I didn't know he was delisted. Would the index just give the info that a descendant believed belonged to him? I have never seen all of his Revolutionary War papers and wonder if he applied for pension with a wife named Mary. If his wife was Mary, he is the only John that died in 1803 with a wife named Mary. At 09:03 AM 8/14/2004, John Coats wrote: >Linda; I tend to agree w/you on this. However, weren't there 1 or2 other >John Coatses who died or had wills probated in 1803? You may remmember, >Gentleman John was recognized as a Revolutionary Patriot for providing >supplies and shoeing horses.However, he was delisted in 1998-99 because no >one could prove which John was which. He probably would have been a >blacksmith, but weren't all the Johns blacksmiths? >Now, if this was Gentleman John, then all the 7 people linked by DNA to >Marmaduke on the website would be related to him, because the John Coates >I had tested, proved back to him, and you all match. Not all would be >descendents of him tho, some may be descendents of cousins or brothers. >Yours in research, > >John Coats >Linda J. Coate wrote: > >>This is likely Gentleman John Coats. The date they give his death is >>actually almost the date of the probate of his will. He died a month >>earlier according to other records. Does anyone else have a better match. >> >> >>At 11:30 PM 8/13/2004, you wrote: >> >>>Who is this? >>> >>> >>> >>>COATS , John >>>Birth: SC Circa 1740 >>>Rank: PS >>>Service: SC >>>Death: SC 3 Jun 1803 >>>Patriot Pensioned: No >>>Widow Pensioned: No >>>Children Pensioned: No >>>Heirs Pensioned: No >>>Spouse: (1) Mary X >>> >>>_________________________________________________________________ >>>Get ready for school! Find articles, homework help and more in the Back >>>to School Guide! http://special.msn.com/network/04backtoschool.armx >>> >>> >>>==== COATES Mailing List ==== >>>To >>>unsubscribe, send the command "unsubscribe" to >>>[email protected] (if in mail mode) or >>>[email protected] (if in digest mode.) >> >> >> >> LINDA COATE, >>Columbus, Ohio >>[email protected] >>www.ancestrees.com >> >> >> >>==== COATES Mailing List ==== >>Coates, Coate, Coats Digital Archive: >>http://www.rootsquest.com/~coatsfar >> >> > LINDA COATE, Columbus, Ohio [email protected] www.ancestrees.com