Genealogy Report: Descendants of Thomas Coats, Sr.
Descendants of Thomas Coats, Sr.
1.Thomas1 Coats, Sr.1 was born Abt. 1775, and died Bet. 1840 - 1850.He married Gilly Coats1 November 24, 1804 in Rowan Co., NC1.She was born Abt. 1780 in NC, and died Aft. 1850.
Notes for Thomas Coats, Sr.:
Thomas Coats was born ca. 1775/1780 and lived in North Carolina at the time of his marriage. On Nov. 24, 1804 in Rowan Co., NC, a license was issued for the marriage of Thomas Coats and Gilly Coats. Bondsman was Elijah Nannelly, and he and Moses Locke were witnesses. Signature was written "Elisha."
In 1820, in Rowen Co., NC, Thomas Coats and his wife bad in their home:3 males (under age 10) and one between 16 and 18 yrs. There was one female (under age 10) and two (age 10 and under 16) a total of 7 in 1820.
The Coats family left North Carolina sometime after 1821 and moved to Tennessee and settled in Tipton County (Western Tennessee). In 1840, Thomas Coats, age 60/65, was living in Tipton Co~ next door to G.A.J. Smith, who had married Telitha, daughter of Thomas and Gilly.Telitha had been married for several years and had 2 sons and one daughter, but Thomas and Gilly still had a son and a daughter at home. In Aug. 1841, Thomas W. Coats, Jr. married Susan Campbell, daughter of E.G. Campbell, a neighbor.In Mar. 1842, Cynthia Coats married Bradford (Bradley) Smith, a brother of G.A.J. (see quarry - yell co. attached)
Between 1846 and 1848, the Thomas W. Coats, Jr. and G.A.J. Smith families moved to Arkansas and lived in Magazine Township of Yell County.Two of G.A.J. Smith's brothers, John D. and Bradley (wife - Cynthia Coats), also moved from Tennessee to the State of Arkansas and lived in Yell County.
When the 1850 census was taken, Gilly Coats, age 70, was living in the home of Telitha and George A. J. Smith. Thomas Coats, Sr. was not listed but it is not known whether he died, between 1840 and 1850, in Tennessee or Arkansas.
Gilly Coats was born ca. 1780 in North Carolina and probably died after the 1850 census as her name was not found on the 1860 census.
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http://www.rootsquest.com/~coatsfar/north.html (From the Coats Archives):
rowanlincccensus.pdf, Rowan County NC and Lincoln County TN Coats Census records, compliments of John Coates, Washington:
"Following are the census data for COATS in the Rowan (NC) and Lincoln (TN) counties:
(Note:Items in parentheses are notes of Melanie Atkins)
Thomas Coats (married Gilly Coats in Rowan Co., NC, in 1804)
1810 Rowan Co., NC:
Males:
1 (26-45) (Thomas Coats, born 1765-1784) (probably born 1755-80)
1 (under 10) (Son born 1805-1810)
1 (under 10) (Son born 1806-1810)
1 (under 10) (Son born 1807-1810)
Females:
1 (26-45) (Wife, Gilly Coats, according to 1850 census of Yell Co., AR, born about 1780 in NC)
1820 Lincoln Co., TN:
Males:
1 (26-45) (Thomas Coats (born 1755-1794)(probably born about 1755-80)
1 (10-16) (Son born 1804-1810)
1 (10-16) (Son born 1804-1810)
1 (under 10) (Son born 1810-1820)(probably 1815-1820 per 1830 census)
1 (under 10) (Son born 1810-1820)
Females:
1 (26-45) (Wife, Gilly Coats, born 1765-84; born about 1780 per 1850 census)
1 (under 10) (Daughter born 1810-1820)(born 1815-1820 per 1830 census)(Telitha, born about 1818)
1 (under 10) (Daughter born 1810-1820)(born 1815-1820 per 1830 census)(Cynthia, born about 1819)
1830 Lincoln Co., TN:
Males:
1 (50-60) (Thomas Coats, born 1770-1780, probably born 1755-1780)
1 (20-30) (Son born 1804-1810)
1 (10-15) (Son born 1815-1820)(Thomas W. Coats, Jr., born about 1820)
Females:
1 (50-60) (Wife Gilly Coats, born about 1780)
1 (10-15) (Daughter born 1815-1820)(Telitha, born about 1818)
1 (10-15) (Daughter born 1815-1820)(Cynthia, born about 1819)
Note:John Coats who married Polina Boswell was listed on the 1860 census of Yell Co., AR, as born in 1826 in TN.If that date of birth is correct, he should have appeared on the 1840 census as the 4 year old son of Thomas and Gilly; however, the only sons listed were born between 1804-10 and 1815-20.Gilly would have been 46 when this John was born.Is it more likely that John born in 1826 was her grandson?
1840 Tipton Co., TN:
Per D. A. Tucker's book, Thomas and Gilly were living in Tipton Co., TN, with one son and one daughter still living at home.Next door to them was daughter Telitha and her husband G.A.J. Smith, who had been married for several years.Since their son, Thomas W. Coats, Jr., married Susan Campbell in Tipton Co., TN, in August 1841, he may have been the son still living at home on the 1840 census.In March 1842, their daughter, Cynthia, married Bradford Smith, brother of G.A.J. Smith, so she was probably the daughter still living at home in 1840.
1850 Yell Co., AR:
Gilly was living in the home of Telitha and G.A.J. Smith.Her age was 70 and she was born in NC.Between 1846 and 1848, the Thomas W. Coats, Jr. and G.A.J. Smith families moved to the Magazine Township of Yell Co., AR.Bradford and Cynthia Coats Smith and another Smith brother, John D. Smith also moved their families to Yell County.Since Thomas W. Coats, Sr. did not appear on the 1850 census, it is not known if he died in TN between 1840 and 1848, or in AR between 1848 and 1850.The burial place of Gilly Coats is not known, but she did not appear on the 1850 census, so it is assumed that she died in Yell Co., AR, between 1850 and 1860.
Ref: "Coats Kin" by D.A. Tucker, Oct 1987, Houston, TX.
At the time of his marriage, Thomas was living in North Carolina.On November 24, 1804, in Rowan County, NC, a license was issued for the marriage of Thomas Coats and Gilly Coats (possibly a cousin, since her last name was listed as Coats on the marriage bond).Bondsman was Elisha Nunnally, and he and Moses Locke were witnesses.(Elisha Nunnally married Betsy Coats, sister of Thomas W. Coats, Sr.)
North Carolina Marriage Bonds, 1741-1868
Bride: Gilly Coats
Groom: Thomas Coats
Bond Date: 24 Nov 1804
County: Rowan
Record #: 03 032
Bondsman: Elisha Nannally should be Nunnally
Witness: Moses A Locke
Bond #: 000131316
Census 1820:
(Note:The following is what D. A. Tucker shows on page 13 of his book:
" In 1820, in Rowan County, NC, Thomas Coats, Sr. and his wife had in their home three males under age 10, one between 16 and 18 years, and there was one female under age 10, and two between 10 and 16 - a total of 7 in 1820."
John Coats, a respected Coats researcher and descendant of Wylie Coats, wrote the following in his Email of Aug 28, 1998:"I have looked extensively at the very legible microfilm of the 1820 Rowan County Census and can find no Thomas.There is a published index that indicates that there is a Thomas but gives no page numbers.Another index does not have an entry for a Thomas.The only Coats I have found is my 2nd great grandfather Wylie.I do find Thomas on the 1810 Rowan Census living next to William, Wylie, John and Tempy.The entry for Thomas has 1 male 26-45, 1 female 26-45, and 3 males under 10.On the 1820 census for Lincoln County, TN, we have Thomas living amongst William, John, and Temperance, as well as many of their neighbors from Rowan County.His census record looks like this: 1 male 26-45, 2 males 10-16, 2 males under 10, 1 female 26-45, and 2 females under 10.This matches up nicely to the 1810 Rowan Census."
Census 1830: In Lincoln County, TN: Thomas, James and John Coats were listed and matched the earlier 1810 census.James was most likely the son of Solomon, deceased brother of Thomas, Sr.
Census 1840:In Tipton County, western TN, Thomas Coats, age 60-65 was living next door to G.A.J. and Telitha Smith.Telitha was one of Thomas and Gilly's daughters who had been married for several years by 1840, and she had two sons and one daughter.Thomas and Gilly still had one son and a daughter at home.
Between 1840 and 1850:Thomas died in Tipton Co., TN, or Yell Co., AR.
1850:His widow appeared on the 1850 census in AR with her daughter Telitha and G.A.J. Smith in Magazine Township, Yell Co.
More About Thomas Coats and Gilly Coats:
Marriage: November 24, 1804, Rowan Co., NC1
Children of Thomas Coats and Gilly Coats are:
+ | 2 | i. | Telitha2 Coats, born Abt. 1818 in NC; died March 06, 1897. | |
+ | 3 | ii. | Cynthia Coats, born Abt. 1820 in NC; died Bet. 1860 - 1864 in AR. | |
+ | 4 | iii. | Thomas William Coats, Jr., born Abt. 1821 in NC. |