Jeremiah Coats Pension Claim - Douglas County, Missouri The State of Missouri, County of Douglas. In the pension claim of Zachariah Hitchcock guardian of Andrew J. Coats and Emilin Coats minor children of Jeremiah Coats deceased late of Co. H. 46 Reg't MO Infty Vols. Personally came before me a justice of the peace....within and for said county and state James McIntosh aged 75 years and Nancy McIntosh aged 67 years whome and hereby certify to be respectable and entitled to credit and who being duly sworn say that they were well acquainted with Jeremiah Coats in his life time were neighbors of is during his life time, knew him before he went into the war of the rebellion an after he was discharged. Saw him after he died and recognized the corpse as that of Jeremiah Coats. That he died in Douglas County MO on or about Dec. 1, 1879. That he left surviving him Celia his widow who afterwards married Zachariah Hitchcock and two children Andrew J. and Emilin Coats who are now living with their mother Celia Hitchcock in Douglas County MO the soldier did not leave any other child or children than the above named who were under sixteen years of age about the time of his death This is a transcribed document with no indication as to a book and page... --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by Charlotte Coats (© 1997 Charlotte Coats ) USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free genealogical information on the Internet, data may be freely used for personal research and by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for profit or any form of presentation, must obtain the written consent of the file submitter, or their legal representative, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. ------------------------------------------------------------------------