Dear Sherrie, My father was Reece William Wilcox b. May 4, 1915 and died March 16, 1978. His father was James Campbell "Will" Wilcox abt 1870-1931 and his mother was Eliza Coker Gipson abt. 1877-1962. My father was raised by his father and half-brothers and half-sisters by Mr. Wilcox and his first wife, Kate Partin. Eliza's parents are James Campbell Coker and Mary Adaline Richardson. I have a few copies of death certificates of the Cokers- Mansel, Oder and J.C., I think, that were in a file at the Franklin County Library. I just found out about five years ago who my paternal grandmother was. My father died when I was twelve and he didn't know too much about his mom or that he would have thought to tell a "kid". :) Thanks!! Laura

There is a Simpson Coker listed as a buyer in the sale of Nancy Coker's estate in January 8th and February 6th of 1845 in Sumter County. I can't find him after that but i have thousands of Papers and I omly look for Specific items as I see or erquested. [email protected]

Is there a Jackson John Coker?? Kay ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, May 17, 2002 11:30 AM Subject: [Coker] Re: The COKERS of SC.....in a book > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > Classification: Query > > Message Board URL: > > http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/BVJ.2ACIB/974.4.1.1.1.1 > > Message Board Post: > > Sorry...there's no Samsom/Sampson Coker listed. I wish I could be more help to you. Good luck in your search!! > > > ==== COKER Mailing List ==== > Coker Message Archives > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/Coker/ > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.313 / Virus Database: 174 - Release Date: 1/2/02

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/BVJ.2ACIB/974.4.1.1.1.1 Message Board Post: Sorry...there's no Samsom/Sampson Coker listed. I wish I could be more help to you. Good luck in your search!!

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/BVJ.2ACIB/25.26.42 Message Board Post: Hi, I was just up in brownwood, Tx. last month doing genelogy search. I have lost track of a branch of the Coker family in that area. My G-Grandfather Caleb Coker moved to Ballinger, Runnals Co. before he died. His Son Jack Coker was from the Coleman area out towards Novice. There was also a son Wil;liam Henry Coker and a daughter Named Margie Eula Coker. We are mixed with the Nations, and The Savages. Does any of this ring a bell? If so Contact me at [email protected] Thanks Bea

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/BVJ.2ACIB/626.628 Message Board Post: Hi, I'm looking at the name's Caleb, Alexander, James, Thomas, William being repeated in my family back to my g-g-g-grandfather, Sampson/Samson Coker born in SC in 1800. Looking for a connection to his mother, father and silbs. Can you help me. Bea Dossey.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/BVJ.2ACIB/966.1 Message Board Post: Hi Vickie, I'm not realy able to help you at this min. I'm researching the Cokers. My grandfather married a Cordray(Ada Louise Cordray). Her father was Albert Rose Cordray. She had a lot of brothers and sisters. May be we can make a connection later. Talk to you if I find anything out, Bea

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/BVJ.2ACIB/974.4.1.1.1 Message Board Post: Thanks for the reply on the book. I'll see if I can get it. Do you know if thereis a Samsom/Sampson Coker listed in the book. We know he was from Darlington, But nothing on parents or Sibs. Thanks, Bea

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/BVJ.2ACIB/961.1.1 Message Board Post: I have found a few Caraways listed in my tree. No Cokers mentioned. There is a Benjamin B. Caraway 1891. E. H.

Gary: Monmouth is in Shawnee County. I appreciate all your information and will get on the stick. This may be the break I have been looking for. Thanks. g ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gary Coker" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, May 13, 2002 6:36 AM Subject: Re: [Coker] Still checking > genny, > > can you tell me what county and census you found this william b. coker back in 1877. reason i ask is because i had not seen any coker lines except my line and they had not move to kansas till 1880's. I am more then curious then anything i did find one coker back further name john coker but for get what coutny but think it was ford kansas. my line of coker's settled in ness hodgeman and pawnee county when first moving here. > there are to william cokers in 1870 except one is william L. coker in cherokee county and a william coker one in shawnee county would suggest if your doing searches for william coker leave out middle initial you will get more hits by doing so but keep in mind age and looking at censuses. Also check out morgan county illinoise make sure your william was born in kansas. not saying he wasnt but alot of time people marked the state they lived in on theses censuses if they didnt know where they were born. Reason i say check out morgan county illinois there was a william coker who bought land in 1818 in morgan county illinois. > > seems some coker like mine use to follow land terrritory openings claybourne and dennis coker moved to illinoise when illinoise was not a state bought roughly 8000 acreas this william i am talking about also bought in 1818...also bought 8000 acreas to begin with. so their may be some connection to that becomming a state thing because kansas didnt become a state till 1862 roughly until then kansas territory use to cover parts of oklahoma colorado nebraska eventually the size of kansas shrank to present size when becomming a state. That may help broaden your scope of search. Sorry dont have much on william coker but do know that theones around jacksonville illinose morgan county were related the william their i dont know about yet because hard to find information on those records that old but suspect may have been an uncle or cousin to claybourne and dennis coker. I also suggest what information you do have on this william b. coker you go to county seat there. and have county ! > clerk allow you to search the actuall records when i went to county seat for mine we found land buys and sells and even marriage certificates from 1850 to 1900's i could not find a lot of the records i was looking for because they have became part of an old fort museum piece now and hard to obtain those because they are protected. You might run into same problem. If you cant find counties dating back that far go back to history maps and look at what town may have held records for the region you been looking in meaning this. example: pawnee ness and hodgeman counties were not counties but larned kansas was not a town then either for me to find census i went to history and it told me what town would hold those records mine would switch between chase kansas and garden city kansas or now know as barton county. > > most of this is suggest in helping you find your records and i would skan census back past your william cokers 1877 date during 1850 census started showing whole family names so it might be possible to attach it to the father of william coker. the other is check kansas census in odd years kansas territory use to run census like > 1875 1877 <-- example but a fact as well most did it in every 5 years between federal census. it may help to look at it that way. > > hope my babbling helps you some . > > > gary eugene coker > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Ginny Sand > Sent: Sunday, May 12, 2002 4:25 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [Coker] Still checking > > Hey to all the Coker's out there. I have just started working on the > descendants for the Coker side of my family and still digging for > information on my grandfathers family William B. Coker; born 1877 in > Monmouth, Kansas. He died December 11, 1937. He married Minnie Reed around > 1903 in Berryton, Ks. Any information on his past or parents or brothers and > sister would be appreciated. I believe from old censes records his father > may have been born some where in Missouri. > > > > > ==== COKER Mailing List ==== > http://www.egroups.com/group/Coker/ > SUBSCRIBE: [email protected] > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237Get more from the Web. 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genny, can you tell me what county and census you found this william b. coker back in 1877. reason i ask is because i had not seen any coker lines except my line and they had not move to kansas till 1880's. I am more then curious then anything i did find one coker back further name john coker but for get what coutny but think it was ford kansas. my line of coker's settled in ness hodgeman and pawnee county when first moving here. there are to william cokers in 1870 except one is william L. coker in cherokee county and a william coker one in shawnee county would suggest if your doing searches for william coker leave out middle initial you will get more hits by doing so but keep in mind age and looking at censuses. Also check out morgan county illinoise make sure your william was born in kansas. not saying he wasnt but alot of time people marked the state they lived in on theses censuses if they didnt know where they were born. Reason i say check out morgan county illinois there was a william coker who bought land in 1818 in morgan county illinois. seems some coker like mine use to follow land terrritory openings claybourne and dennis coker moved to illinoise when illinoise was not a state bought roughly 8000 acreas this william i am talking about also bought in 1818...also bought 8000 acreas to begin with. so their may be some connection to that becomming a state thing because kansas didnt become a state till 1862 roughly until then kansas territory use to cover parts of oklahoma colorado nebraska eventually the size of kansas shrank to present size when becomming a state. That may help broaden your scope of search. Sorry dont have much on william coker but do know that theones around jacksonville illinose morgan county were related the william their i dont know about yet because hard to find information on those records that old but suspect may have been an uncle or cousin to claybourne and dennis coker. I also suggest what information you do have on this william b. coker you go to county seat there. and have county ! clerk allow you to search the actuall records when i went to county seat for mine we found land buys and sells and even marriage certificates from 1850 to 1900's i could not find a lot of the records i was looking for because they have became part of an old fort museum piece now and hard to obtain those because they are protected. You might run into same problem. If you cant find counties dating back that far go back to history maps and look at what town may have held records for the region you been looking in meaning this. example: pawnee ness and hodgeman counties were not counties but larned kansas was not a town then either for me to find census i went to history and it told me what town would hold those records mine would switch between chase kansas and garden city kansas or now know as barton county. most of this is suggest in helping you find your records and i would skan census back past your william cokers 1877 date during 1850 census started showing whole family names so it might be possible to attach it to the father of william coker. the other is check kansas census in odd years kansas territory use to run census like 1875 1877 <-- example but a fact as well most did it in every 5 years between federal census. it may help to look at it that way. hope my babbling helps you some . gary eugene coker ----- Original Message ----- From: Ginny Sand Sent: Sunday, May 12, 2002 4:25 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [Coker] Still checking Hey to all the Coker's out there. I have just started working on the descendants for the Coker side of my family and still digging for information on my grandfathers family William B. Coker; born 1877 in Monmouth, Kansas. He died December 11, 1937. He married Minnie Reed around 1903 in Berryton, Ks. Any information on his past or parents or brothers and sister would be appreciated. I believe from old censes records his father may have been born some where in Missouri. ==== COKER Mailing List ==== http://www.egroups.com/group/Coker/ SUBSCRIBE: [email protected] ============================== To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237Get more from the Web. FREE MSN Explorer download : http://explorer.msn.com

Hey to all the Coker's out there. I have just started working on the descendants for the Coker side of my family and still digging for information on my grandfathers family William B. Coker; born 1877 in Monmouth, Kansas. He died December 11, 1937. He married Minnie Reed around 1903 in Berryton, Ks. Any information on his past or parents or brothers and sister would be appreciated. I believe from old censes records his father may have been born some where in Missouri.

The following are burried in Hill Cemetery in Decherd, TN. I have copied what was wrote on the tombstone. Hope this helps some of you- and if if does, that means we have a connection. Nancy J coker wife of Jacob stephens born nove 9, 1832 died oct 27-1922 jm2h stephens mother. Avlin F. Coker 1909- 1982 Margeret E Coker 1868-1950 Sallie Ann Coker Thomas 1869-1909 Jess Coker 1902-1950 Jess coker 1902-1950 (these stones were side by side) Coker Lem T July 27, 1900 - Dec 4, 1969 wife, Lelia H May 4, 1904- July 21, 1984 Burried next to them was William H coker 1872-1919 wife, Oder H. 1879-1952 At the foot of lem and william was James C Coker Co. K 32 Tn Inf. CSA april 13, 1836-sept 23, 1915 (he is williams dad, william is lems dad, lem is my grandfathers Jc coker s dad ) next to James c was his wife, Mary adaline richardson coker 1843-1923. Charlie coker 1879-1960, wife, Merky Brannon 1885-1952 Jimmy Ray Coker TN PVT US marine corps Vietnam dec 3, 1951-april -25-1973 The following cokers are burried in Mount Garner Cemetery in Decherd, Tn (also franklin county) Some of the following have not fit in my family tree as of yet, but working on puttin them where they belong. If you have a connection, please let me know) Armon Coker 1860-1940 and wife Bethena 1867-1950 Howard Kenneth Coker oct 22, 1951- Sept 28, 1989 wife Janice doney (living) George C (cline) Coker march 5, 1912- april 5, 1974 wife beulah r june 1-1916 - dec 23-1979 carter mac coker 5-11-50 to 10-29-2000. James c coker 12-14-1905 to 11-23-1984 wife kattie c 12-27-1909 to 9-1-1987 Jessie hullin coker 3-13-1927 to 10-22-1989 Gracie L coker 9-10-1912 to 7-27-1980 husband wrice r 10-27-1907 to 7-10-1972 James c coker 7-31-1886 to 10-14-1962 wife Della P 6-27-1897 to 9-17-1976 John C coker 3-1-1925 to 10-10-1990 The following are burried at Franklin Memorial Gardens in Winchester, TN (franklin county) These are my family Henry W. Coker( known by wilse or hw) coker 10-30-1930 to 9-26-1997 (uncle) J. C. Coker 8-9-1923 (date on tombstone, but all other things I find are 8-29-1923 this is my grandfather, i remember one time he said he always had the wrong date. He is HW Cokers brother and both of them are Lem Cokers sons) burried next to his wife Eileen Virginia coker 1-17-1923 to 1-25-1993. next to them is my mother Sandie stafford 4-15-1944 to 5-25-1987 Alma L (coker) Finney (jc cokers sister) 7-24-1928 to 8-23-1992 next to her : husband 1. George W Finney PFC US army World War II. 11-10-1914 to 7-3-1978. Their son: Harold w finney 1947-1997 wife victoria r 1951 (living) Howard M Coker 1932-1976 (almas brother) wife F Jean1938 (living) Teddy Wayne coker 1-14-1958 to 12-1-1978 (cant figure out who this one is though. Beatrice Coker 1925 (living) she is howard cokers sis. Husband 1. john l gibson 1921-1984. I hope this helps some of you. I was totally amazed at the information that I found. Oh my grandfather, JC Coker was a WW2 Vet. I dont have the rank right now, but when my uncle gets back to me, I will let you all know. Have a wonderful day . sherrie

Just wanted to let you all know that I did go to some grave yards today. (Never thought I would be doing this) Found lots of cokers with some good information. As I sort it out and organize it, I will be posting. Either later tonight or tomorow. Sherrie

Sorry. Here are some dates: /John COKER b: 1778 /Mansel COKER b: 1814 | \Annie RATLIFF b: 1786 /James Campbell COKER b: 13 APR 1836 d: 13 SEP 1915 | | / GIBSON | \Mary GIBSON b: MAY 1815 William Henry COKER b: 7 APR 1872 d: 1919 | /Amos RICHARDSON b: 1762 | /Abel RICHARDSON b: 1729 | | \ ELIZABETH b: 1769 \Mary Adaline RICHARDSON b: 1843 d: 1929 \ MARY ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, May 10, 2002 11:43 AM Subject: Re: [Coker] Franklin County , TN cokers > Would help if you could put dates to the names > > > ==== COKER Mailing List ==== > http://www.egroups.com/group/Coker/ > SUBSCRIBE: [email protected] > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > >

Would help if you could put dates to the names

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/BVJ.2ACIB/1018 Message Board Post: A few months ago, I had intentions on going to Franklin county Lib for information on my coker line. I have not been able to go til now. Someone emailed me and wanted me to get back with them when I did. I have lost your email address. My computer crashed. So sorry! I have recently got some great info on my coker line. My grandfather was JC coker. His dad, Lem Tom Coker, his dad was William Henry Coker and his dad was James Campbell Coker, his dad was Mansel Coker and his dad was John Coker. Anyone out there with the same line? thanks

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: coker Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/BVJ.2ACIB/1009.1 Message Board Post: beth gay, if you could respond to me at the addy [email protected] reason is any messages pretaining to coker i have going to my addy my wife has her line going to hers..... reason for my reply is I have seen every saying joseph coker married to precilla abviously this shows that wrong which i am quite glad to see. Where i am curious is to why people say this joseph son lived later. i havent seen any proof linking him to a jospeh coker deep in south. Here's my reason ing for asking virginia by rights back in early 1700's was actually parts of state north of it and actaully part of north carolina. That is if you go by a colonial map and read the history. no the joseph coker i am look for was born roughly 1730-1740 dies in 1774 closeest i get to this is court document off his son's being orphaned his wife millie has to bring them to court in 1774. supposively their is a census 1771 showing joseph coker in nc surry county nc which by colonial standards would have still been in virginia territory. reasons for believing your joseph is right line to this is i have yet to see how the southern sc one can be same linage do to how old he was when he died which was mid 1800's that would make the joseph being close to 100 years old or better. Not saying that is not impossible but the on further south fought in revolution from my understanding. Now i am not saying you said this but here is why i tend to believe yours is also tied into my joseph using data basis and the LDS sight it showing father being john coker when i try to type in my great great grandfather dennis coker. So here is my question roughly what year was your john coker born in and where? the other is names with in your line follow closely with mine other then claybourn and dennis coker but the children of claybourn coker is what is of interest robert t coker , james wesley coker to mention a couple. do you have any documents showing this joseph being married to anyone? the other thing i have found in my searches in virginia is a nathaniel coker around 1771 but have no real data on him he came up in a will probate. my thing is their were two joseph cokers roughly in same region between virginia...north carolina and south carolina both being of 1730 to 1740 dating to 1774 to 1850's. and as well you the johns two one i get is john coker 1684 the other 1723. what i have witnessed is a brother tends to name one of his children the other brothers names . also is their a fredrick coker in your line roughly born 1830-1845? your names match up in alot of census in illinoise as well as in georgia. georgia being first then 1820 to 1850's they show up in land buys in illiniose. maybe be just freak thing but i see too much leaning one way. and seems to be joseph coker is always the broken link in family trees your comment aprecciated. gary coker

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: rabon and coker Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/BVJ.2ACIB/98.418 Message Board Post: My great g-dad arthur s rabon was married to alley elouise coker who was the daughter of henrietta and john henry coker anybody have any info?

Cousin!!!! John S. Coker was my great-grandfather :) Julia Ann Mitchum was married to John Coker, son of Moses Coker, who came from South Carolina. Moses and John show up in the 1850 Census in Randolph, and I think Elizabeth is in that one as well; as I recall, she was born that year. John S. wasn't born until 1853. I'm pretty sure I remember an Aunt Lessie, who would have been my grandmother's sister. All my records are on my computer at home, so drop me a line and we'll see about exchanging them. Keith Brown [email protected] wrote: > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > Classification: Query > > Message Board URL: > > http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/BVJ.2ACIB/393.406 > > Message Board Post: > > Michael, I have elusive Cokers from Troup, Randolph Co Ala....that general area. I have a Lessie Coker that married Elias Shaw, Katie Lee Coker that married Leonard Bartlett, Julia Ann Mitchum that married Unknown Coker then William Wilson, and her daughter Elizabeth Coker and a possible son J. S Coker. > I am really stuck on these because I can not locate any marriage records for any of them. I belive they may have come from Troup to Heard counties then to Randolph County AL. > > ==== COKER Mailing List ==== > http://www.egroups.com/group/Coker/ > SUBSCRIBE: [email protected] > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Keith J. Brown Planning Division Email: [email protected] University of North Carolina [email protected] General Administration Phone: (919) 962-4547 P.O. Box 2688 Voice: (919) 962-4547 Chapel Hill, NC 27515-2688 Fax: (919) 962-4316 ------------------------------------------------------------------------