Born: c. 1851 in Vicksburg, MS Died: May 1892 in Vicksburg, MS
Attended and was an assistant instructor at Alcorn University, where he won the gold medal for deportment and scholarship in 1873. Became cotton-weigher for the city of Vicksburg in 1872. Had an account in the Freedman’s Bank in 1873. I have been unable to locate Coates on the 1870 or 1880 census.
Signature of Milton Coates from an 1876 letter to Governor AmesPupils in Vicksburg Schools, 1865Vicksburg Daily Times, March 3, 1872Vicksburg Herald, October 19, 1872Freedman’s Bank record, July 21, 1873New National Era, July 24, 1873Daily Mississippi Pilot, October 19, 1875Letter to Governor Ames, Jan 20, 1876New Mississippian, Feb 4, 1884Vicksburg Evening Post, May 30, 1892Vicksburg Evening Post, Sep 29, 1892
