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Descendants of Arthur Coats/Coates

Generation No. 1

1. ARTHUR¹ COATS/COATES was born 1770 in Said to be born Ireland, and died March 23, 1826 in Athens CO. OH. He married MARY ANN MORRIS. She was born August 26, 1773 in Lambart, Chester CO. PA, and died 1848 in Athens CO. OH.

Notes for ARTHUR COATS/COATES:
No one is sure which way to spell the name. Some spell it Coats, some spell it Coates and some of the southern families spell it Courts, but it is always pronounced Coats.
I have found both the spellings Coats and Coates in my own family, but in my genealogy will only use COATS....Lois E. Thomas 1999

Notes by Frances C. (Coats) Munyon:
Said her Grandpa Arthur Coats was born in Ireland.
Had red hair and a fiery temper. (The same is said of Frances)
He married Mary Ann ___.
Grandpa buried in Chilicothe, Ohio.

1790 Census has him in Fayette Co. PA, with 1 male and 1 female over 16 yrs.
1795 & 1796 Tax payer in German Twp., Fayette CO. PA.
1800 Washington CO. OH. lists him as free white male, Middletown Twp.
1803 Washington CO. OH. lists Nathan Coates as free white male, Middletown Twp. (brother? son?)
1800 Tax List of Washington CO. OH lists Arthur Coates
1804, Bk 31, p 118, James Fuller and Arthur Coates ( filed in 1818)
1805 Arler Cots (Arthur Coates) Tax list
July 1805 Arthur Coates surveyed road, Athens CO. OH...Appointed to view road from Athens to Lancaster by Board of the Commissioners
June 1806 Surveyed the road again
1806 Arthur Coats, Bk 1, p 43...Lease 165.9 acres from Ohio University
1809 Autumn, Arthur Coates Presbyterian Church
1809, 1810, 1811, April 1813 Arthur Coates member of Grand Jury, Athens CO. OH..Listed as one of original members of the First Presbyterian Society
1810 Tax List of Washington Co. Ohio lists Arthur Coates
Dec 6, 1815 Arthur Coates helped pay for the Court House in Athens CO. OH
1815 Listed as trustee of Township in Athens CO. OH
1820 Census, Athens CO. OH..5 boys, 3 girls. Occupation: Agriculture
March 25 1826, Obituary in ATHENS MIRROR newspaper shows death of Arthur Coates. "Died...in this vicinity, on the evening of the 23d inst. at an advanced age, Mr. Arthur Coates. The deceased was among the earliest settlers of this country."....Listed in Burial records First Presbyterian Church, Athens, OH

He is listed in the "History of Athens County Ohio" as an original member of the First Presbyterian Church of Athens". "In early times, and for many years after the organization of the county, the passage of the river was made by ferry boats...little scows which were poled and rowed across. In 1800 there was a ferry kept by old Arthur Coates (called Coates' Ferry) a few rods below where the south bridge now stands, and another one called Harpers ferry"...page 204
He was a ferryman. Owned his own ferry and died in debt because of it.

He was the brother of George Coates and possibly of John Coats.
He may also have been the brother or possibly the father of Thomas and Joseph Coats who settled within the prairie now forming the Mercer County, Ohio reservoir. (Mercer County Standard, April 1871)

Inventory of Arthur's estate was made 10 June 1826 to 2 May 1831 in Athens County, Ohio.
ARTHUR COATES INVENTORY
Athens, June 10th 1826 -
Inventory and appraisment of the personal property of ARTHUR COATES, decd.
One calf $ 2.25 three sows & 14 pigs $ 7.00 $9.25
5 Still Tubs $2.50 1 grind stem .25 2.75
1 Yoke & Iron $2.50 12 sheep $16.50 19.00
1 Saddle $4.00 1 gallon bottle .50 4.50
1 Wooden Keg .31 One Loom Pone Reed $4.00 4.31
1 Ferry Boat & Chain $16.00 9 hogs $18.00 34.00
TOTAL $73.81
Fees One Dollar Each:
John Brown 2nd)
John Porter ) appraisers
John Gillmore )
THE STATE of OHIO) Before me Henry Bartlett a Justice of the Peace is said
ATHENS COUNTY ) County came John Brown 2nd, John Porter & John
Gillmore and mad solemn oath that the above is a true
appraisement of the personal property belonging to the
Estate of Arthur Coates decd. Given under my hand & seal
this first day of December 1829.
Fees: Twenty five Cents Henry Bartlett J.P.
Calvary Morris and George C. Coates were appointed as administrators.
Recorded: Athens County, OH. Will Record Book, pages: 8, 88, 89

April 18, 1830:
Probate of Will, Ohio University File, Athens CO. OH, Arthur Coates, File Box 222
"The Administration of the estate of A. Coates late of the County of Athens, State to the Court of Common Pleas of said County that they cannot at this time state distinctly to the Court the precise situation of the accounts in relation to said estate but they have ascertained enough concerning them to be able to say beyond any doubt that the personal property of said estate will be insufficient to discharge the debts due from said estate, and they believe that it will fall short three hundred dollars or nearly that, the accounts of said intestate were kept in so loose and negligent a manner that with all the certain the administration have been able to make they have been unable to determine either the debts due to or from said estate, but they have to be able by the next term of this court ot state specifically the situation of the receipts and expenditures...
Calvary Morris

Sources: Walker's History of Athen County, Ohio, Copyright 1869, Cincinnati, Robert Clarke & Co.
Carole Wylder, IL
Sandra K. Quinn, OH
Charles W. Rice, CA
Lois E. Thomas, Portland, OR

More About ARTHUR COATS/COATES:
AKA (Facts Pg): Arthur Coates
Church:: Presbyterian

Notes for MARY ANN MORRIS:
Mary was listed in the early Athens County, OH Presbyterian Church roll along with Arthur.

More About MARY ANN MORRIS:
AKA (Facts Pg): Mary Ann Moss?
Church:: Presbyterian

Children of ARTHUR COATS/COATES and MARY MORRIS are:

JOHN² COATS, b. Bet. 1789 - 1891, Fayette Co. PA.; d. January 23, 1865, Chilicothe, Ross Co. OH..

Notes for JOHN COATS:
From "A Ross County History", page 203:
The Medical Profession - Dr. John Coates, born in Fayette County, PA., in 1791, came to Ohio with his parents in childhood, and he was educated at Athens College, founding there a cultured manhood that made him one of the most valued citizens of Ross County for many years. He made his home at Chillicothe after he began practice, and continued his residence there until his death in 1865, at the age of 75 years. Dr. John Coates, among doctors practicing at Chillicothe in 1818."....From Charles W. Rice, Santa Anna, CA, now deceased.

John was a Master Mason, Athens CO. OH...13 Sept 1816

More About JOHN COATS:
Occupation: Doctor

2.	ii.	ARTHUR COATS, JR, b. Bet. 1800 - 1801, OH; d. December 03, 1871, Athens Co. OH..
3.	iii.	JAMES MATAITO COATS, b. Bet. 1800 - 1804, Washington CO. OH; d. Bet. 1870 - 1874, Logan Co. IL..
	iv.	NANCY COATS, b. 1802, OH; d. Unknown; m. ALEXANDER BROWN, November 20, 1820, Athens CO. OH; d. Unknown.

Notes for NANCY COATS:
One source for Nancy says she was born after 1809.

Notes for ALEXANDER BROWN:
There was an A. G. Brown who resided Athens CO. OH, son of Capt. Benj. Brown.
A.G. Brown was born 16 April 1798 near Waterford, Washington CO. OH. He had sons: Henry T. Brown and Louis W. Brown, both natives of Athens CO. OH.

4.	v.	GEORGE CAMPBELL COATS, b. 1803, Washington CO. OH; d. 1877, Sonora, Tuolumne Co. CA..
5.	vi.	ELIZABETH COATS, b. October 10, 1808, Athens CO. OH; d. October 19, 1898, Athens CO. OH.
	vii.	MARY ANN COATS, b. Bet. 1808 - 1811, Athens CO. OH; d. 1898; m. THOMAS GRAHAM, February 26, 1822, Athens Co. OH.; d. Unknown.

Notes for MARY ANN COATS:
Another source says Mary and Thomas were married 26 Feb 1828, Athens CO OH.

viii.

AARON T. COATS, b. Abt. 1813, Athens CO. OH; d. February 1850, Athens CO. OH.

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