The Springfield Connection

Excerpt from Application for Letters of Administration of the estate of Bryant Coker Jr.

The family of Shadrack Coker and his descendants had lived in Springfield, Missouri since at least the mid-1860s.  The document above is from the probate record of Shadrack's grandson Bryant Coker Jr. Thanks to Traci Wilson-Kleekamp of Tracilizz's Genealogy Blog for providing me with many helpful Springfield Coker records.

Bryant Coker preceded his mother Shulia Upton Coker in death. When Shulia died Bryant's wife Bertha filed for administration of the estate; part of the process being to locate possible heirs. All of the people listed in the record are my relatives.