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A TALE OF 2 CITIES AND 2 FAMILIES DUNN NC AND COATS NC
Updated February 17, 2003
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WELCOME MY NAME IS GEORGE PAUL DUNN JR..I AM CURRENTLY WORKING ON TRACING MY MATERNAL AS WELL AS PATERNAL LINEAGE. I HAVE TRACED THE DUNN FAMILY ALL THE WAY BACK TO AMOS DUNN WHO SERVED IN THE CIVIL WAR. AMOS WAS WOUNDED TWICE AND TAKEN PRISONER THREE TIMES. HE RETURNED HOME BY FOOT FROM MARYLAND AFTER BEING RELEASED AT THE END OF THE WAR ONLY TO FIND HIS CHILD HOOD SWEETHEART AND WIFE HAD BEEN DEAD FOR OVER TWO YEARS.
THE COATS FAMILY HAS BEEN MUCH HARDER TO TRACE.I CAN ONLY VARIFY BACK TO MY MATERNAL GRANDPARENTS DEWEY MARSHALL COATS WHO WAS A FIRST BORN CHILD WHOSE MOTHER DIED DURING CHILDBIRTH,THOUGH HIS FATHER REMARRIED AND HAD OTHER CHILDREN.GLADYS BABBS COATS MY GRANDMOTHER HADA BROTHER CARLIE COATS WHO SERVED IN WW2 AND ANCESTORS WHO FOUGHT IN THE CIVIL WAR.I REMEMBER AS A CHILD GREAT UNCLE CARLIE SHOWING ME A STEAMER TRUNK WHICH CONTAINED A MUSKET AND CONFEDERATE UNIFORMS.IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE LEE DUNN BROWNING COATS OR BABBS FAMILIES IN N.C. OR ANY FURTHER INFORMATION PLEASE CONTACT ME THANK YOU G. PAUL DUNN JR.
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