I've also noticed something else about these early time periods...the serious lack of the name Coate, Coates, Coats or Cots in any of the records...among the Regulators was Robert Buzzard and Rudolph Buzzard and Charles King...remember it was Charles Coats who purchased his land from a Buzzard... Also Jacob Brooks' Fort on the Bush River would have been near William Coats of 1766 land...but in all this info the name Coats does not appear...now if William was living on the Bush River prior to 1762, that would mean he was involved in this or it could mean he moved into the area between 1760, about the time the Cherokee war ended and 1762... In the Moderator Movement of 1768, Furnas' neighbors of the Bush River settlement signed peittions for his appoitnment as commioner to built roads...those records should be in the Council Minutes and owne of those Neighbors should have been William Coats... Notice the term Bush River Settlement being used...that settlement to my knowledge has not been put on any plat maps... Char ________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com