JOHNSTON COUNTY, NC - CEMETERIES - Coats Cemetery ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Shirley Olson ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Coats Cemetery, Hwy. 210, Pleasant Grove Twp., Johnston Co. NC. Coordinates: N 35°31'214" W 78°36'51" Directions: From Angier turn east on Hwy.#210 and go 7.6 miles to a cotton field on your right. There is a driveway. Drive in about 100 ft. to the remains of a family cemetery. Of the 6 thought to be buried there only 2 headstones remain. The ruins of an Antebellum farmhouse sit another 100 feet back and all are surrounded by cotton fields. The nearby town of Coats was named for this family. I walked this cemetery 7 Feb 2003 and recorded the tombstones. Shirley Olson, NAME BIRTH DEATH MILITARY FOOTSTONE OTHER "INSCRIPTION" Coats, John Rufus. b. 3 Nov 1831 d. 2 Dec 1905 Son of William Henry Coats & Sarah Stephenson Coats, Nancy Elizabeth b. 10 Feb 1830 d. 5 Dec 1920 Dau of Richard Byrd & Mary Suggs Wife of John R. Coats