Found in 1850 Madison County, MS census, not mine Household of Wiley B. Coats was enumerated on Wednesday, August 15, 1850. Surnames in household: COATS Wiley B. Coats, 30 M, Planter, MS Winifred, 26 F, TN Mary A., 6 F, MS William W., 3 M, MS Martha F., 8/12 F, MS

On Sat, 5 May 2001, connief wrote: > Found in 1850 Madison County, MS census, not mine > Wiley B. Coats, 30 M, Planter, MS Etc. But mine. This is Wiley Burton Coates, son of Pollard Hickman Coates. W. Burton and most of his siblings moved to Texas shortly before or, in some cases, a bit after the Civil War. W. Burton moved to Kerens, Navarro Co, TX. If anyone else is in the Pollard H. Coates line, I'd be happy to hear from you. Justin M. Sanders "I shot an arrow into the air. It fell Dept. of Physics to earth I know not where." --Henry Univ. of South Alabama Wadsworth Longfellow confessing jsanders@jaguar1.usouthal.edu to a sad ignorance of ballistics.