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- 64 - . CHAPTER 5 WILLIAM COLEMAN OF FAIRFIELD COUNTY, S. C. by J. P. COLEMAN Mrs. Jennie I. Coleman, in her diary, stated that this William Coleman was a brother of Robert Coleman who died in 1809 and of Charles Coleman who died in 1788. It seems likely that she may have been mistaken as to this. It appears more probable that he was a brother to Robert who died in late 1795, and therefore the uncle of the other two. We know from the Bristol Parish Register that Francis Coleman, Jr. had a son named William who was born in 1733, and at page 545 of Mills Statistics of South Carolina, published in 1826, it is stated that William Coleman of Fairfield County was then upwards of ninety years of age. This William Coleman first appears of documentary record in Fairfield County in 1771 as he had a tract of land surveyed for him on November 27 of that year. He received the patent on July 12, 1772 to 100 acres on a branch of Beaver Creek, bounded on all sides by vacant land. In a land survey map (found in official South Carolina records) 250 acres of land of Robert Coleman on Bonney's Fork of Beaver Creek, surveyed November 5, 1784, was shown to be located south of land belonging to William Coleman. On January 7, 1811, William Coleman conveyed to "my son, Solomon Coleman" 145 acres originally granted to William Mazyck, and conveyed to Robert Coleman and by Robert Coleman to William Coleman on the headbranches of Beaver Creek. D. R. Coleman and Robert F. Coleman witnesses. Land Deed Book Y, Page 546. Solomon Coleman was born in 1787, and died about 1863. On the 12 day of December, 1815, William Coleman in the presence of Nancy Coleman and D. R. Coleman, for love and affection to his lovely daughter, Elizabeth Butler, wife of John Butler, conveyed to her and to her eldest and only son, Martin, 56 acres of land, being part of a tract originally granted to William Mazyck. Land Deed Book Z, Page 436. On the 16 day of May 1816, William Coleman conveyed to William Coleman, Jr., 150 acres of land. Land Deed Book Z, Page 469. On the 11 day of September 1817, William Coleman, in the presence of D. R. Coleman and John Coleman, conveyed to his son, David Coleman, 150 acres of land. Land Deed Book Z, Page 442. On the 13 day of February, 1818, William Coleman in consideration - 65 - . THE ROBERT COLEMAN FAMILY of the sum of $500.00 conveyed to Abner Coleman that plantation or tract of land whereon "l now live," being part of three tracts of land, one of which was granted to me the said William Coleman for 100 acres in the year 1772 on Beaver Creek. John Feaster, D. R. Coleman and Wiley Coleman were witnesses. Land Deed Book Z, Page 433. It will be noted that William Coleman had a son named Abner, a christian name prominently used for many generations in the family of the Robert Coleman who patented land in Union County in 1768. This Robert Coleman of Union County is positively known to be the son of William Coleman of Prince George and Amelia. On the 15 day of May, 1818, William Coleman (in the presence of David Coleman and D. R. Coleman) conveyed to his son, John Coleman, 103 acres, previously granted to William Coleman on September 7, 1789. Land Deed Book Z, Page 441. This son was known as Major John Coleman. He was born in 1780 and died in 1862. Children of William Coleman Solomon,1787-1863 Elizabeth Coleman Butler William Coleman, Jr. David Coleman Abner Coleman (Major) John Coleman - 66 - .
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