FYI...Char ----Original Message Follows---- From: "Louise Kohl" <guppi@inreach.com> Reply-To: guppi@inreach.com To: coats@hotmail.com Subject: Some Info I have. GA, NC, KY and Family Sheet Date: Sat, 17 Jun 2000 22:22:58 -0700 Might try the Coates Cemetery, New Liberty, Owen Co., KY The Coates family, from Virginia, held many slaves. TYPE: probably a combination of Church (Baptist, rev Thomas C. Cropper m Alcinda Coates) and Family Farm. (The church was midway between this cemetery and New Liberty on the old road.) CONDITION: Unused, overgrown. (NOTE: new recordings here.) R. Sim Coates Apr 27, 1829 - Apr 19, 1919 Sarah, wife of R S Coates Apr 27, 1840 - May 1, 1904 (NOTE: This stone has been turned upside down and driven vertically by a fallen tree. I was unable to right it, mainly because it is still 100% intact.) John H. Coates born July 7, 1807 - died Jan 9, 1885 aged 77years, 6m, 2d Mary wife of Richard Coates born May 21, 1788 - died Aug 12, 1881 no headstone found footstone reads R. C. (NOTE: Eternal Rest records the stone as: Richard Coates, 08/12/1783 - 07/02/1871.) James L. Coates died May (3-5-8), 1869 - aged 44y, 5m, 3d (NOTE: stone broken on date line.) Ann E. Coates born Nov 29, 1810 - died Dec 9, 1856 footstone floating marked A E C (NOTE: 6 fieldstone graves are immediately south of Ann Coates in row 7. The third one south has the initials M A C carved on it. Bear in mind, the yard likely contains members of the Cropper family, but this is in the Coates row.) (Moving westward to row 6 within a space of M A C above is:) .................. wife of W H Sanford b Feb 11, 1826 - d June 11, 1854 Mary B. dau of W H and M E Sandford born May 18, 1854 - died Sept 6, 1854 (one standing field stone is also in row 6 many feet north) (row 5, nearly west of the Sim Coates stone) Henry Coates born 1785 - died July 15, 1862 Lucy, wife of Henry Coates born 1785 - dies April 26, 1875 (one standing field stone is also in row 5, several spaces south) (Row 4, near the south wall, is a fieldstone grave, next to it is:) In memory of Susan Blanton wife of H. Blanton died Oct 26, 1839, aged 36y, 10m (Four other fieldstone graves in row 4, two, near the middle, an adult pair.) (the following information comes from when I drew the map: 3 fieldstone graves in row 3, a pair being children's graves side by side; 2 fieldstones in row 2; and 3 fieldstones in row 1, one set an adult pairing. HOWEVER: on a later trip, I found in the sw corner:) Pascal Green died Jan 12, 1854 - 54y, 6m, 1?days (The following are not located on my map but I recorded them.) Betty Ware wife of W. H. Peggs d July 30, 1844 - 19y, 11m, 13days and their infant daughter d Aug 28, 1844 - 4 m, 7days Robert H. Branham Feb 11, 1828 - Feb 6, 1850 (NOTE: I believe this stone was recorded in the original study but omitted from the Eternal Rest listing.) One other fieldstone has the initials N C carved on it. (NOTE: the area above may cover one-third of the walled enclosure.) ==================================================================== This is what I got from a Walker researcher last year. I am not inclined to follow family sheets, but the info is a good starting place. Don't think these are mine. ================= Marshall Coats B. SC 1826 M.Colleta Georgia M. Nancy Walker B.1824 Putnam Georgia Marshal Ocupation Carpenter Mothers name: Hannah Nancy Coats Fathers name: Moses P Walker Mothers name: Toinetta ? Children Mary E. 1841 William H. 1843 Margaret 1844 George 1848 1850 Coweta Court Census 66 # 340 Hannah Coats 60 S C Elizabeth Coats 35 S.C. Wilson Coats 10 GA family sheet was compiled by Gertrude W. Stone 11 Casy St. Newman GA 3330263 Oct 1982 ________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com