----- Original Message ----- > Well, with that name Frances...and a MS connection makes me think of Wils= > on Coats' son, William Coats, in Bedford County TN that went to MS from T= > N...I don't know if he was born in SC or not though... > Char > ----- Original Message ----- > From: John Coats > Sent: Tuesday, February 27, 2001 2:51 PM > To: * Charlotte > Cc: COATES-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [COATES-L] James COATES (COATS) b. 1818 S.C. d. TX 1890 > William; Those are all familiar Coats names. However, there are so many = > Jameses, Johns and Williams, it's hard to keep them straight. That Sleata= > is possibly Seata, which was the > name of my aunt, Seata Coats. This is close to my ggrandfather, John Alex= > ander Coats, who moved from Lauderdale Co, Ms after the war, to Callahan = > Co. Tx. They may have stopped at > Coryell Co. on the way for a few years. I think he is buried at Cottonwoo= > d Tx, with a new replacement stone marking his grave.<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>