Marmaduke Coate
1738-1822

He was born in South Carolina. He married Mary Coppock, who he ransomed from the Indians following the capture of Mary and her siblings there. He and his wife Mary came to Ohio in 1805 and settled in Newton Township of Miami County.

Marmaduke and wife were Quakers. As such his religan prevented him from fighting in the war, but he furnished supplies to the American Revolutionary Army for that war.

Marmaduke died in 1822 and is buried in the Union-Joint Cemetery located in southern Newton Township.