hi? the supposed father of rev. william coats was william married to frances.? no other information that i know of is available.? they had 4 sons, and maybe 2 daughters,? .l? have? a little bit on them as does charlotte, i'm on my way out of town for ten days, i'll be back and post what i know.? there are two lines of coats who descend from them that are fairly will known, i'll get to that when i return.? frances e. -----Original Message----- From: Linda Coate <lcoate@ancestrees.com> To: coates@rootsweb.com Sent: Thu, Aug 6, 2009 3:42 pm Subject: Re: [COATES] Fwd: Lemuel Coats I'm curious. Who did you father believe was the father of Rev. William Coats.. If you have that, we certainly would also love to know the sources for that information. This is great. Thank you so much. Linda On 7/31/2009 3:32 PM, 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. 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