Hi...well, my connection to the Coats line is Rev William Coats married Nancy Baker out of Smith County TN, who moved to Callaway County MO in 1817...their son William married first Patsy Tracy and second Cena Callaway, William and Cena's son Huff Demetrius Coats married Louisa Jane Craig, their son James E. Coats married Muzetta Nigh, their son Robert Paul Coats, my grandfather, married Leah Dotts and their son Claud Russell Coats, my father, married Anna Belle Frisinger...whew... Anyway, I've documented all back to Rev William and Nancy to Smith County TN to 1802 in the Brush Creek Primitive Baptist Church Records...according to the Callaway County History he came from SC to Smith County TN .... but I'll tell you, that group in SC is sooooo confusing...there are a bundle of Johns, Wilsons, Williams etc...some have thought that Rev William Coats father was William Coats on Kings Creek in Newberry County SC...but I'm not sure of that because there is another William in Bedford County TN where the rest of William of Kings Creeks kids went...well Barton I guess went to Robertson County TN.... Anyway, there seems to be lots of theories and few documents in most cases...so I'm just gathering documents at this point and I've found another Charles, James and William in Jefferson County GA and another group of Coats in Richmond County GA...they may and the Richmond group came probably from SC to GA...not sure about the Jefferson group...I'm checking into these records now... Soooo...that's sorta it in a nutshell....there is an Analysis section in the Coats Archive that has documented some of this info and some of the various theories...although I haven't tackled the Williams in SC yet... Char ----Original Message Follows---- From: "Connie Sunnarborg" <sunnarborg@qtm.net> To: "Charlotte CS" <coats@hotmail.com> Subject: Re: Howdy Date: Mon, 8 Nov 1999 22:34:45 -0500 Hi Charlotte, What is your connection to the Coates line? Connie Sunnarborg -----Original Message----- From: Charlotte CS <coats@hotmail.com> To: COATS-L@rootsweb.com <COATS-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Monday, November 08, 1999 10:03 PM Subject: Howdy >Just checking this out... > >Charlotte > ><>< <>< <>< <>< <>< <>< <>< <>< <>< <>< <>< <>< <>< <>< <>< >Coates, Coate, Coats Family Digital Archive >http://www.rootsquest.com/~coatsfar > >Telephone: 714.534.2355 >Fax: 707.202.7943 > ><>< <>< <>< <>< <>< <>< <>< <>< <>< <>< <>< <>< <>< <>< <>< > > > > > > >______________________________________________________ >Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com > > >============================== >FREE UNLIMITED Web space at RootsWeb! >Any subject: genealogy, computers, pets! Get your Freepages account today: >http://cgi.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/acctform.cgi > > ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com