I have some of this line in my data base. From Thomas Coats & Sarah Cramer to Charles Ninian Edmonston Sr & Vivian Coats. Would be interested in any additional information that you care to share. Ben Coate bencoate@nccn.net -----Original Message----- From: coates-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:coates-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of John Coats Sent: Saturday, August 01, 2009 7:15 AM To: coates@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [COATES] Fwd: Lemuel Coats edmonstar@aol.com wrote: > hi? my mother was vivian coats, dau of james longstreet coats, of felix coats, of wilson coats, of rev. william coats, etc., Charlotte's line.? i have some old notes from my father's original research of the newberry, south carolina coates, coate, coats.? the funny thing about that area was that there were about 5 john coates, or coats, sometimes the spelling was different on different documents, there was gentleman john, little john, big john, etc.? which they themselves used to distinguish themselves from each other.? anyway, when i get some of this other mess sorted out, i will send it to Charlotte.? my father did original research in the old archives and found, and hand copied (since there were not copiers) the wills and land purchases.? it is very confusing since i'm not very familiar with any coates/coats stuff prior to the father of rev. william coats.? anyway, i'll keep everyone posted, frances edmonston > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Linda Coate <lcoate@ancestrees.com> > To: coates@rootsweb.com > Sent: Thu, Jul 30, 2009 6:44 am > Subject: Re: [COATES] Fwd: Lemuel Coats > > > > > > > > > > > Cool. Was your mother a Coates? Linda > On 7/29/2009 5:53 PM, edmonstar@aol.com wrote: > >> hi? i did have that information, a summary, but not the entire history.? >> > wow.? anyway, i'm working my way through the coats that i have, my father had > soooooooo many notes, handwritten by my father, charles Ninian Edmonston, many > duplicates.? anyway, whenever i get it all done, i'll be able to copy into > gedcom format and away we go!!? frances edmonston > >> >> >> >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Coats Family History<coats.genealogy@gmail.com> >> To: coates@rootsweb.com; coate<coate@rootsweb.com>; Coats<coats@rootsweb.com>; >> > Coats list yahoo<Coates_Coate_Coats@yahoogroups.com> > >> Sent: Wed, Jul 29, 2009 6:03 am >> Subject: [COATES] Fwd: Lemuel Coats >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> Oh, some new info...thought you all might be interested in...the story that >> came down in my family was that Lem had died in New Mexico and was killed by >> lightning...stories will be stories....:) >> >> Char >> >> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- >> From: Wayne and Sharon Johnson<johnsonwe@embarqmail.com> >> Date: Tue, Jul 28, 2009 at 4:24 PM >> Subject: Lemuel Coats >> To: coats.genealogy@gmail.com >> >> >> >> Tuesday, July 28, 2009 >> >> Reference: >> http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:3148096&id=I115 >> >> 2nd Reference: http://www.callawegian.org/content28.html >> >> Dear Charlotte, >> >> As a matter of note, I just put up a story on the death of Lemuel Coats >> and the Maddox Brothers in the shooting at Portland. These came to me >> through a friend who is a Maddox descendant. Thought that you might be >> interested in these pieces of the puzzle. I couldn't help but wonder if you >> might not have any additional information or possibly photos of the men >> involved? I know that it is too much to ask for; but if you don't ask, >> there is not a prayer of receiving. Thanks. >> >> >> Sincerely yours, >> >> Wayne Johnson >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to COATES-request@rootsweb.com >> with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of >> the message >> >> >> >> >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to COATES-request@rootsweb.com >> > with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of > the message > >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> >> >> No virus found in this incoming message. >> Checked by AVG - www.avg.com >> Version: 8.5.392 / Virus Database: 270.13.35/2270 - Release Date: 07/29/09 >> > 06:12:00 > >> >> > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to COATES-request@rootsweb.com > with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of > the message > > > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to COATES-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > If Frances would just have a live male Coats descendent of Lemuel, who would take the DNA test, that would help to clear things up a bit. DNA is the only way we are eventually separate all these Johns. JWCoats ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to COATES-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

hi? charles and vivian are my parents, and i have 5 large binders full to the brim with pictures and family goup sheets.? so far in the coats family tree maker, i have coats and inlaws etc, of about 450 names, so when that gets out, i hope everyone will have fun.? i have decided to just concentrate on my father's research, which was done originally in dusty archives.? but after i send it out, i'm sure i find some differences that then i'll go further.? maybe in a couple of months.? i have 4 of the 5 binders entered, i save the last one, of all of the children, grandchildren, inlaws and a whole bunch of stuff for all of rev. william coats.? i have found some really interesting stuff and some funny stories, including the one about lemuel's murder, the guy hit by lightning, the guy who coudn't find his way home, so he followed the horse from the fishing hole, and wilson climbing up a tree to escape a bear.!!? anyway, it is all fun and very addictive to get started.? frances e. -----Original Message----- From: Ben Coate <bencoate@nccn.net> To: coates@rootsweb.com Sent: Sun, Aug 2, 2009 3:45 pm Subject: Re: [COATES] Fwd: Lemuel Coats I have some of this line in my data base. From Thomas Coats & Sarah Cramer to Charles Ninian Edmonston Sr & Vivian Coats. Would be interested in any additional information that you care to share. Ben Coate bencoate@nccn.net -----Original Message----- From: coates-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:coates-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of John Coats Sent: Saturday, August 01, 2009 7:15 AM To: coates@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [COATES] Fwd: Lemuel Coats edmonstar@aol.com wrote: > hi? my mother was vivian coats, dau of james longstreet coats, of felix coats, of wilson coats, of rev. william coats, etc., Charlotte's line.? i have some old notes from my father's original research of the newberry, south carolina coates, coate, coats.? the funny thing about that area was that there were about 5 john coates, or coats, sometimes the spelling was different on different documents, there was gentleman john, little john, big john, etc.? which they themselves used to distinguish themselves from each other.? anyway, when i get some of this other mess sorted out, i will send it to Charlotte.? my father did original research in the old archives and found, and hand copied (since there were not copiers) the wills and land purchases.? it is very confusing since i'm not very familiar with any coates/coats stuff prior to the father of rev. william coats.? anyway, i'll keep everyone posted, frances edmonston > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Linda Coate <lcoate@ancestrees.com> > To: coates@rootsweb.com > Sent: Thu, Jul 30, 2009 6:44 am > Subject: Re: [COATES] Fwd: Lemuel Coats > > > > > > > > > > > Cool. Was your mother a Coates? Linda > On 7/29/2009 5:53 PM, edmonstar@aol.com wrote: > >> hi? i did have that information, a summary, but not the entire history.? >> > wow.? anyway, i'm working my way through the coats that i have, my father had > soooooooo many notes, handwritten by my father, charles Ninian Edmonston, many > duplicates.? anyway, whenever i get it all done, i'll be able to copy into > gedcom format and away we go!!? frances edmonston > >> >> >> >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Coats Family History<coats.genealogy@gmail.com> >> To: coates@rootsweb.com; coate<coate@rootsweb.com>; Coats<coats@rootsweb.com>; >> > Coats list yahoo<Coates_Coate_Coats@yahoogroups.com> > >> Sent: Wed, Jul 29, 2009 6:03 am >> Subject: [COATES] Fwd: Lemuel Coats >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> Oh, some new info...thought you all might be interested in...the story that >> came down in my family was that Lem had died in New Mexico and was killed by >> lightning...stories will be stories....:) >> >> Char >> >> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- >> From: Wayne and Sharon Johnson<johnsonwe@embarqmail.com> >> Date: Tue, Jul 28, 2009 at 4:24 PM >> Subject: Lemuel Coats >> To: coats.genealogy@gmail.com >> >> >> >> Tuesday, July 28, 2009 >> >> Reference: >> http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:3148096&id=I115 >> >> 2nd Reference: http://www.callawegian.org/content28.html >> >> Dear Charlotte, >> >> As a matter of note, I just put up a story on the death of Lemuel Coats >> and the Maddox Brothers in the shooting at Portland. These came to me >> through a friend who is a Maddox descendant. Thought that you might be >> interested in these pieces of the puzzle. I couldn't help but wonder if you >> might not have any additional information or possibly photos of the men >> involved? I know that it is too much to ask for; but if you don't ask, >> there is not a prayer of receiving. Thanks. >> >> >> Sincerely yours, >> >> Wayne Johnson >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to COATES-request@rootsweb.com >> with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of >> the message >> >> >> >> >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to COATES-request@rootsweb.com >> > with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of > the message > >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> >> >> No virus found in this incoming message. >> Checked by AVG - www.avg.com >> Version: 8.5.392 / Virus Database: 270.13.35/2270 - Release Date: 07/29/09 >> > 06:12:00 > >> >> > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to COATES-request@rootsweb.com > with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of > the message > > > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to COATES-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > If Frances would just have a live male Coats descendent of Lemuel, who would take the DNA test, that would help to clear things up a bit. DNA is the only way we are eventually separate all these Johns. JWCoats ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to COATES-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to COATES-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Hi Ben, I would likewise be most interested in what you have that connects Frances' line (Rev William Coats wife Nancy or Charles Coats wife Sophia) to Thomas and Sarah Coats? Char On Sun, Aug 2, 2009 at 5:45 PM, Ben Coate <bencoate@nccn.net> wrote: > I have some of this line in my data base. From Thomas Coats & Sarah Cramer > to Charles Ninian Edmonston Sr & Vivian Coats. Would be interested in any > additional information that you care to share. > > Ben Coate > bencoate@nccn.net > > -----Original Message----- > From: coates-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:coates-bounces@rootsweb.com] On > Behalf Of John Coats > Sent: Saturday, August 01, 2009 7:15 AM > To: coates@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [COATES] Fwd: Lemuel Coats > > edmonstar@aol.com wrote: > > hi? my mother was vivian coats, dau of james longstreet coats, of felix > coats, of wilson coats, of rev. william coats, etc., Charlotte's line.? i > have some old notes from my father's original research of the newberry, > south carolina coates, coate, coats.? the funny thing about that area was > that there were about 5 john coates, or coats, sometimes the spelling was > different on different documents, there was gentleman john, little john, > big > john, etc.? which they themselves used to distinguish themselves from each > other.? anyway, when i get some of this other mess sorted out, i will send > it to Charlotte.? my father did original research in the old archives and > found, and hand copied (since there were not copiers) the wills and land > purchases.? it is very confusing since i'm not very familiar with any > coates/coats stuff prior to the father of rev. william coats.? anyway, i'll > keep everyone posted, frances edmonston > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Linda Coate <lcoate@ancestrees.com> > > To: coates@rootsweb.com > > Sent: Thu, Jul 30, 2009 6:44 am > > Subject: Re: [COATES] Fwd: Lemuel Coats > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Cool. Was your mother a Coates? Linda > > On 7/29/2009 5:53 PM, edmonstar@aol.com wrote: > > > >> hi? i did have that information, a summary, but not the entire > history.? > >> > > wow.? anyway, i'm working my way through the coats that i have, my father > had > > soooooooo many notes, handwritten by my father, charles Ninian Edmonston, > many > > duplicates.? anyway, whenever i get it all done, i'll be able to copy > into > > > gedcom format and away we go!!? frances edmonston > > > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: Coats Family History<coats.genealogy@gmail.com> > >> To: coates@rootsweb.com; coate<coate@rootsweb.com>; > Coats<coats@rootsweb.com>; > >> > > Coats list yahoo<Coates_Coate_Coats@yahoogroups.com> > > > >> Sent: Wed, Jul 29, 2009 6:03 am > >> Subject: [COATES] Fwd: Lemuel Coats > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> Oh, some new info...thought you all might be interested in...the story > that > >> came down in my family was that Lem had died in New Mexico and was > killed > by > >> lightning...stories will be stories....:) > >> > >> Char > >> > >> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > >> From: Wayne and Sharon Johnson<johnsonwe@embarqmail.com> > >> Date: Tue, Jul 28, 2009 at 4:24 PM > >> Subject: Lemuel Coats > >> To: coats.genealogy@gmail.com > >> > >> > >> > >> Tuesday, July 28, 2009 > >> > >> Reference: > >> > http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:3148096&id=I115 > >> > >> 2nd Reference: http://www.callawegian.org/content28.html > >> > >> Dear Charlotte, > >> > >> As a matter of note, I just put up a story on the death of Lemuel > Coats > >> and the Maddox Brothers in the shooting at Portland. These came to me > >> through a friend who is a Maddox descendant. Thought that you might be > >> interested in these pieces of the puzzle. I couldn't help but wonder if > you > >> might not have any additional information or possibly photos of the men > >> involved? I know that it is too much to ask for; but if you don't ask, > >> there is not a prayer of receiving. Thanks. > >> > >> > >> Sincerely yours, > >> > >> Wayne Johnson > >> > >> ------------------------------- > >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > COATES-request@rootsweb.com > >> with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the > body of > >> the message > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> ------------------------------- > >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > COATES-request@rootsweb.com > >> > > with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the > body > of > > the message > > > >> > >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > >> > >> > >> No virus found in this incoming message. > >> Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > >> Version: 8.5.392 / Virus Database: 270.13.35/2270 - Release Date: > 07/29/09 > >> > > 06:12:00 > > > >> > >> > > > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > COATES-request@rootsweb.com > > with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the > body > of > > the message > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > COATES-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message > > > > If Frances would just have a live male Coats descendent of Lemuel, who > would take the DNA test, that would help to clear things up a bit. DNA is > the only way we are eventually separate all these Johns. 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hi? i would love to know also.? my on going sifting through my parents research is amazing.? i? just found ANOTHER four shopping bags full of papers.? eeeek.? i found the will of robert read who married rachael coats, dau of rev. William.? there was apparently a son who died before his father did, because in the will, he mentions his grandson, Charles C. Read.? no other children apparently.? little bits and pieces here and there.? frances e. -----Original Message----- From: Coats Family History <coats.genealogy@gmail.com> To: coates@rootsweb.com Sent: Tue, Aug 4, 2009 4:07 am Subject: Re: [COATES] Fwd: Lemuel Coats Hi Ben, I would likewise be most interested in what you have that connects Frances' line (Rev William Coats wife Nancy or Charles Coats wife Sophia) to Thomas and Sarah Coats? Char On Sun, Aug 2, 2009 at 5:45 PM, Ben Coate <bencoate@nccn.net> wrote: > I have some of this line in my data base. From Thomas Coats & Sarah Cramer > to Charles Ninian Edmonston Sr & Vivian Coats. Would be interested in any > additional information that you care to share. > > Ben Coate > bencoate@nccn.net > > -----Original Message----- > From: coates-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:coates-bounces@rootsweb.com] On > Behalf Of John Coats > Sent: Saturday, August 01, 2009 7:15 AM > To: coates@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [COATES] Fwd: Lemuel Coats > > edmonstar@aol.com wrote: > > hi? my mother was vivian coats, dau of james longstreet coats, of felix > coats, of wilson coats, of rev. william coats, etc., Charlotte's line.? i > have some old notes from my father's original research of the newberry, > south carolina coates, coate, coats.? the funny thing about that area was > that there were about 5 john coates, or coats, sometimes the spelling was > different on different documents, there was gentleman john, little john, > big > john, etc.? which they themselves used to distinguish themselves from each > other.? anyway, when i get some of this other mess sorted out, i will send > it to Charlotte.? my father did original research in the old archives and > found, and hand copied (since there were not copiers) the wills and land > purchases.? it is very confusing since i'm not very familiar with any > coates/coats stuff prior to the father of rev. william coats.? anyway, i'll > keep everyone posted, frances edmonston > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Linda Coate <lcoate@ancestrees.com> > > To: coates@rootsweb.com > > Sent: Thu, Jul 30, 2009 6:44 am > > Subject: Re: [COATES] Fwd: Lemuel Coats > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Cool. Was your mother a Coates? Linda > > On 7/29/2009 5:53 PM, edmonstar@aol.com wrote: > > > >> hi? i did have that information, a summary, but not the entire > history.? > >> > > wow.? anyway, i'm working my way through the coats that i have, my father > had > > soooooooo many notes, handwritten by my father, charles Ninian Edmonston, > many > > duplicates.? anyway, whenever i get it all done, i'll be able to copy > into > > > gedcom format and away we go!!? frances edmonston > > > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: Coats Family History<coats.genealogy@gmail.com> > >> To: coates@rootsweb.com; coate<coate@rootsweb.com>; > Coats<coats@rootsweb.com>; > >> > > Coats list yahoo<Coates_Coate_Coats@yahoogroups.com> > > > >> Sent: Wed, Jul 29, 2009 6:03 am > >> Subject: [COATES] Fwd: Lemuel Coats > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> Oh, some new info...thought you all might be interested in...the story > that > >> came down in my family was that Lem had died in New Mexico and was > killed > by > >> lightning...stories will be stories....:) > >> > >> Char > >> > >> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > >> From: Wayne and Sharon Johnson<johnsonwe@embarqmail.com> > >> Date: Tue, Jul 28, 2009 at 4:24 PM > >> Subject: Lemuel Coats > >> To: coats.genealogy@gmail.com > >> > >> > >> > >> Tuesday, July 28, 2009 > >> > >> Reference: > >> > http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:3148096&id=I115 > >> > >> 2nd Reference: http://www.callawegian.org/content28.html > >> > >> Dear Charlotte, > >> > >> As a matter of note, I just put up a story on the death of Lemuel > Coats > >> and the Maddox Brothers in the shooting at Portland. These came to me > >> through a friend who is a Maddox descendant. Thought that you might be > >> interested in these pieces of the puzzle. I couldn't help but wonder if > you > >> might not have any additional information or possibly photos of the men > >> involved? I know that it is too much to ask for; but if you don't ask, > >> there is not a prayer of receiving. Thanks. > >> > >> > >> Sincerely yours, > >> > >> Wayne Johnson > >> > >> ------------------------------- > >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > COATES-request@rootsweb.com > >> with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the > body of > >> the message > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> ------------------------------- > >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > COATES-request@rootsweb.com > >> > > with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the > body > of > > the message > > > >> > >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > >> > >> > >> No virus found in this incoming message. > >> Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > >> Version: 8.5.392 / Virus Database: 270.13.35/2270 - Release Date: > 07/29/09 > >> > > 06:12:00 > > > >> > >> > > > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > COATES-request@rootsweb.com > > with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the > body > of > > the message > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > COATES-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message > > > > If Frances would just have a live male Coats descendent of Lemuel, who > would take the DNA test, that would help to clear things up a bit. DNA is > the only way we are eventually separate all these Johns. JWCoats > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > COATES-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > COATES-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message > -- A shameless plug for my web activities: Support Authentic Cherokee Art - look for the Cherokee Authentication tag - that insures they are a tribal citizen Indian Arts and Craft Act: http://nativeamericanlawus.blogspot.com Freedmen vs Cherokee Nation: http://freedmenvscherokeenation.blogspot.com/ Cherokee Basket Weaver's Association: http://cherokeebasketweaversassociation.org/ Cherokee Basket Weaving Books: http://www.lulu.com/groups/indianbasketweaving Cherokee Artists Association http://www.cherokeeartistsassociation.org Coats Archive: http://www.coatsarchive.us Pages Through Time http://www.pagesthroughtime.us ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to COATES-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message