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(7) Moses Coleman, son of Robert Coleman, II, is mentioned in Deed Book OO, p. 125, where reference is made to 200 acres of land patented by Moses Coleman on 8 Jun 1739 and sold by Moses to James Barnes on 7 Jan 1743. Thus Moses Coleman owned land from 1739 to 1743 just North of the Tar River [Bradley, 1995, p. 8], probably located just North of present day Tarboro, NC located in Edgecombe County, near the border with Halifax County, where Deep Creek and Fishing Creek join the Tar River.
(7) Moses Coleman left a will dated 2 Mar 1760, probated June 1760 listing his wife Mary and 4 children:
(180) 1. Amos Coleman, (181) 2. John Coleman, (182) 3. Moses Coleman, II, (183) 4. Christian Coleman,[Williams, Ruth Smith, 1956]
(182) Moses Coleman, II left a will dated May 25, 1799 probated in Bladen County, NC. His will shows his wife's name was Luraine.
"Lurana" was possibly born a Faulk. [Roper(1998,1999)]
Another source states the Will abstract from Bladen County, dated 1761 gave these children: [Campbell, Wanda S., 1962]
(181) 1. John Coleman (182) 2. Moses Coleman (183) 3. Mary Coleman (180) 4. Amos Coleman[Kathy, 1998]
This suggests possibly the daughter was named "Christian" but went by "Mary", or it may mean two Moses Colemans died one year apart in the two counties, Edgecombe and Bladen. I am thinking it took a year before the death of the landowner, Moses Coleman of Edgecombe, reached his non-resident county court office of Bladen where he also owned land. But this is only a guess.
Edgecombe County Deedbook 14, page 118, deed dated 4 Nov 1811, date recorded Nov. Ct. 1811, Moses Coleman grants to Redmund Curl, a tract of land beginning at a gum in a corner in William Cohoon (dec'd) line then east to a lightwood stump a corner Fredrick Proctor dec'd line then south to a pine a corner (Samuel Moor) line then west to a red oak a corner then south to a pine a corner then west to a maple in a small branch then down the various courses of said branch to beginning, containing 113 acres, signed Moses Coleman (mark), wit. E. Bullock, (?) Walls (?). FHC film 0018891, film is not well focused and hard to read. Abs. 10-28-99.
(7) Moses Coleman, I, b. c1706 (birth year is a speculative estimate based on family relationships)
It is believed he married Luraine Faulk and
that she was the mother of his children.
(182) Moses Coleman, II (Moses I, Robert II, Robert I)
b. c1740-50 Edgecombe NC, also lived in Johnson, Bladen, and Columbus Counties of North Carolina.
[Roper]
d. 1799 (will on file Bladen Co NC) [Roper]
His will gives his wife's name as Luraine; Roper gives it as "Lourena (possibly FAULK)".
Per his will dated May 25, 1799 [Campbell, Wanda S., 1962],
their children were:
Sons:
(184) 1. John Coleman, b. c1760 [based on brother, Theophilus].
(185) 2. Theophilus Coleman, b. 1761, d. 1845, m. Keziah
[Roper, 1999]
left a will in Columbus County NC 9 July 1845 Will Book A p23. [Roper, 1999]
Descendants given below from wills of Columbus County, NC.
(186) 3. Amos Coleman, married Winnifred
[Roper, 1999]
(187) 4. Phillip Coleman married Sarah Stephens
[Roper, 1999]
Sarah was daughter of William Stephens who was granted land east of Fair Bluff in 1796.
William Stephens was son of Barnabas and Charity Brown Stephens of Bladen County, NC.
(188) 5. Moses Coleman, III, b. c1765 [based on year of first marriage - 25]
Moses married first c1790 Treasy Cohoon (mother of his children),
Treasy was the daughter of William Cohoon, Sr. and
his wife, Sarah. Treasy had a brother named (85x) William Cohoon, Jr.
John Cohoon sold land in Edgecombe County to William Cohoon, Sr.
and was probably related to this Cohoon family as well.
Moses married 2nd c1809 Mary Unknown, widow of
Simon Cahoon [Roper, 1998]
Moses III went to Kentucky [Roper, 1999]
(189) 6. Dempsey Coleman, b. c1778, d. 1823,
married Keziah Faulk [Roper, 1999]
left a will in Columbus County NC May 1823 Will Book A p48 [Roper, 1999]
(190) 7. Henry Coleman, b. c1780
Daughters:
(191) 8. Lucretia Coleman, b. 1783, d. 1840,
married William Hemphill
[Roper, 1999]
(192) 9. Charity Coleman, married Elijah Worley
[Roper, 1999]
(193) 10. Polly Coleman
Roper adds a daughter Mary, leaving out Polly, suggesting she went by
both names at different times in her life:
Daughters married surnames include Stephens, Faulk, Hemphill, and possibly
Norton, Meares, Worley, and Cahoon. [Roper, 1998]
Powel, 1971 records the family of Moses Coleman
of Fair Bluff, North Carolina, as one of the early families settling in the area.
He states Moses Coleman came from Edgecombe County. He states: (184) 1. John Coleman, (185) 2. Theophilus Coleman, an Infantry private in Rev. War (186) 3. Amos Coleman, (187) 4. Phillip Coleman, (188) 5. Moses Coleman, Jr., (189) 6. Dempsey Coleman, (190) 7. Henry Coleman, (191) 8. Lucretia Coleman, (193) 9. Polly Coleman, (192) 10. Charity Coleman, b. 1797
Chapter 14 Colemans of Fair Bluff, North Carolina covers these lines further as they moved from Robeson County North Carolina to Fair Bluff, Cerro Gordo, Cherry Grove and Porter Swamp areas of Columbus County North Carolina.
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