I paid a visit to my ancestors graves this weekend and took pictures of the gravestones if anyone thinks they have a connection to these Coulters. The gravestones are for A.J (Andrew Jackson) Coulter, born July 27, 1838 and died Nov. 6, 1914. His first wife Angeline Reed was buried right next to his grave. She was born Aug. 27, 1838 and died Sep 2, 1862. Her two children (they had four together) who died during the war share a tombstone and they are William (born March 27, 1859) and Marion (born Feb. 13, 1858) and both died on Sept. 1, 1862. Reportedly, A.J. came home from his service in the war and found his wife and two of his children dead from a fever (not sure which one, but my grnadmother said that a typhoid fever and a flu epidemic was circulating in Covington County at the time, so it's likely it was one of those things).

The graveyard is off of Blackjack Rd. in Collins, and it sneaks up on you right past a bridge. It has a chain fence around it and no sign. Several Millers are buried there (not sure of the connection to the Coulters).

Not too far from the graveyard is an old dilapidated building that strongly resembles a large two-story shed. All the windows are blown out and no paint remains. The wooden boards are protruding from every angle and it looks very untended to. Its the Old Williamsburg School where my grandmother's mother (Olive Linda Coulter, daughter of Victor Daily Coulter, and granddaughter of A.J. Coulter) went to school. My granmother thinks it also was where Victor Daily and his siblings attended school. There really should be renovation efforts to the place and a historical sign erected there.

The Coulter land in Collins was very extensive. My grandmother showed me where are all her aunts and uncles used to own land. It justs goes on and on. Victor Daily donated the lake on the property (now known as Mike Connor Lake) to the city decades ago (probably in the 1910s or 20s, maybe even earlier). He also donated a lot of his land for the building of two churches, one a Methodist and one a Baptist. My grandmother told me that her mother Olive told her that she remembered as a little girl riding to church every Sunday in the wagon. Her mother Lola would get out and go into the Baptist Church and her father would get out and go into the Methodist. I love that story. It just shows how difficult our family has been and always will be! But the Baptist Church was named for Victor Daily. They named it Victory Baptist Church. The current pastor is Gregory Ulland and it was est. in 1885.

Here are more Coulter names and dates found in the Coulter-Miller cemetary and Victory Baptist Cemetary:

A.J. Coulter: Jul 27 1838-Nov. 6, 1914 (epitaph reads: Farewell my wife and children all, From you a father Christ doth call, His toils are past, his work is done. He fought the fight, the victory won).
Daily (Victor) Coulter: Sept. 13 1879-Aug. 2, 1942 (has a Masonic emblem on stone)
Lola (Walker) Coulter: Nov. 22, 1883-Sept. 15, 1934
Robert Eugene Coulter: Mar 4, 1911-Nov. 9, 1995
Audrey Bernell Coulter (married to Robert & shares tombstone): Feb 15, 1920 (no death date)
Olive Coulter (Davis): Feb 24, 1908-Jan. 27, 1983 (husband William Ervin Davis shares tombstone, May 25, 1900-Nov. 14, 1966)
J.E. Coulter: Nov. 1, 1856-May 6, 1927 (epitaph reads: Sheltered and safe from sorrow)
Elizabeth Strahan Coulter: Jan 5 1854-Mar 5, 1943
Willie Coulter: Jun 9, 1898-Mar 14, 1923 (epitaph reads: Gone to a brighter home, where grief cannot come).
Ilona Maria Coulter (she was German): May 20, 1923-Feb 20, 2000)
Hugh G. "Doc" Coulter (husband of Ilona and my grandmother says he met her during WWII in Germany and brought her home and married her): Feb. 26, 1922 (no death date, because he his not buried there, though he did put his name on Ilona's stone).
J.B. Coulter: Aug 18 1859-July 9, 1918
Avey J. Coulter: Aug 11, 1857-Aug 3, 1915
Elizabeth Coulter: Apr 12, 1833-Mar 31, 1920
Infant of J.A. & M.E. Coulter: Aug 5, 1905-Aug 24, 1905
William Coulter (has a nice marble tombstone, and all it says is Co. B., 4 Miss. Cav. C.S.A. He was the first person in Covington County to enlist in the Confederate Army, but never returned. In fact, a body was never recovered and so nothing is buried beneath the tombstone).
Mary Coulter: May 16, 1813-Oct 14, 1862 (epitaph reads: She has gone to be an angel)
Angeline (Reed) Coulter: Aug 27, 1838-Sep 2, 1862
William Coulter: Mar 27, 1859-Sep 1,1862
Marion Coulter Feb 13, 1858-Sep 1, 1862

I also took a picture of John Coulter's grave (the patriarch of the south Mississippi Coulters), but the picture didn't turn out. I'm going back to both Coulter cemetaries, and to look to see if there are anymore with Coulters, Labor Day weekend. If you have any graves in particular you would like me to look for in these two cemetaries, let me know beforehand and I can look for you. Also, we are planning on taking digital pictures this time (because several pictures didn't turn out or had spots on them) so we can post them to you if you'd like. If you have anything to tell me about the people listed, please email me too, because I'm putting together a family informational book for my family.

Does anyone know where Tabitha (Young) Coulter is buried. She is the second wife of A.J. Coulter, and she is not buried beside him in the Coulter-Miller cemetary. My great Aune Sue said she vaguely remembers going to see Tabitha when she was very small. She remembers Tabitha sitting in a rocking chair on the front porch of a small cabin (a good while after A.J. had died) on the Coulter property not too far from Mike Connor Lake. Did she remarry and get buried with him? Or is there another cemetary with Coulters? Or, was she buried with the Youngs & where is that? Anybody know? No one in my family has a clue, and they ones who would have passed already.

There are also seven wooden poles in the ground at the right of the feet of A.J. Coulter and right next to (on the same row) as William Coulter (the one who enlisted first for the Confederacy in Cov. Co.). I suspect there were several more, since there's some questionable space in the area where it looks like something should be there. There are no name on these graves though.

My grandmother discovered that Tabitha is in fact buried at a Mt. Olive, Mississippi cemetary. She also has found a picture that her sister Joyce gave her of A.J. Coulter sitting on horseback. I will get to see the picture this weekend and I'm so excited!