Jehue Coates

1802 - 1854  (52 years)

• Name	Jehue Coates  [1, 2]
  Birth	6 Apr 1802	Newberry, Newberry, South Carolina, USA   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Birth	6 Apr 1802	Newberry, South Carolina, USA
  Residence	1850	Division 25, De Kalb, Alabama, USA   [2]
  Death	24 Nov 1854	, Etowah, AL
  Name	Jehu (Jesse) Coate  [3, 4, 5]
  Death	24 Nov 1854	DeKalb County, Alabama, USA   [1]
  Burial	Aft 24 Nov 1854	, Etowah, AL
  Person ID	I13182	Ancestrees
  Last Modified	3 Mar 2026

  
  

  Father	Henry Coate,   b. Bef 1768, NJ, Nc Or Sc d. 17 Jan 1817, , Newberry, SC (Age > 49 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Mary Polly Pitts,   b. 1759, Newberry, South Carolina, United States d. 14 Nov 1814 will proved, Newberry, South Carolina, United States
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	Bef 1784
  Family ID	F3969	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Children	1. Daniel P. Coats,   b. Abt 1832, South Carolina d. 1897, Oklahoma, USA (Age 65 years)  [Father: natural]
  Family ID	F7989	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	3 Mar 2026

  
  

• Headstones

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• Notes

  Jehu was possibly a member of the Bush River Baptist Church before 1820. He was having children in Boyd's Mills, Laurens Co., SC by 1829. Jehu moved to Dekalb Co., AL with his family in 1835. Though they are buried in Etowah Co., AL.s Dekalb Co., AL when they were buried there. He was supposedly a member of the Popular Springs Church in Dekalb Co. Michael Tucker, a current descendant visits regularly to keep their markers in good shape. (C-1594, 1992, 2080) The following info was provided by Mary Abernathy Meyer to the Coates Discussion Group. "The father of Henry C. Coats (1829-1910) was Jehu Coats (1802-1854) of Newberry Co. SC who married Mary Polly Johnson (1811-1897) about 1826 in Newberry Co. South Carolina. Jehu Coats' father was Henry Coate. Jehu was a store owner who bought land in 1842; he wound up in Dekalb Co. AL. Jehu Coats' other children besides Henry C. Coats were Isaac T. (b about 1827 in Newberry Co. SC), Daniel P. (m Elizabeth Parker), Terrel J. (died in Civil War), John S., James A. (killed in Battle of Shiloh 1862), Cinderella F. (b 1844), Sarah Elizabeth, and Nancy (1850-1931) who married Patrick M Fraizer."

  
  

• Sources

  . [S60] Ancestry.com, 1850 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2009;), The National Archives in Washington D.C.; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census; Record Group Number: 29; Series Number: M432; Residence Date: 1850; Home in 1850: Division 25, De Kalb, Alabama; Roll: 5; Page: 351a. [S709] Michael Tucker to Linda Coate Email letters dated 1999 with some additions by Janet Coats at mtucker@cybrtyme.com. [S532] Henry Coate, Sr. Administration of Henry Sr. Coate's Estate. [S539] Michael Tucker to Linda Coate Letter dated Jun 19, 1998 at 1883 Posey Rd., Gadsen, AL 35903 (C-1527).