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Robert Coleman (abt. 1710 - abt. 1793)

Robert Coleman
Born about in Halifax, Virginia, or Abingdon, Virginiamap [uncertain]
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Husband of — married 24 Nov 1740 in Orange Co, VAmap
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Died about at about age 83 in Culpeper, Virginia, United Statesmap
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Notes

Needs more investigation: NAME: Robert Coleman 3rd - ??? Wingfield's History of Caroline County, Virginia by Marshall Wingfield
PAGE 418: The Rev Mr Slaughter in his St Marks' Parish says that this Robert Coleman, 3rd was the first name in Culpeper
[1]

Also need source for SPILSBY middle name.

Research Notes

As I "dig into" the records for this family, I am aware of two Robert Colemans in the same area at the same time, both with daughters named Susannah Coleman. One Is definitely Robert Spilsby Coleman of Essex Co, VA, who on 31 Dec 1753, just prior to her marriage, gifted negroes to his daughter Susanna who was to be married to Capt John Richards. That is a DIFFERENT Robert Coleman than we are concerned with here.

The ancestor Robert Coleman that we are concerned with here, (the one married to Sarah Ann Saunders/Sanders) so far, has no written record of a middle name of Spilsbe (all spellings). His daughter as spelled out in his will was Susanna Coleman who married a Mr Yancey. "OUR" Susannah is NOT the one born 1735 Abingdon Parish VA and NOT the one died 15 April 1778 Stafford Co, VA. I think what has happened is early on, researchers confused the two and now we must sort out what belongs to whom.

Unfortunately, some researchers of the Capt John Richards and Susannah Coleman line are using some of the dates and information that belong to THIS Robert Coleman and Sarah Ann Saunders. Any and all help to make corrections is appreciated!

Records

Robert Coleman is named in his father Thomas' Will dated 10 February 1748/9 in King and Queen County, Virginia.[1]

Biography

1776 Project
Robert Coleman performed Patriotic Service in Virginia in the American Revolution.

ROBERT COLEMAN 1710-1793
FRENCH & INDIAN WAR

Robert Coleman, 1st of the name in Culpepper County, Virginia, married Sarah Ann SAUNDERS. The town of Fairfax (Culpepper) was founded on fifty acres of his land in 1759. Robert and Sarah Ann Coleman were the parents of:

  • 1 - Robert Coleman
  • 2 - Gilly Coleman m GEN Edward Stevens
  • 3 - Ann Coleman m Samuel Clayton her cousin
  • 4 - Rosa Coleman m Anthony Foster
  • 5 - Milly Coleman m COL John Slaughter
  • 6 - Sarah Coleman m Francis Slaughter
  • 7 - Susanna Coleman m --?-- Yancey
  • 8 - Lucy Coleman m Col George French Strother
  • 9 - Frances Coleman m --?-- Crutcher

Sources

  1. ↑ FamilySearch Person: GJ1F-LX2 for Thomas Coleman (1679 VA – 1748 VA). [1 secondary source; Will transcription of unknown origin]
  • Deed bef 1750; Purchases 300 AC St Thomas Parish, Culpeper County from Daniel Brown.
  • Deed 18 Oct 1750; Bk A, pg 217, Robt & wife Sarah sell (300?) AC in in St Thomas Parish, Culpeper County to Wm Goggan
  • Deed 25 June 1756; Bk B, p 486, Robt and wife Sarah, sell 400 AC in Culpeper and part in Augusta Co to John Barrow. (South side of Blue Ridge Mtns)
  • Deed 21 June 1759; Bk C, p 187, Robt & wife Sarah, divided Fairfax lots and sold to Charles Lynch, a Fairfax merchant.
  • Deed 21 Aug 1760; Bk C, p 391, Fairfax town lot division to Thos Covington of Culpeper County.
  • Deed 21 Mar 1765; Bk D, p 600, gift made for "love and affection" to loving son in law John Slaughter, Culpeper Co, VA.
  • Deed 20 Aug 1767; Bk E, p 206, gift made to Grysul (sic) Stevens, Culpeper Co, VA (This proves Grizzel "Gilly" Coleman was married before this date). It should also be noted that Robert Coleman had a sister named Grizzel as well.
  • Deed 22 Jun 1770; Bk F, p 106, Robt and wife, Fairfax land to Leonard Smith.
  • Deed 21 Feb 1774; Bk G, p 130 to Edward Stevens of Culpeper County, VA
  • Deed 21 Oct 1776; Bk H p 298, gift to dau Susannah of negroes, "account of moving" and love and affection. Culpeper County, Virgina


Birth
1710 Abingdon Par, Gloucester, Virginia, USA Name Robert Coleman Spouse Sarah Ann Saunders Parents Thomas, Elizabeth Mary Coleman, Lort Birth Place Abingdon Par, Gloucester, VA Birth 1710 Marriage Place Orange, VA Marriage 24 November 1740 Death Place St Mark S Parish, Culpeper, VA Death 1793
(1) [2]
(2) [3]

Genealogical and Historical Notes on Culpeper County, Virginia by Raleigh Travers Green 1900
PAGE 56:

  • Children of Robert Coleman: He had one son, Robert, who emigrated to Kentucky and m. Mrs. Thompson, a sister of Major Philip Lightfoot. Gilly, dau. of the 1st Robert and Miss Saunders, m. General Edward Stevens, the Revolutionary hero and elector, who cast the vote of the district for Washington, and whose son John m. Polly, dau. of the first William Williams. Ann, 2d dau. of 1st. Robert, m. Samuel Clayton, Rosa, 3d dau., m. Foster of Tennessee, one of whose ch. was the Senator in Congress from that State. Another dau. of 1st Robert m. Col. John Slaughter, son of the 1st Francis of that name. Another dau. m. Francis Slaughter, brother to the foregoing John. Another dau. m. a Yancey. Lucy, another dau., m. Col George French Strother, so long representative of Culpeper in the General Assembly and in the Convention of 1775-G, and whose oldest daughter. Margaret Peggy French Strother was first wife of Capt. Phillip Slaughter. The 8th dau. of 1st. Robert m. a Crutcher, and one of their daughters m. a Foushee.
  • WILL of Robert Coleman in his Will (1793) recorded in Culpeper, leaves legacies to his daughters Ann Clayton, Sarah Slaughter, Lucy Strother, Frances Crutcher Susanna Yancey. Philip Clayton was his executor.

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PAGE 160:

  • The Town of Culpeper laid out 22 Feb 1759 the town of Fairfax (Culpepper's original name) was laid off on 27 acres, of the land of Robert Coleman, the Court House being laid out on lot 24, the corner of Davis and Main (cr Coleman)
  • The 1st page of the 1st Deed book, it appears that Court was held on Thursday, June 15, 1749 at the residence of Robert Coleman.

[5]

Wingfield's History of Caroline County, Virginia by Marshall Wingfield
PAGE 418: The Rev Mr Slaughter in his St Marks' Parish says that this Robert Coleman, 3rd was the first name in Culpeper and he married Sarah Ann SAUNDERS and had one son, Robert Coleman and 8 daughters. Gilly married General Edwards Stevens of Revolutionary fame; Ann who married Samuel Clayton her cousin; Lucy married the Hon Franch Strother of Culper; Others married, Francis Strother,, Col John Slaughter , a Foster , a Yancey, and a Crutcher. Philip Clayton was Executor of the Will of Robert Coleman of Culpeper
[6]

A history of St. Mark's Parish, Culpeper County, Virginia
Img43 P32 FRENCH & INDIAN WAR: A History of St Marks Paish Names of the following appears in a record before me as having served in a campaign against the French & Indians about this date, viz: Robert Coleman 1753-1757 Culpeper County, Virginia, USA
[7]

Genealogical and Historical Notes on Culpeper County, Virginia
Name: Sarah Ann Saunders Date: 1759 Location: Fairfax (Culpeper) Comments: Rob ert Coleman 1st of name in Culpeper m Sarah Ann Saunders The town was founded on 50 acres of his land in 1759
[8]

Marriage 24 Nov 1740 Orange County, Virginia, USA
Family Data Collection - Individual Records Name: Robert Coleman Spouse: Sarah Ann Saunders Parents: Thomas Coleman Mary Birth Place:Glou cester Co Abbingdon Parish VA Birth Date:Dec 1713 Marriage: Orange Marriage 24 Nov 1740 Death:St Mark S parish 1793 SARAH ANN Saunders (1718–1793)
(1) [9]
(2) [10]

BOOK: The Robert Coleman Family from VA-TX 1652-1965 By: Coleman, James Plemon 1914- Published:Ackerman Miss.Coleman1965 Descrip 451p[4]fold. leaves of plates:ill;24cm Notes: Incl index Subj: Cole man family LC Call NO: CS71.C6921965 Dewey Class No: 929/.2/0973 Format:Bk LCCN: 75-326223 //r84

  • Source: S-2075589216 Repository: #R-2141442054 Title: Ancestry Family Trees Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members. Note: This information comes from 1 or more individual Ancestry Family Tree files. This source citation points you to a current version of those files. Note: The owners of these tree files may have removed or changed information since this source citation was created. Page: Ancestry Family Trees Data: Text: http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=24777347&pid=770
  • Repository: R-2141442054 Name: Ancestry.com Address: http://www.Ancestry.com Note:

Possible middle name: Spilsby





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Thomas-29841 Nancy Thomas
I have transcriptions of deeds that involve a Robert Coleman, most likely the fellow of this profile. I sources are inline so can supply those separately if you are interested. The profile for whom these deeds were transcribed in most likely the brother-in-law of Sarah Sanders.

June 7, 1743 – John Wynill Sanders and George Chapman witnessed a petition whereby Robert Coleman was granted 400 acres of land in Spotsylvania County for non-payment of a bond by Nathaniel Sanders of Northampton County, North Carolina. Nathaniel Sanders had made a bond to Robert Coleman on January 26, 1742, for payment of taxes on the property left to him by his father, Nathaniel Sanders, deceased, and had failed to fulfill the bond

March 30, 1748 – John Wynell Saunders of Orange County was warranted 400 acres in Culpeper County adjacent to the land of Robert Coleman and William Coune. This parcel was not surveyed

January 3, 1749 – John Wynill Sanders of Culpeper County sells to Robert Coleman two Negroes, Mingo and Phillis, and her future increase. Sanders also mortgaged to Coleman a Negro boy named Harry should he not have good title to Mingo and Phillis. Witnesses to this transaction are J. Clayton, Wm. Brown, and Bergeson. The deed was recorded July 20, 1750

December 11, 1749 – John Wynel Saunders of Culpeper County, received a land grant of 335 acres in Culpeper County that was surveyed by George Hume. The property was in the Great Fork area of the Rappahannock River, adjacent to Butler’s Swamp adjoining the lands of Joseph Thomas, Robert Coleman, William Cowne, William Tutt, and Captain Robert Green. [This grant and the one mentioned in the March 1748 entry, are most likely for the same parcel of land. The first entry was for land that had yet to be surveyed and thereby accounts for the difference in acreage.

June 20, 1751 – John Wynill Sanders and Francis, his wife, of Culpeper County sell to Evan Thomas of Richmond County for £25 a tract of land containing 335 acres. This property…on a small ridge on the south side of Butler’s Swamp corner to Joseph Thomas, Gentleman, and Robert Coleman…corner to William Cowne near a path…corner to Cowne on a ridge…to a line of William Tutt…on a hillside near a road of Captain Robert Green, deceased…side of a small branch corner to Robert Coleman as by deed from the Proprietors Office December 11, 1749, granted to John Wynill Sanders. This deed was signed by John Wynell Sanders and Francis Sanders, she using her mark. The transaction was witnessed by P. Clayton, Robert Coleman, Richard Thomas, and William Williams. The deed was recorded September 20, 1751

These deed transcriptions can be found here: https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Sanders-10277

posted by Nancy Thomas
Bonney-1177 Cindi Bonney
Mildred Coleman who married Col John Slaughter also went by "Milly". The MIlly that is listed here as a child of Robert Coleman and Sarah Saunders, I believe is incorrect. She has Law children and I believe belongs with a different family group.
posted by Cindi Bonney
Bonney-1177 Cindi Bonney
I think the middle name Spilsby should be removed from the profile's name and a notation made in the Research Notes. If some documentation comes to light that Spilsby actually was his middle name, it can be returned to his name at a later date.
posted by Cindi Bonney
Sherwood-2382 Jerry Sherwood
There is an earlier profile for this Robert Coleman. However, the author misidentified him as Robert Spilsby Coleman. But, he has good documentation for Robert Coleman, son of Thomas Coleman and Mary Lort. The only other info that sets him apart is the year of birth. There is a Robert Spilsbe Coleman (Coleman-4071) but his parents are Spilsbe Coleman and Mary Crow.
posted on Coleman-4986 (merged) by Jerry Sherwood
Sherwood-2382 Jerry Sherwood
While you have many of the facts correct about Robert Coleman, son of Thomas Coleman (Coleman-347) and Mary Lort (Lort-19) you have included a middle name that is not correct. Robert Spilsbe Coleman (Coleman-4071), was the son of Spilsbe Coleman and Mary Crow.

The Robert Coleman you have identified here has been duplicated by a later entry (Coleman-4986). I am going to initiate a merge.

posted by Jerry Sherwood
edited by Jerry Sherwood
Kleine-49 Honi Kleine
Lucy Coleman Strother, wife of French Strother, is documented as a daughter of Robert Coleman and Sarah Saunders. Can we get these profiles connected?
posted by Honi Kleine

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