Person:William Coleman (82)

Parents of William Coleman

• Parents A = Joseph Coleman and Agnes Addleston. Currently attached. Source:Judge Solon B Coleman. More research is needed.
• Parents B = William Coleman and Unknown. Source: Coleman (1965)¹. More research is needed.

Records in Virginia

1704
COLEMANS NAMED IN QUIT RENT ROLLS FOR VIRGINIA, 1704, AS COPIED FROM THE RECORDS IN LONDON: PRINCE GEORGE COUNTY - William Coleman, Jr., 100 acres.

1710
COLEMAN, WILLIAM & John ; To Robert MUNFORD ; Title bond, 100 acres 1710. [Source Needed]

1712
19 May 1712: Robert Bolling surveyed 100 acres on the West side of Namozine Creek, below the path, for William Coleman. This creek was then in Prince George, but since 1753 has been the boundary between Dinwiddie and Amelia. [Prince George County, VA Deeds, 751]

21 May 1712: 185 acres were surveyed for William Coleman on the East side of the great branch of Whiponock Creek, now in north-western Dinwiddie County but near the Amelia line. [Source Needed]

1715
6 Dec 1715: 154 acres were surveyed for William Coleman, Sr. on the West side of Namozine. [Prince George Co., VA Deeds, 753]

1717
15 Jul 1717: WILLIAM COLEMAN, SR., granted 100 acres of land on the west side of Nansemond Creek in the county of Prince George. [Land Patent Book 10, 339]

1719
9 Nov 1719: William Coleman, Sr., of Prince George County, conveyed to Robert Munford 118 acres bounded on one side "by land which formerly belonged to Francis Coleman." He signed by mark "W," and Drury Bolling was a witness. [Prince George County, VA Deeds, 367]

November 10, 1719: Faith, wife of William, relinquished her dower right. William Coleman acknowledged deed of land to Robert Munford. p. 292 Prince George Co., Court Orders and Returns of Executions; Transcribed by Benjamin B. Weisiger. (SOURCE: Page 49. Magazine of Virginia Genealogy, Vol. 25; Feb 1987; Number 1. Arkansas History Commission; #1 Capital Mall, Little Rock, AR Dated 29 Dec. 2001.)

1720

1720: son Peter was baptized in 1720. (SOURCE: Bristol Parish Register. page 60, The Robert Coleman Family from Mobjack Bay, Virginia to Reno, Nevada and Hollywood, California, 1638-1970 by James W. Coleman. Butler Genealogy, 3rd floor, CS71.C692 1970).

February 9, 1720 (Prince George Co., VA Deeds, 757), 297 acres were surveyed for William Coleman, Sr. on the upper side of Winticomack Creek. This is in present Amelia County, in the extreme eastern portion thereof, in the neck which extends between Chesterfield County on the North and Dinwiddie County on the South.

November 13, 1720. Land Patent Book 11, Page 79. WILLIAM COLEMAN, JR., granted 185 acres of land in Prince George County.

1723
November 21, 1723 (Prince George Co., VA Deeds, 764), 235 acres were surveyed on the lower side of the Sweatt house branch of Deep Creek for William Coleman, minor. This is possibly five miles West of Winticomack.

1724
July 9, 1724. Land Patent Book 12, Page 73. WILLIAM COLEMAN, SR., of Prince George County, granted 154 acres of land on the west side of creek in Prince George County. [Note: this is the same day the Francis Coleman, Sr. received patent for 350 ac on the upper side of Butterwood Swamp (12:70).

1725
May 13, 1725 (Deeds, Page 798), William Coleman sold to John Coleman 185 acres on the East side of the great branch of Whipponock Creek. After 1753, this land was in Dinwiddie County. Robert Bolling, John Poythress, and Drury Bolling were witnesses. William Coleman signed by the mark "W," and acknowledged the deed in open court at Merchants Hope.

1727
October 13, 1727. Land Patent Book 13, Page 279. WILLIAM COLEMAN, SR., of Prince George County, granted 297 acres of land in Prince George County.

May 6, 1727, Robert Tucker and William Coleman appraised the estate of John Tucker, deceased. [per Coleman¹: This was the William Coleman who later died in Amelia County.]

1730
September 28, 1730. Land Patent Book 13, Page 522. WILLIAM COLEMAN, SR., of Prince George County, granted 400 acres of land in Prince George County.

September 28, 1730. Land Patent Book 13, Page 530. WILLIAM COLEMAN, of Prince George County, granted 235 acres of land in Prince George County.

1736
1736: William Coleman, Sr was on the list of titheables below Deep Creek. This is the southern 2/3 of Amelia County, VA. Prior to about 1735, this area was Prince George County, VA. (SOURCE: Amelia Microfilm reel #55, Library of Virginia 1736-1771. <http://www.rootsweb.com/!vaamelia/ameltith.htm>;)

1737
January 2, 1737. Land Patent Book 17, Page 438. WILLIAM COLEMAN granted 202 acres of land in Amelia County on the upper side of the great branch of Winticomaick Creek.

5 May 1737: James Mountford was given permission to take up 4,000 acres of land in Amelia Co., which included land he had purchased from William Coleman. (See Executive Journals of the Council of Colonial Virginia, vol. 4, p. 395).

1743
June 2, 1743 - William Coleman made his will in Amelia County. (Amelia Will Book 1, Page 37.)

1. ↑ Coleman, J. P.. The Robert Coleman family from Virginia to Texas, 1652-1965. (Ackerman, Mississippi: J. P. Coleman, 1965)
   50.

   ... Thus, this William Coleman is seen to have been a neighbor and adjoining land owner to Francis Coleman and John Coleman. He was not their brother, evidently, because he was listed on the 1704 Quit Rent Rolls as William Coleman, Junior. His father must have been the William Coleman who came to Charles City County in 1656 (Order Book,p. 50), which was the same date Nicholas Coleman came to the County (p. 51) and the year following the arrival of Thomas Coleman (p. 39).
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   [Note of Caution: The use of the suffix "Jr." did not necessarily mean that William's father was also named William. It could also be used simply to differentiate him from the other older William in the community.]

2. ↑ Will Abstract, in Source needed.

   WILLIAM COLEMAN, SR. of Rawleigh Parish. 2 Jun 1743. 21 Mar 1745.
   - son Daniel Coleman,
   - son Robert Coleman 200 acres lying US Wintocomake Creek, all my land below the great branch;
   - son Joseph Coleman 200 acres lying on the US Wintocomake Creek, all my land above the Great branch joining son Robert's land;
   - son William Coleman 200 acres LS Wintocomacke Creek, NS Great Branch;
   - son Godphrey Coleman 200 acres LS Wintocomake Creek on NS of the Great Branch joining son William's land;
   - son Peter Coleman land and plantation where I now live after wife Faith's decease;
   - dau Francis Tucker;
   - wife Faith, Land and plantation where I live during her natural life, then to son Peter, wife also to receive goods and chattels for life, then to be equally div. between my two youngest sons, Godfrey & Peter.
   Ex. son Robert
   Wit. Robert Bevill, Martha Bevill, John Lowell.