Family of William Henry Coats, Sr. and Sarah Stephenson of Johnston County, North Carolina

Pvt. David Lucian Flowers
Co. I, 24th North Carolina Infantry Regt., CSA
Enlisted 12 June 1861, age 18; wounded 12 May 1864 at the Battle of Spottsylvania and 17 June 1864 at Petersburg; captured 25 March 1865 Fort Stedman, Virginia, Imprisoned at Point Lookout, Maryland; paroled 26 June 1865.
Son of Jacob Flowers and Penelope Coats
bur Smithfield, Johnston County, North Carolina

Pvt. Lemuel "Lamb" Godwin
Co K, 33rd Alabama Infantry Regt., CSA
Enlisted March 1862; Wounded at Parvill, Kentucky; Paroled at Columbus, Georgia
Son of Wiley Godwin and Harriet Flowers
bur Calvary Baptist Church Cemetery, Coffee County, Alabama

Pvt. Avera Eldredge Godwin
Co C, 50th North Carolina Infantry Regt., CSA
Enlisted 2 May 1862, age 21
Detailed as coast guardsman at Wrightsville Sound
Son of Stevenson Godwin and Elizabeth Flowers
bur Bethesda, Johnston County, North Carolina

Pvt. John A. Coats
Co I, 24th North Carolina Infantry Regt.
b 1844, North Carolina, d 23 December 1864
Lost a leg at Drewery's Bluff, 30 June 1864

Pvt. David A. Coats
Co D, 50th North Carolina Infantry Regt.
b 1845, North Carolina, d 9 July 1896, Raleigh

Pvt. Burwell Coats
Co B, North Carolina 10th Battalion, Heavy Artillery, CSA (Capt. Henry M. Barnes' Black River Tigers)
b 1824, Harnett County, North Carolina, d at Wilmington of typhoid fever

Pvt. Hezekiah Coats
Co B, North Carolina 10th Batallion Heavy Artillery, CSA (Capt. Henry M. Barnes' Black River Tigers)
b Harnett County, North Carolina

Pvt. Jordan Coats, Jr.
Co C, 38th North Carolina Infantry Regt., CSA
b 1820, Sampson County, North Carolina

Pvt. Coleman G. Coats
Co A, 2nd North Carolina Artillery, CSA (Sampson Artillery)
b 1826, Sampson County, North Carolina

Pvt. Ollen Coats
Co C, 7th North Carolina Infantry Regt., CSA
b 1833, North Carolina

Pvt. John Green Coats
Co B, North Carolina 10th Battalion, Heavy Artillery, CSA (Capt. Henry M. Barnes' Black River Tigers)
b 1847, North Carolina