Does anybody know anything about this Coker family living in neighboring Pike and Clark Counties Arkansas in 1830 - 1850s? Some of them later moved to Wood and Hunt Counties in Texas. I am particularly interested in who Martha "Marthy" Coker is. Who was her Coker husband? Can anybody help? Did Martha have a daughter Francis born abt 1813 or a daughter Cynthia born between 1800 and 1810? 1830 Clark County AR Census Missouri Township Martha Coker 1 male 5-9 years 2 males 15-19 years 1 female 15-19 years (born 1811 - 1815) 1 female 40-49 years (born between 1781 - 1790) 1840 Pike County AR Census Census_Year 1840 Microfilm # M704-19 State Arkansas County Pike District Thompson Township Enumerator Richard L. Wilson Assistant Marshal 16 Lydia Coker 1 male 5-10 years 2 females 0-5 years 1 female 20-30 years (b 1810 - 1820) 19 Marthy Coker 1 male 0-5 years (male child born 1845 - 1840 son of 20-30 year old female?) 1 male 20-30 years born 1810 - 1820 possible husband of 20-30 female?) 1 female 0-5 years (female child born 1845 - 1840 possible daughter of 20-30 female?) 1 female 20-30 years (very likely the female age 15-19 living in home in 1830 born 1810 - 1820) 1 female 70-80 years (Marthy Coker 1760 - 1770 in 1830 Martha's age rane buts her birth btw 1781 - 1790) Note: I presume Martha "Marthy" Coker died between 1840 and 1850. Not on the 1850 census. 1850 Pike Co., AR Census Schedule 1. Free inhabitants in Thompson Township, in the County of Pike, State of Arkansas, enumerated by me on the 6th day of December, 1850. William H. Preston, Ass't Marshal. 301/301 Wyon Davis 25 m Farmer Arkansas Fanny M. 23 f Arkansas Jesse P. 2 months m Arkansas 302/302 Lydia (Davis) Coker 34 f Illinois (born abt. 1816) A.T. 15 m Laborer Arkansas Lucinda J. 13 f Arkansas Stacia 9 f Arkansas James T. 3 m Arkansas Note: LYDIA DORRIS2 DAVIS (JEREMIAH1) was born Abt. 1816 in Jackson County, Illinois, and died Bef. 1936. She married JOHN COKER 1834 in Pike County, Arkansas. He was born Abt. 1816 in prob. Illinois, and died Bef. 1936. 074/074 John M. Davis 22 m Farmer $40 Arkansas Stacia (Davis) 63 f N. Carolina Edey 16 f Arkansas 1860 Pike County Census Dwelling/Family: 45/45 Coker, Lydia 44 f IL Coker, Franklin 13 m AR Coker, N. A. 6 f AR Marriages Clark County AR John C. Coker married Susanna Hopkins on 21 Jan 1833 Hempstead County AR James J. coker married Mrs Kesiah Johnson on 3 Feb 1842 Hempstead County Coker, James J. to Mrs. Keziah Johnson 1842 Coker, Samuel J. to Sarah A Pressley 1864 **************************************************************** Sharp Cemetery Yantis, Wood Co.Texas COKER, Margaret R. (wife of J C COKER) 2 July 1842 - 10 Nov 1892 COKER, J. C. (Masonic Emb) 25 Nov 1842 - 2 Feb 1882 COKER, W. M. (Husbnad of E J COKER) 7 Jan 1820 - 13 Jan 1884 COKER, E. J. (wife of W M COKER) 10 Jan 1830 - 17 Jan 1884 COKER, John V. (replaces broken marker) 27 May 1847 - 23 May 1896 COKER, Josephine 14 Feb 1853 - 22 Apr 1935 Note: Other Coker also buried here. Some of the Coker in Pike County, AR moved to Hunt and then to Wood Co., TX Wood Co., TX Confederate Indigent Families Lists (1863-1865) Coker, J S Coker, S Coker, Thomas Hunt Co., TX Registered Voters 1868 COKER, T.J. ***************************************************** "Family Tradition" says that Francis and Cynthia are sisters. Don't know if it is true though. "Family Tradition" says that Francis maiden name was Coker. Both Francis and Cynthia were wives of John Swanson Yarbrough. Cynthia and John Swanson Yarbrough married about 1826 in possibly Arkansas, maybe Pike County. We do know that John Swanson Yarbrough lived in the Clark and Hempstead Co., AR area during this time. John Swanson Yarbrough and his family arrived in Texas February 1832. Living in Shelby and later Houston Co., TX. Cynthia died between 1840 - 1845 in presumably Houston Co., TX area. Francis married John Swanson Yarbrough circa 1845 in possibly Houston Co., TX. Any help on who Martha "Marthy" Coker is would be appreciated. Who was her Coker husband? What was Martha's maiden name? Did she have a daughter Francis born about 1813? Did she have a daughter Cynthia Ann born between 1800 and 1810? Sincerely, Renee Pierce Smelley Longview, Texas Renee's Family Genealogy _http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~yarbrough_ (http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~yarbrough) John Swanson Yarbrough Archives _http://freepages.history.rootsweb.com/~yarbrough_ (http://freepages.history.rootsweb.com/~yarbrough) Co K 2nd Texas Cavalry / Texas Mounted Volunteers CSA _http://freepages.military.rootsweb.com/~yarbrough_ (http://freepages.military.rootsweb.com/~yarbrough) McMullen County TXGenWeb Project _http://www.rootsweb.com/~txmcmull/_ (http://www.rootsweb.com/~txmcmull/) Uvalde County TXGenWeb Project _http://www.rootsweb.com/~txuvalde_ (http://www.rootsweb.com/~txuvalde)