I just received a copy of my grandfather's obit and on it states he had a brother named Ernest Coates from Somerset, Mass. He is deceased but has a son named Ernest Jr. Coates. I would love to find him. There were bearers named Ernest F., Rodney A. and Gordon A. Coates and Raymond Whitehead. This obit is from Warren R.I. and dated Jan. 12, 1966. If anyone knows these names please contact me. I would love to find my cousins. Pat Scott-pat@directcon.net

Oh, just couldn't wait to send this...it's the CT group...Perry Coats...Char ----Original Message Follows---- From: Norene Coats <nonocc1@yahoo.com> To: coats@hotmail.com Subject: ancestor death certificate Date: Tue, 5 Sep 2000 14:35:10 -0700 (PDT) Charlotte, I am blown out of the water. Everyone's guess was wrong and especially mine! However, that is what makes genealogy an exciting challenge. My great-grandfather's name was not James William Coats, but James Wilson Coats, and his parents were Perry Coats of Tennessee and Louise Rash of Alabama according to death cert. A little run on LDS shows his probable father was Perry Coats born l777 in Stonington, New London, Connecticut. I haven't a clue about this little branch. Do you know it at all? Norene at nonocc @ Yahoo.com --------------------------------- Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - Free email you can access from anywhere! ___________________________________________________________ Get a sneak preview of the new MSN: http://preview.msn.com/

All of microfilm #C298 for Fairfield County, SC is now complete...I didn't find any Coats in it but there are some familiar names... Char ___________________________________________________________ Get a sneak preview of the new MSN: http://preview.msn.com/

Fairfield County, SC microfilm #298 Vol one is complete and up... Char ___________________________________________________________ Get a sneak preview of the new MSN: http://preview.msn.com/

FYI...Char ----Original Message Follows---- From: "Jeff G. Bedenbaugh" <jjbede@bellsouth.net> To: <coats@hotmail.com> Subject: WILLIAM COATE / QUAKERS Date: Fri, 1 Sep 2000 09:52:35 -0400 Hello Charlotte, In reference to your e mail forwarded to me by Mary Meyer: WILLIAM COATE: "The Annals of Newberry", O'Neall / Chapman, part I, pub. in 1858, part II, pub. in 1892, pg. 12 "...the elder William Coate's who lived and must have died between 1762 and 1796". pg. 28, "When the settlement commenced. or whence came the great body of settlers, it is out of my power to say with certainty. Certain it is that Wm. Coate, before "62, lived between Spring Field and Bush River...." " The History of Newberry County South Carolina", Vol. I, Pope, pub., 1973, pg. 83, " The first Quakers to settle in the valley of Bush River were William Coate, Samuel Kelly, John Furnas, David Jenkins, Benjamin and William Pearson, and Robert Evans." ...."William Coate was living on Bush River before 1762." NOTE: Pope acknowledges Hinshaw as his reference, O'Neall quotes no reference, but referring to William as the elder, indicates a son of the same name. QUAKER CEMETERY: The marker is a standard roadside historical marker, however, the "Newberry Cemeteries" Vol. I lists some 60 burials in the Quaker Cemetery, but no Coates' are among them. BROOK'S FORT: Most of the upcountry colonial "forts" were little more than a low fence or earth works around a settlers sturdy cabin and / or barn. They were temporary in nature, and unlikely to be marked as historical locations. Jeff Bedenbaugh ___________________________________________________________ Get a sneak preview of the new MSN: http://preview.msn.com/

The index for the entire microfilm 136 Vol A, B, C is now complete... http://www.rootsquest.com/~coatsfar/promotio.htm Only found one Coats on it...that was James Coats and his land record is already in the Coats Archive... Char ___________________________________________________________ Get a sneak preview of the new MSN: http://preview.msn.com/

FYI...Char ----Original Message Follows---- From: "Joyce Brown" <jebrown@ecity.net> Reply-To: jebrown@ecity.net To: <coats@hotmail.com> Subject: Plank surname Date: Fri, 1 Sep 2000 16:38:38 -0500 Hi! I just found your listing of Robert Plank/Hannah Cooper in your Coats material on World Connect. I am descended from their son Robert. If you are interested in Plank information, I will be happy to share with you. I assume you have no information on where Robert Plank and Hannah Cooper originated - i.e. their families of origin. Seems they are a dead end for most folks. Best Regards, Joyce in Iowa ___________________________________________________________ Get a sneak preview of the new MSN: http://preview.msn.com/

Joe asked me to pass this on to the list. Dear Louise, Just a short note to reply to your kind card and to express my undying gratitude and appreciation for the establishment of the Prayer Circle in November of 1999. I owe you and all who signed it more than you will ever know. I can honestly tell you that within two weeks of the establishment of the Circle that those prayers were answered and my skin disease took a very positive turn for the better. It has been slowly improving ever since and to see me today you would never know I had the disease by looking at my skin. I've still got a ways to go but at least it's on the mend. Hopefully, by the grace of God sooner or later it will all be gone and a thing of the past. I've also gotten past the aortic aneurism I had and that problem is also behind me thanks to modern technology and excellent medicine. We live in a wonderful time and I'm sure the future will be even better. As for computer technology I'm afraid all mine this past year has been bad. I've gone from one problem to another thanks to Bill Gates and am still behind the eight ball. This computer still has problems and I'm looking for a new one right now. The sad part is that a computer tech who was supposed to fix it fixed me instead; crashing my hard drive and obliterating my entire Coates database. Thankfully I had some backup data which has given me about half of what I had on the crashed hard drive. It will take me many months to reconstruct that data base, if ever. Fortunately I had printed off a hard copy of all my Coates data before this happened but it has many errors etc. in it which must be corrected. In addition I'm having to eliminate about 12 names and associated info about people who literally threatened to sue me if their name so much as appeared in my books. So, all printed copies had to be recalled and I'm now trying to get these corrections made so the books can finally get released. I have many people waiting for the books but it's a slow go for me at times. This old horse ain't what he used to be? that's for sure. Some day though all will be done. Please pass on to all who signed the Prayer Circle my appreciation and gratitude. I'm not on line at present so have no way of contacting them or appraising them of the situation. Maybe before too long I will be back and operating again. I miss all the wonderful people I've met on the web. Keep in touch. Joe R. Coates

I've added more SC 96 District plats...whew, there are a lot of those on this film...it's about 1/4 of a reel but there were lots of recors on it.... http://www.rootsquest.com/~coatsfar/promotio.htm Char ___________________________________________________________ Get a sneak preview of the new MSN: http://preview.msn.com/

Can anyone help Kim find how her William Coate b. ca 1800 is related to the Halifax Co, VA Coates. I suspect he's a grandson of the William I've listed below that was born in 1749 and lived in that region. >From: "Green, Kim" <kgreen@asmva.com> >To: "'Linda J. Dudick'" <LDudick@Ancestrees.com> >Subject: RE: [COATES-L] William Coates - Halifax, Virginia >Date: Fri, 25 Aug 2000 08:43:05 -0400 >X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2650.21) >X-RCPT-TO: <LDudick@Ancestrees.com> > >Do you have any suggestions on how I can verify who he was a descendant of? > >From what you have listed it looks like the William born 9-17-1749 was >probably my >William's father - since the William below died in 1812. My William got >married in 1824. > >I have a lot of info from William forward - do you think it would help if I >posted this info somewhere? If so, where? > >Any help I can get will be greatly appreciated. Thanks for the data. > >Kim Green >Advantage Sales & Marketing >804.798.1600 > > >-----Original Message----- >From: Linda J. Dudick [mailto:LDudick@Ancestrees.com] >Sent: Friday, August 25, 2000 7:35 PM >To: Green, Kim >Subject: Re: [COATES-L] William Coates - Halifax, Virginia > > >It's highly likely that your William was a descendant of the following >family that were the known Coates in Halifax Co., VA/ NC. This is the info >I have on them in my database. Hope it gives you some leads. > >13) William Coates of Halifax, VA/NC, b. 1749 (or abt 1765 in Paisley, >ENG?, son of Phillip???), d. 1812, son of John. Had sons John, Richard H. >and William. He lived and died in Halifax Co., VA/NC. His offspring >lived in VA, NC and then TN. > >The following records probably apply to this William: >13) A William Coats, b. Sept. 17, 1749 of mostly Halifax, VA and NC. (Note >that the Roanoke River runs between Halifax, VA and Halifax, NC) and died >Dec. 28, 1812 (or Dec. 2, 1812). His father was John Coats. His children >were John, Nancy, Sarah (Sallie), Richard H., Elizabeth, William, >Guilford, Diez, and Lucy (with some disagreement on the last two >children). They were all born in Halifax Co. (C-996, 1635, 1650) William >himself, might have been born in Paisley, SCT. > >13) A William Coats received one pound, ten shillings, eight pence from the >Board of Auditors, Halifax District, NC on Nov. 4, 1782 for a Revolutionary >War Payment. (C-1086) > >13) A William and Benjamin Coats lived in District 13, Halifax Co., NC in a >1786 state census. In William's household there were 4 females, 1 male >between age 21 and 60 and one male either younger than 21 or over age >60. (C-739, 1660) >________ > >At 01:02 PM 8/24/00 -0400, you wrote: > >I am trying to find out who William Coates parents/siblings are. William > >married Nancy Shipp on May 1, 1824 in Halifax County, Virginia. Any help on > >this family would be greatly appreciated. > > > > > >==== COATES Mailing List ====

I am trying to find out who William Coates parents/siblings are. William married Nancy Shipp on May 1, 1824 in Halifax County, Virginia. Any help on this family would be greatly appreciated.

I found a plat for Harmon Davis in the 96 District plats...I don't have them all up yet or this one copied but it shows a Coats adjoining him on Lost Creek a branch of Bush River...anyone know where that creek is...? Char ________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com

----Original Message Follows---- From: RCass6425@aol.com To: coats@hotmail.com Subject: FYI Date: Wed, 23 Aug 2000 11:59:02 EDT Subj: Rufus F. Coats Date: 8/20/2000 3:07:00 PM Mountain Daylight Time From: VAL4JC1957 To: RCass6425 I have just learned from your Cassidy Family Tree and from postings on the Coats Family GenForum about Rufus Coats & Alicia Searle. Rufus Coats and Alicia Searle were my great-grandparents. Their children were Robert James, Mary Ann, Esther. Robert James Coats was born in Bayonne 3/17/1884, grew up in Brooklyn NY, married Isabel Wallace Beam. Their children are Robert James Jr, b 2/2/1908 deceased William Frank, b 6/4/11 deceased George Henry, b 10/29/20 Grace Alice, b 6/5/23 Calvin, b 7/7/25 Warren Edward b 1/15/28 George, Calvin and Warren still live in New Jersey; they grew up in Hoboken/Jersey City. Grace is in a nursing home in Pennsylvania. My father's name is Calvin. He remembers calling his Aunt Mary "May" or "Mamie" Cassidy. His Aunt Esther's married name was Logan. He also thought his grandmother's name was Alice. Do you have any information about Alicia's brothers? My father believes one of them had a beef ranch in Colorado. Thanks! Virginia Anne Coats Lyttle ________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com

Well, I got all the council minutes for the year 1766 and have made a most interesting observation in them.... There is no William Coate listed on July 1st of 1766 as having gotten a warrant for 200 acres on Bush River....there isn't any William Coate in the entire year as a matter of fact... However, on July 1st, 1766 a petition was granted to Edward Seaborn for 200 acres on the Bush River...and it says Bush River not Craven County.... I don't recall off hand seeing a plat for a Seaborn...but it was common from looking at these minutes that a plat could be certifed to someone other than the original requester... There is only one entry for the month of August in these minutes...and William Coate's survey was suppose to have been certified the 5th of August I believe it was but this minute entry is for August 23rd 1766 and it only deals with a letter to encourage the manufacture of Silk...and is less than one page in length...this is the only entry for the month of August... Sooooo now I'm wondering if there is a tie in with this Edward Seaborn and William Coate on the Bush River...???? I think there could be a possiblity that this Seaborn petition is the William Coate survey.... Charlotte ________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com

FYI...Char ----Original Message Follows---- From: "Brenda Zadoroznij" <bzadoroz@npiec.on.ca> To: <coats@lawyer4u.com> Subject: Re Surname COATES Date: Tue, 22 Aug 2000 12:03:47 -0400 Hallo....I am trying to find a Susannah COTES (as spelt on a birth cert.) who married William Henry ATTERTON around 1837. In the 1881 census she is said to have been born in Layer de la Haye, Essex. Very little to go on...but I have to start somewhere! Can you help? Thank you Brenda Ontario, Canada ________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com

On that microfilm of 96 District plats was a map of the Lots of Newberry around the court house...all the microfilm said was that this map was stuck in this Plat Book A, so they filmed it with these plats...it is probably a map showing the lots sold by Henry etc...I couldn't however find a date on it... http://www.rootsquest.com/~coatsfar/96c902a.htm I've scanned and put it with the index for the 96 District Plats above.... Char ________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com

I've added more to the 96 District SC plat index... Char ________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com

The funeral home records for John William Coats, son of Huff D. Coats, whom my family calls *Uncle Will*, is the John William Coats buried in Fairview Cemetery in Vinita OK...I think I thought it was the brother of Huff D. Coats from MO...but it appears to be his son instead... Char ________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com

FYI...Char ----Original Message Follows---- From: "Mary Perkins" <MiiMii4@worldnet.att.net> To: <coats@hotmail.com> Subject: Fw: celestia Date: Sun, 20 Aug 2000 13:02:01 -0500 ----- Original Message ----- From: <AmnCol@cs.com> To: <MiiMii4@worldnet.att.net> Sent: Friday, August 18, 2000 3:45 PM Subject: Re: celestia > Mary, I'm having to work from memory on some of my information, as one of my > uncle's borrowed my info. Celestia married John Andrew Webster Coats in > Clarke County, Ms. On the marriage rolls, his name was misspelled as > "Couts". John was a Civil War veteran. He and Celestia had a number of > children, and my ancestor was Martin Luther Coats. He married Sarah Jane > Walden ( we're unsure of the actual spelling). They had my grandmother, Eula > Mae Coats, and 3 other children. When Sarah died, the family moved to > Caldwell Parish, Columbia, Louisiana. My grandmother met and married William > Ellic(Alex) Coates (no relation!) They eventually moved to Ouachita Parish, > West Monroe, La. They had 7 children: Winnie Mae, Charles Luther (my > father), James, Jean, Leuna, David and William Jr. My father married Edna > Lee Butler, from West Monroe. I have two brothers, William Elton Coates and > Rodney Doyle Coates. My last name is Collins, and I live in South > Mississippi, in Sumrall, Lamar County. > My grandmother always said her grandmother (Celestia) was Choctaw Indian. We > have been unable to establish this as fact, although there are Buffington's > on the reservation at Philadelphia, Ms. Can you shed any light on the > mystery? Looking forward to hearing from you. Debra ________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com

FYI...Char ----Original Message Follows---- From: "Mary Perkins" <MiiMii4@worldnet.att.net> To: <coats@hotmail.com> Subject: Fw: celestia Date: Sun, 20 Aug 2000 12:58:47 -0500 ----- Original Message ----- From: <AmnCol@cs.com> To: <MiiMii4@worldnet.att.net> Sent: Friday, August 18, 2000 3:54 PM Subject: Re: celestia > Celestia and John are both buried in the old cemetary at Decatur, Ms. It is > next to a big white Church. A number of Coats family members are also buried > there. I visited the site a number of years ago with my parents. I will get > my information back from the uncle who has it and I will be able to get you a > lot more information on the family. > ________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com