"Ancestrees"

Captain Wright COATS ^{1 2 3 4}

  General Notes:

Wright Coats was named in his father's will.

Wright's birth date could easily have been before 1770. He is the only Wright Coats we know of in the area, and he is on one census, 1800's. In it he and his wife are between 26 and 45. They have 2 sons age ten and under, and one daughter from 10-16. According to Daphne they also probably have Mary's sister Rebecca, and mother who had been widowed that year living with them. In the year 1800, Wright Coate (and probably his wife Mary Coate) made purchases of land at Nathan Perry's estate sale in the year 1800. Nathan Perry lived very near the Chandlers and therefore near land belonging to Gentleman John Coates. Wright Coate sold land to his brother, William in 1802 in Newberry Co.

The following court record applies to this Wright and several of his brothers as well as a freed slave of his father's named Jesse.

LDS Film # 24219 Filed
June 19, 1818 Box 45, No. 1
Daniel McMahan Decree -
Bill for Injunction Judge W. Thompson

Vs

John O'Neall

Daniel McMahan employed Wright Coats and Jesse Coats (a man of color) to
carry two loads of cotton to Charleston and to bring back two loads of dry
goods. Wright Coats and Jesse Coats did not return to Newberry when expected
and Daniel McMahan became apprehensive. He set out to find Wright Coats and
Jesse Coats leaving instructions with his clerk Pendleton Pope that if
Wright Coats and Jesse Coats returned in his absence, not to pay them. They
did return in his absence and Wright Coats received a note from Pendleton
Pope for the amount he would be paid after deducting for some goods he took
from the store. He said it would be inconvenient for him to return at a
later date and that he would send some other person in his place to collect
the money. Afterwards Jesse Coats and James Coats applied for the money due
to both Wright Coates and Jesse Coats and all money owed was given to him.
Jesse Coats and James Coats (brother of Wright Coats) then went to the home
of William Lesley in Newberry and gave Wright Coats his portion of the
payment. Wright Coates sometime afterwards sued Daniel McMahan for more
payment. Daniel McMahan in turn sued Wright Coates but before the trial
Wright Coates died leaving john O'Neall as his executor. Daniel McMahan had
petitioned the Court to dismiss the Bill because of fraud on the part of
William Coates and to have the estate of Wright Coates pay for the Court
costs.

Wright witnessed the sale of his brother William Coate's land in 1807 and verified that William's wife, Mary, had given her consent to the sale. Wright had his will administered in 1808 or 1809 in Newberry Co., SC with his administrators listed as Mary Coate (wife) and J. O'Neal. His will starts with the words, "In the name of God, Amen" which indicate he was not a Quaker. (C-266, 1403, C-1479, 1942) ^{5 6}

  Noted events in his life were:

• census 1800, 1800, , Newberry, SC, USA.

• Will, 11/16/1808, , Newberry, SC, USA. ⁷

• Probate, 12/5/1808, , Newberry, SC, USA.

Wright married Mary GAUNT, daughter of Israel GAUNT and Hannah SPENCER, after 1789. (Mary GAUNT was born on 11/10/1772,⁸ died on 11/10/1848 in , Giles, TN, USA ^{9 10} and was buried in Old Gilbert Cemetery, Giles, TN, USA.)