Hi...hmmm, my William Coats, son of Rev William Coats was born in Sumner County TN in 1797, this part of Sumner later became Smith County TN....there are several Coats families in this area...a Benjamin Coats goes from Bedford County TN to Sumner County or Smith County TN...but seems to me that was in the early 1800s But there is also a Wilson Coats in Bedford County TN and if I'm not mistaken his son William went to MS...are you familiar with this group...? It is thought that this Wilson Coats is the brother of my Rev William Coats, both are the children of William Coats and Francis of Kings Creek, Newberry County SC...or so this is the current thought.... You can view the documents I have for these families and other Coate, Coates, Coats families at: http://www.rootsquest.com/~coatsfar Let me know what you think... Char ----Original Message Follows---- From: "B Coats" Reply-To: COATS-L@rootsweb.com To: COATS-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [COATS] William Coats information needed Date: Sat, 24 Nov 2001 14:02:18 -0600 I am looking for any information on William Coats, born Nov. 22, 1790 in Sumner, TN and died Dec. 26, 1865 in Pontotoc, MS. _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp ============================== Search over 1 Billion names at Ancestry.com! http://www.ancestry.com/rd/rwlist1.asp _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp