Beatty wrote:
Mary Alley wrote:
>
> >Does anyone know anything about Michael Coons and Rebecca (Orr?)? I have
> >them as the parents of Mary Coons, wife of John Cate Jr. I am not sure
> >wheather this is correct or not. Thanks
> >Pat
> >beatty(a)swbell.net
>
> Lewis Wyman forwarded your query to me.
>
> I have Michael Coons and Rebecca ? as the parents of Mary Coons who md
> John Cate, Jr. I do not have a maiden name for Rebecca. If you find out
> for sure that it was Orr, I'd appreciate your letting me know.
>
> I've recently seen Mary's middle name given as Ann, but I don't have
> proof of that.
>
> I desc from Mary & John Jr. thru their son Thomas Cate.
> Mary Alley
> majiea(a)earthlink.net
The reference to Rebecca's last name of Orr was taken from the following
query from the Smokey Mountain Historical Society newsletter summer
1986.
"COONS - I need information about my ggg grandparents Michael and
Rebecca COONS who came from Shenandoah County, VA to Jefferson County,
TN (then Greene County) about 1783. Where were they born and who were
their parents and siblings? Was Rebecca an ORR? Their children were
George, married Rachel RYAN, went to Highland Co., OH; Elizabeth married
Daniel MONROE, lived in Bath County, VA; John married Elizabeth CARLOCK,
went to middle Tennessee and later to Indiana; Michael lived in
Jefferson County; Mary married John Cate, Jr., and lived in Jefferson
County; Jacob married Judah TACKETT and went to Alabama; Rebecca married
Peter TACKETT, went to Alabama; Margaret married Phillip ROBERTS, lived
in Sevier County; Joseph married Deborah COMBS, lived in Jefferson and
Sevier Counties. Ruth Cate, 3428 Vaughn St., Knoxville, TN 37920"
When I hear a possible name, I use it with a question mark until it is
proven one way or the other.
Pat
beatty(a)swbell.net