Wiley Coats - NC
Willis Woodrow Coates,
born 1914 Lexington, Davidson County, NC- died 1996, Amsterdam, Montgomery
County, NY - census, birth records, personal knowledge, etc.
Son of John Newton Coates, born 1866,
Son of Willis Coats, born 1802
NC - census, will, estate sale, various receipts.
Son of Wylie Coats, born 1776ca, NC, died sometime after 1842, place
unknown - census records, court records, receipt stating
"for son
county. There is a 1795
1796 bill of sale in the
Following is some background information I put together in a message a while
back.
A family headed by a William COATS appears to have been living in and around
Potts Creek in
about 1815. My direct line, Wylie, and a daughter of William's, stayed in
the area while William, along with sons Thomas and John, and Temperance,
the widow of son Solomon migrated to
William Coats is shown on the 1778 Tax List for
acres in the area that became
Coats is also listed in the same area as delinquent. The author's note
indicates that this most likelymeant that the person had left the area. Have
not seen anything else on
this person.
On the 1800 census of Rowan we find
the Potts Creek area. Solomon died in 1806 leaving a widow and the children
Sally,
The 1810 NC census for Rowan list William, Wylie, Thomas, John and a female
head of household named Temperance. Temperance is the widow of
A 1815 Tax List for the area list Wylie and John.
The 1820 census for Rowan list only
We now to move to
with the 1810 census of
list
census while
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