Samuel L Coleman (abt. 1752 - 1824)

Born about 1752 in Albemarle, Virginia, British Colonial America

Ancestors

Husband of Christian (Forster) Coleman — married 23 Dec 1780 in Virginia, USA

Husband of Mildred (Coffey) Coleman — married Mar 1785 in Albemarle, Virginia, USA

Descendants

Died 23 Jul 1824 at about age 72 in Todd, Kentucky, USA

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Biography

Lieutenant Samuel Coleman served with 14th Virginia Regiment (1777), Continental Army during the American Revolution.

Samuel Coleman is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A024350.

In Oct 1777, Samuel age 25, served in the first artillery as second Lieutenant in 8th Virginia Regiment. In June 1778, Samuel was promoted to first Lieutenant, and then was taken prisoner by the British and held at Charleston, South Carolina, until the end of the war. In 1779 Samuel captured a slave named John belonging to Mr. Edlow, and kept him prisoner until Mr, Edlow paid his charges. On Dec. 25, 1780 he married his first wife Christian Forster, she died shortly after without issue. In March 1785 he married his second wife Mildred “Milly” Coffey. 1786, Samuel became assistant clerk to the council of State of Virginia in December. 1795, Samuel files a Bounty of Land Warrant and in 1801, Samuel Coleman and William W. Henning Deputy Adjutant Generals, transmit annual or general returns of the militia. He died at the age of 72 in Todd, KY.

Sources

• OneWorldTree, Ancestry.com
• Edmund West, compiler, Family Data Collection - Births, Ancestry.com

• Ancestry trees

• This person was created through the import of KRH Family Tree_2010-12-30.ged on 19 March 2011.

• JOSEPH BLADE (not in file), Brøderbund Software, Inc., World Family Tree Vol. 2, Ed. 1, (Release date: November 29, 1995), "CD-ROM," Tree #3888, Date of Import: May 26, 1999. (1995), "Electronic," Date of Import: Jun 16, 1999.

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• Book: Trails West: The Watsons and Walkers, American Pioneers, is a historical tribute by Roberta Watson Richardson to her ancestors who built our nation, fought for its independence, and explored and developed the American West. Nearly 30 of her ancestral families, both paternal and maternal, were in Colonial Virginia before 1700. In fact, her lines first crossed through marriage in Virginia at the turn of the 18th century when Watson ancestor Thomas Christian and Walker ancestor John Tully each married daughters of planter Edmund New. From Virginia, the families took different paths. Watson ancestors headed southwest into Kentucky, Texas and Arizona, while Walker ancestors moved westward before joining the California Gold Rush and settling in the fertile Sierra foothills. Ancestor profiles include Scot/Irish/English surnames Watson, Christian, Coleman, Graves, Hughes, Leake, Miller, New, Randolph and Wallace; German Miser; French Huguenot Toncray and Tully; and Swiss Walker. The book is available on Amazon.com and Kindle Books

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• "United States Rosters of Revolutionary War Soldiers and Sailors, 1775-1783," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CS3Q-HFV7-8?cc=2546162&wc=WD6Q-RM9%3A1588791495 : 24 January 2018), Virginia > image 181 of 886; citing various published state rosters, United States.

Acknowledgments

• Thank you to Stephanie Sanchez for creating] Collman-1 on 7 Nov 13.