Joseph COATS

1792 - 1855  (63 years)

• Name	Joseph COATS  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10]
  Birth	13 Feb 1792	, , Nc Or Sc, USA   [6, 11]
  Gender	Male
  Death	22 Aug 1855	, Wilson, Kansas, USA   [6, 12]
  Person ID	I14856	Ancestrees
  Last Modified	30 Sep 2024

  
  

  Father	William COATS,   b. Abt 1768   d. Abt Aug 1826, , Marion, IN, USA (Age 58 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Mary "Polly" JAY, (Not in father's will),   b. 11 Jan 1777, Newberry, South Carolina d. 3 Mar 1822, Of Miami, OH (Age 45 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	Bef 1785
  Family ID	F4361	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Elizabeth A. COPPOCK,   b. Abt 16 May 1797, , , SC, USA d. 6 Apr 1864, Ekin, Tipton, IN, USA (Age 66 years)
  Marriage	6 Nov 1816	, Miami, OH, USA   [4, 6]
  Children	1. Thomas COATS,   b. 14 Mar 1835, Ekin, Hamilton, IN, USA d. 22 Sep 1859, , Howard, Indiana, USA (Age 24 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   2. Joseph H. COATS,   b. 5 May 1832, Ekin, Hamilton, IN, USA d. 25 Mar 1914, Ekin, Hamilton, IN, USA (Age 81 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   3. William COATS,   b. 26 Sep 1818, , , OH, USA d. 22 Jul 1880, , Tipton, IN, USA (Age 61 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   4. Rhoda COATS,   b. 30 Mar 1830, Ekin, Hamilton, IN, USA d. Abt 1890, , Howard, Indiana, USA (Age 59 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   5. Esther "Hettie" COATS,   b. 31 May 1841, , , Indiana, USA d. 8 Oct 1933, Ekin, Tipton, IN, USA (Age 92 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   6. Mary Ann COATS,   b. 20 Nov 1826, , , Indiana, USA d. 11 Jan 1904, , Tipton, IN, USA (Age 77 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   7. John C. COATS,   b. 7 Oct 1820, , , OH, USA d. 7 Oct 1898, , IN, USA (Age 78 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   8. Wright COATS,   b. 3 Feb 1828, Ekin, Hamilton, IN, USA d. 1856, , Howard, Indiana, USA (Age 27 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F4965	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	30 Sep 2024

  
  

• Notes

  Joseph's place of birth is still in question. It's listed as NC in the 1850 census for Harison Twp., Hoaward Co., IN, or as Newberry or Charleston, SC depending upon the 2nd hand source. Joseph and father appear to be living next to eacr in the 1820 census for Newberry Twp., Miami Co., Ohio. He and brother Williams were administrators for their father's estate. He and his brother, William moved to Marion Co., Indiana sometime in 1822. His sister, Hettie, was married in Marion Co., Indiana in Mar. of 1823 so she obviously moved with them also. He purchased 80 acres of land in Township 17, North range 4 East, Section 18, W1/2 SE 1/4. He is also listed with a purchase of 80 acres in Brookville District, Marion Co., IN on Aug. 7, 1823. Perhaps this is the same property and that it's just a different stage in the purchase process. He is apparently listed in the 1830 census for Marion Co., Indiana. In 1840, he is in the Hamilton Co., IN census records. Joseph is next listed "of Howard Co., IN" when he purchases 80 acres of land in the same county on Mar. 20, 1849. In the 1850 census for Howard Co., Indiana, Joseph is listed at age 58 and born in North Carolina. Joseph died while working in his fields according to his daughter, Hettie's obituary. Some say this was in Howard or Tipton Co., IN. According to several genealogies at ancestry.com, he died in Kansas instead. He is possibly buried in the Friends Cemetery in New London, Howard Co., IN or in East Union Cemetery in Hamilton Co., IN. The East Union Cemetery is just over the border from Tipton Co., IN where his wife is buried. I could not however, find his burial record in East Union Cemetery transcriptions. (C-1693)

  
  

• Sources

  [S1043] Willard Heiss, Quaker Biographical Sketches (c1972). [S951] Sara Coates to Charlotte Coats-Siercks as forwarded by Charlotte to Linda Coate E-mail letter dated Oct 13, 1998 at coates@oceana.net (C-1698). [S2653] Tucker, E., The History of Randolph Co., Indiana (Chicago: A.L. Kingman, c1882). [S326] Miami Valley Index, Preble Co. Library at http://206.103.255.36. [S1044] Coats, Don, Ancestry World Tree Submission (www.ancestry.com). [S709] Lynch, Violet, Email dated 2003 + (vlynch@dycon.com, free2roam1949@yahoo.com). [S2760] Darlington, Jane E., Compiler, Land Ownership in Marion Co., IN, 1821-1824 (Indianapolis: Genealogical Society of Marion County, IN). [S2762] Sara Coates to Coates-L Discussion Group E-mail letter dated Oct. 13, 1998 at coates@oceana.net (C-1693). [S1068] Obituary for Hettie Coate Coppock. [S1515] 1820 Federal Population Census for Newberry Twp., Miami Co., OH. [S665] 1850 Federal Population Census, Harison Twp., Howard Co., IN. [S2763] Lucas, Clemons Family Tree (www.ancestry.com).