Dale, I'm confident that these two documents are referring to the Thomas Coker shown on Mills Atlas of 1825 next to Zachariah Dubose near Henry Coker and Pudding Swamp in Sumter District. But, there is no doubt that the documents I transcribed show a spelling of "Cooker" not "Coker" in this case. I suspect it was just how the writer thought it should be spelled, not how other members of the extended family might have been spelling it at that time. I've seen others report the name "Whitley Cooker" as being shown as the witness to the will of James Clark in Northampton, North Carolina. But when I examined certified copies of the original document myself, I found that the reports were in error and that the name clearly was spelled as "Whitley Coker" not "Cooker" as reported. However, in the case of these documents, I'm absolutely certain that the copies I have use the spelling of "Thomas Cooker" throughout. Its unmistakable. I have no "off the top of my head" knowledge of Alabama Coker lines. But, most Coker lines that I'm familiar with moved generally from Virginia (1600's) into the Carolinas (1700's), then South and West (late 1700's - present). Of course, as with most families, there are exceptions. Some later Coker immigrants arrived in different ports in New England or elsewhere. But, I've not followed those lines. I'll leave that for others. My lineage is from Whitley Coker Sr., who we suspect was probably a brother or cousin of Sugar Coker (aka Cooker) and thus related to Thomas Coker. We have evidence of Whitley Coker being in Northampton, North Carolina in 1780 and 1781. We believe he came moved to Sumter District by 1792 and we know that he owned a plantation and was head of a large household in Sumter District by 1800. My Uncle Fred T. Coker Jr., did much of this research in the 1960's and 1970's. He is confident he has the line traced back to certain Cokers in Virginia in the 1600's. I'm also descended from Zachariah Dubose. Zachariah's granddaughter Elizabeth Dubose (daughter of Addison Dubose) and Whitley Coker Sr.'s great grandson James Myers Coker Jr., were my great grandparents. I have more documents and information and will post critical items for you and other potentially related lines as I find the time. Stay tuned. Steven J. Coker http://www.wp.com/Coker [email protected] wrote: > > Steve, > Do you see this as Coker and not Cooker.... It seems to fit in with some > information that my sister gave me. Is this the Thomas Coker that was found > in Wilcox , Alabama......? I would appreciate some information about this is > you have it......thanks... your cuz DALE