FYI...Char ----Original Message Follows---- From: "Jeff G. Bedenbaugh" <jjbede@bellsouth.net> To: <coats@hotmail.com> Subject: WILLIAM COATE / QUAKERS Date: Fri, 1 Sep 2000 09:52:35 -0400 Hello Charlotte, In reference to your e mail forwarded to me by Mary Meyer: WILLIAM COATE: "The Annals of Newberry", O'Neall / Chapman, part I, pub. in 1858, part II, pub. in 1892, pg. 12 "...the elder William Coate's who lived and must have died between 1762 and 1796". pg. 28, "When the settlement commenced. or whence came the great body of settlers, it is out of my power to say with certainty. Certain it is that Wm. Coate, before "62, lived between Spring Field and Bush River...." " The History of Newberry County South Carolina", Vol. I, Pope, pub., 1973, pg. 83, " The first Quakers to settle in the valley of Bush River were William Coate, Samuel Kelly, John Furnas, David Jenkins, Benjamin and William Pearson, and Robert Evans." ...."William Coate was living on Bush River before 1762." NOTE: Pope acknowledges Hinshaw as his reference, O'Neall quotes no reference, but referring to William as the elder, indicates a son of the same name. QUAKER CEMETERY: The marker is a standard roadside historical marker, however, the "Newberry Cemeteries" Vol. I lists some 60 burials in the Quaker Cemetery, but no Coates' are among them. BROOK'S FORT: Most of the upcountry colonial "forts" were little more than a low fence or earth works around a settlers sturdy cabin and / or barn. They were temporary in nature, and unlikely to be marked as historical locations. Jeff Bedenbaugh ___________________________________________________________ Get a sneak preview of the new MSN: http://preview.msn.com/