John Daniel MALLICOAT ²

  Burial Notes:

Per the cemetery transcription, his name was written as J. D. Mallicoat, he was born Nov 20, 1836, and he died Apr 20, 1913. Note his date of death differs slightly from the records of Sandy Lindloff. Query whether there was a transcription error.

  Noted events in his life were:

1. Census: 1870, Grainger County, Tennessee. ⁵

Dwelling 104, Family 102, District 15, Thorn Hill P. O.
Malicoat, John, age 33, male, white, farmer, $300 personal property, born in Tennessee
Malicoat, Mariah, age 28, female, white, keeping house, born in Tennessee, cannot write
Malicoat, John E., age 10, male, white, born in Tennessee, attends school, cannot read or write
Malicoat, William, age 8, male, white, born in Tennessee
Malicoat, David, age 4, male, white, born in Tennessee
Malicoat, Mary L, age 2, female, white, born in Tennessee

2. Census: 1880, Grainger County, Tennessee. ⁶

Dwelling 316, Family 317, District 11

Malicoat, John, white, male, age 43, married, farmer, born in Tennessee, father and mother born in Tenn

Malicoat, Margaret, white, female, age 27, wife, married, keeping house, born in Tennessee, father and mother born in Tenn

Malicoat, William B, white, male, age 18, son, single, labor, attended school, born in Tenn, father and mother born in Tenn

Malicoat, David A, white, male, age 13, son, single, labor, attended school, born in Tennessee, father and mother born in
Tenn

Malicoat, Mary E, white, female, age 11, daughter, single, attended school, born in Tennessee, father and mother born in Tenn

Malicoat, Sarah L, white, female, age 10, daughter, attended school, cannot write, born in Tenn, father and mother born in Tenn

Malicoat, Gertrude M, white, female, age 4, daughter, born in Tennessee, father and mother born in Tennessee

Malicoat, James L, white, male, age 1, son?, born in Tennessee, father and mother born in Tennessee

[Margaret, John's second wife, appears to have been the mother of the last two children.]

3. Census: 1900, Grainger County, Tennessee. ³

Dwelling 124, Family 130, Civil District 11

Mallicoat, John D., head, white, male, born Nov 1836, age 63, married 11 years, born in Tenn, father and mother born in Tenn, farmer, reads, writes and speaks English

Mallicoat, Rachel M., wife, white, female, born May 1846, age 54, married 11 years, 6 children born, 6 still living, born in Tenn, father and mother born in Tenn, reads, writes and speaks English

Mallicoat, Orlando L., son, white, male, born Jan 1879, age 21, single, born in Tenn, father and mother born in Tenn, farm laborer, reads, writes and speaks English

[Orlando appears to be the James of the 1880 census and thus was John's son by Margaret, his second wife.]

4. Census: 1910, Grainger County, Tennessee. ⁷

Dwelling 173, Family 173, Civil District 4

Mallicoat, John D., head, male, white, age 73, married 22 years, born in Tennessee, father and mother born in Tennessee, speaks English, farmer on his own account, can read and write

Mallicoat, Rachel M., wife, female, white, age 63, married 22 years, 6 children, 6 still living, born in Tennessee, father and mother born in Tennessee, speaks English, no occupation, can read and write

Coffman, James F., stepson, male, white, age 29, married 11 years, born in Tennessee, father and mother born in Tennessee, speaks English, farmer on his own account, can read and write

Coffman, Lydia P., stepdaughter, female, white, age 29, married 11 years, 5 children, 5 still living, born in Tennesee, father and mother born in Tennesee, speaks English, no occupation, can read and write

Coffman, Lola E., stepgranddaughter, female, white, age 10, single, born in Tennessee, father and mother born in Tennessee, speaks English, no occupation, can read, can't write

Coffman, Enoch , stepgrandson, male, white, age 8, single, born in Tennessee, father and mother born in Tennessee

Coffman, Laura M., stepgranddaughter, female, white, age 6, single, born in Tennessee, father and mother born in Tennessee

Coffman, Mary R., stepgranddaughter, female, white, age 2, single, born in Tennessee, father and mother born in Tennessee

Coffman, Paris C., stepgrandson, male, white, age 5/12, single, born in Tennessee, father and mother born in Tennessee

[Recall that Rachel was previously married to William R. Coffman.]

John married Artensy Mariah MAJORS, daughter of Thomas MAJORS and Phebe LEFFEW, on 1 Dec 1860 in Grainger County, Tennessee.² (Artensy Mariah MAJORS was born on 11 Mar 1840 in Grainger County, Tennessee,^{2 4} died on 7 Aug 1874 in Grainger County, Tennessee ^{2 4} and was buried in Dotson Cemetery, Grainger County, Tennessee ^{2 4 8}.)

  Marriage Notes:

I have been informed that Sistlers compilation of early east Tennessee marriage records shows John's name as James.

John next married Margaret. (Margaret was born about 1853 in Tennessee ⁶.)

John next married Rachel M. MAJORS, daughter of Thomas MAJORS and Phebe LEFFEW, in 1889 in Grainger County, Tennessee.^{2 3} (Rachel M. MAJORS was born on 10 May 1846 in Grainger County, Tennessee,² died on 26 May 1921 in Grainger County, Tennessee ² and was buried in Liberty Hill Cemetery, Grainger County, Tennessee ⁹.)

  Marriage Notes:

John Daniel Mallicoat first married Rachael's sister, Artensy Mariah "Necy" Majors.