WILLIAM A.4 COE (Andrew Jackson3, Isaac2, Edward1) was born in 1844 in Barbour County, AL. Five feet, eight inches tail, with gray eyes, dark hair, a dark complexion, and notably handsome, he enlisted as a private February 26, 1861, at Columbia, AL, with Company B, First Battalion, Alabama Artillery. Committed to three years service, he was ordered to Fort Gaines and Fort Morgan, AL, where he worked as a teamster and hostler. On October 11, 1862, he was assigned to the Quartermaster Department. By order of Colonel Cowell, on June 20, 1863, he was transferred to ''The Mobile Cadets," Company K, 21st Regiment, Alabama Infantry & Artillery, CSA. In October and November 1863 he was reported as "under arrest at his Post." In February 1864 he was reported as being "In Guard House at Post - Transferred from Co. K, 21st A.R. Reenlisted," which he did February 26.

On March 31, 1864, he transferred from the First Alabama Heavy Artillery to Company G, Fourth Regiment, Louisiana Infantry. Captured at the Battle of Franklin, TN, December 17, 1864, he was taken to Nashville as a prisoner of war. Transferred to the military prison at Louisville, KY, he was received there December 22. He was transferred January 2, 1865, to infamous Camp Chase, Columbus, OH. Received there January 4, he applied for the oath of allegiance while in custody.

On March 15, 1865, he enlisted in Columbus to serve for a three-year term with Company A, Sixth Regiment, US Volunteer Infantry. He mustered in the following day and was simultaneously promoted to corporal. Transferred to naval rendezvous, Chicago, IL, March 20, four days later he was admitted to the hospital at Camp Douglas. Two months later, May 12, 1865, he was demoted to private. On August 20 he deserted from near Fort Collins, said to have been indebted $17.50 to the camp sutler at Fort Laramie, Dakota Territory, when he left. He rejoined his company September 1 and was returned to duty by order of Lieutenant Colonel Smith. In October and November 1865 he worked as a carpenter in the Quartermaster Department at Fort Kearney, Nebraska Territory, under command of Lieutenant Colonel Milo George, post commander. In early 1866 he was at Camp Douglas, Utah Territory, from where on March 16 he again deserted, taking with him a .58 caliber Springfield rifle, a cap pouch, a cartridge box, a belt, a gunsling, a waist belt, a screwdriver, a wiper, a cone, a canteen, a haversack, a knapsack, and some straps, in all said to have been valued at $28.05.

He returned to Columbia, AL, where he was living in 1869. In 1870 he was working as a farmhand for J.W. Culverhouse at Skipperville, AL.

Before 1880 he moved to Henderson County, TX, where he appears in the census that year. He lived about twelve miles south of Malakoff where he was reported to be a cotton farmer. Family members claim that he also owned land at Kilgore, Gregg County. He died about 1896.

He married October 27, 1879, in Henderson County, TX, Susan Litchfield, born September 8, 1862, in Alabama, died of diabetes October 21, 1922, at Walters, OK, daughter of Thomas H. and Mahala Jane (Head) Litchfield of Orion, AL. She married (2) July 2, 1897, in Henderson County, William F. Dunning, died before 1910; (3) about 1911 in Oklahoma, Cosby Lee Shirley. She moved to Oklahoma about 1900 and was buried at Walters. She was said to have been of Native American heritage. A photograph of her sister tends to verify the fact.

• Married: 27 OCT 1879 in Henderson County,TX USA

1. I.D. Coe b: 30 MAY 1882 in Athens,Henderson County,TX USA
2. O.D. Coe b: 4 APR 1885 in Henderson County,TX USA
3. Modie Coe b: 22 NOV 1892 in Henderson County,TX USA
4. Willie Zola Coe b: 18 AUG 1895 in Henderson County,TX USA