William B. Coulter was born on October 13, 1773 in Bedford, Pennsylvania to Thomas W. and Lydia Elizabeth (Conwell) Coulter. He married Susanna McCoy in Pennsylvania. They were the parents of Rebecca (1798-1870), Susanna (1806-1891), Richard Montgomery (born 1809), Josephus McCoy (1812-1886), Mary Ann (1815-1846), Nancy Ellen (1817-1899), and Ruth (1820-1901). He died on June 21, 1848 in Perry Township, Ohio at the age of 74, and was bured in Goshen Cemetery in Perry Township, Ohio.
Fact: Residence (1800) Cumberland Valley and Londonderry, Bedford, Pennsylvania, United States
Fact: Burial (June 1848) Goshen Cemetery, Perry Township, Coshocton, Ohio, United States
Sources
1800 "United States Census, 1800," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHRW-58S : accessed 5 May 2019), William Coulter, Cumberland Valley and Londonderry, Bedford, Pennsylvania, United States; citing p. 418, NARA microfilm publication M32, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 36; FHL microfilm 363,339.
1820 Census: "United States Census, 1820," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHL4-8DK : accessed 16 November 2022), William Coulter, Woodbury, Bedford, Pennsylvania, United States; citing p. , NARA microfilm publication , (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll ; FHL microfilm .
1830 Census: "United States Census, 1830," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHPR-TKR : 20 February 2021), William Coulter, Woodbury, Bedford, Pennsylvania, United States; citing 156, NARA microfilm publication M19, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 152; FHL microfilm 20,626.
Biography of son: Hill, N. N. and A. A. Graham. "J. M. Coulter" History of Coshocton County, Ohio: its past and present, 1740-1881. Containing a comprehensive history of Ohio; a complete history of Coshocton County ... a history of its soldiers in the late war ... biographies and histories of pioneer families, etc. Newark, Ohio: A. A. Graham & Co., 1881, p. 658.
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with William by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA.
However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line.
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Coulter-2261 and Coulter-937 appear to represent the same person because: Proposed merge for these two individuals. One does not give the parents in the links, but the parents are named in the biography. FamilySearch has these two persons as the same individual: LH1P-NZ8. Thanks for your consideration