John Jasper Coats (b. December 19, 1829, d. August 04, 1902)
Grave Stone for John J. Coats
John Jasper Coats (son of Unknown Coats and Pheriba Coats) was born December 19, 1829 in Dillon, SC, and died August 04, 1902 in Methodist Rehobeth Church Cemetery, intersection of Hwys 23 and 309, north of Cool Spring.. He married (1) Susanah Calder on Bef. 1855. He married (2) Julia Ann Cook on October 1862 in Dillon, SC, daughter of Moses C. Cook and Sarah Cook.
Notes for John Jasper Coats: One record said he was from Gum Swamp.
John was a private in the 23rd Regiment Infantry, Company H. http://sciway3.net/proctor/marion/military/wbts/CSA_Marion_SC_C4.html He was discharged in Peterburg, VA in April 1865. SC Civil War Pension records. Inlisted Sept. 1861. Under Captain Durham.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Background: John Coats enlisted in the Confederate army on September 28, 1861. On September 24, 1864, a Court Martial was held for John Coats and he was found guilty of desertion and sentenced to death. On November 1, 1864, he was release after the following letter was received.
South Carolina Marion District
We the undersigned citizens of Marion District, understanding that John Coats Of Co. H, 23 Reg. South Carolina Volunteers is under sentence of death for desertion in Petersburg, VA, write a letter to mitigate the death penalty and of recommending the said John Coats to executive clemency state, that we have long known the said John Coats and cheerfully bear testimony to his good Character. He is an honest, but poor man, with a wife and four or five little children extremely poor and dependent on said Coats. Coats is at the same time a very ignorant uninformed man and we are satisfied that his desertion or better his absenteeism from the army, (for we can not think that though he maybe technically guilty of desertion his crime can't be classed with those deserters who absolutely persist in refusing to fight) was caused by an ardent desire to see his family. We do not think he is one that would deserted and betrayed his country. -- This much is to be sure of Coats that in the beginning of the war he volunteered in the company to which he now belongs. -- The undersigned, think the case of Coats is very well deserving of executive clemency and thus so recommend him.
G. Berry E. Berry B. Lan Henry Berry S. A. Hargrow, Magistrate William P. Campbell, Sheriff retired (11/21/1809-11/17/1864) C. D. Emery W. W. Sellers C Moody A K. Coats
More About John Jasper Coats: Date born 2: 1831, South Carolina.56 Burial: Rehobeth United Methodist Church, 2775 Barnhill Rd., Galivants Ferry, SC -Located at the intersection of Hwys 23 and 309(Nichols & Barnhill rd), north of Cool Spring. Military service 1: October 27, 1919, Julan Ann Coats of Dillion applied for a pension for John Coats who served in the 23 Infantry regiment company H. Military service 2: Abt. 1861, 23d Infantry Regiment (Hatch's Regiment, Coast Rangers). Residence: 1900, Floyds, Horry, South Carolina.56
More About John Jasper Coats and Susanah Calder: Marriage: Bef. 1855
More About John Jasper Coats and Julia Ann Cook: Marriage: October 1862, Dillon, SC.
Children of John Jasper Coats and Susanah Calder are:
+Charity Jane Coats, b. Abt. 1856, Marion Co. SC, d. September 25, 1922, Big Creek Cem. Alma, Bacon Co. Ga..
Agustry Coats, b. Abt. 1859, Marion Co. SC, d. Bef. 1870.
+Beaty Thomas Coats, b. August 18, 1857, d. December 23, 1943, Fayetteville Hospital, NC.
+Phoebe Jane Coats, b. May 19, 1862, Dillon, SC, d. October 14, 1934, Florence, SC.
Children of John Jasper Coats and Julia Ann Cook are:
+Phillip Benton Coats, b. March 20, 1877, Dillon, SC, d. July 22, 1955, Pleasant Meadow Baptist Church Cemetery, SC401 Between Playcard and Finklea Crossroads.
+Willie Henry Coates, b. July 22, 1879, d. October 07, 1945, Florence County.
+D. Elisha Coates, b. Abt. 1874, South Carolina, d. February 18, 1948, Dillon, SC.
+John Clifton Coates, b. July 30, 1866, Dillon, SC, d. May 02, 1948, Methodist Rehobeth Church Cemetery, intersection of Hwys 23 and 309, north of Cool Spring..
+Susan Jane Coats, b. January 02, 1868, d. August 02, 1934, Dillon Riverside Cemetery.
+Missouri Coats, b. November 19, 1870, d. February 17, 1935, Methodist Rehobeth Church Cemetery, intersection of Hwys 23 and 309, north of Cool Spring..
+Ella Jane Coats, b. December 03, 1881, Marion County, d. June 21, 1959, Chesleston, SC.
+Eliza J. Coats, b. Abt. June 1886, Dillon, d. March 21, 1969.
+Charity Jane Coats, b. Abt. 1856, Marion Co. SC, d. September 25, 1922, Big Creek Cem. Alma, Bacon Co. Ga..
John Jasper Coats (b. December 19, 1829, d. August 04, 1902)
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