Ancestors and Descendants of Needham Coates, b. 1831 in Tennessee

1.  (Solomon Coats?, b. abt 1750, d. 1806, NC)
2.  (Solomon Coats?, b. 1802, NC, d. aft 1860, NC)
3.  Needham Coats, b. 1831 in Tennessee and Martha Spier
4.  Theophilus Washington Coats, b. March 1, 1866,  Tyler, Smith Co., TX

Sources per numbered generation above:

1.   Ancestry.com Family Trees
2.   Ancestry.com Family Trees
3.  1870 Smith County, Texas Census  (This is the only Coats family in the Smith County, Texas census and they have a son of the correct age named Washington Coats.)
4.  Death Certificate for Theophilus Washington Coats