Miles David Coate

1806 - 1863  (56 years)

• Name	Miles David Coate  [1, 2, 3, 4]
  Birth	25 Nov 1806	Newberry, South Carolina, USA
  Gender	Male
  Death	9 Nov 1863	Knoxville, Knox, TN, USA
  Person ID	I13485	Ancestrees
  Last Modified	3 Mar 2026

  
  

  Father	Jesse Coats,   b. 24 Apr 1781, Newberry, South Carolina, USA d. 17 Apr 1855, Mason City, Mason, Illinois, USA (Age 73 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Catherine "Katy" Miles,   b. 27 Oct 1781, Newberry, South Carolina, USA d. 1822, , Mcminn, Tennessee, USA (Age 40 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	17 Oct 1801	Newberry, Newberry, South Carolina, USA   [5]
  Family ID	F4065	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Mary Humphries,   b. 25 Oct 1811, , , NC d. 16 May 1843, Newton Twp., Miami, OH, USA (Age 31 years)
  Marriage	Feb 1826	Columbus, Mcminn, TN   [3]
  Children	1. Thomas H. Coate,   b. 11 Jun 1828, McMinn, , TN, USA d. Aft 1860, Newton Twp., Miami, OH, USA (Age > 33 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   2. Jesse M. Coat,   b. 23 Dec 1839, , , OH, USA d. 15 May 1915, Wichita, Sedgwick, Kansas, USA (Age 75 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F4511	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	3 Mar 2026

  
  

  Family 2	Elizabeth Brown,   b. 25 Dec 1828, , , OH, USA d. Abt 1918, Monticello, White, Indiana, USA (Age 89 years)
  Marriage	4 Feb 1846	Troy, Miami, OH, USA
  Family ID	F4512	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	3 Mar 2026

  
  

• Notes

  Miles and his wife, Mary had a child named Thomas and 11 children total. Miles was married twice, and did have 7 children, named George, Richard, Robert, Sanford, Nancy Jane, Washington, and Irene Marianna with his second wife Elizabeth. He lived near his father in the 1835 tax lists for Newton Twp., Miami Co., Ohio He died in the Civil War in 1863 of exposure resulting in pneumonia at about age 60. He lied about his age when he enlisted as he said that he was 45 years of age. (C-1873, 2097)

  
  

• Sources

  [S3146] R.K. Montgomery to Coates List Email dated 4/18/1998 at RkMong342@aol.com C-1642. [S1937] Colgrove, Gary, Email dated 2002 from gcolgrov@pwrtc.com sourcing Miles' military papers and a letter from one of Miles' sisters. [S197] Coats, Gary W., Descendants of Marmaduke Coate Database. [S58] Benny L. Coate to Linda Coate Letter dated Aug 21, 1996 at 10266 Missouri Bar Rd., Nevada City, CA 95959. [S20] Ancestry Family Trees, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.;), Ancestry Family Tree.