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/121.129.131.228 Message Board Post: I am looking for a Pricillia Coker who married a Seaborn Brealand. Did Pauline have any daughters? and did she ever live in Alabama? I have lots of info on Pricillia Coker after she moves to Alabama if she is in the line you are looking for let me know and will be glad to share it with you. email me at mikej@alaweb.com Mike

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/122.127.418.426.430.1.3 Message Board Post: I am trying to find info on my Great Great Grandmother Pricillia Coker from the mid western part of Alabama. She married a Seaborn Breland and moved to Mississippi. I am under the impression she also was a Cherokee. I have info on her after she moved to Mississippi but nothing about her family. Any info would be greatly appreciated.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Ratliff, Coker, Banta Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/BVJ.2ACIB/122.127.418.426.430.1.2 Message Board Post: Yes, my Martha was married to Henry Wilson "Witt" Banta.

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/122.127.418.426.430.1.1 Message Board Post: No, wrong Martha Coker. The Martha that you are refering to is Martha Elizabeth Coker 1872 daughter of William M. Coker and Ellen Cummins. William Coker's Mother is Annie Ratliff who I believe to be 1/2 Cherokee. Annie Ratliff is my ggg grandmother.

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/122.127.418.426.430.1 Message Board Post: Was you gggrandmother Martha Coker married to Henery Wilson Banta?

Yes, Do you have documentation for John & Annie Ratliff Coker? ----- Original Message ----- From: <jlee43m@msn.com> To: <COKER-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, August 15, 2005 1:58 PM Subject: [Coker] Re: Native American Cokers > 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/122.127.418.426.430 > > Message Board Post: > > My Great Grand mother was Martha Coker, the great grand daughter of Annie > Ratliff Coker. Is this the same line that you are working on? > > > ==== COKER Mailing List ==== > Coker Querie Board > http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec?htx=board&r=an&p=surnames.coker > > ============================== > Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the > last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx >

Yes ----- Original Message ----- From: <jlee43m@msn.com> To: <COKER-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, August 15, 2005 1:58 PM Subject: [Coker] Re: Native American Cokers > 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/122.127.418.426.430 > > Message Board Post: > > My Great Grand mother was Martha Coker, the great grand daughter of Annie > Ratliff Coker. Is this the same line that you are working on? > > > ==== COKER Mailing List ==== > Coker Querie Board > http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec?htx=board&r=an&p=surnames.coker > > ============================== > Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the > last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx > >

I don't have either of those names in my data base. Sorry. Did you know that there are six Native American Tribes in Virginia seeking Federal Recognition? Go to www.virginiaindians.homestead.com to find out more.

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/122.127.418.426.430 Message Board Post: My Great Grand mother was Martha Coker, the great grand daughter of Annie Ratliff Coker. Is this the same line that you are working on?

Francis Coker and Francis Coker, Jr. were in Telefair County, Georgia from before 1820 until 1826 and were in Madison County, Florida by 1831. On the way to Florida Francis, Jr. drew land in 1827 while in Thomas County, Georgia. These folks are in my direct line. Any connection to your Cokers? On Aug 13, 2005, at 6:28 PM, jacoker@cox-internet.com 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/rw/BVJ.2ACIB/1292 > > Message Board Post: > > I'm researching Cokers in Georgia and found the following > information that may be of use to someone. > > It is from the Secretary of State, Historical Records, Legislative > Archives. I am currently sifting through 229 documents referencing > Cokers. If you'd like to sift, too, you can online at http:// > www.sos.state.ga.us/archives/ Click on Virtual Vault and work your > way to the databases which guests are allowed to search. > > ACTS OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA 1847. > [missing title] > 1847 Vol. 1 -- Page: 227 > Sequential Number: 190 > Full Title: AN ACT having for its object to change the names and > legitimatize individuals herein named. > Page: 230 > SEC. 23. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That > the name of Leonidas Barrentine, of the county of Upson, be changed > to that of Leonidas Coker, and he is hereby declared to be fully > legitimatized, as the child of Abner Coker, of the county of > Fayette, his reputed father, and that he be and is hereby fully > capable of taking and inheriting and receiving all manner of > property, by virtue of the statutes of distribution of this State, > so far as relates to the property of said Abner Coker, to all > intents and purposes. > > ****************************************** > > ACTS OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA, PASSED IN > MILLEDGEVILLE AT AN ANNUAL SESSION IN NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER, 1836. > ACTS of the General Assembly of the STATE OF GEORGIA, PASSED IN > NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER, 1836. > ACADEMIES. > 1836 Vol. 1 -- Page: 7 > Sequential Number: 005 > Type: AN ACT, > Full Title: To incorporate the Fayette County Academy, and appoint > Trustees for the same. > Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of > the State of Georgia in General Assembly met, and it is hereby > enacted by the authority of the same, That Young Mann, William > Herring, Tandy D. King, Thomas Byrne and William W. Coker, be, and > they are hereby appointed, and they and their successors in office, > are hereby declared to be a body corporate, by the name and under > the title of the Trustees of the Fayette County Academy. > > ****************************************** > 1869 Vol. 1 -- Page: 96 > Sequential Number: 085 > Law Number: (No. 85.) > Full Title: An act to incorporate the town of Trion, in the county > of Chattooga, and for other purposes. > Section 1. Be it enacted, That the town of Trion, in the county of > Chattooga, be incorporated, and that the limits of said town > embrace an area of one mile, including only the lands of the Trion > Manufacturing Company, in every direction, and that the factory > building be considered the center. > [Sidenote: Town of Trion incorporated -- limits of.] > Sec. 2. Be it further enacted, That Andrew P. Allgood, N. G. > Worthing, G. P. Close, N. Coker and G. B. Moyers, be, and the same > are hereby, appointed Commissioners for said town, who, as well as > their successors in office, shall have power to make such by-laws > and ordinances, for the government and good order of said town, as > may be necessary; Provided, Such by-laws and ordinances are not > repugnant to the Constitution of the United States nor of the State > of Georgia; and that said Commissioners shall hold their office > until the third Saturday in December, 1869, and have power to fill > vacancies in their body by appointment. They shall also appoint a > Marshal, who shall give bond and security to the said > Commissioners, and their successors in office, for the faithful > performance of his duty, and shall take and subscribe the following > oath: I, A B, do swear that I will faithfully perform every duty > required of me by law as Marshal of the town of Trion. > > ******************************************* > ACTS AND RESOLUTIONS OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF > GEORGIA, PASSED IN ATLANTA, GEORGIA, AT THE SESSION OF 1870. > PART I.--PUBLIC LAWS. > TITLE XI. INCORPORATIONS. > I.—BANKS AND BANKING COMPANIES. > 1870 Vol. 1 -- Page: 79 > Sequential Number: 066 > Law Number: (No. 66.) > Full Title: An Act to incorporate the Bank of Americus, in the city > of Americus, Georgia. > Section 1. The General Assembly of the State of Georgia do enact, > That W. W. Barlow, William Hooks, W. T. Davenport, Samuel H. > Hawkins, Thomas G. Bryan, F. M. Coker, and Moses Speer, with their > associates and successors be, and they are hereby, constituted and > made a body corporate and politic, under the name and style of the > Bank of Americus, and by this name they shall have power to sue and > be sued, to hold and possess any species of property, real, > personal, or mixed, and to sell and dispose of the > Page: 80 > same at pleasure; to discount notes and drafts; to buy and sell > bills of exchange; to receive deposits upon terms agreed upon by > the parties; (Provided, the rate of interest shall not exceed that > allowed by law,) to make advances and loans upon property, both > real and personal, to corporate bodies, to merchants, to farmers on > growing crops, or to other parties to deal in the precious metals, > bonds, stocks, or choses in action, claims and rents; to acquire > any franchise by purchase or otherwise; to do a general banking > business, and to perform all such acts to enforce the payment or > fulfilment of any contract made to or with it. > --------- > Sec. 8. The board of directors shall elect from their midst a > president, who must always be a stockholder, and no person shall be > eligible to the office of president of this company who shall not > own in his right at least one hundred shares ($10,000) of the > capital stock of this company; failing in which, he shall be > disqualified for this office. The said W. W. Barlow, Wm. Hooks, W. > T. Davenport, Samuel H. Hawkins, Thomas G. Bryant, F. M. Coker and > Moses Speer, shall be directors of this company from the > organization until the first annual meeting of stockholders, the > said meeting to be held as hereinbefore prescribed. > > *********************************** > ACTS AND RESOLUTIONS OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE State of > Georgia, 1890-'91. > Part VI.--Local Laws. > TITLE I. MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS. > 1890 Vol. 2 -- Page: 865 > Sequential Number: 293 > Short Title: INCORPORATING THE TOWN OF CEMENT. > Law Number: No. 603. > Full Title: An Act to incorporate the town of Cement, in the county > of Bartow, to appoint commissioners for the same, declare their > powers, and for other purposes. > SEC. II. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the > corporate limits of said town shall be all that portion of land > lots numbers one hundred and eighty-eight (188) and one hundred and > seventy-three (173) and one hundred and seventy-two (172), lying on > the east side of the Western and Atlantic Railroad, and seven (7) > acres of land lot number one hundred and fifty-nine (159), being in > the southwest corner of said land lot number one hundred and fifty- > nine (159), lying on the east side of the Western and Atlantic > Railroad, bounded on the north and east by the land of John Coker, > and on the west by the Western and Atlantic Railroad, thereby > forming the corporate boundary of said town. > [Sidenote: Corporate limits.] > > > **************************************** > > > > > > ==== COKER Mailing List ==== > Subscription management instructions are posted at http:// > lists.rootsweb.com/index/surname/c/coker.html > > ============================== > Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and > the > areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. > Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx > > Randall L. Hughes rlhughes@mindspring.com

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/4.5.18.22.3 Message Board Post: Hi Alison, My mother is named after Melissa and we are all from Whitfield Co., I would love to share information with you and would definitely want a copy of her picture.

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/836.844.1.1.1.1.1 Message Board Post: Thanks. This is the same and I was aware of this census. Any information on Pluma would be great.

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/rw/BVJ.2ACIB/836.844.1.1.1.1 Message Board Post: This is a long shot. The age is close, the spelling is similar, and if you you the sibling's names, perhaps you can make a fit. This is from the 1880 census: Township 8, Marshall, Alabama Source: FHL Film 1254024 National Archives Film T9-0024 Page 196A Relation Sex Marr Race Age Birthplace Yancy COKER Self M M W 47 SC Occ: Farmer Fa: SC Mo: SC Sarah A. COKER Wife F M W 44 SC Occ: Keeping House Fa: SC Mo: SC James C. COKER Son M S W 20 SC Occ: Teaching School Fa: SC Mo: SC John COKER Son M S W 17 SC Occ: Work On Farm Fa: SC Mo: SC Harper D. COKER Son M S W 15 SC Occ: Work On Farm Fa: SC Mo: SC Luster L. COKER Son M S W 9 AL Fa: SC Mo: SC Ida M. COKER Dau F S W 7 AL Fa: SC Mo: SC Doctor Lee Son M S W 4 AL

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/1292.1 Message Board Post: Here's a better link to more archived materials. http://www.sos.state.ga.us/archives/what_do_we_have/online_records/default.htm

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/1292 Message Board Post: I'm researching Cokers in Georgia and found the following information that may be of use to someone. It is from the Secretary of State, Historical Records, Legislative Archives. I am currently sifting through 229 documents referencing Cokers. If you'd like to sift, too, you can online at http://www.sos.state.ga.us/archives/ Click on Virtual Vault and work your way to the databases which guests are allowed to search. ACTS OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA 1847. [missing title] 1847 Vol. 1 -- Page: 227 Sequential Number: 190 Full Title: AN ACT having for its object to change the names and legitimatize individuals herein named. Page: 230 SEC. 23. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the name of Leonidas Barrentine, of the county of Upson, be changed to that of Leonidas Coker, and he is hereby declared to be fully legitimatized, as the child of Abner Coker, of the county of Fayette, his reputed father, and that he be and is hereby fully capable of taking and inheriting and receiving all manner of property, by virtue of the statutes of distribution of this State, so far as relates to the property of said Abner Coker, to all intents and purposes. ****************************************** ACTS OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA, PASSED IN MILLEDGEVILLE AT AN ANNUAL SESSION IN NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER, 1836. ACTS of the General Assembly of the STATE OF GEORGIA, PASSED IN NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER, 1836. ACADEMIES. 1836 Vol. 1 -- Page: 7 Sequential Number: 005 Type: AN ACT, Full Title: To incorporate the Fayette County Academy, and appoint Trustees for the same. Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That Young Mann, William Herring, Tandy D. King, Thomas Byrne and William W. Coker, be, and they are hereby appointed, and they and their successors in office, are hereby declared to be a body corporate, by the name and under the title of the Trustees of the Fayette County Academy. ****************************************** 1869 Vol. 1 -- Page: 96 Sequential Number: 085 Law Number: (No. 85.) Full Title: An act to incorporate the town of Trion, in the county of Chattooga, and for other purposes. Section 1. Be it enacted, That the town of Trion, in the county of Chattooga, be incorporated, and that the limits of said town embrace an area of one mile, including only the lands of the Trion Manufacturing Company, in every direction, and that the factory building be considered the center. [Sidenote: Town of Trion incorporated -- limits of.] Sec. 2. Be it further enacted, That Andrew P. Allgood, N. G. Worthing, G. P. Close, N. Coker and G. B. Moyers, be, and the same are hereby, appointed Commissioners for said town, who, as well as their successors in office, shall have power to make such by-laws and ordinances, for the government and good order of said town, as may be necessary; Provided, Such by-laws and ordinances are not repugnant to the Constitution of the United States nor of the State of Georgia; and that said Commissioners shall hold their office until the third Saturday in December, 1869, and have power to fill vacancies in their body by appointment. They shall also appoint a Marshal, who shall give bond and security to the said Commissioners, and their successors in office, for the faithful performance of his duty, and shall take and subscribe the following oath: I, A B, do swear that I will faithfully perform every duty required of me by law as Marshal of the town of Trion. ******************************************* ACTS AND RESOLUTIONS OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA, PASSED IN ATLANTA, GEORGIA, AT THE SESSION OF 1870. PART I.--PUBLIC LAWS. TITLE XI. INCORPORATIONS. I.—BANKS AND BANKING COMPANIES. 1870 Vol. 1 -- Page: 79 Sequential Number: 066 Law Number: (No. 66.) Full Title: An Act to incorporate the Bank of Americus, in the city of Americus, Georgia. Section 1. The General Assembly of the State of Georgia do enact, That W. W. Barlow, William Hooks, W. T. Davenport, Samuel H. Hawkins, Thomas G. Bryan, F. M. Coker, and Moses Speer, with their associates and successors be, and they are hereby, constituted and made a body corporate and politic, under the name and style of the Bank of Americus, and by this name they shall have power to sue and be sued, to hold and possess any species of property, real, personal, or mixed, and to sell and dispose of the Page: 80 same at pleasure; to discount notes and drafts; to buy and sell bills of exchange; to receive deposits upon terms agreed upon by the parties; (Provided, the rate of interest shall not exceed that allowed by law,) to make advances and loans upon property, both real and personal, to corporate bodies, to merchants, to farmers on growing crops, or to other parties to deal in the precious metals, bonds, stocks, or choses in action, claims and rents; to acquire any franchise by purchase or otherwise; to do a general banking business, and to perform all such acts to enforce the payment or fulfilment of any contract made to or with it. --------- Sec. 8. The board of directors shall elect from their midst a president, who must always be a stockholder, and no person shall be eligible to the office of president of this company who shall not own in his right at least one hundred shares ($10,000) of the capital stock of this company; failing in which, he shall be disqualified for this office. The said W. W. Barlow, Wm. Hooks, W. T. Davenport, Samuel H. Hawkins, Thomas G. Bryant, F. M. Coker and Moses Speer, shall be directors of this company from the organization until the first annual meeting of stockholders, the said meeting to be held as hereinbefore prescribed. *********************************** ACTS AND RESOLUTIONS OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE State of Georgia, 1890-'91. Part VI.--Local Laws. TITLE I. MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS. 1890 Vol. 2 -- Page: 865 Sequential Number: 293 Short Title: INCORPORATING THE TOWN OF CEMENT. Law Number: No. 603. Full Title: An Act to incorporate the town of Cement, in the county of Bartow, to appoint commissioners for the same, declare their powers, and for other purposes. SEC. II. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the corporate limits of said town shall be all that portion of land lots numbers one hundred and eighty-eight (188) and one hundred and seventy-three (173) and one hundred and seventy-two (172), lying on the east side of the Western and Atlantic Railroad, and seven (7) acres of land lot number one hundred and fifty-nine (159), being in the southwest corner of said land lot number one hundred and fifty-nine (159), lying on the east side of the Western and Atlantic Railroad, bounded on the north and east by the land of John Coker, and on the west by the Western and Atlantic Railroad, thereby forming the corporate boundary of said town. [Sidenote: Corporate limits.] ****************************************

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/836.844.1.1.1 Message Board Post: Lucius is my GGGrandfather. My GGrandfather was Gordon Lee b. 1890, he married Pluma Hendrix. I have lots of information on almost everyone else, but cannot find anything on Pluma. I would really appreciate information and would share whatever I have.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Coker, Busby, Hilliard, Knox, Beshears Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/BVJ.2ACIB/4.5.18.22.2 Message Board Post: Alison, what part of Alabama were your relatives from? I can go as far as Asa Keeley Coker who was born in Al, then moved to TN and had several children. Any relation there? Pam

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/4.5.18.22.1 Message Board Post: Where in Alabama was your great grandfather from and did he have a daughter named Pricillia. She was my great grandmother. Married a Brealand and moved to Mississippi. I have been unable to find out anything about here life in Alabama. Thanks.

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/836.844.1.1 Message Board Post: Hi, We are related to the same Cokers. I am from Alabama, and so is my entire family. I have been researching the Cokers of Arab. My great grandmother was Emma Ruth Coker. She married a Beckman. Is there any particular person you are interested in? Alison amesp444@earthlink.net

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/4.5.18.22 Message Board Post: I think you and I are related. My great grandmother was Emma Ruth Coker and her father was Lucius Lester Coker. My family comes from Alabama, which is where I was born. I have been researching the Coker family and have some information that may be of interest to you. I have a picture of Melissa Rose Gazaway with all of her children in Whitfield Co. Georgia. I will be buying a scanner soon, and I will be able to start emailing some of these pictures to people who are interested. Alison Ames