Cliff, Timothy Coe III, who was born about 1705 in Sussex County, DE, son of Timothy and Jemima Coe, moved from Orange County, NC, after 1755 and settled on the Yadkin River in Rowan County, which was separated from Anson County in 1753. Frontiersman Daniel Boone--a scion of another Quaker family--was living in Rowan County during the same period. First moving to the Yadkin River in 1750, the Boones settled on Bear Creek, twelve miles south of Shallow Ford. Daniel Boone married there Aug. 14, 1756, Rebecca Bryan, granddaughter of Morgan Bryan, a Quaker of Chester County, PA, and Rowan County's first white settler in 1748. In 1760 the Boones were living near the confluence of the Yadkin and South Yadkin Rivers, in present Davidson County, NC. On March 5, 1770, the court of Rowan County issued an order for the arrest of Daniel Boone for debts owed to John Williams and Richard Henderson. Boone's father Squire Boone died in Rowan County in 1765. His mother Sarah (Morgan) Boone died there in 1777, at the age of 77. Illoc Boone, brother of Daniel, died in Rowan County in Oct. 1769. All were buried in Joppa Cemetery, in present Davie County, where members of the Coe family were also buried. Another Rowan County settler in 1748 was George Forbush. He established his residence on the west bank of the Yadkin River, two miles north of Shallow Ford. The Coes settled in the same area, with much of their land bounded by Forbush's Creek. The Forbush plantation bordered the plantations of Timothy Coe's sons John Coe and Timothy Coe IV. Another early settler in the area was Edward Hughes, who settled east of Bryan and Forbush on Little Yadkin River. Hughes operated the first ferry crossing north of the Greenville line. He began operating his ferry in 1753, and established a tavern the same year. In 1762 the Boone, Hughes, Forbush, Bryan, and Coe families were joined by Samuel and Lydia (Harrison) Stewart. Stewart, who was born in 1711 in Sussex County, DE, had been living on Linville Creek, Rockingham County, VA, prior to his move to the Yadkin. Timothy Coe had located in Rockingham County after leaving Sussex County, DE, and appears on record there Sept. 4, 1751, when he was named as a receiver in the estate records of James Crawford. Area tax records for 1753 and 1754 list him as "Timothy Coe, gone away." Timothy Coe died in Rowan County in 1762. His estate was administered by his widow Dinah, April 15, 1763. Surities to 500 pounds were Edward Hughes and Joseph Harrison. On Aug. 6, 1763, Samuel Stewart presented a note to the court of Rowan County marked "The Estate of Tim Coe to Saml Stuart _ 1762." The note was signed by Stewart and proven before Edward Hughes. Children: 1. Mary, m. Sept. 1, 1764, in Rowan Co., NC, Isaiah Stewart, b. 1731, son of Samuel and Lydia (Harrison) Stewart. Stewart's brother John married Hannah Boone, sister of Daniel Boone. John Stewart died in 1770 on the Kentucky River--where Frankfort, KY, is now located--while on a hunting trip with Boone. 2. John Coe, b. before 1750; lived in Surry Co., NC, separated from Rown County in 1770. 3. Timothy Coe IV, b.c. 1753; served from Rowan County during the American Revolution and later lived in Surry Co., NC, and Hardin Co., KY. 4. Isaiah Coe, b. 1760 in Rowan Co., NC; lived in Surry Co., NC. A George Coe is mentioned as constable of Rowan County in 1769, but it is assumed this was John Coe. The wife of Benjamin Hamine Hudspeth, b. 1756 in Granville County, NC, d. 1792 in Surry County, NC, son of Giles and Elizabeth (Bradford) Hudspeth, may have been a Coe daughter. John and Isaiah Coe married Hudspeth sisters, Elizabeth and Jemima, daughters of Giles and Elizabeth. As you might imagine, these Coes now have a host of descendants. I hope this is helpful. Carl Robert Coe