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From: "Janet" <>
Subject: Re: [COULTER] Brig.Gen. Thomas Coulter
Date: Sat, 28 Jun 2003 05:54:02 -0000
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The reunion is not just Alexander Coulter family but all Coulter who want to
come.
We have the Coulter families who family came from America into PA or VA or
SC or where you came into from or where you came from. Yes, how ever you
spell it.

Janet
----- Original Message -----
From: Alice Bailey <>
To: <>
Sent: Friday, June 27, 2003 3:48 AM
Subject: Re: [COULTER] Brig.Gen. Thomas Coulter


> Janet thank you very much for all the information. Wow every year there
is
> a reunion. Well I am sure come more of the family will want to know about
> that, and maybe be able to attend, depending on where it is held next
> year...
>
> I have printed the information and will review it when I get back. I will
> also be sending this to another cousin for her to recheck and see if it
> fits with any of our Coulter line...
>
> I leave for Hawaii this weekend..
>
>
> Alice :-)
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Janet" <>
> To: <>
> Sent: Thursday, June 26, 2003 1:25 PM
> Subject: Re: [COULTER] Brig.Gen. Thomas Coulter
>
>
> > Hi Cousin. I live Ava, Douglas County, MO. I am sorry did not get a
> hold
> > me until now. There was Coulter reunion at the Springfield Lake in
> > Springfield MO. The first Sunday of every June.
> >
> > Alexander COULTER Sr. bd. abt 1740 dd. aft Jan 13, 1807, Roane Co., TN
&
> > Mrs. Mary MOORE ( Mary Steele ?) m. 1771, Tryon, NC
> >
> > Children
> >
> > 1.1 James COULTER (Apr 1, 1772 - 1849) bd. Apr 1, 1772, Green River,
> > Rutherford Co., NC dd. 1849, Cain Hill, Washington Co., AR & Catherine
> > TUNNELL (Jan 31, 1777 - Sep 12, 1826) bd. Jan 31, 1777, Fairfax Co., VA
> dd.
> > Sep 12, 1826, Rhea Co., TN brd. Sep 1826, Rhea Co., TN m. Jul 6, 1792,
in
> > Rutherford County, North Carolina. Found in Rutherford County, North
> > Carolina Marriage records 1779-1867. Not in TN but NC.. For more on
James
> go
> > to the bottom the page. At the time of this marriage East Tennessee was
> part
> > of North Carolina. East Tennessee/North Carolina start to become what is
> now
> > Tennessee after or about 1800.
> >
> > 1.2 Alexander COULTER Jr. (Aug 16, 1775 - Mar 28, 1853) bd. g 16, 1775,
> > Green River, Rutherford Co., NC dd. Mar 28, 1853, Walker Co., GA brd.
Old
> > Coulter Cemetery near LaFayette, Walker Co., GA & Margaret McREYNOLDS
(Apr
> > 22, 1786 - Oct 6, 1870) bd. Apr 22, 1786, Washington Co., VA dd. Oct 6,
> > 1870, LaFayette, Walker Co., GA brd. Old Coulter Cemetery near
LaFayette,
> > Walker Co., GA m. Jan 14, 1804, Blount Co., TN. Margaret was the
daughter
> of
> > Samuel McReynolds. They moved to Bledsoe County, where five of the six
> > children were born. About 1820, they move to Marion County, where
> Alexander
> > Coulter JR bought 600 acres of Elizabeth Park's 640 acre Cherokee Indian
> > reservation. The gave the other 40 acres of the reservation for the town
> of
> > site of Jasper, Tennessee. Alexander Coulters moved to Walker County,
GA,
> in
> > 1835, settling south of LaFayette. Alexander Coulter JR was an Indian
> > trader, sawmill and gristmill operator, saddler and silversmith
> >
> >
> > 1.3 Thomas COULTER Brig. Gen. (Oct 20, 1777 - 1826) bd. Oct 20, 1777,
> Green
> > River, Rutherford Co., NC dd. 1826, Bledsoe Co., TN & Louisa "Lucy"
> JOHNSON
> > m. Jan 27, 1800, Knox Co., TN
> >
> > When Thomas Coulter died he left Louisa a widow with small Children.
> Louisa
> > filed for Bounty Land in Newton Co. Mo. in 1850.
> >
> > 1.4 Elizabeth COULTER (1781 - ) bd. 1781, Green River, Rutherford Co.,
NC
> >
> > 1.5 Delilah COULTER (May 1, 1786 - Mar 19, 1860) bd. May 1, 1786, Green
> > River, Rutherford Co., NC dd. Mar 19, 1860, Mt. Airy, Pikeville, Bledsoe
> > Co., TN brd. Pope Cemetery, Bledsoe Co., TN & Jonathan POPE (Aug 1,
1786 -
> > Mar 17, 1860) bd. Aug 1, 1786, NC dd. Mar 17, 1860, Sequatchie Valley,
> > Bledsoe Co., TN brd. Pope Cemetery, Bledsoe Co., TN m. Nov 14, 1809
> >
> > James COULTER (Apr 1, 1772 - 1849) bd. Apr 1, 1772, Green River,
> Rutherford
> > Co., NC dd. 1849, Cain Hill, Washington Co., AR & Catherine TUNNELL
> >
> > They are my ggggreatgrandparents and you can find out all about then on
my
> > webpage at
> >
> > www.geocities.com/janet_ariciu
> >
> > Look for Coulter page find out all about Alexander Coulter
> > Look for Coulter I page find out who I think is Alexander Couter parents
> are
> > Look for Coulter II page read about all the Coulter in America in 1700s.
> >
> >
> > Janet
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: <>
> > To: <>
> > Sent: Thursday, June 26, 2003 7:10 PM
> > Subject: [COULTER] Brig.Gen. Thomas Coulter
> >
> >
> > > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list.
> > >
> > > Surnames: Coulter, Faulkenberry, Hopkins
> > > Classification: Query
> > >
> > > Message Board URL:
> > >
> > > http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/ZIQ.2ACIB/681
> > >
> > > Message Board Post:
> > >
> > > My cousin Lana and I have been working on connecting to the Taney &
> Cedar
> > Co., MO Coulter's for a very long time and we believe we've finally made
> > that connection.
> > >
> > > I recently received the pension file for George W. Coulter who is the
> > youngest brother of our direct ancestor Thomas A. Coulter b. 1841 in TN.
> The
> > pension file is nearly 2" thick, the reason being George was
investigated
> > because he was apparently with the Confederacy as well as the Union
> Armies.
> > He says he was taken against his will from his father's and made to
serve
> > with the Confederacy, when he finally "got away" he went to stay with
his
> > brother, Thomas A. Coulter, in Dade Co., MO and signed up for the Union
> Army
> > with Thomas, this was Thomas' second time serving, first with Co E 6th
MO
> > Cavalry, then Co E 14th Vol. Calvalry with George.
> > >
> > > Because of the investigation there are several affidavits &
depositions
> > from various family members and neighbors. One in particular dated Aug.
5,
> > 1908 in which George states: "Father had a brother Thos. H. Coulter
about
> 10
> > mi north of Dubuque his post office was Forsythe. He had sons named Tom,
> one
> > named Will and one named Jim, I do not know where they live now." Other
> > papers refer to cousins Thomas Coulter, William Coulter, James Coulter,
> all
> > of Forsythe, Taney Co., MO. We believe this Thomas H. is Thomas Harris
> > Coulter, unless there was another Thomas H. Coulter in Taney Co., MO, we
> > haven't found one. One deposition states that "Flem Smith married my
> cousin"
> > I haven't found anything on Flem yet but it appears he married one of
> Thomas
> > H. Coulter's daughters. There's also a questionaire filled out by Mrs.
> > Thomas Coulter, widow, dated 1908 Forsythe, Taney Co., MO, in which she
> > states, "yes, her husband had a cousin named George W. Coulter". There
are
> 3
> > Thomas Coulter's menti!
> > > oned in this huge file, Thomas A. Coulter, brother; Thomas H. Coulter,
> > uncle; Thomas A. Coulter cousin.
> > >
> > > We know that George & Thomas' father is John J. Coulter one source
being
> > Thomas' death certificate and the other, despositions from George,
Thomas
> > and their sister Marilda T. Coulter describing family members &
neighbors.
> > >
> > > So if Thomas H. Coulter is John J. Coulter's brother it appears our
John
> > J. Coulter is another son of Brig. Gen. Thomas Coulter.
> > >
> > > So briefly, this is what we've gathered so far:
> > >
> > > John J. Coulter
> > > b. abt 1809 TN
> > > d. unk, aft 1870
> > > Married Elizbeth Smith bef 1830 in probably TN
> > > We don't have info on Elizabeth Smith yet, her name comes from Thomas'
> dea
> > th certificate that Lana obtained.
> > >
> > > Children:
> > > 1) James Lafayette Coulter
> > > b. abt 1830 in TN
> > > m. Olive M. Unknown
> > >
> > > 2) Benjamin Carroll Coulter
> > > b. July 1832 in TN
> > > m. Kate Unknown
> > > (these two brothers went to Humboldt Co., CA abt 1852 or '53 where
they
> > lived out their lives)
> > >
> > > 3) Jane E. Coulter
> > > b. abt 1835 in TN
> > > d. bef 1908 MO
> > > m. Benjamin Polson, 17 AUG 1851, Cedar Co., MO
> > > Lived in Stockton, Cedar Co., MO
> > >
> > > 4) Mary "Polly" Coulter
> > > b. abt 1838 in TN or MO
> > > m. Miles M. Russell, 17 MAY 1859, Dade Co., MO
> > > m. John Armstrong, 8 AUG 1871, Dade Co., MO
> > > m. Lewis Redman, 31 JAN 1881, Dade Co., MO
> > > Widowed by 1908 living in Lamar, Barton Co., MO
> > >
> > > 5) Marilda T. Coulter
> > > b. abt 1839 in TN
> > > m. James Washington Hobbs abt 1860
> > > m. William F. Parks 13 MAR 1888 in Dade Co., MO
> > > Living in Dade Co., MO in 1908
> > >
> > > 6) Thomas A. Coulter
> > > b. 18 NOV 1841 in TN
> > > d. 21 JAN 1916 in KS
> > > m. Dicy Jane Faulkenberry 17 JUL 1864 in Greenfield, Dade Co., MO
> > >
> > > 7) Elizabeth Coulter
> > > b. abt 1843 in TN or MO
> > > m. James G. Gardner
> > > Lived in Springfield, MO
> > >
> > > 8) George W. Coulter
> > > b. 17 APR 1845 in Cedar Co., MO d. 15 MAR 1931 in OK
> > > m. Amanda Mitchell
> > > m. Elizabeth unk, divorced in 1928
> > > m. Mattie Duncan
> > > m. Eliza McGill
> > >
> > > John J. Coulter married Emaline Hooten 24 NOV 1852 in Cedar Co., MO
> > >
> > > Children:
> > > 1) Sarah Coulter b. abt 1854 in MO
> > > 2) John Coulter b. abt 1855 in MO
> > > 3) Nancy Coulter b. abt 1859 in MO
> > > 4) Martha Coulter b. abt 1860 in MO
> > > 5) Jefferson Coulter b. abt 1862 in MO
> > > 6) Emaline Coulter b. abt 1868 in MO
> > > 7) William P. Coulter b. 1870 in MO
> > >
> > > The family can be found in 1860 Taney Co., MO census and the 1870
Cedar
> > Co., MO census. We believe we have Mary & Thomas in 1850 living with the
> > Allen Kennedy family in Cedar Co., MO, so far haven't found the other
> family
> > members in 1850. We don't know yet of the connection to the Kennedy
family
> > or if there is one.
> > >
> > > John J. Coulter came to MO from TN sometime before 1845 as George was
> born
> > in MO. There is a John J. Coulter in Rhea Co., TN in 1830. We would love
> to
> > hear from anybody who can connect to this family, as well as anyone who
> can
> > prove or disprove that John J. Coulter is another son of Brig. Gen.
Thomas
> > Coulter.
> > >
> > > Thank you for reading!
> > >
> > >
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