Person:Hawes Coleman (4)

Military Service

American Revolutionary War Veteran

Revolutionary War Pension Information

Information from “Virginia/West Virginia Genealogical Data from Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Records”, Vol. 1, compiled by Patrick G. Wardell, Lt. Col. U.S. Army Ret. :

Coleman, Hawes - entered service 1775 in Spotsylvania County, Virginia, where he was born 1/1/1757; moved 1789 to Amherst County, Virginia, to area that is now Nelson County, Virginia where granted Pension in 1834. R607.

1.   Find A Grave.

   Hawes Coleman
   Birth 1 Jan 1757
   Spotsylvania County, Virginia, USA
   Death 27 Dec 1840 (aged 83)
   Wintergreen, Nelson County, Virginia, USA
   Burial Coleman Cemetery
   Wintergreen, Nelson County, Virginia, USA
   
   Inscription
   On headstone:
   
   Hawes Coleman
   Builder of Wintergreen
   Born Jan. 1, 1757
   Spotsylvania County
   Died Dec. 27, 1840
   Nelson County
   A Revolutionary
   Solder
   
   Hawes Coleman wrote 2 "memories" while in his 80's, with records of his parents, grandparents and other family records. Hawes Coleman's 1st wife was Mary Chapman Goodwin, who died soon after, no children.
   
   Marriages
   Hawes Coleman & Nancy Harris, m 3-23-1786
   Hawes Coleman married again on 8-14-1814. Nancy Overton of Louisa County, 6th daughter of James Overton, by whom he had no children. She died Jan 1, 1828.
   
   https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/90137381/hawes-coleman