{"id":2514,"date":"2020-10-20T10:22:53","date_gmt":"2020-10-20T15:22:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/?page_id=2514"},"modified":"2026-02-02T17:20:51","modified_gmt":"2026-02-02T23:20:51","slug":"milton-coates","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/legislators\/milton-coates\/","title":{"rendered":"Milton Coates"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/coates.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-2515\" src=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/coates-217x300.png\" alt=\"Milton Coates\" width=\"217\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/coates-217x300.png 217w, https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/coates.png 363w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 217px) 100vw, 217px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Milton Coates (Warren County)<\/h2>\n<p><strong>State House: <\/strong>1882-1885<\/p>\n<p><strong>Born:\u00a0<\/strong>c. 1851 in Vicksburg, MS<br \/>\n<strong>Died:<\/strong> May 28, 1892 in Vicksburg, MS<\/p>\n<p>Son of Elizabeth Reddick. According to probate records, had siblings named Albert Webster and Kate Webster Ells. 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&#8217;s Bank in 1873. Administered his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ancestry.com\/sharing\/48179200?mark=7b22746f6b656e223a22584e336c4b433456453972642f4f753557433944656f4c396a61514b70536579612f39527434723269374d3d222c22746f6b656e5f76657273696f6e223a225632227d\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">mother&#8217;s estate<\/a> (many pages of documents available on Ancestry.com) in 1879. I have been unable to locate Coates on the 1870 or 1880 census. Death date from his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ancestry.com\/sharing\/48175600?mark=7b22746f6b656e223a227a6f4269314a2f4d49544c6748505672656f684c4c42483665787a7574353667693670617169436e5344453d222c22746f6b656e5f76657273696f6e223a225632227d\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">probate file<\/a>, which contains many pages of documents, also available on Ancestry.com.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5068\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5068\" style=\"width: 498px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-5068\" src=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Screenshot-2023-04-25-7.13.28-PM.png\" alt=\"Signature of Milton Coates\" width=\"498\" height=\"77\" srcset=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Screenshot-2023-04-25-7.13.28-PM.png 602w, https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Screenshot-2023-04-25-7.13.28-PM-300x46.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 498px) 100vw, 498px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5068\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Signature of Milton Coates from an 1876 letter to Governor Ames<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4395\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4395\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/legislators\/milton-coates\/coatesschool\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-4395\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-4395\" src=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/coatesschool-150x150.png\" alt=\"Pupils in Vicksburg Schools, 1865\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/coatesschool-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/coatesschool-100x100.png 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4395\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pupils in Vicksburg Schools, 1865<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5355\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5355\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/legislators\/milton-coates\/coatesteacher\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-5355\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-5355\" src=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/coatesteacher-150x150.png\" alt=\"Milton Coates' employment as a teacher\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/coatesteacher-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/coatesteacher-100x100.png 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5355\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Teacher in Vicksburg, September 30, 1869<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6328\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6328\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/legislators\/milton-coates\/club-2\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-6328\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-6328\" src=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/club-150x150.png\" alt=\"Vicksburg Daily Times, September 16, 1871\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/club-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/club-100x100.png 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6328\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Vicksburg Daily Times, September 16, 1871<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6330\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6330\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/legislators\/milton-coates\/club2\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-6330\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-6330\" src=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/club2-150x150.png\" alt=\"Vicksburg Daily Times, September 17, 1871\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/club2-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/club2-100x100.png 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6330\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Vicksburg Daily Times, September 17, 1871<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2583\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2583\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/legislators\/milton-coates\/impudence\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2583 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/impudence-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/impudence-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/impudence-100x100.png 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2583\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Vicksburg Daily Times, March 3, 1872<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2581\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2581\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/legislators\/milton-coates\/weigh\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2581 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/weigh-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/weigh-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/weigh-100x100.png 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2581\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Vicksburg Herald, October 19, 1872<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2585\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2585\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/legislators\/milton-coates\/bank\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2585 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/bank-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/bank-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/bank-100x100.png 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2585\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Freedman&#8217;s Bank record, July 21, 1873<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2576\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2576\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/legislators\/milton-coates\/alcorn-2\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2576 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/alcorn-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/alcorn-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/alcorn-100x100.png 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2576\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">New National Era, July 24, 1873<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2579\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2579\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/legislators\/milton-coates\/sec\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2579 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/sec-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/sec-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/sec-100x100.png 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2579\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Daily Mississippi Pilot, October 19, 1875<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5075\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5075\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/legislators\/milton-coates\/coatesletter\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-5075\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-5075\" src=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/coatesletter-150x150.png\" alt=\"Letter from Milton Coates to Governor Ames, Jan 20, 1876\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/coatesletter-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/coatesletter-100x100.png 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5075\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Letter to Governor Ames, Jan 20, 1876\u00a0<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6332\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6332\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/legislators\/milton-coates\/the_vicksburg_herald_1881_09_25_3\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-6332\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-6332\" src=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/The_Vicksburg_Herald_1881_09_25_3-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Vicksburg Herald, September 25, 1881\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/The_Vicksburg_Herald_1881_09_25_3-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/The_Vicksburg_Herald_1881_09_25_3-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6332\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Vicksburg Herald, September 25, 1881<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2536\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2536\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/legislators\/l-k-atwood\/daily84\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2536 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/daily84-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/daily84-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/daily84-100x100.png 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2536\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">New Mississippian, Feb 4, 1884<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2652\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2652\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/legislators\/milton-coates\/vicksburgeveningpost30may1892\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2652 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/VicksburgEveningPost30May1892-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/VicksburgEveningPost30May1892-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/VicksburgEveningPost30May1892-100x100.png 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2652\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Vicksburg Evening Post, May 30, 1892<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2577\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2577\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/legislators\/milton-coates\/probate\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2577 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/probate-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/probate-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/probate-100x100.png 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2577\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Vicksburg Evening Post, Sep 29, 1892<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Milton Coates (Warren County) State House: 1882-1885 Born:\u00a0c. 1851 in Vicksburg, MS Died: May 28, 1892 in Vicksburg, MS Son of Elizabeth Reddick. According to probate records, had siblings named Albert Webster and Kate Webster Ells. Attended and was an assistant instructor at Alcorn University, where he won the gold medal for deportment and scholarship &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/legislators\/milton-coates\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Milton Coates&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":53,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"no","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2514","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2514","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2514"}],"version-history":[{"count":24,"href":"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2514\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6333,"href":"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2514\/revisions\/6333"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/53"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2514"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}