source: Pope p. 77 When the Reverend Charles Woodmason was ordained and assigned to Upper St. Mark's Parish in 1765, he was the only Anglican minister in the Carolina backcountry. There was no established church of that faith in the whole area. Woodmason formed an intense, extreme dislike for the Presbyterians and the New Light Baptists and inveighed against them in his sermons and slandered them in his correspondence. Later he helped the Regulators draw up their remonstrances, one of which was the lack of churches in the upcountry. Still later the first grand jury at Ninety Six in its presentment of November 1772 complained of the lack of churches. There was never a church of the established religion organized in Newberry County, the need for religious assemblies being supplied in part by the dissenting congregations. The need, however, was supplied only in very small part. The lack of the elevating influence of organized religion was reflected in the morals and boisterous conduct of the frontiersmen. The few churches served only as nuclei for civilized society; only a small proportion of the population attended or felt their beneficent influence. From the time of the earliest settlements, the need for churches and for schools was seen as imperative by the leaders of the backcountry. In the present area of Newberry County, three Lutheran churches were in existence prior to 1800 - they were in a small area near present day Pomaria. The three Baptist churches of the period were in the northern part of the county. Three Presbyterian churches were also in the northern section, one of them being across the line in Laurens District. The two Associated Reformed churches were on Kings' Creek and Cannon's Creek. The Quakers were on Bush River and the Dunkers were on Palmetto Branch, south of the present county seat. The Methodists established their small congregations only in the last decade of the eighteenth century, and their importance was not achieved until later. Of these churches, only the Quakers and Bush River Baptist kept adequate records; consequently the modern historian has a difficult time in writing about the early religious institutions. ________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com

Other Methodist churches established in the eighteenth century in this country were Ebenezer (Maybinton), New Hope, Salem, Stockman's Bethel, Tranquil and Moon's Meetinghouse. The oldest Methodist church now existing in the county is Ebenezer, located in the Maybinton section between the Enoree and Tyger rivers. Organized in the 1780s, it has occupied three different buildings. Little is known of the first edifice, but the second was erected on land reputedly given by Dr. Burwell Chick on Casey's Branch. The third meetinghouse was built in 1848; this building is still in use although renovated some years later. Early families belonging to Ebenezer were Huron, Hardy, Caldwell, Cofield, Brazzelman, Clark, Chandler, Davis, and Harris; later the Moorman, Chick, Maybin, Douglass, Lyles, Oxner, Glenn, Worthy, Bishop, Goudelocke, Murtishaw, Hodges, and Sims families were identified with Ebenezer. The Reverend E. Toland Hodges went out to preach from this church. New Hope was established about 1795. Five years later Salem was organized nearby on Second Creek and merged with New Hope in 1835. Reverend Nathan Boyd was a leading spirit in this church, and among the early families included in the membership were the Tygerts, Lakes, Cromers, Grahams, and Thompsons. Stockman's Bethel was built about 1796 by the Stockmans, Dickerts, and Folks. Later the church was moved to a new site near Pomaria and the name changed to Bethel. Bethel was abandoned after the Civil War. Tranquil was built near Jalapa in 1799 by the Wrights, Shells, Browns, and Seymores. The most prominent leaders of this congregation were Stephen Shell, Zacheus Wright, and Robert G. Gilliam. Here Newberry County's first Sunday school was organized in 1827 by Wright and Absalom Glasgow, who was a Presbyterian. In 1890 the church was moved to Jalapa and there later abandoned. Moon's Meetinghouse was built in the forks of Saluda and Little River in the 1790s. It was named for Dr. W. M. Moon, a local preacher and friendly host of Bishop Asbury. This church was disbanded in 1851. end for Methodists.... ________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com

source: Pope p. 87 The Methodists As Chapman notes, the early history of the Methodist churches in Newberry County has not been accurately preserved, largely because itinerant preachers organized churches generally in private homes. Methodism made its first appearance here after the Revolution. The Broad River circuit was organized in 1787; it included the area from the Dutch Fork to the Pacolet River in Spartanburg District. The preachers on this circuit in that year were Richard Ivey, the elder John Mason and Thomas Davis. The circuit then consisted of a membership of 200 whites and 10 colored. The great Bishop Francis Asbury traveled through the Carolinas and Georgia in the infancy of the Methodism, keeping a journal which is invaluable for its information about the Methodists. On January 24, 1786, he crossed the Saluda and made this entry in his journal: "...at Weaver's ferry we crossed the Saluda. Here once lived that strange, deranged mortal who proclaimed himself to be God. Report says that he killed three men for refusing their assent to his godship; he gave out his wife to be the Virgin Mary, and his son Jesus Christ; and when hanged at Charleston, promised to rise the third day." He refers to the Weber heresy. Jacob Weber in 1760, near the mouth of the Saluda, was deluded into believing that he was God. Naming the other members of the Trinity, he led them into murdering John George Smithpeter whom they thought to be the devil. He was executed for the murder in 1761. The South-Carolina Gazette for April 25, 1761, carries the account of the trial in Charleston. Asbury visited often in the homes of Edward Finch and Colonel Benjamin Herndon in Newberry District. Others with whom he stayed were Colonel Levi Casey, Thomas Hardy, Stephen Shell, and Frederick Foster in the Enoree section and with Dr. W. M. Moon in the Little River section. He proposed the establishment of Mount Bethel Academy to the Finches, Crenshaws, and Malones, and Edward Finch gave thirty acres of land as a site for the institution. Asbury suggested that the house be guilt for preaching conference, and school. The building was commenced in 1793 but not completed in time for the united session of the South Carolina and Georgia Conferences in 1794. On his annual visit on March 20, 1795, however, Bishop Asbury dedicated Mount Bethel, preaching a sermon from 1 Thess. v 16: "Rejoice evermore." Probably the first Methodist church in Newberry County was organized in the home of Edward Finch. Here Bishop Asbury preached and held a quarterly conference in 1788. Finch lived near Mt. Bethel Academy, about ten miles northeast of Newberry Courthouse and near Brown's Crossroads.... more coming... ________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com

Hi List, I was wondering if anyone has information about the Coates family in the Kingston Ontario Canada area in 1890's. I have had no luck locating my great grandfather. Thanks, Leana (Coates) Korthuis leanakorthuis@home.net Researching primarily Coates, Logan, Pearl, Merck, O'Brien, Davidson, Joy

Hi, Speaking of Canadian Coates' there were a bunch that settled in the Port Perry area in Reach and Cartwright Townships in the 1830-50's.. In fact there even was a "Coates Settlement" in this area. Some of this branch went west to Manitoba and settled around Carman Manitoba. If anyone thinks they may connect with this group, I have a fair amount of data. regards, Geoff

Hello Charlotte, I am descended from the Coates the arrived in Halifax, Nova Scotia from Yorkshire, England in 1772. The first Coates in this area was Thomas Coates. Over the span of many years Thomas had 2 wives and 15 children. Many Coates have settled in Nova Scotia and New Brunswick, Canada and many have, over the years resettled in the US, especially New England area. I would be happy to compare ad share the data I have. David A. Coates Charlotte, NC, USA

Say, Happy Father's Day to the Dad's on the list...<g>... Pope p. 80 Presbyterians The Scotch-Irish settlers in the Enoree and Little River sections of Newberry County established churches within a decade or so after their arrival. Little River Presbyterian Church was located in Laurens County just above the boundary line separating Laurens and Newberry. It served a congregation in both counties and in reality belongs to both. First organized in 1764 by the Reverend James Cresswell, its first elders were James Williams, who fell at King's Mountain, Angus Campbell, and James Burnside. Taking an interest in education, the members of this congregation were successful in incorporating the "Salem Society" on March 16, 1768, for the purpose of endowing and maintaining a school and seminary of learning between the Catawba and Savannah rivers at or near Little River Meetinghouse. Nothing further is known concerning this society. Howe states that Reverend Mr. Cresswell was a man of more than ordinary activity in his calling; he not only served Little River but also Duncan's creek, Fairforest, and Ninety Six. He lived near Indian Island ford. To Little River came the Reverend William Tennent and chief Justice William Drayton on their tour of the upcountry in 1775. And here they found an appreciative and receptive audience. The congregation was divided in its political views, and the church suffered from their division. In the Enoree section the people on Indian Creek organized a congregation by that name in 1768. A church was built and a number of ministers preached here in succession - the Reverend Messrs. Roe,Close, Duffield, and Campbell preached here until about 1773 when the Reverend Joseph Alexander began his ministry. James Templeton preached at Indian Creek in 1785, Robert Hall and Robert Mecklin in 1786, Thomas H. McCaule and Robert Hall in 1787, James Templeton in 1788, and James Wallis and Francis Cummins in 1789. And the Reverend Robert McClintock preached here from 1785 to 1788. McClintock was not affiliated with the Presbytery of Charleston. He had first come to South Carolina in 1772 but had returned to Ireland three years later and could to come back to South Carolina until 1785. On February 15, 1786, John Hewston, Sr., of the district of Ninety Six, County of Newberry, conveyed to the trustees or elders of the Presbyterian Congregation (Rev. Robert McClintock, pastor) of Newberry County one acre on which to build a house of worship and to have a burial place and free use of the spring. Closely associated with Indian Creek was the congregation of Grassy Spring, which began as a branch of the former. The settlers between the Enoree and the Tyger petitioned the South Carolina Presbytery on September 24, 1794, to be taken under its care and supplied a minister. In the early days of the church, the congregation consisted of these families - Otterson, Dugan, Crenshaw, Gordon, Johnson, Valentine, Buford, Caldwell and Hamilton. Major Samuel Otterson and Major Thomas Gordon were elders. Both Indian Creek and Grassy Spring have long since passed into oblivion, but Little River is still active two centuries after its founding. ________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com

Bush River is rightly regarded as the principal early Baptist church in Newberry County. From this mother church came Cross Roads Baptist Church near Chappells, Lower Duncan's Creek Church, near Whitmire, and First Baptist in Newberry. It still flourishes, with a strong congregation, a well-kept cemetery, and a beautiful church building. The organizer of this church was the Reverend Samuel newman. A native of Cecil County, Maryland, he was the thirteenth child of Walter and Mary Newman. Born on March 15, 1713, he moved to Montgomery County, Pennsylvania where, on July 12, 1740, he and his wife Martha were received by Montgomery Baptist church. Later he moved to the Valley of Virginia where he and his wife became charter members of the Linville Creek Baptist Church on August 6, 1756; on the date he became the first church clerk, and the Reverend John Alderson, the pastor. The Newmans first moved to Virginia in 1744, Samuel and Martha Newman left Virginia in 1765, the Journal of Smith Creek Church (formerly Linville Creek Church) reciting in an entry for April 20, 1765, that Samuel and Martha Newman were moving away to some parts of North Carolina or South Carolina and were granted letters of dismission. Newman received grants of 450 acres and 150 acres on the spring branches of Bush River; the former was surveyed by Edward Musgrove, deputy surveyor, on September 11, 1765, and the latter by John Caldwell, deputy surveyor, on August 25, 1766. On these lands Newman built his home and erected a small meetinghouse. The Reverend Daniel Marshall held meetings in Newman's home before the meetinghouse was completed, and with the Reverend Philip Mulkey constituted a church. Two meetinghouses were built about three miles apart, one on land given by George Goggans and the other on Newman's land. Newman wrote his will on November 12, 1770, and in it devised two acres of land "where the meeting house now stands for that use to the Sepparate Baptists as long as they will repair the same forever. This recital proves that the congregation of Bush River was in existence before 1771, the year that the church journal state it was organized. This journal was commenced by Michael Landers after his election as church clerk in 1792 and has been carefully maintained from that time to the present. It is understandable that the clerk commencing the journal more than twenty years later could have erred as to the date of organization. Newman was then dead. It is certain that Samuel Newman was ordained in 1771 and that he was pastor for a few months before his death in November 1771. He was succeeded by Thomas Norris, who preached non-resistance during the Revolution and who according to tradition was imprisoned at Ninety Six for his refusal to fight. Despite the split in his congregation because of Norris's views, it continued to meet throughout the critical period. Following his death in 1780, John Cole, Sr., was licensed in 1781 and ordained in 1783; he served as pastor from the latter date to his death in 1816. The church became known as Cole's Meetinghouse during his long pastorate. One of the charter members of the Congaree Association when it was formed in 1771, Bush River later became a member of the Bethel Association when it as formed din 1789. The Baptist of Bush River, like the other Separates in the backcountry, were sternly puritanical. In a raw society, they endeavored to supply moral standards needed to improve local society. Drinking, gambling, dancing, card playing, failing to attend church meetings, overreaching in trading horses, speaking disrespectfully of other members, and the use of profanity all brought severe condemnation and sometimes excommunication. Heresy-embracing beliefs not sanctioned by the church - meant dismissal, as did adultery. In short, this church actively sought to regulate the behavior of its members and to improve that of the community. Lower Duncan's Creek was a post-Revolutionary church, organized in 1786. Located a short distance from the present town of Whitmire, the church was moved to the town a century later and became the First Baptist church of Whitmire. Townsend found that it joined the Bethel Association in 1790 when Reverend Micajah Bennett was pastor and Jacob King a licentiate. Reuben and John Rowland were candidates in 1792, and Reuben was licensed to preach. In 1794 the Church had a membership of only thirty-four members; by 1800 the congregation had grown to forty. The great religious revival of 1802-03 brought the membership to seventy-six. ________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com

same source: p. 84 Baptists Bush River, Enoree and Lower Duncan's Creek are the three earliest Baptist churches in Newberry County and the only ones established before 1800. As Townsend points out in her scholarly an perceptive study of early South Carolina Baptists, the majority of that sect entering the backcountry were at first known as Separates. This name derived from the withdrawal of the New Lights from the Congregational Churches of England after the Great Awakening engendered by Jonathan Edwards and George Whitefield. The Reverend Shubal Stears, "a peculiarly passionate and moving exhorter is claimed by all Baptist historians to have led the Separate New Light movement into the Southern colonies." From his settlement at Sandy Creek North Carolina, the movement spread in all directions throughout the South. One of those carrying the new Gospel into the Fork between the Broad and Saluda was the Reverend Philip Maulkey who was ordained in 1757 and whose influence was far-reaching. Settling finally at Fairforest, on a branch of Tyger River in 1762, he established the most influential Baptist church in the upcountry. One of the branches of this church was Enoree which, according to Townsend, claimed 1768 as the year of its beginning, and which had a meetinghouse built in 1771. It was said to have been originally erected at Littleton's ferry on Enoree River on Major Jesse Maybin's plantation. Later it was moved to it present location not far from Keitt's Crossroads. No records survive from its first years, but in 1781 the Reverend Jacob King was pastor and served, with the assistance of the Reverend Jesse Owen, until after the turn of the eighteenth century. During this decade the congregation consisted of considerably less than one hundred members. Located in the northeastern section of the country, it never equalled Bush River Church in numbers or influence. ________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com

Source: History of Newberry County by Pope p. 82 The Dunkers The Dunker settlement was on Palmetto Branch (now called Kinard's Branch), a tributary of Bush River a few miles south of the town of Newberry. The Chapmans, Summers, Lynches, Prathers, and Martins were Dunkers. Their meetinghouse, of which no vestige remains, stood next to the old Dunker Cemetery which is located near the road from Newberry to St. Luke's. Joseph Summers of Maryland was the leader of the small band of Duners. His son-in-law, the Reverend Giles Chapman, who was born in Virginia, was a saddler by trade and a preacher by avocation. He began to preach in 1782. This congregation later became Universalists, but in the early years they practiced their rather unusual form of religion. Believing in immersion like the Baptist, they knelt in the water and were plunged three times under it while in that position. They neither shaved their faces nor their heads. Footnotes: Deed Book U, p. 148, Newberry County clerk's office. On November 24, 1823, Daniel Morgan conveyed two and a half acres to Joseph Summers, Samuel Summers, Samuel Chapman, and Maramduke Coate, Esq. Trustees of the Univeralist Meeting House in Newberry District... (char's note: I think the Esq. after the name must have some connection to when they were justices of the peace) ________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com

Source: History of Newberry County by Pope p. 82 The Dunkers The Dunker settlement was on Palmetto Branch (now called Kinard's Branch), a tributary of Bush River a few miles south of the town of Newberry. The Chapmans, Summers, Lynches, Prathers, and Martins were Dunkers. Their meetinghouse, of which no vestige remains, stood next to the old Dunker Cemetery which is located near the road from Newberry to St. Luke's. Joseph Summers of Maryland was the leader of the small band of Duners. His son-in-law, the Reverend Giles Chapman, who was born in Virginia, was a saddler by trade and a preacher by avocation. He began to preach in 1782. This congregation later became Universalists, but in the early years they practiced their rather unusual form of religion. Believing in immersion like the Baptist, they knelt in the water and were plunged three times under it while in that position. They neither shaved their faces nor their heads. Footnotes: Deed Book U, p. 148, Newberry County clerk's office. On November 24, 1823, Daniel Morgan conveyed two and a half acres to Joseph Summers, Samuel Summers, Samuel Chapman, and Maramduke Coate, Esq. Trustees of the Univeralist Meeting House in Newberry District... (char's note: I think the Esq. after the name must have some connection to when they were justices of the peace) ________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com

Didn't we have an Anna Coats in Smith County TN, that died about 1856, the Baptist Church there had received a letter or something telling them that...? Most interesting....Char ----Original Message Follows---- Ann E. Coates born Nov 29, 1810 - died Dec 9, 1856 footstone floating marked A E C ________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com

FYI...Char ----Original Message Follows---- From: "Louise Kohl" <guppi@inreach.com> Reply-To: guppi@inreach.com To: coats@hotmail.com Subject: Some Info I have. GA, NC, KY and Family Sheet Date: Sat, 17 Jun 2000 22:22:58 -0700 Might try the Coates Cemetery, New Liberty, Owen Co., KY The Coates family, from Virginia, held many slaves. TYPE: probably a combination of Church (Baptist, rev Thomas C. Cropper m Alcinda Coates) and Family Farm. (The church was midway between this cemetery and New Liberty on the old road.) CONDITION: Unused, overgrown. (NOTE: new recordings here.) R. Sim Coates Apr 27, 1829 - Apr 19, 1919 Sarah, wife of R S Coates Apr 27, 1840 - May 1, 1904 (NOTE: This stone has been turned upside down and driven vertically by a fallen tree. I was unable to right it, mainly because it is still 100% intact.) John H. Coates born July 7, 1807 - died Jan 9, 1885 aged 77years, 6m, 2d Mary wife of Richard Coates born May 21, 1788 - died Aug 12, 1881 no headstone found footstone reads R. C. (NOTE: Eternal Rest records the stone as: Richard Coates, 08/12/1783 - 07/02/1871.) James L. Coates died May (3-5-8), 1869 - aged 44y, 5m, 3d (NOTE: stone broken on date line.) Ann E. Coates born Nov 29, 1810 - died Dec 9, 1856 footstone floating marked A E C (NOTE: 6 fieldstone graves are immediately south of Ann Coates in row 7. The third one south has the initials M A C carved on it. Bear in mind, the yard likely contains members of the Cropper family, but this is in the Coates row.) (Moving westward to row 6 within a space of M A C above is:) .................. wife of W H Sanford b Feb 11, 1826 - d June 11, 1854 Mary B. dau of W H and M E Sandford born May 18, 1854 - died Sept 6, 1854 (one standing field stone is also in row 6 many feet north) (row 5, nearly west of the Sim Coates stone) Henry Coates born 1785 - died July 15, 1862 Lucy, wife of Henry Coates born 1785 - dies April 26, 1875 (one standing field stone is also in row 5, several spaces south) (Row 4, near the south wall, is a fieldstone grave, next to it is:) In memory of Susan Blanton wife of H. Blanton died Oct 26, 1839, aged 36y, 10m (Four other fieldstone graves in row 4, two, near the middle, an adult pair.) (the following information comes from when I drew the map: 3 fieldstone graves in row 3, a pair being children's graves side by side; 2 fieldstones in row 2; and 3 fieldstones in row 1, one set an adult pairing. HOWEVER: on a later trip, I found in the sw corner:) Pascal Green died Jan 12, 1854 - 54y, 6m, 1?days (The following are not located on my map but I recorded them.) Betty Ware wife of W. H. Peggs d July 30, 1844 - 19y, 11m, 13days and their infant daughter d Aug 28, 1844 - 4 m, 7days Robert H. Branham Feb 11, 1828 - Feb 6, 1850 (NOTE: I believe this stone was recorded in the original study but omitted from the Eternal Rest listing.) One other fieldstone has the initials N C carved on it. (NOTE: the area above may cover one-third of the walled enclosure.) ==================================================================== This is what I got from a Walker researcher last year. I am not inclined to follow family sheets, but the info is a good starting place. Don't think these are mine. ================= Marshall Coats B. SC 1826 M.Colleta Georgia M. Nancy Walker B.1824 Putnam Georgia Marshal Ocupation Carpenter Mothers name: Hannah Nancy Coats Fathers name: Moses P Walker Mothers name: Toinetta ? Children Mary E. 1841 William H. 1843 Margaret 1844 George 1848 1850 Coweta Court Census 66 # 340 Hannah Coats 60 S C Elizabeth Coats 35 S.C. Wilson Coats 10 GA family sheet was compiled by Gertrude W. Stone 11 Casy St. Newman GA 3330263 Oct 1982 ________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com

FYI...Char ----Original Message Follows---- From: "Fred Lever" <flever@home.com> Reply-To: "Fred Lever" <flever@home.com> To: <coats@hotmail.com> Subject: Re: Coates Family Date: Sat, 17 Jun 2000 23:51:43 -0600 Hello Charlotte The following info is what I have for now. Any help would be great thanks Robert Drew and Anna Jane Coates their son was Francis Drew Coates born in 1839 in Toronto. Francis married Elizabeth Marshall on May 2, 1870 near Ancton Ontario they moved to Cartwright Manitoba around 1885. Then in the late 1890's Francis died and Elizabeth and their 5 kids moved to Dryden Ontario area around 1900. The five kids were Harold, Garnet, Cosmo, Robert and Margret. Robert married Ella Beatty in Dryden May28 1906 ,their kids were Dorothy Elizabeth Elsie born Nov 11 1907(my Grandmother),Teresa, Ruby, and Leo. Dorothy married Married George Edward Lever July 30 1930. Hope to hear from you Fred Lever ________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com

This from Louise, she's off the list for awhile...Char ----Original Message Follows---- From: "Louise Kohl" <guppi@inreach.com> Reply-To: guppi@inreach.com To: coats@hotmail.com Subject: Interesting Site Date: Sat, 17 Jun 2000 11:21:58 -0700 You have probably already discovered this site. It has many records and Surnames related to VA and the Carolinas. Louise New River Notes: Search http://search.freefind.com/find.html?id=4457658&map=0&page=0 COATS http://www.ls.net/~newriver/misc/jarvis1.htm General Coats http://www.ls.net/~newriver/va/fran1786.htm The 1786 Franklin County, Virginia Personal Property Tax List Coats, Jesse COATES http://www.ls.net/~newriver/va/afam1933.htm 1933 Report of Ancient Free & Accepted Masons of Virginia - Grayson County Lodges Old Town Lodge, No. 68 Chartered, December 10, 1847, District No. 43, Post Office Galax Meets at Galax on the second Tuesday of every month Member: Coates, Joseph ________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com

Thought you might be interested in this site...it will keep track of web pages for you....checks them ever so often and if they'ved changed will send them to you... http://www.web2mail.com/ Char ________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com

In a message dated 6/16/2000 8:35:13 PM Eastern Daylight Time, Duroblan@aol.com writes: << Hello folks, I am trying to make a connection between James Walker and Austin Marion Coates b. 1788 . Wilkinson, Co., Ms. In the LDS they say that Austin Coates married to Margaret Kuhn is related to a James Walker. I do not always take stock in the LDS but, I have seen this several other places also. Are there Walkers and Coates relations?? Thank you, Robbie >> Yes, there are connections. The one I know about begins in Coweta County, GA: Descendants of Moses P. Walker Generation No. 1 1. MOSES P.1 WALKER died May 10, 1865 in Coweta Co., GA. He married TORNETTE. Children of MOSES WALKER and TORNETTE are: 2. i. NANCY H.2 WALKER, b. 1822, GA. ii. SUSAN E. WALKER, m. RICHARD DAVIS. iii. SARAH P. WALKER, m. ENOCH S. DAVIS. iv. JOHN M. WALKER, m. NANCY ?. v. WILLIAM CAPERS WALKER, m. SUSAN ELIZABETH CULPEPPER. vi. HANNAH A. WALKER, b. 1826; m. FRANCIS M. ROOKS; d. in Civil War skirmish. 3. vii. JAMES W. WALKER, d. October 24, 1863, Camp Douglas, Ill (POW, "Inflamation of the lung"). viii. MARTHA A. WALKER, b. 1835; m. JOHN ROBINSON. ix. S.A. WALKER, b. 1837. x. ELIZABETH M. WALKER, b. 1835. Generation No. 2 2. NANCY H.2 WALKER (MOSES P.1) was born 1822 in GA. She married MARSHALL COATS (COATE) December 28, 1841 in Coweta Co., GA, son of HENRY COATE and HANNAH. He was born 1816 in SC, and died in Coweta Co., GA. Children of NANCY WALKER and MARSHALL (COATE) are: i. MARY E.3 COATS, b. 1843. ii. MARGARET B. COATS, b. 1845, GA; d. December 18, 1913; m. WILLIAM H. WALKER. iii. WILLIAM W. COATS, b. 1846, GA. iv. GEORGE P. COATS, b. 1848, GA. 4. v. MOSES WALKER COATS, b. July 25, 1850, Coweta Co., GA; d. September 07, 1919, Carroll Co., GA. vi. JOHN N. COATS, b. 1852, GA; d. Aft. 1880; m. SARAH F.; b. Abt. 1860, GA; d. Aft. 1880. vii. HANNAH A. COATS, b. 1855, GA. viii. JAMES A. COATS, b. 1857; m. HATTIE BROOKS, February 29, 1880, Coweta Co., GA. 5. ix. OTIS A. COATS, b. July 29, 1859, GA. 3. JAMES W.2 WALKER (MOSES P.1) died October 24, 1863 in Camp Douglas, Ill (POW, "Inflamation of the lung"). He married MARY ANN CULPEPPER. Children of JAMES WALKER and MARY CULPEPPER are: i. JOEL TIMOTHY3 WALKER, m. ELLEN Z. WITCHER. ii. ELIZABETH TINET WALKER, m. LEVI JOHN ROBERT COPELAND. iii. TABITHA SERENA FRANCES WALKER, m. CHARLES WATERS CARTER. I have more info on the descendants of Moses Walker Coats, if you're interested. - Janet

FYI...Char _______________________ To: <charlotte.coats@coatsarchive.zzn.com> Subject: Coates Family From: "Fred Lever" <flever@home.com> Date: Sat, Jun 17 2000 9:44:53 AM -0600 Hello Charlotte I am doing a family tree and my Grandmother on my Dad's side was a Coates and I was wondering if you had any information on the Coates in Canada?? Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you Fred Lever ________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com

Well, these are the Burlington MM NJ Quaker records I found: http://www.rootsquest.com/~coatsfar/newjerse.html Not a lot in there... Char ________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com

This is a forward but it seems when I try to foward the original message it become an attachment so this is a forward cut and paste...Char ________________________ Yes, in the 1700's, slaves could be members and there was special seating for them. A man of color named Wolly who belonged to John Abernathy was a member. I know that's the right John Abernathy, because Wolly is mentioned in the estate settlement. I can't find John Abernathy on the membership roll, but I did find Chesley Davis (John's father-in-law). Let me refine that last statement: John's father-in-law was Chesley Davis; there were several men named Chesley Davis; a Chesley Davis or two or three were members of BRBC; they were probably men younger than John Abernathy, so maybe John's father-in-law was not a member. ANYWAY...let's now jump to the 1800's: On p. 18 of BUSH RIVER BAPTIST CHURCH Anniversary Celebration 1771-1996, it is stated: "The War Between the States came to a close. During this strenuous time the church had succeeded in 'carrying on.' But now with the end of the war and the freedom of the slaves, the church was confronted with another problem - what to do with the colored church members. This was soon solved, for in 1866, the church agreed to give the colored members of the church a plot of the church property on which they might erect a building of their own. A committee consisting of B. R. Mangum, A. P. Davis and William Smith was given charge of this matter. Up until this time the slaves and their masters had belonged to the same church and worshipped in the same building. A gallery was built on three sides of all the old churches and it was in these galleries that the slaves sat and worshipped. On June 13, 1866, thirrty-nine colored members were dismissed from the ''white folks' church and a committee from the church was appointed to help them and to draw up papers giving them their legal rights as a church. The church was built beyond the spring and just across the road from the old cemetery. Later, the negroes bought some land of their own a little farther down the road to Newberry and on it they built a substantial church building. There were some of the slaves who would not go to the negro church, but preferred to continue to worship with the white people, and they were permitted to stay. In 1871 the church roll was revised for the second time and we find that the total number of white members was 206 and the total number of negroes was 38. On February 10, 1866, Asa P. Davis was elected a deacon in the church." p. 20 "Rev. M. E. Broadus succeeded Rev. Mr. Rice as pastor in 1878 and remained for three yars as pastor, at a salary of $300 per year. During 1878 many changes were made. The pulpit was remodeled, the windows reparied and the church repainted inside and out. The church roll was revised for the third time, showing an enrollment of 162 white members, 13 colored members and 13 out of the 162 white members out of bounds. Those thirteen who lived too far away from the church to attend its services were told to put their church letter [membership] in some church near them or they would be dicipllined!" p. 21 Rev. W. B. Elkin followed Mr. Thomason as pastor and seerved for one year. Rev. Mr. Fowler preached the first part of 1883 and Rev. W. J. Langston came the latter part of the year to be pastor. He served until 1892 with a salary of $300 per year. Mr. Langston was a faithful, conscientious preacher and pastor, much beloved by the church he served. During this ministry the pulpit, which was at the opposite end of the church from where it is now, was removed. A new one was placed at the other end of the church, which location it has today. The gallery which was on both sides and one end of the church and which was used by the negroes was torn down." Both churches look very nice. The church for African-Americans is red brick, as I recall, and the other one is white. The old cemetery is on the road just a few yards from the "white folks" church, and the parsonage is across the road (facing the church). Section I of the book, History of Bush River Baptist Church, was written by Mrs. C. M. Smith, Historian, Kinards, SC, August, 1934. p. 3 "We are fortunate in having a brief outline of the organization and beginning of Bush River Chruch in 'The Annals of Newberry C ounty' by O'Neall and Chapman. Also, we have our own original church record, which was begun in 1792 and has been ekpt intact, with the exception of a few years, down through the centuries....[she quotes ANNALS] then states: "We go now to our own original church record as it was begun to be kept by Michael Landers, the first clerk. This record is well preserved, well written in a clear and intelligible handwriting. So, I give you word for word p. 4 as copied from the original record, the facts leading up to the time when a permanent record of the church began to be kept." Mary Alice ________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com