Well, Rootsweb chewed this up and then spit it back to me...can't for the life of me figure out what happened...<g>....keeps telling me to turn my *HTML enriched text off* I don't even know if I've got an enriched text much less how to turn it off...LOL John, have you tried starting backwards ... or are you stuck in TN like I am...? see rest of comments below in chewed form... Char ----- Original Message ----- From: COATES-L-request@rootsweb.com Sent: Tuesday, December 05, 2000 7:16 PM To: coats@hotmail.com Cc: COATES-admin@lists5.rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [COATES-L] Robertson Co., Tenn From COATES-L-request@rootsweb.com > ------=_NextPart_001_0000_01C05EEF.C5DA8100 > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable > There is also a James Coats in Lincoln County, TN...I've only found one l= > and record for him...no other info yet...and yes, I think a lot of this e= > arly research can not be squared with the records...primary reason they f= > illed in a lot of gaps that weren't documented...or may not be able to be= > documented...but we'er working on that...<g>...did you try the surroundi= > ng counties...Robertson County TN was really big and a lot of other count= > ies were made from it... > The early Robertson County TN records...are all WPA transcribed records o= > r at least the land records are...there is a Couts family in Robertson Co= > unty TN according to an early county history...but in one of the indexes,= > which is the original index the name is spelled Coats or Coates don't re= > call which off hand...the transcribers took quite a bit of liberty with t= > he names when they did those WPA works...and the original deeds no longer= > exist or at least that is what I'm told by the TN State Archive... > I think they could have been married on Christmas Eve, probably not too c= > ommon...but I've seen more births on Christmas day and eve than marriages= > .... > Dan Coats...I've not contacted him but seems to me I've seen where others= > have and he didn't reply or wasn't interested...Sec of Defense huh? Tha= > t's interesting... > Barton Coats in Robertson County, TN has been connected to William Coats = > on Kings Creek in SC, his first son was Barton and then Barton had a son = > named Barton, also I think the Wilson Coats that was in prison in TN was = > his son...but not sure...that was early research and nothing definitive h= > as been found record wise...the problem with TN is that...some of those e= > arly land records just didn't exist because people went there and just se= > ttled on the land and then later were given a pre emption or at least tha= > t's what I think took place...so sometimes where someone was found in the= > records I think they just figured they had been there for a long time an= > d so there was no existing land grant...and that is the case with some fo= > lks...but boy, sure seems to me if they were there, there should be some = > type of record... > Also there is a group of Coats in the GA, Jefferson County area, that has= > n't been really researched either...so some of these connections might be= > in that area... > Also we have a John Coats, senr in Laurens County SC, who according to co= > urt records had a large family...now, large in those days could have mean= > t 10 or 12 kids...we know the name of at least one, John Coats jr also of= > Laurens County, SC and in 1829 he had a least one daughter still living = > at home and a possible son named Samuel....so there are a lot of folks in= > SC we don't know about yet...<g>... > The other thing about this early research....my Sylvester Baker says he w= > as in Wayne County KY and I've not found a record for him there yet eithe= > r...but he might have been staying with other family members or something= > ...I know he was there because he has stated so in a pension application = > for the Rev...now, without that record, I would not have known he was eve= > r in Wayne County, KY... > Bottom line...you just have to keep looking....<g>... > Char > ----- Original Message ----- > From: John Coats > Sent: Tuesday, December 05, 2000 6:17 PM > To: COATES-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: [COATES-L] Robertson Co., Tenn > Hey List; Just a random walk through a couple of subjects. > 1. Former Senator Dan Coats. Just wondered if anyone has Dan Coats's > line. He is apparently the insiders choice for Secy of Defense. I sent > him a letter 10 years ago asking if he had done any research, and he > said no. I thought maybe Linda or John Henry may have his line, since he > is from Indiana. In his last race for the Senate, he was the first > national candidate in the nation to be announced the winner, with about > 62% of the vote. Then he announced his retirement a few years ago. > 2. Robertson County Tennessee. Recently, I hired a researcher in Rob Co > Tenn, asking him to find any record of James Robert Coats and his wife, > Josephine Elizabeth Webster. > Their first child, my gggrandfather, John Webster Coats was supposed to > have been born there on 22 Sept 1808. He found nothing on James or his > wife, but did find an indenture from William (Couts-Cook) (spelled both > ways), to Eli Jones dated 27 Jan 1797. Also, a Barton Coats buying from > a Williams one hundred acres in 1811. Later, another deed by William > Couts to John Baker. Also, later, several more transactions by Barton > Coats in the early 1800's. Just wanted to pass this on. > Also, wanted to mention I'm now doubting a lot of the early information > I obtained from Annie Sue Sumrall of Meridian Ms., which were based on a > transcribed copy of a supposed bible record of Madison Coats, a son of > James Robert. Problem, no one has ever seen a copy of the original > record. Also, conveniently, James's first child, John Webster, was born > almost exactly nine months after the supposed marriage date. Problem: > Wedding day was on 24 Dec, Christmas eve, 1807. Did many people get > married on Christmas Eve back in those days. Sounds a little fishy to > me. Any feedback will be appreciated.<br clear=all><hr>Get more from the Web. FREE MSN Explorer download : <a href="http://explorer.msn.com">http://explorer.msn.com</a><br></p>