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Joe asked me to pass this on to the list.
Dear Louise,
Just a short note to reply to your kind card and to express my undying gratitude and appreciation for the establishment of the Prayer Circle in November of 1999. I owe you and all who signed it more than you will ever know. I can honestly tell you that within two weeks of the establishment of the Circle that those prayers were answered and my skin disease took a very positive turn for the better. It has been slowly improving ever since and to see me today you would never know I had the disease by looking at my skin. I've still got a ways to go but at least it's on the mend. Hopefully, by the grace of God sooner or later it will all be gone and a thing of the past.
I've also gotten past the aortic aneurism I had and that problem is also behind me thanks to modern technology and excellent medicine. We live in a wonderful time and I'm sure the future will be even better.
As for computer technology I'm afraid all mine this past year has been bad. I've gone from one problem to another thanks to Bill Gates and am still behind the eight ball. This computer still has problems and I'm looking for a new one right now. The sad part is that a computer tech who was supposed to fix it fixed me instead; crashing my hard drive and obliterating my entire Coates database. Thankfully I had some backup data which has given me about half of what I had on the crashed hard drive. It will take me many months to reconstruct that data base, if ever. Fortunately I had printed off a hard copy of all my Coates data before this happened but it has many errors etc. in it which must be corrected. In addition I'm having to eliminate about 12 names and associated info about people who literally threatened to sue me if their name so much as appeared in my books. So, all printed copies had to be recalled and I'm now trying to get these corrections made so the books can finally get released. I have many people waiting for the books but it's a slow go for me at times. This old horse ain't what he used to be? that's for sure. Some day though all will be done.
Please pass on to all who signed the Prayer Circle my appreciation and gratitude. I'm not on line at present so have no way of contacting them or appraising them of the situation. Maybe before too long I will be back and operating again. I miss all the wonderful people I've met on the web.
Keep in touch.
Joe R. Coates
I've added more SC 96 District plats...whew, there are a lot of those on
this film...it's about 1/4 of a reel but there were lots of recors on it....
http://www.rootsquest.com/~coatsfar/promotio.htm
Char
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Can anyone help Kim find how her William Coate b. ca 1800 is related to the
Halifax Co, VA Coates. I suspect he's a grandson of the William I've
listed below that was born in 1749 and lived in that region.
>From: "Green, Kim" <kgreen(a)asmva.com>
>To: "'Linda J. Dudick'" <LDudick(a)Ancestrees.com>
>Subject: RE: [COATES-L] William Coates - Halifax, Virginia
>Date: Fri, 25 Aug 2000 08:43:05 -0400
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>
>Do you have any suggestions on how I can verify who he was a descendant of?
> >From what you have listed it looks like the William born 9-17-1749 was
>probably my
>William's father - since the William below died in 1812. My William got
>married in 1824.
>
>I have a lot of info from William forward - do you think it would help if I
>posted this info somewhere? If so, where?
>
>Any help I can get will be greatly appreciated. Thanks for the data.
>
>Kim Green
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>804.798.1600
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Linda J. Dudick [mailto:LDudick@Ancestrees.com]
>Sent: Friday, August 25, 2000 7:35 PM
>To: Green, Kim
>Subject: Re: [COATES-L] William Coates - Halifax, Virginia
>
>
>It's highly likely that your William was a descendant of the following
>family that were the known Coates in Halifax Co., VA/ NC. This is the info
>I have on them in my database. Hope it gives you some leads.
>
>13) William Coates of Halifax, VA/NC, b. 1749 (or abt 1765 in Paisley,
>ENG?, son of Phillip???), d. 1812, son of John. Had sons John, Richard H.
>and William. He lived and died in Halifax Co., VA/NC. His offspring
>lived in VA, NC and then TN.
>
>The following records probably apply to this William:
>13) A William Coats, b. Sept. 17, 1749 of mostly Halifax, VA and NC. (Note
>that the Roanoke River runs between Halifax, VA and Halifax, NC) and died
>Dec. 28, 1812 (or Dec. 2, 1812). His father was John Coats. His children
>were John, Nancy, Sarah (Sallie), Richard H., Elizabeth, William,
>Guilford, Diez, and Lucy (with some disagreement on the last two
>children). They were all born in Halifax Co. (C-996, 1635, 1650) William
>himself, might have been born in Paisley, SCT.
>
>13) A William Coats received one pound, ten shillings, eight pence from the
>Board of Auditors, Halifax District, NC on Nov. 4, 1782 for a Revolutionary
>War Payment. (C-1086)
>
>13) A William and Benjamin Coats lived in District 13, Halifax Co., NC in a
>1786 state census. In William's household there were 4 females, 1 male
>between age 21 and 60 and one male either younger than 21 or over age
>60. (C-739, 1660)
>________
>
>At 01:02 PM 8/24/00 -0400, you wrote:
> >I am trying to find out who William Coates parents/siblings are. William
> >married Nancy Shipp on May 1, 1824 in Halifax County, Virginia. Any help on
> >this family would be greatly appreciated.
> >
> >
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I am trying to find out who William Coates parents/siblings are. William
married Nancy Shipp on May 1, 1824 in Halifax County, Virginia. Any help on
this family would be greatly appreciated.
I found a plat for Harmon Davis in the 96 District plats...I don't have them
all up yet or this one copied but it shows a Coats adjoining him on Lost
Creek a branch of Bush River...anyone know where that creek is...?
Char
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From: RCass6425(a)aol.com
To: coats(a)hotmail.com
Subject: FYI
Date: Wed, 23 Aug 2000 11:59:02 EDT
Subj: Rufus F. Coats
Date: 8/20/2000 3:07:00 PM Mountain Daylight Time
From: VAL4JC1957
To: RCass6425
I have just learned from your Cassidy Family Tree and from postings on the
Coats Family GenForum about Rufus Coats & Alicia Searle.
Rufus Coats and Alicia Searle were my great-grandparents. Their children
were Robert James, Mary Ann, Esther. Robert James Coats was born in Bayonne
3/17/1884, grew up in Brooklyn NY, married Isabel Wallace Beam. Their
children are
Robert James Jr, b 2/2/1908 deceased
William Frank, b 6/4/11 deceased
George Henry, b 10/29/20
Grace Alice, b 6/5/23
Calvin, b 7/7/25
Warren Edward b 1/15/28
George, Calvin and Warren still live in New Jersey; they grew up in
Hoboken/Jersey City. Grace is in a nursing home in Pennsylvania.
My father's name is Calvin. He remembers calling his Aunt Mary "May" or
"Mamie" Cassidy. His Aunt Esther's married name was Logan.
He also thought his grandmother's name was Alice. Do you have any
information about Alicia's brothers? My father believes one of them had a
beef ranch in Colorado.
Thanks!
Virginia Anne Coats Lyttle
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Well, I got all the council minutes for the year 1766 and have made a most
interesting observation in them....
There is no William Coate listed on July 1st of 1766 as having gotten a
warrant for 200 acres on Bush River....there isn't any William Coate in the
entire year as a matter of fact...
However, on July 1st, 1766 a petition was granted to Edward Seaborn for 200
acres on the Bush River...and it says Bush River not Craven County....
I don't recall off hand seeing a plat for a Seaborn...but it was common from
looking at these minutes that a plat could be certifed to someone other than
the original requester...
There is only one entry for the month of August in these minutes...and
William Coate's survey was suppose to have been certified the 5th of August
I believe it was but this minute entry is for August 23rd 1766 and it only
deals with a letter to encourage the manufacture of Silk...and is less than
one page in length...this is the only entry for the month of August...
Sooooo now I'm wondering if there is a tie in with this Edward Seaborn and
William Coate on the Bush River...???? I think there could be a possiblity
that this Seaborn petition is the William Coate survey....
Charlotte
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FYI...Char
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From: "Brenda Zadoroznij" <bzadoroz(a)npiec.on.ca>
To: <coats(a)lawyer4u.com>
Subject: Re Surname COATES
Date: Tue, 22 Aug 2000 12:03:47 -0400
Hallo....I am trying to find a Susannah COTES (as spelt on a birth cert.)
who married William Henry ATTERTON around 1837. In the 1881 census she is
said to have been born in Layer de la Haye, Essex. Very little to go
on...but I have to start somewhere! Can you help?
Thank you
Brenda Ontario, Canada
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On that microfilm of 96 District plats was a map of the Lots of Newberry
around the court house...all the microfilm said was that this map was stuck
in this Plat Book A, so they filmed it with these plats...it is probably a
map showing the lots sold by Henry etc...I couldn't however find a date on
it...
http://www.rootsquest.com/~coatsfar/96c902a.htm
I've scanned and put it with the index for the 96 District Plats above....
Char
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I've added more to the 96 District SC plat index...
Char
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The funeral home records for John William Coats, son of Huff D. Coats, whom
my family calls *Uncle Will*, is the John William Coats buried in Fairview
Cemetery in Vinita OK...I think I thought it was the brother of Huff D.
Coats from MO...but it appears to be his son instead...
Char
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From: "Mary Perkins" <MiiMii4(a)worldnet.att.net>
To: <coats(a)hotmail.com>
Subject: Fw: celestia
Date: Sun, 20 Aug 2000 13:02:01 -0500
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To: <MiiMii4(a)worldnet.att.net>
Sent: Friday, August 18, 2000 3:45 PM
Subject: Re: celestia
> Mary, I'm having to work from memory on some of my information, as one of
my
> uncle's borrowed my info. Celestia married John Andrew Webster Coats in
> Clarke County, Ms. On the marriage rolls, his name was misspelled as
> "Couts". John was a Civil War veteran. He and Celestia had a number of
> children, and my ancestor was Martin Luther Coats. He married Sarah Jane
> Walden ( we're unsure of the actual spelling). They had my grandmother,
Eula
> Mae Coats, and 3 other children. When Sarah died, the family moved to
> Caldwell Parish, Columbia, Louisiana. My grandmother met and married
William
> Ellic(Alex) Coates (no relation!) They eventually moved to Ouachita
Parish,
> West Monroe, La. They had 7 children: Winnie Mae, Charles Luther (my
> father), James, Jean, Leuna, David and William Jr. My father married
Edna
> Lee Butler, from West Monroe. I have two brothers, William Elton Coates
and
> Rodney Doyle Coates. My last name is Collins, and I live in South
> Mississippi, in Sumrall, Lamar County.
> My grandmother always said her grandmother (Celestia) was Choctaw Indian.
We
> have been unable to establish this as fact, although there are
Buffington's
> on the reservation at Philadelphia, Ms. Can you shed any light on the
> mystery? Looking forward to hearing from you. Debra
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From: "Mary Perkins" <MiiMii4(a)worldnet.att.net>
To: <coats(a)hotmail.com>
Subject: Fw: celestia
Date: Sun, 20 Aug 2000 12:58:47 -0500
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Sent: Friday, August 18, 2000 3:54 PM
Subject: Re: celestia
> Celestia and John are both buried in the old cemetary at Decatur, Ms. It
is
> next to a big white Church. A number of Coats family members are also
buried
> there. I visited the site a number of years ago with my parents. I will
get
> my information back from the uncle who has it and I will be able to get
you a
> lot more information on the family.
>
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Lincoln County, TN up and complete for Vol A
Robertson County, TN ... started
Bedford County, TN roll 113 complete
http://www.rootsquest.com/~coatsfar/promotio.htm
Char
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Hmmm, that deed is already in the Archive but under William Couts, the index
for this deed would indicate it was a Coats...
Boy, this is going to be confusing...
Char
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The Robertson County TN records I got include Bk or Vol A, B and E...on this
one roll...in Bk B, p. 311 there is a William Coats selling land to John
Baker...Vol A and B are typed or transcribed records but in the front of
each Vol is the original index for that Vol..handwritten etc...at any rate,
the index very clearly says William Coats to John Baker but the record was
transcribed as Couts...the deed is dated 1800...
Now, there are other Couts records in this group...but I haven't checked
where they were all located yet...
When I get to book B will make a of copy of this record...I'm also going to
scan the indexes for these two books, since they are probably the only
original source for these records...
Char
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From: "Stephanie Wasson" <swasson(a)janesville.k12.wi.us>
Sent: Fri, 18 Aug 2000 15:15:55 -0500
To: charlotte.coats(a)coatsarchive.zzn.com
Subject: INformation
I found your Coats website on the internet. Do you have any
information
on Coats in Wisconsin (Particularly Stevens Point/Central WI area). I
believe my father's name is Ken Coats from that area and am looking
for
information on that family. I was told that part of my family is
Polish,
although I see no reference to that nationality on your site. Please
let
me know if you have any information. Thank you.
Stephanie Wasson
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This is the beginning of the 96 District plats...there are three or four
rolls of these and a lot of plats on each roll....
All of the plats on this roll are between the years of 1785-1785, 1788 and
1793-1794...I don't know what happened to the years inbetween...probably
lost...
This is going to be just plat Book A of these records...I haven't added the
year because it was so repetative...so if there is a plat out of year, I've
shown that...also when there is a year change I'll show that...almost all of
these early or first plats are on Reed River off of the Bush River...so some
of these have to be in Laurens County...
http://www.rootsquest.com/~coatsfar/96c902a.htm
Char
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From: "Stephanie Wasson" <swasson(a)janesville.k12.wi.us>
Sent: Fri, 18 Aug 2000 15:15:55 -0500
To: charlotte.coats(a)coatsarchive.zzn.com
Subject: INformation
I found your Coats website on the internet. Do you have any
information
on Coats in Wisconsin (Particularly Stevens Point/Central WI area). I
believe my father's name is Ken Coats from that area and am looking
for
information on that family. I was told that part of my family is
Polish,
although I see no reference to that nationality on your site. Please
let
me know if you have any information. Thank you.
Stephanie Wasson
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I also ordered three rolls of microfilm from KY Archive, Madison County
today...these are three rolls of let's see what is in this group...court
records, they have some deeds in there, tax lists and deeds...the first roll
from each group..
I'll be doing the same for Fayette County but more toward the early to mid
1800s for that group...will work earlier and later with these as well....
I haven't gotten the Lincoln County index yet...
I think they got tried of me asking for indexes...<g>..
Char
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