Person:Francis Coleman (13)

Name	Francis Coleman, Sr.
Gender	Male
Birth`^?`	Bef 1667	Charles City, Virginia, United States
Marriage		to Honor (add)
Property^[1]	1704	Prince George, Virginia, United States
Death`^?`	Aft 1739

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Records in Virginia

1688
We have already seen that Francis Coleman was a surety in 1688, which established his birth as occurring before 1667.

1704
Robert Coleman, Jr. is not listed in the Prince George County Quit Rent Rolls of 1704, although John Coleman, Francis Coleman (150 ac), George Coleman, and William Coleman, Jr. are so listed.

1712
On March 28, 1712, Robert Bolling, surveyor, surveyed 338 acres of land for Francis Coleman on the South side of Butterwood swamp. This land is now in Dinwiddie County, which was organized in 1753. Butterwood Creek runs from West to East at about the center of Dinwiddie. Butterwood and White Oak flow together to form Stony Creek. The general area would be about seven or eight miles West of Dinwiddie Courthouse. Francis Coleman, Sr. did not receive the patent to this land until July 15, 1717. [10 VLP 338.]

1716
On October 9, 1716 (Deeds, Page 125) Francis Coleman, Sr. and Francis Coleman, Jr. of Bristol Parish and the County of Prince George, sold to Robert Bolling all that tract and parcel of land whereon John Tucker now liveth, on the South side of the Appomattox, containing 100 acres, more or less. Francis Coleman, Sr. signed by the familiar mark "FC."

On the same date, these men conveyed to John Coleman a tract of land "whereon he now lives," bounded on one side by the land of Robert Munford and extending to the Appomattox River, (Deeds, 126). Both Francis, Sr. and Francis, Jr., acknowledged these deeds (Order Book 84). This fixes the birth of Francis Coleman, Jr., at not later than 1695.

1717
On May 14, 1717 (Deeds, 160) Robert Tucker of Bristol Parish sold 200 acres to David Crawley, described as bounded westerly on the Appomattox, southerly on the lands of Major Robert Bolling, northerly on the lands of John Coleman, and easterly on the lands of Major Robert Munford.

On July 8, 1717 (Deeds, 178) Francis Coleman, Sr. and Francis Coleman, Jr. conveyed identically the same land to the same David Crawley.

[per Coleman¹: Obviously, the Colemans and the Tuckers were claiming and making deeds to the same land, all in the immediate area of the lands formerly belonging to Robert Coleman, Jr. Therefore, it is likewise obvious that Francis Coleman, Sr. was a son of Robert Coleman, Jr., was claiming the land, and his conveyances were considered necessary to make the title good. I suppose that Francis, Jr. signed as some kind of insurance against further claims on his part.]

On Jul 15, 1717 - received patent to land surveyed in 1712. [10 VLP 338.] 338 acres of land on the South side of Butterwood swamp. This land is now in Dinwiddie County, which was organized in 1753.

1718
On November 11, 1718, Francis Coleman was appointed Overseer of the Butterwood Road. (Order Book 214)

1719
On April 14, 1719, Francis Coleman was appointed Overseer of the Butterwood Road. (Order Book 249)

On July 13, 1719, Francis Coleman, Sr., conveyed to William Parsons 150 acres "whereon the said Francis Coleman late did live at a place called Baylys, adjoining Francis Hobson and on Baylys Swamp." Edward Goodrich, Attorney for Honor Coleman, wife of Francis Coleman, appeared and relinquished dower. The power of attorney was dated April 14, 1719. Obviously, having received his patent to lands surveyed seven years previously, Francis Coleman, Sr., moved from Baylys, on the Appomattox, South to Butterwood Creek, in what is now Dinwiddie County.

1721
On November 10, 1721 (Deeds, 500), Francis Coleman, Sr. conveyed by deed of gift to his son, Francis Coleman, Jr., 100 acres of land on the South side of Butterwood Run, on Horse Pen Branch, land where Francis Coleman, Jr. now liveth. Note the name "Horse Pen Branch." When Robert Coleman of Halifax County, North Carolina, purchased land on New Horse Pen from William Roberts, Francis Coleman [Sr.] witnessed the deed.

On the same date (Deeds, 499), Francis Coleman, Sr. conveyed by deed of gift to his son John Coleman 133 acres on the South side of Butterwood Run, adjoining Francis Coleman, Jr.

On March 27, 1721 (Deeds, 759), 350 acres on the upper side of Butterwood Swamp were surveyed for Francis Coleman, Sr. He did not receive the patent until July 9, 1724 (Vol. 12, P. 70). This was the same day William Coleman received patent to 154 acres on West side of Namozine.

1739
On February 12, 1739, a deed for land from Francis Coleman, Sr. to Matthew Ligon was proved in court by the oaths of Joseph Lewis, John Coleman, and Henry Thweatte, witnesses thereto, "and on motion of the said Matthew Ligon it is ordered that said deed be recorded." Court held at Fitzgerald. [Prince George Minute Book, 383]

On August 27, 1739, an action in debt brought by Francis Coleman against Thomas Twitty (Thweatte) and Mary, his wife, Admx. of Henry Wyatt, deceased, was dismissed for failure to prosecute [Prince George Minute Book, 355.]

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