This is who you are refering to? NOTE: Norman Asa Coker (Asa N. Coker) He was born near Wooley, Georgia. He married Nancy Price near or at Macon, Georgia, born ca 1815-20, was part Indian (Cherokee). Asa N. Coker went to Union parish, LA. about 1850. Here he became a prosperous farmer and land owner. Asa N. Coker died ca 1875-77. He is said to have left a brother, Jefferson Coker, in Georgia. his daughters were: Adeline, Margaret, Elizabeth, and Jancie Coker. ----- Original Message ----- From: <jacoker@cox-internet.com> To: <COKER-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, September 06, 2005 10:41 PM Subject: [Coker] Cokers in Georgia, Mississippi > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > Surnames: Coker, Price, Babb > Classification: Query > > Message Board URL: > > http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/BVJ.2ACIB/1296 > > Message Board Post: > > We received some documents today from the Georgia Historical Society. > There are references to other Coker's besides the one we are researching. > > Our Coker is Asa Coker from Henry County, Georgia. He is one of our brick > walls. He married Nancy Price from Henry County, Georgia in 1844. > > Document #1: > The will of Samuel Price, Nancy's father, makes the following reference to > one of his daughters. > "...to daughter Martha Coker one portion ..." > His will was probated on December 2, 1847 in Henry County, GA and was > located in a book called "Henry County, Georgia, 1821-1894, Marriage, > Colored/Freedman Record of Sales Inventory and Wills" in Will Book A, > 1834-1869. > > Document #2 >>From "Henry County, GA Land Records, 1839-1851,Deed Books J, K, L and M", >>Henry County, GA Deed Book M > > "Page 473 Henry County. December 29, 1849. > .... Estate of Abner Babb, late of Henry County, ...in the estate of my > grandfather, Abner Babb. /S/ Elizabeth Coker, LaFayette Mississippi ... > > Hope this helps someone. If so, please let me know as there are references > to Kellett Babb in Samuel Price's will and Martha is sister to my Asa's > wife, Nancy. In addition, Thomas Johnson was named as the executor for > both the will and the handling of Abner Babb's estate. > > Also, since the information about Samuel Price's will and sale of > inventory was found in the book it was, would it be right to assume that > the Prices were Colored/Freedman? > > > > > ==== COKER Mailing List ==== > Subscription management instructions are posted at > http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/surname/c/coker.html > > ============================== > Find your ancestors in the Birth, Marriage and Death Records. > New content added every business day. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13964/rd.ashx > >