htm ==========================================================