hmmm, most interesting....are you for sure it is Wm and Susannah .... as I recall they were in Sumner County TN and there is another William living with them later in life? But I would be more inclined to take the Pension file info, since that is usually first hand info....most interesting... Char ----Original Message Follows---- From: "Linda J. Coate" <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Subject: [COATES-L] William and Susannah Dismukes Coates Date: Sat, 29 Jan 2005 08:57:39 -0500 I've been looking at William Coates of Davidson Co., TN. His Revolutionary War Pension application is up on Heritagequest.com and the dates of his death or his wife's do not match up with the Austin Coates family bible. I suspect that the Pension application would be more first hand and more accurate. Ex. Susannah goes before a judge to request that her husband's pension be extended to her now that she's a widow. This document is dated Nov. 8, 1845, nine months after the bible record lists her death date. She lists her husbands death date as Oct. 6, 1844. Any thoughts on this for whomever has this line? Also, do we have DNA evidence from this branch of the family? LINDA COATE, Columbus, Ohio [email protected] www.ancestrees.com ==== COATES Mailing List ==== Find out where your Coate/s family fits. Join the Coats/Coates/Coate DNA Project, http://www.rootsquest.com/~coatsfar/coatsarchive/dna.htm