Person:Francis Coleman (14)

Court Records in Virginia

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.]

1719
On August 7, 1719, Francis Coleman, Jr., and Mary, his wife, conveyed 150 acres to Adam Sims. (Deeds, 359). The land adjoined John Ledbetter, on Warrick Swamp. Robert Munford was a witness.

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.

1. ↑ ^1.0 1.1 Family Recorded, in Coleman, J. P.. The Robert Coleman family from Virginia to Texas, 1652-1965. (Ackerman, Mississippi: J. P. Coleman, 1965).