Posted on: Etowah Co. Al Query Forum Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Al/Etowah/739 Surname: ------------------------- Robert Lee Shortnacy was the son of John Shortnacy b. in Ireland m. Elizabeth Coats. They lived in the area of Etowah County that is now Coats Bend. She was niece of Gideon Coats that the bend was named for. This area was in Cherokee Co. Al. until 1867 when Etowah Co. was formed. There was a large family of Leath's that lived in the area, but all records in Cherokee before 1886 have been lost since the Court House in Cherokee Co. burned. An census records would be Cherokee before 1870.