 The Coates family came early, as early, so it has been stated, as 1806.In 1808, however, Timothy Coates Sr. acquired the title to of land, situated between the lands of Cyprian Wright and those of Amasa Culver, and covered by warrant No.233 within the limits of what is now Nelson borough, and later he and his son, Lintsford, bought land and became residents of Elkland.