Sorry... I keep replying and forgetting to send these to the group... >Actually, most of the records about Little John don't use the "Little" >when referring to him.... but he's the only John in the area with the >wife's name of Susannah -- and that helps us identify him. There could be >other records that apply to him, but we can't tell any distiguishing marks. >At 08:07 AM 12/31/2000 -0800, you wrote: >>But we don't have any records showing that Capt Henry Coate had a wife >>named Mary...so it's just conjecture at this point that the Henry's are >>the same person...plus...why would the records refer to Little John, very >>clearly, but then in other not refer to him as little john... >> >>When were the Annals of Newberry Written...? >> >>Char >>----- Original Message ----- >>From: Linda J. Dudick >>Sent: Sunday, December 31, 2000 4:58 AM >>To: COATES-L@rootsweb.com >>Subject: [COATES-L] Annals of Newberry >> >>I just found my copy of the Annals of Newberry, and that's the source we've >>all taken it from that Little John is the father of Marmaduke (called Duke) >>the surveyor (p. 148) "Marmaduke Coate, the youngest son of John Coate, >>(little) lived in Newberry from 1812 to 1828. He was a surveryor of much >>experience." (Annals of Newberry) Which equity court record lists the >>brother to Marmaduke as Capt. Henry Coate? If it really lists them both >>that way, then we do have the family mapped out correctly to the best >>evidence available. Little John is the father of Marmaduke the surveyor >>and Capt. Henry. That and the land records of the Henry living next to >>Little John, that Capt. Henry had a wife named Mary before the other 2 >>wives..... something I previously conjectured on, on my homepage..... >> >> >> >> >> >>Also, I noticed when reading it this time, it keeps referring to the >>"Annals" said and occasionally it makes a correction on the Annals... Is >>there more than one version of this? I'm answering my own question as I >>read. I think the original was by Judge Oneal in 1856, then a 2nd one in >>1892 reviewing and adding to the material in the original by Oneal and >>Chapman.... >> >> >> >> >> >>==== COATES Mailing List ==== >> >> >> >> >> >> >>---------- >>Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at >><http://explorer.msn.com>http://explorer.msn.com