Mary Gaunt married a Coates...but which Coates? Char ----- Original Message ----- From: Valeria Wigington Sent: Friday, February 02, 2001 8:34 AM To: Charlotte Coats; JCoats5982@aol.com Subject: Gaunt I meant to sent this to you two. In case I didn't send the Gaunt info. This is it: Gaunt, Israel, d 1798 m Hannah ch. James , Jacob, Joseph Patsy m. Abernathy* Hannah m. Mooney Rebecca m. Gilbert Mary m. Coates* (Hannah had dau by ear. marriage) farmer& blacksmith 627 acres Hello all, The other day I sent the family of Israel Gaunt d. 1798 whose daughter Patsy married Geo. Abernathy. This story from NEWBERRY COUNTY IN THE REV. is about her sister Hannah. Thought you might want to read it just for a bit of history. HANNAH GAUNT An old Quaker by the name of Israel Gaunt lived somewhere in the vicinity of Newberry. It was repoarted that he had a sizeable sum of money. So, one of "Bloody Bill" Cunningham's lieutenants, named Hubbs, along with two associates, decided to help themselves to Israel's money. The three Tories rode up to the Gaunt house one evening, asked to spend the night and were refused. Hubbs went to the kitchen door where he found Mrs. Gaunt standing in the doorway. He asked for a drink of water, and when she turned away to get it for him, Hubbs jumped into the house with his pistol drawn. Old Israel, hearing the commotion, locked the doors. But Hubbs fot the moment had the upper hand, that is until Hannah, Israel's daughter came to the rescue. A lumbering, husky woman of imminent proportions, she knocked the weapon out of Hubb's hands and threw the Tory to the floor, She held him down , but he kicked her with one of his spurs. She was cut deeply, probably on the arm, but with the aid of her father, Hubbs was finally subdued and with his hands and feet tied. But Israel was wounded by one of Hubb's men, who fired his gun through an open wiindow, and another ball, fired by the third Tory, grazed Hannah just above her eye. But the Gaunts were successful in definding themselves, and probably turned the three Tories over to the Whigs. After the Rev. Hannah married an individual by the name of Mooney. From all repoarts, Hannah was one of teh "kindest and most benevolent of women". Hannah died about the age of fifty, and her grandson "a worthy and excellent man" was living in Newberry sometime before the War Between the States. I found a Wigington connection with Quakers and will pass on some info from them on the subject of Quakers. Can you guess that I love history???!!! Val<br clear=all><hr>Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at <a href="http://explorer.msn.com">http://explorer.msn.com</a><br></p>