Charlotte Coats wrote: > > http://www.copies1918.com/edgefield1.html > > There is a James Coats that died in Edgefield SC any one know anything > about him? > > Char > > > > ==== COATES Mailing List ==== > Coates, Coate, Coats Digital Archive: > http://www.rootsquest.com/~coatsfar > > > > Char; I think this would be James of Edgefield, who according to my > hypothesis would be one of the sons of John (Gentleman) Coats, of > Newberry. Proof of this is James selling his property, which he > inherited from John Gent, according to John Gent's will, to his > brother William. The property described in John Gent's will, and the > property James sold to William are one and the same. The Coates of > Illinois, who I sponsored for DNA testing, matches Marmaduke, and all > the others in that group on your site. I sent you copies of these > documents a year or so ago. Therefor, I believe that all the Coatses > in James and Marmaduke's group on your site are descendents of, or > closely related to John (Gentleman) Coats. John Coats