Coker was a community located in north central
Bexar County
Bexar County ( or ; ) is a county in the U.S. state of Texas. It is in South Texas and its county seat is San Antonio.
As of the 2020 census, the population was 2,009,324, making it the state's fourth-most populous county. Bexar County ...
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Texas
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, US, near
Hill Country Village, along
Loop 1604
Loop 1604 is the outer highway loop encircling San Antonio, Texas, spanning approximately . Originally constructed as a two-lane highway, the northern segment of the route, from US 90 in western San Antonio to Kitty Hawk Road in northeas ...
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History
The Coker Community was founded in 1841 by
John Coker (1789–1851) on of land he had been awarded for his service in the
Texas Revolution
The Texas Revolution (October 2, 1835 – April 21, 1836) was a rebellion of colonists from the United States and Tejanos (Hispanic Texans) against the Centralist Republic of Mexico, centralist government of Mexico in the Mexican state of ...
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James Harrison Coker (1827–1892), son of Joseph Coker, John Coker's brother, was the first teacher at the Coker School, and his daughter Sarah Jane Coker (1860–1930) was the midwife there. Sarah Jane was married to Zachary Taylor Autry who was a
Texas Ranger and early settler of Northern
Bexar County, Texas
Bexar County ( or ; ) is a County (United States), county in the U.S. state of Texas. It is in South Texas and its county seat is San Antonio.
As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the population was 2,009,324, making it the st ...
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A family member can be found under the name of Andie Coker, currently residing in Round Rock, Texas.
See also
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John Coker
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Republic of Texas
The Republic of Texas (), or simply Texas, was a country in North America that existed for close to 10 years, from March 2, 1836, to February 19, 1846. Texas shared borders with Centralist Republic of Mexico, the Republic of the Rio Grande, an ...
External links
Arthur Everett RectorYoung Perry AlsburyJohn CokerCoker CemeteryFounding of Coker Texas
Sources
* Haunting the graveyard, Coker Cemetery Association; 1st edition (September 3, 2019)
Neighborhoods in Texas
Geography of Bexar County, Texas
Populated places established in 1841
Ghost towns in Central Texas
1841 establishments in the Republic of Texas
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