Mary Polly (Walker) Coleman (1767 - abt. 1830)

Born 30 Jun 1767 in Elbert County, Province of South Carolina

Ancestors

Wife of John James Coleman — married 1780 in Elbert County, Georgia, USA [uncertain]

Descendants

Died about 1830 at about age 62 in Madison County, Alabama, United States

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Biography

Mary "Polly" Walker was born on June 30, 1767 in Elbert County, Georgia to parents Rev. Jeremiah Walker and Mary Jane Graves.

She married John James Coleman on 22 Feb 1785 in Elbert, Georgia.^[1] They migrated from Petersburg, Georgia with her husband to Huntsville, Alabama. They had 9 children of which only 4 lived to adult hood:

1. Elizabeth Walker Coleman Figures (1785–1860)
2. Narcissa Graves Coleman (1789 – unknown)
3. Melinda
4. Delia Coleman Sale (1797–1881)
5. John James Coleman (1804–1864)

She died in 1830 in Madison County, Alabama. Her burial is unknown but she has a Find a Grave Memorial.^[2]

Will of Jeremiah Walker:^[3]
Polly was listed in the will of her father, Jeremiah Walker, along with her step-mother, Milly (Colson) Walker, and siblings, Henry Greaves Walker, Memorable Walker, Jeremiah Walker, James Sanders Walker, John William Walker, and Elizabeth Marshall as recorded in the Elbert County Will Records, Books A-C, 1791-1803. Jeremiah Walker's brother, Sanders Walker and his friend James Tate were appointed executers. The will was dated 14 Sept 1792,

"I send to my daughter Polly Coleman during her natural life the first female child that Esther, Sally or Prudence shall have if they have any to live to be two years old to be at her dispose during her natural life and then to be equally divided between her three daughters Elizabeth , Narcissa and Melanda to them and their heirs forever I also give my Black Walnut Table, part of my Croccory (Crockery) Ware and part of My Books--"

Research Notes

• Birth place: Elbert County, Georgia, United States of America. Elbert County was formed in 1790.
• Sourced from Sons of the American Revolution Application made by Robert Bruce Coleman, Jr.

Sources

1. ↑ "U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900", Source number: 1632.058; Source type: Family group sheet, FGSE, listed as parents; Number of Pages: 1, Ancestry Record 7836 #1273447 (accessed 28 September 2023), Mary Polly Walker marriage to John Coleman in 1784 in GA.
2. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/157848229/mary-polly-coleman: accessed 28 September 2023), memorial page for Mary Polly Walker Coleman (unknown–1830), Find A Grave: Memorial #157848229 Burial Details Unknown; Maintained by richard lewis (contributor 47563440).
3. ↑ "Georgia, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1742-1992", Original data: Georgia County, District and Probate Courts, Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 8635 #1099511624721 (accessed 28 September 2023), Polly Coleman probate.

See Also:

• Revolutionary Soldier - Jeremiah Walker