Chapter 07: Charles P. Coleman.

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The Robert Coleman from Virginia to Texas, 1652-1965

Chapter 07:  Charles P. Coleman.

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     CHAPTER 7

     CHARLES P. COLEMAN, SON OF
     THOMAS COLEMAN

     Born, Halifax County, North Carolina, October 4, 1762.  Died,
     Greene County, Alabama, December 27, 1850.

     Revolutionary soldier. According to the records in the National
     Archives, he enlisted in Lincoln County, North Carolina, June, 1780.
     Discharged April, 1782. Was in the battles of Cowan's Ford,
     Guilford Court House and Eutaw Springs.
        He moved to Georgia in 1789, to Kentucky in 1806, to Mississippi
     territory in 1812, and to Alabama in 1818.
        He was married to Fanny Mobley in Greene County on March 8, 1829,
     at the age of 67. Fanny was then 45 years of age, so his children,
     John R. Coleman and Mrs. Judith Person, wife of David Person, must
     have been by a previous marriage.
        Larken Mobley, his brother in law, was the Executor of his Estate,
     No. 635, Greene County. He left one hundred dollars to each of his
     children, remainder for life to his widow, then to his nephew,
     Ryan C. Mobley, for his kindness to him in his old age. Mrs. Persons
     lived in Kemper County, MS.
        Purchasers of the personal effects were Giles C. Coleman and
     Thomas Colvin.
        The Mississippi Territorial Census of 1816 listed
     Charles P. Coleman as a resident of Claiborne County.



 


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