This is not too much at all. In fact a wife taking a 4 year old could explain some of the difficulty the Texas people have sometime had in following their lineage. Thanks. Linda On 8/6/2009 6:55 PM, grandbanna1@juno.com wrote: > Linda, > > I also wish more people from the line of Group 1 would get involved in > the search and share as much information as possible to solve this > mystery. My Nathaniel Coats/Clarence Alexander Coates line has some > really shady characters in it. It seemed that a lot of this family had > scrapes with the law and some spent time in prison for murder in the > early 1900's. I have court records for Clarence Alexander Coates who is > the grandson of Nathaniel. Numerous descendants, now living, of > Nathaniel Coats do not like to discuss their heritage but it's all > history and most of the family are great people. I know Nathaniel Coats > had relatives in East Texas (Rusk and Nacogdoches Counties) even though > he is on the Brazos County, Texas census for 1870. His wife left him and > took their four year old son from Brazos County to Nacogdoches to stay > with relatives about 1899 - 1900. She supposedly went to Galveston in a > wagon for supplies and perished in the hurricane of 1900. I hope I'm not > writing too much but maybe someone out there knows something about this > line. Thank you. > > Martha > > > On Thu, 06 Aug 2009 18:25:25 -0400 Linda Coate<lcoate@ancestrees.com> > writes: > >> Well, It appears we have another interesting problem to solve. The >> >> member that's been writing with all the alluring tidbits about a >> possible lineage to Charlotte Coats's James, John, William group is >> >> related to the 1st group on our DNA page at >> http://www.ancestrees.com >> which is called Alex/James for TX/TN according to another >> researcher. >> The good news is that they are obviously both Coats lines. So >> anyone >> out there that knows you are related to Alexander Coats, we sure >> would >> appreciate you joining the group to ascertain which line is which. >> I >> thinks it's the mystery that keeps us all involved in this. :) >> >> Linda Coate, admin. >> >> ------------------------------- >> 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 >> >> > > ____________________________________________________________ > Criminal Justice Degrees > Online Programs for Busy Adults at University of Phoenix. Info Here! > http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL2141/c?cp=30dggDmkoVhb5IWs3OwwkQAAJ1De3P0Jc6Dm8x4V29vIdl0iAAUAAAAAAAAAAABvAT7eer-qCRUVJPPNExQh2DoSAAAAAA== > > ------------------------------- > 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: 270.13.45/2286 - Release Date: 08/06/09 18:17:00 > >