This page lists the deeds involving Charles Coats. As the following summary shows, Charles sold more land than he bought.
1757 bought 100 acres called Holding Spring
1761 sold 100 acres called Holding Spring
1761 bought 132 acres called Flints Grove
1768 sold 100 acres called Flints Grove
1772 sold 50 acres call Daniels Discovery
1778 sold 153 acres called Flint Grove
1778 sold 13 acres called Daniels Discovery
There may be other deeds that haven't been found, Charles may have inherited the land, or it came to him from his wife.
On 6 Janurary 1757 Charles' purchases 100 acres of land called Holding Spring for £40. The land is located in Frederick County, Maryland. This is the earliest known deed for Charles.
Frederick County Court Land Records:
On 24 July 1761 Charles Coats deeded land called Holding Spring (see above) to his son William. There are several items of interest from this deed:
This documents that Charles had a son named William and that William was at least 21 years of age as he would have to be in order to be a party to contract. That would put his birth prior to 1740. Finnaly, Charles had a wife name Sophia.
Frederick County Court Land Records:
On 2 December 1761 Charles Coats purchased 132 acres called Flints Grove from Robert Pearl Esquire for £70. Both parties were from Frederick County, Maryland.
Frederick County Court Land Records:
In this deed recorded 13 Febuary 1768 "William Coats and Charles Coats his father" deeded 100 acres of land called Flints Grove (32 acres less than the purchase above) to Thomas Green for £70. On the second page is found "Mary Coats wife of the said William Coats" releasing her dower rights. There is no dower release by Charles' wife.
Frederick County Court Land Records:
This deed recorded 24 December 1772 documents the sale of 50 acres called Daniels Discovery for £52 10.
Supporting Document
Frederick County Court Land Records:
In a deed dated 22 October 1778 (recorded 17 November 1778) Charles Coats sold 153 acres called Flint Grove for £841 10 to Jonathan Tucker. The parties were from Montgomery County, Maryland, which had been split out of Frederick County in 1776.
The next entry in the land records is for a deed dated 17 October 1778 (recorded 17 November 1778). Charles Coats sold 13 acres of Daniels Discovery for £65 to William Dennis is also from Montgomery County.