This is an interesting case - It is for Henry Coate, is very large but it includes information about two lawsuits....the first was a suit against Henry where he confessed a judgment or in today's language he stipulated to a judgement to Gilbert, there's also a partnership agreement in there and a lease for the Brick Store and Billard hall, these were signed in Dec 1827 and Henry died in Jan of 1828, so there was probably some estate planning going on here...<g>.....anyway, he stips and then shortly thereafter dies...not only without a will but I don't think an administration was ever opened for him...at least that's what one could gather from these records...the other case is the Gilberts trying to prevent the execution of another judgment against Henry by Stephens and Pratt...for a promissory note...several thousands of dollars involved here... He does have a son named John...there are two really interesting documents in here one is the sheriff's sale of his personal and real property, it lists quite a number of slaves and land...the other is what I think is a bill from Gilbert...Henry had or owned the lot that the Brick Store and Billard hall was on but Gilbert maybe operated the store, in the land sale, the lot for the Brick Store and Billards is sold but it doesn't say anthing about the store...this bill is a listing of his account and in here it referes to his son John...also his wife and referes to *mother*, it doesn't say whoses mother, but either Henry or Polly but more likely Polly's not sure of her death date, I think Benjamin Long was her father and he had died prior to this time, so her mother might have been living with them...there are items like *candy for children* guess some things never change...it also appears a Turner and a Mrs. Jacobus or something charges to the bill as well...also a Miss Elizabeth...not sure who that would be perhaps a relative of Polly's... The items on this list include calico, homespun, combs, sugar, tobacco, and toward the end Rum and Whiskey become an increasing item probably around the time of his death, I think the bill goes through 1827 and Henry died in Jan of 1828... Anyway, just a really interesting file...he had a walnut coffin made with a raised or raising lid...that might have been after his decease...but he was buried somewhere in Newberry County??? http://www.rootsquest.com/~coatsfar/newberry1.htm Most interesting....Char ________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com

Here a few tidbits to help the names make sense. The mother is probably Priscilla Turner. She didn't remarry as far as we know. Here's what I have on her. "Prisilla Turner was supposedly related to and perhaps a sister of the (John?) Turner (and James Coate, son of Big John) that was in an incident that ended in the death of a Mr. Cox. Mr. Cox was possibly a Quaker as some members of the Bush River Monthly Meeting held that name. Mr. Turner was placed in the stocks for a day, whilst James fled the area, never to be heard of again in South Carolina. (C-1842) " Henry's mother had remarried and probably moved to Alabama by then. Thought you'd enjoy the Turner info coming in. At 12:54 AM 6/24/2000 -0700, you wrote: >This is an interesting case - It is for Henry Coate, is very large but it >includes information about two lawsuits....the first was a suit against >Henry where he confessed a judgment or in today's language he stipulated >to a judgement to Gilbert, there's also a partnership agreement in there >and a lease for the Brick Store and Billard hall, these were signed in Dec >1827 and Henry died in Jan of 1828, so there was probably some estate >planning going on here...<g>.....anyway, he stips and then shortly >thereafter dies...not only without a will but I don't think an >administration was ever opened for him...at least that's what one could >gather from these records...the other case is the Gilberts trying to >prevent the execution of another judgment against Henry by Stephens and >Pratt...for a promissory note...several thousands of dollars involved here... > >He does have a son named John...there are two really interesting documents >in here one is the sheriff's sale of his personal and real property, it >lists quite a number of slaves and land...the other is what I think is a >bill from Gilbert...Henry had or owned the lot that the Brick Store and >Billard hall was on but Gilbert maybe operated the store, in the land >sale, the lot for the Brick Store and Billards is sold but it doesn't say >anthing about the store...this bill is a listing of his account and in >here it referes to his son John...also his wife and referes to *mother*, >it doesn't say whoses mother, but either Henry or Polly but more likely >Polly's not sure of her death date, I think Benjamin Long was her father >and he had died prior to this time, so her mother might have been living >with them...there are items like *candy for children* guess some things >never change...it also appears a Turner and a Mrs. Jacobus or something >charges to the bill as well...also a Miss Elizabeth...not sure who that >would be perhaps a relative of Polly's... > >The items on this list include calico, homespun, combs, sugar, tobacco, >and toward the end Rum and Whiskey become an increasing item probably >around the time of his death, I think the bill goes through 1827 and Henry >died in Jan of 1828... > >Anyway, just a really interesting file...he had a walnut coffin made with >a raised or raising lid...that might have been after his decease...but he >was buried somewhere in Newberry County??? > >http://www.rootsquest.com/~coatsfar/newberry1.htm > >Most interesting....Char > > >________________________________________________________________________ >Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com > > >==== COATES Mailing List ==== > >