In a message dated 6/16/2000 8:35:13 PM Eastern Daylight Time, Duroblan@aol.com writes: << Hello folks, I am trying to make a connection between James Walker and Austin Marion Coates b. 1788 . Wilkinson, Co., Ms. In the LDS they say that Austin Coates married to Margaret Kuhn is related to a James Walker. I do not always take stock in the LDS but, I have seen this several other places also. Are there Walkers and Coates relations?? Thank you, Robbie >> Yes, there are connections. The one I know about begins in Coweta County, GA: Descendants of Moses P. Walker Generation No. 1 1. MOSES P.1 WALKER died May 10, 1865 in Coweta Co., GA. He married TORNETTE. Children of MOSES WALKER and TORNETTE are: 2. i. NANCY H.2 WALKER, b. 1822, GA. ii. SUSAN E. WALKER, m. RICHARD DAVIS. iii. SARAH P. WALKER, m. ENOCH S. DAVIS. iv. JOHN M. WALKER, m. NANCY ?. v. WILLIAM CAPERS WALKER, m. SUSAN ELIZABETH CULPEPPER. vi. HANNAH A. WALKER, b. 1826; m. FRANCIS M. ROOKS; d. in Civil War skirmish. 3. vii. JAMES W. WALKER, d. October 24, 1863, Camp Douglas, Ill (POW, "Inflamation of the lung"). viii. MARTHA A. WALKER, b. 1835; m. JOHN ROBINSON. ix. S.A. WALKER, b. 1837. x. ELIZABETH M. WALKER, b. 1835. Generation No. 2 2. NANCY H.2 WALKER (MOSES P.1) was born 1822 in GA. She married MARSHALL COATS (COATE) December 28, 1841 in Coweta Co., GA, son of HENRY COATE and HANNAH. He was born 1816 in SC, and died in Coweta Co., GA. Children of NANCY WALKER and MARSHALL (COATE) are: i. MARY E.3 COATS, b. 1843. ii. MARGARET B. COATS, b. 1845, GA; d. December 18, 1913; m. WILLIAM H. WALKER. iii. WILLIAM W. COATS, b. 1846, GA. iv. GEORGE P. COATS, b. 1848, GA. 4. v. MOSES WALKER COATS, b. July 25, 1850, Coweta Co., GA; d. September 07, 1919, Carroll Co., GA. vi. JOHN N. COATS, b. 1852, GA; d. Aft. 1880; m. SARAH F.; b. Abt. 1860, GA; d. Aft. 1880. vii. HANNAH A. COATS, b. 1855, GA. viii. JAMES A. COATS, b. 1857; m. HATTIE BROOKS, February 29, 1880, Coweta Co., GA. 5. ix. OTIS A. COATS, b. July 29, 1859, GA. 3. JAMES W.2 WALKER (MOSES P.1) died October 24, 1863 in Camp Douglas, Ill (POW, "Inflamation of the lung"). He married MARY ANN CULPEPPER. Children of JAMES WALKER and MARY CULPEPPER are: i. JOEL TIMOTHY3 WALKER, m. ELLEN Z. WITCHER. ii. ELIZABETH TINET WALKER, m. LEVI JOHN ROBERT COPELAND. iii. TABITHA SERENA FRANCES WALKER, m. CHARLES WATERS CARTER. I have more info on the descendants of Moses Walker Coats, if you're interested. - Janet