FYI...Char ----Original Message Follows---- From: "Mary Perkins" <MiiMii4@worldnet.att.net> To: <coats@hotmail.com> Subject: Fw: celestia Date: Sun, 20 Aug 2000 13:02:01 -0500 ----- Original Message ----- From: <AmnCol@cs.com> To: <MiiMii4@worldnet.att.net> Sent: Friday, August 18, 2000 3:45 PM Subject: Re: celestia > Mary, I'm having to work from memory on some of my information, as one of my > uncle's borrowed my info. Celestia married John Andrew Webster Coats in > Clarke County, Ms. On the marriage rolls, his name was misspelled as > "Couts". John was a Civil War veteran. He and Celestia had a number of > children, and my ancestor was Martin Luther Coats. He married Sarah Jane > Walden ( we're unsure of the actual spelling). They had my grandmother, Eula > Mae Coats, and 3 other children. When Sarah died, the family moved to > Caldwell Parish, Columbia, Louisiana. My grandmother met and married William > Ellic(Alex) Coates (no relation!) They eventually moved to Ouachita Parish, > West Monroe, La. They had 7 children: Winnie Mae, Charles Luther (my > father), James, Jean, Leuna, David and William Jr. My father married Edna > Lee Butler, from West Monroe. I have two brothers, William Elton Coates and > Rodney Doyle Coates. My last name is Collins, and I live in South > Mississippi, in Sumrall, Lamar County. > My grandmother always said her grandmother (Celestia) was Choctaw Indian. We > have been unable to establish this as fact, although there are Buffington's > on the reservation at Philadelphia, Ms. Can you shed any light on the > mystery? Looking forward to hearing from you. Debra ________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com