John Adam Coon is the son of Johann Jacob Coon and Eva Catherine Berger also recorded as Eve Ann Berger.

Per German tradition, children were given a Saint's name as their first name and they went by their middle name, in this case, Adam. Many male German children were named Johan, which is Americanized as John.

Pennsylvania and New Jersey, Church and Town Records, 1669-2013
-Name: John Adam Gohn
-Birth Date: 11 Jul 1775
-Baptism Date: 23 Jul 1775
-Baptism Place: Chanceford Twp, York County, Pennsylvania
-Denomination: Lutheran
-Organization Name: St Luke Evangelical Lutheran
-Father: Adam Gohn
-Mother: Catharina Gohn
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FAMILY NAME
As with many early families that settled in America, the spelling of names were varied. The original German spelling of Göhn evolved into other variations, such as Coon, Koon, Goan, Kuhn, Kohn and Goon.

Even though Adam's father, Jacob, was documented in his children's birth records as GOHN, Jacob primarily used the COON spelling, as did Adam.
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Adam is 1 of 10 known children of Jacob and Eva Catherine "Eve" Coon. His siblings are:
• Johann Jacob Coon (1773-Aft 1833)
• Eve Coon Gotschall (1776- Bef 1810)
• Michael "Black Mike" Coon (1779-1851)
• John Coon (1780- Abt 1856)
• Margaret Coon Butler Gray (1784- ? )
• Mary Elizabeth Coon Gray (1786-1839)
• Sarah Coon Hagans (Abt 1788-1859)
• Catherine Coon Kiser Thompson Steele (1792-1859)
• Rosanna Coon Gray (Abt 1795-1853)

Adam's Great Grandfather, Philip Göhn arrived in America September 19, 1738, on the ship "Thistle".
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In 1801, Adam married Catherine Baker.

Virginia Compiled Marriages, 1740-1850
-Bride: Catherine Baker
-Groom: Adam Coon
-Marriage Date: 23 Sep 1801
-Marriage Place: Rockbridge County, Virginia
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Adam and Catherine are known to have 5 children:
• John Coon
• Sarah Coon Shropshire Bailey
• Catherine Coon Kidney Burton
• George F. Coon (1810-1884)
• Elizabeth Coon Thomas (1816-1878)
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Since Adam and Catherine's daughter Catherine was born in Virginia and their son George was born in Ohio, it is presumed that the family migrated to Ohio between 1803 and 1810.

Adam is listed on the 1816 tax list for Ross County Ohio.

Ohio Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Index, 1790-1890
-Name: Adam Coon
-Residence: Jefferson Township, Ross County, Ohio
-Year: 1816
-Record Type: Tax list, page: 42
-Database: Ohio Early Census Index

In 1826, Adam purchased land in Ross County, Ohio.

U.S. General Land Office Records, 1796-1907
-Name: Adam Coon
-Issue Date: 17 Aug 1826
-Acres: 64.84
-Meridian: Ohio River Survey
-County: Ross
-State: Ohio
-Township: 7-N
-Range: 20-W
-Section: 2
-Land Office: Chillicothe
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From Duke Sollars ([email protected]) - I have traced the Coon family back to 1714 in Zweibrucken, Bavaria. I am related to all the Coon's, Roach's, and McAfee's in that area.