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This shows Ann was born in VA...this is the 1860 Smith County TN census:
16 608 608 Coats Ann 78 F Farmer
3,260 1,700 Va
17 608 608 Coats Polly 45
F Tennessee
She was born about 1782 - hmmm, Polly could be either Mary or Elizabeth?
I have a birth date of c 1775 for Nancy
More info out of the Smith County TN court records:
http://www.rootsweb.com/~tnsmith/tngen/smithprobatecourt3.htmhttp://www.rootsweb.com/~tnsmith/tngen/smithprobatecourt4.htm
Ben - 1830 Smith County TN census:
http://www.rootsweb.com/~tnsmith/census/1830/74.htm
if he's the 50 to 60 male on here and I'm sure he probably is, he has 2
sons, 3 daughters and he was probably born between 1770 to 1780 ...
My info said c 1750, not sure if that's what Neva's book said...that might
be where I got the VA from as well and it could have been assumed he was
born in VA since Ann was?...but it appears Ann Baker his wife was born in VA
about 1782, which falls in line with Nancy Baker as well....John Baker was
from Stafford County VA until after the Am Revolution c 1784
Ben's will:
http://www.coatsarchive.us/TennDocs/abcw1850stn.pdf
A scanned version of the original will is here as well...
http://www.coatsarchive.us/tennesse.html
On 11/29/05, kh5567(a)toadmail.com <kh5567(a)toadmail.com> wrote:
>
> Ann COATS was 73 years old and a resident of Smith County, Tennessee when
> she
> made an affidavit on 24 April 1855 to apply for bounty land based on her
> husband's military service.
>
> She stated that she was the widow of Benjamin COATS, that they were
> married in
> Robertson County, Tennessee on 14 February 1799 by Nathan ARNOTT - a
> licensed
> minister of the Gospel, that her name before marriage was Ann BAKER, and
> that
> her husband died in Smith County, Tennessee on 11 June 1850. I doubt that
> you
> will find any other record of her marriage since she said in 1855 "that
> she
> knows of no public record of her said marriage and that there is no
> private or
> family record of the same". Lewis WASHBURN and James M. WASHBURN,
> residents of
> Smith County, Tennessee, testified as to the identity of Ann COATS and
> "that
> they know the aforesaid Benjamin Coats deceased & Ann Coats in his
> lifetime to
> cohabit together as husband and wife and were generally reputed as such".
>
> Ann COATS signed her name (not an X).
>
> She filed the claim for bounty land based on Benjamin COATS' service as a
> private in the militia (unit and captain not named) in the war against the
> confederated Indians at the Battle of Nickajack. She stated that her
> husband
> volunteered in Robertson County, Tennessee (on the document East Tennessee
> was
> written first, but this was crossed out and then Robertson County,
> Tennessee was
> inserted). The date he volunteered was left blank. He served for 14 days
> and was
> honorably discharged at Buchannan's Fort in Tennessee (East was crossed
> out).
>
> Source:
> original document on file at National Archives in Record Group 15
> (Veterans
> Administration) Bounty Land Warrant Application Files 1812 - 1855
> case number 1855 - Rejected - 143737
> Benjamin Coats, Ann Coats (widow)
>
> The claim was rejected because the act passed by Congress in 1855
> authorizing
> bounty land was only for soldiers (or their widows or minor children) who
> had
> served in the War of 1812 through the Mexican War, including various
> Indian wars
> in the time period between these two wars. The Battle of Nickajack was in
> 1794
> and thus not covered by the time period of these land grants. for more
> information about the Battle of Nickajack see:
> http://www.rootsweb.com/~tnsumner/early38.htm
>
> Could Benjamin and Ann COATS be the ancestors of some of the Middle
> Tennessee
> Coats families?
>
> I found this at National Archives while looking for something else. I am
> not kin
> to this line of Coats, so have no further information about them but
> thought
> that others in the Coates RootsWeb group might be interested. If you are
> descended from this family and would like a copy of the case file, send me
> your
> address off line and I can mail a copy to you. This might serve as proof
> that
> they were living in what was then the Territory of the United States South
> of
> the River Ohio ("the Southwest Territory") prior to Tennessee becoming a
> state
> for descendants who might be interested in joining the First Families of
> Tennessee.
>
> Kathryn Hamilton
>
>
>
> ==== COATES Mailing List ====
> Coates, Coate, Coats Digital Archive:
> http://www.rootsquest.com/~coatsfar
>
>
--
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http://www.coatsarchive.us
Ann COATS was 73 years old and a resident of Smith County, Tennessee when she
made an affidavit on 24 April 1855 to apply for bounty land based on her
husband's military service.
She stated that she was the widow of Benjamin COATS, that they were married in
Robertson County, Tennessee on 14 February 1799 by Nathan ARNOTT - a licensed
minister of the Gospel, that her name before marriage was Ann BAKER, and that
her husband died in Smith County, Tennessee on 11 June 1850. I doubt that you
will find any other record of her marriage since she said in 1855 "that she
knows of no public record of her said marriage and that there is no private or
family record of the same". Lewis WASHBURN and James M. WASHBURN, residents of
Smith County, Tennessee, testified as to the identity of Ann COATS and "that
they know the aforesaid Benjamin Coats deceased & Ann Coats in his lifetime to
cohabit together as husband and wife and were generally reputed as such".
Ann COATS signed her name (not an X).
She filed the claim for bounty land based on Benjamin COATS' service as a
private in the militia (unit and captain not named) in the war against the
confederated Indians at the Battle of Nickajack. She stated that her husband
volunteered in Robertson County, Tennessee (on the document East Tennessee was
written first, but this was crossed out and then Robertson County, Tennessee was
inserted). The date he volunteered was left blank. He served for 14 days and was
honorably discharged at Buchannan's Fort in Tennessee (East was crossed out).
Source:
original document on file at National Archives in Record Group 15 (Veterans
Administration) Bounty Land Warrant Application Files 1812 - 1855
case number 1855 - Rejected - 143737
Benjamin Coats, Ann Coats (widow)
The claim was rejected because the act passed by Congress in 1855 authorizing
bounty land was only for soldiers (or their widows or minor children) who had
served in the War of 1812 through the Mexican War, including various Indian wars
in the time period between these two wars. The Battle of Nickajack was in 1794
and thus not covered by the time period of these land grants. for more
information about the Battle of Nickajack see:
http://www.rootsweb.com/~tnsumner/early38.htm
Could Benjamin and Ann COATS be the ancestors of some of the Middle Tennessee
Coats families?
I found this at National Archives while looking for something else. I am not kin
to this line of Coats, so have no further information about them but thought
that others in the Coates RootsWeb group might be interested. If you are
descended from this family and would like a copy of the case file, send me your
address off line and I can mail a copy to you. This might serve as proof that
they were living in what was then the Territory of the United States South of
the River Ohio ("the Southwest Territory") prior to Tennessee becoming a state
for descendants who might be interested in joining the First Families of Tennessee.
Kathryn Hamilton
I am new to the Coats mailing list - a descendant of Peyton Henry COATS, born
ca. 1793 in Virginia and died 1879 in Bedford County, Tennessee. I am descended
through his daughter Mary Ann (Suzanne) COATS who married Edward Taylor HALEY, Jr.
Peyton's father was Richard COATS and his grandfather was William COATS. These
earlier generations of the family lived in Halifax County, Virginia and then
Rockingham County, North Carolina. Would be interested in corresponding with
other people who are researching these lines.
I am also interested in DNA testing and am somewhat familiar with it since I
serve as coordinator of the HOLDEN surname group. As a female, I could not take
the test in the COATES DNA project, but a cousin of mine did. He is listed in
the table of DNA results as kit number 7658 - a descendant of William COATS of
VA. Would like to see others who can trace their COATS ancestry to Virginia be
tested so we can compare their results to ours.
Kathryn Hamilton
Hmmm, I show this Ben Coats born in VA as well....not sure where that came
from...most interesting ....?? I do know that he was living in Bedford
County TN before he moved to Smith County TN in the early 1800s....
I also think a 1799 marriage date for he and Anna, might change the kids in
this group?? He had a first wife Elizabeth Brock, this info came from
Neva's book and I'm not sure where she got it...I do know the Jeremiah Coats
she had as his son in MO, didn't go to MO but went to IL ...
Also John Baker, had a son named Jeremiah Baker who also went to IL...I've
also sent this info on to the Baker researchers...they have a huge DNA group
over 400 folks doing research among the Bakers so they are really making
some new discoveries...
On 11/29/05, kh5567(a)toadmail.com <kh5567(a)toadmail.com> wrote:
>
> Ann COATS was 73 years old and a resident of Smith County, Tennessee when
> she
> made an affidavit on 24 April 1855 to apply for bounty land based on her
> husband's military service.
>
> She stated that she was the widow of Benjamin COATS, that they were
> married in
> Robertson County, Tennessee on 14 February 1799 by Nathan ARNOTT - a
> licensed
> minister of the Gospel, that her name before marriage was Ann BAKER, and
> that
> her husband died in Smith County, Tennessee on 11 June 1850. I doubt that
> you
> will find any other record of her marriage since she said in 1855 "that
> she
> knows of no public record of her said marriage and that there is no
> private or
> family record of the same". Lewis WASHBURN and James M. WASHBURN,
> residents of
> Smith County, Tennessee, testified as to the identity of Ann COATS and
> "that
> they know the aforesaid Benjamin Coats deceased & Ann Coats in his
> lifetime to
> cohabit together as husband and wife and were generally reputed as such".
>
> Ann COATS signed her name (not an X).
>
> She filed the claim for bounty land based on Benjamin COATS' service as a
> private in the militia (unit and captain not named) in the war against the
> confederated Indians at the Battle of Nickajack. She stated that her
> husband
> volunteered in Robertson County, Tennessee (on the document East Tennessee
> was
> written first, but this was crossed out and then Robertson County,
> Tennessee was
> inserted). The date he volunteered was left blank. He served for 14 days
> and was
> honorably discharged at Buchannan's Fort in Tennessee (East was crossed
> out).
>
> Source:
> original document on file at National Archives in Record Group 15
> (Veterans
> Administration) Bounty Land Warrant Application Files 1812 - 1855
> case number 1855 - Rejected - 143737
> Benjamin Coats, Ann Coats (widow)
>
> The claim was rejected because the act passed by Congress in 1855
> authorizing
> bounty land was only for soldiers (or their widows or minor children) who
> had
> served in the War of 1812 through the Mexican War, including various
> Indian wars
> in the time period between these two wars. The Battle of Nickajack was in
> 1794
> and thus not covered by the time period of these land grants. for more
> information about the Battle of Nickajack see:
> http://www.rootsweb.com/~tnsumner/early38.htm
>
> Could Benjamin and Ann COATS be the ancestors of some of the Middle
> Tennessee
> Coats families?
>
> I found this at National Archives while looking for something else. I am
> not kin
> to this line of Coats, so have no further information about them but
> thought
> that others in the Coates RootsWeb group might be interested. If you are
> descended from this family and would like a copy of the case file, send me
> your
> address off line and I can mail a copy to you. This might serve as proof
> that
> they were living in what was then the Territory of the United States South
> of
> the River Ohio ("the Southwest Territory") prior to Tennessee becoming a
> state
> for descendants who might be interested in joining the First Families of
> Tennessee.
>
> Kathryn Hamilton
>
>
>
> ==== COATES Mailing List ====
> Coates, Coate, Coats Digital Archive:
> http://www.rootsquest.com/~coatsfar
>
>
--
Coats Archive
http://www.coatsarchive.us
Is anyone asking for a 37 marker DNA test who is in the Marmaduke
Coate's group for xmas? Our 12 point is so common, that the only
way we'll know if we are closely related is if each of us in that
group gets the 37 point. L. Coate
At 04:31 PM 11/18/2005, you wrote:
>Hello all,
>Was wondering if anyone who is currently in the NC Coat(e)s group,
>and who already has a 12 or 25 marker test with FTDNA, would be
>willing to spring for the 37 marker upgrade?
>
>I would commit to a 37 marker upgrade if I knew that at least one
>more person in the group would also participate; obviously, a single
>37 marker test can't be compared to anything, so shelling out the
>$59.00 for nothing doesn't make much sense to me.
>
>If anyone is game, reply to the list or directly to me.
>Regards to all (& an Early Happy Thanksgiving as well)
>Larry D.H. Coats
>
>
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>To
>unsubscribe, send the command "unsubscribe" to
>COATES-L-request(a)rootsweb.com (if in mail mode) or
>COATES-D-request(a)rootsweb.com (if in digest mode.)
LINDA COATE,
Columbus, Ohio
lcoate(a)ancestrees.com
www.ancestrees.com
Hello all,
Was wondering if anyone who is currently in the NC Coat(e)s group, and who already has a 12 or 25 marker test with FTDNA, would be willing to spring for the 37 marker upgrade?
I would commit to a 37 marker upgrade if I knew that at least one more person in the group would also participate; obviously, a single 37 marker test can't be compared to anything, so shelling out the $59.00 for nothing doesn't make much sense to me.
If anyone is game, reply to the list or directly to me.
Regards to all (& an Early Happy Thanksgiving as well)
Larry D.H. Coats
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hmmm, this is interesting...
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From: "Margarette G. Ogle" <mogle11312(a)bellsouth.net>
To: "Charlotte Coats" <coats(a)hotmail.com>
Subject: Re: [SNJGG] Group webpage
Date: Tue, 15 Nov 2005 21:07:37 -0500
Dear Charlotte
What a web our ancestors did weave. In your case I think all the necessary
work in SC has been done and I can't help you too much. What I did turn up
from your letter I believe you have more than I can help with. But maybe
some dates might help. In the Ancestor Roster for Col. Dames 17th Century
there is a Samuel Coate. d. 1723 migrated from PA to NH (strange migration)
had wife Mary Sanders. William Coate, no date he owned land in NJ. William
Coats. b. 1684 and d. 1749. lived NJ md. Rebecca Sharp who d. aft 1781.
Probably no help, but at least you know a time frame.
Sorry I couldn't help.
Margarette
Not sure she's researching Sutton or Coates...but this looks like a female
maiden name?
The name Sutton looks familiar....
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From: DelawareDolores(a)delaware.net
Reply-To: DelawareDolores(a)Delaware.net
To: SNJGG(a)yahoogroups.com
CC: coats(a)hotmail.com
Subject: Thomas Coates Sutton
Date: Sun, 13 Nov 2005 10:25:32 -0500
I had a look at those NJ papers for Coates, and saw the first name of Thomas
in
both Burlington and Salem counties.
In writings about the Salem County Loyalist trials of 1778, there are
references
to a Thomas Coats or Coates Sutton, sometimes even hyphenated as
"Coats-Sutton.
He was father of one or more of the Loyalist Suttons, and also father in law
to
Abdon (Abdin) Abit or Abbott, Jr. Does anyone know where the Coates middle
name came from?
-- Delaware Dolores (copy to coats(a)hotmail.com)
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MICROSOFT TO DIGITIZE 100,000 BOOKS FROM BRITISH LIBRARY
Microsoft has issued a direct challenge to Google as it
announced plans to digitize around 100,000 books - 25
million pages - from the British Library. In a "strategic
partnership", the software giant and the British Library
will work together to digitize books in the public domain.
http://technology.guardian.co.uk/online/news/0,12597,1627871,00.html
AMAZON SELLING BOOKS BY THE PAGE
With its new Amazon Pages service, Amazon.com plans to let
customers to buy portions of a book, even just one page, for
online viewing. Copyright holders would determine whether
the pages could be printed or downloaded. The move is an
apparent response to Google's launch of Google Print, which
allows users to search books online.
http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/business/technology/130742...
Ok folks, I'm am again amazed....:)
York County PA Archive emailed all the documents I request with 10 minutes
of paying for them!! All but one, which they have to mail because the copy
was not good...best copy apparently is the paper copy...
Oh, that the archives would all do that!!!!!! and that includes the LDS
Library!!
The generation coming up behind us, is going to only use the web for this
type of thing, so the archives need to prepare for the future or become
obsolete!
Char
Ok folks, sit down for this one!!
The York County Archive in PA, will let your order documents online, they
will then scan them and send them to you via EMAIL!!!
Can you believe that!!
There are some Coats in those deed records...don't know who they are but
I'll be ordering them as well!!
Enjoy!
Char
enjoy!!
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From: HallsTree(a)aol.com
Reply-To: TNRUTHER-L(a)rootsweb.com
To: TNRUTHER-L(a)rootsweb.com
Subject: [TNRUTHER] FHL Books online at BYU
Date: Thu, 3 Nov 2005 21:57:22 EST
Thought this would be of interest. Estelle Hall
FHL Books Online at BYU
>>
>> The following is an article about online books that I just received.
>>
>> The message is incredibly cool! You can go to the Brigham Young
>> University website http://www.lib.byu.edu/ and do searches of over 5000
>> books which the Family History Library has put online.* ... the LDS
>> Family History Library has announced that it has begun the process of
>> digitizing and making available on the Internet all of the Family
History
>> books in their collection. These are primarily books in the
>> "929.273Series" that are currently housed on the first floor of the
>> Family History Library (previously housed on the fourth floor of the
>> Joseph Smith Memorial Building). At the present time (September 2005),
>> about 5000 books have been digitized and are available, and they have
>> announced that they are adding about 100 titles a week to the on-line
>> collection. Copyright issues are playing a role in determining the order
>> in which they progress through this task; books out of copyright are
>> being done first.
>>
>> As these Family History books are digitized and placed on-line, an entry
>> is being placed in the Family History Library on-line catalog with a
>> hyperlink to the digitized image. By going to the FHL On-Line Catalog,
>> you can search for a specific name, find a book that has been indexed
>> using the name, and view it on-line, flipping through the pages as
>> separate "pdf" images, much the same as if you were on the first floor
of
>> the Family History Library. =
>>
>> Of course, the indexing that is available through the FHL Catalog is
only
>> as good as the human indexers made it; typically they only include the
>> "top" 4 to 6 names that appear in each book in their indexing efforts.
>> But there is even better news!
>>
>> The digitized images of these Family History books are actually being
>> stored on the electronic servers at Brigham Young University in Provo,
>> Utah.=
>>
>> By going directly to the BYU web site to view the images, there are
>> several additional possibilities that provide genealogists functionality
>> that they have never had before. You are now able to do full-text
>> searches on each book, and on every digitized book in the collection.
Now
>> you can locate the small two-paragraph entry on Grandpa Ebenezer
McGarrah
>> that is buried in one of the Family History books that you would have
>> otherwise never thought to look at before. This can open up a huge new
>> possibility for extending lines, getting past brick walls, and
uncovering
>> new relatives!=
>>
>>
>> How to Find The Digitized Images?
>>
>> Go to the web site of the Harold B. Lee Library at BYU at
>> http://www.lib.byu.edu/ on their home page, follow the links "Find Other
>> Materials/Electronic/On Line Collections at BYU". Click on the "Text
>> Collections" tab and select the "Family History Archive" from the list
of
>> collections that are displayed.
>>
>> You would then normally want to use the "Search All" feature with the
>> "Search Full Text" box checked, although the "Advanced Search" will
allow
>> very high-powered searches that will allow certain phrases to be
searched
>> for and other words to be used to exclude potential hits. As you make
>> selections from the "hits" that are displayed, you will need to use the
>> "Click Here to View Item" button near the top of the screen to display
>> the actual image of the page. You can page through the entire document
>> using the index displayed on the left side of the screen. Each page may
>> be printed after being viewed.
>>
>> One interesting sidelight is, when you are at the first web page for the
>> Family History Archive (the page that lets you begin a search), click on
>> the "Browse the Collection" button. This will display every Family
>> History book that has been digitized and is available in the collection.
>>
>> You can scroll through this list much the same as if you were walking up
>> and down the stacks at the library. At the top of the first page of the
>> search results, it displays the number of hits, which (in this case) is
>> the number of books in the collection. If you keep track of this number,
>> you can get a pretty good idea of how fast they are adding titles to the
>> collection as you revisit the web site from time to time. I think you
>> will want to visit this site often as the collection grows!"
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TSLA has the LaVergne Presbyterian Church Records. Rutherford County,
1887-1972. Roll 415 Microfilm Only Collection. Records of LaVergne Church,
beginning with the organization of the church in 1887; minutes of session,
1887-1972; registers of elders, deacons, communicants, baptisms, deaths, and
marriages; and financial reports. Contact TSLA for more information.
Lots of Coats in here....
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To: coats(a)hotmail.com (Charlotte Coats)
Subject: California Births (1905 - 1995)
Date: Tue, 1 Nov 2005 21:53:55 -0600
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