Hi, all. I have an interesting letter written by a Mrs. Juanita Hackney age 83 - in 1969 replying to an inquiry of my mother's. I am going to copy the last several paragraphs (the first ones aren't applicable, just friendly. Maybe someone can use this info: "I have such interesting history of the Coats family. "My great-great grandfather was John Coats from Virginia. His son, my great grandfather, was William born in Virginia 1795. They moved to Rowan Co. North Carolina between 1795 and `1800 where another son was born, Sanders Coats. This is the only c hildren of John Coats we have found so far. "William married Malinda Amelia Barrett in North Carolina in 1819. We have an interesting record of the Barrett family. Jonathan Barrett was born in Prince George Co., Maryland 1751. He was granted a large piece of land in that county. Had a large plantation, 12 children and 22 salves. His daughter Malinda married my great grandfather William Coats. They had Wilson Coats, James, John, Elizabeth, Rebecca and William Jr., my grandfather. "He was the father of my father John Coats. He had a sister Cora. My Aunt. "My great great grandfather John Coats from England or Virginia. The Coats moved from North Carolina to Indiana, then to Illinois where my father was born. They had relattives in NewBerry South Carolina. Sanders Coats was in Memphis Tenn during the Civil War. He was in Ark. in 1850. The family of Coats is all over the south. "Does any of this family record correspond with your records. This is all the information I have at the present. "We are trying to find more. Jonathan Barrett fought in the American Revolution. He and family moved from Maryland to North Carolina. After his 12 children were born, he moved to N. Car. Rowen County. "I met your father at the Santa Fe depot. He looked so much like my father they could have been brothers" That's all the letter. Hope this helps someone. Sue Taub. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Charlotte *" <coats@hotmail.com> To: <COATES-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, May 24, 2000 11:34 AM Subject: [COATES-L] Rev William Coats > I went to both of these sites at least one seems to be for Rev William > Coats' son John??? but has him dying in OH...I think there might be some > misconnections here... > > Has Rev William's father as Phillip and him born in Paisley Scotland... > > Or there is another Rev William Coats and Nancy Baker around...<g>... > > Char > > ************************ > The family line was located on the following sites: > > www.rootsweb.com/~tsingle/johnson/fam00026.htm > www.familytreemaker.com/users/s/l/o/William-L-Sloan/GENE7-0004.html > > Both list his parents as John Coats b. Jan. 20, 1788 in So. Carolina, and > wife > Sarah "Sallie" Wright, dau. of Thomas Wright and Elizabeth (Mary) Jay of So. > Carolina. The sites also lists all the children. > > > ________________________________________________________________________ > Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com > > > ==== COATES Mailing List ==== > Coates, Coate, Coats Digital Archive: > http://www.rootsquest.com/~coatsfar > >