Hi Rex, My Coats line goes like this: Scotland>SC>NC>TN(Lincoln Co. TN)>TX. As for my Hamiltons, they are a bit murkier and harder to trace, but it looks as though they came out of York Co. SC(maybe from Augusta Co. VA before that???). They also wound up in LCT and Giles Co. TN. Does any of this sound likely/familiar to you? - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Larry D. Hamilton Coats P.O. Box 823 Aspermont, TX 79502 (940)989-3489 - ----------------------------------------------------------------------