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The Robert Coleman from Virginia to Texas, 1652-1965
Chapter 13: Williams Charles Coleman.
CHAPTER 13
WILLIAMS CHARLES COLEMAN
by J. P. COLEMAN
Williams Charles Coleman was the son of Allen Coleman, and was the
first of the Colemans in Mississippi. He was born Sept. 13, 1801
and died February 4, 1877.
The lands in Winston County, Mississippi, to which the Colemans
first moved from South Carolina, were opened to white settlement by
the Choctaw Indian Treaty of 1830 at Dancing Rabbit. The territory
here relinquished was divided into seventeen counties by the Act of
December 23, 1833. Choctaw and Winston were two of the seventeen.
Mississippi had become a State only sixteen years previously,
December 10, 1817, although there had been settlements at Biloxi
and Natehez for over a hundred years.
Winston County. situated a little east of the geographical
center of the State, lay to the South of Choctaw County, named for
the Indian tribe. At the close of the Confederate War, during
Reconstruction, the County of Choctaw was greatly reduced in size
by the formation of Montgomery and Webster Counties on its West and
North sides. Three townships; 108 square miles, were taken from
northwestern Winston and attached to Choctaw. This explains why
the lands first owned by Williams Charles Coleman and William
Ragsdale Coleman, later owned by Isaiah Daniel Coleman, were in
Winston County when settled but are now altogether in
Choctaw County.
The public records in Winston County are all intact. Those of
Choctaw County were burned at least three times previous to 1881.
The Winston County records are a veritable storehouse of ante-bellum
history; Choctaw records for the same period are wholly
non-existent.
Louisville was originally laid out as the county seat of
Winston County and remains so until this day. When
William Ragsdale Coleman completed the purchase of the plantation
from Williams Charles Coleman, on January 23, 1839, part of which
(the homesite) was in Winston and the remainder in Choctaw, he had
to record his deed in both counties. He no doubt saddled up and
rode to Greensboro to record the deed for Choctaw County purposes.
Greensboro was situated north of the Big Black river in what is now
Webster County. lt was about two miles north of the present post
office located on U. S. Highway 82 known
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as Tomnolen. Greensboro, noted for its bloody and turbulent
history, remained the county seat of Choctaw until after the
Confederate War, when the courthouse was burned by unknown
arsonists. Nothing remains of Greensboro today but two ancient
cemeteries. The county seat of Choctaw County was then successively
moved from Greensboro to LaGrange to Chester, and finally to
Ackerman. Ackerman was not laid out as a town until 1884 (when the
present Illinois Central Railroad came through). This was after
Williams Charles, William Ragsdale and Sophia, were all dead, but
it was five years before Isaiah Daniel, son of Allen, passed on.
Chester was named for Chester, South Carolina, and until 1959 was
in existence as a post office in central Choctaw County, about six
miles Northwest of Ackerman.
Williams Charles Coleman was the son of Allen Coleman and his
wife, Sarah Coleman. In all the family records he is listed as
William Charles, but his name in Winston County land deeds and on
his tombstone is listed as Williams Charles, hence we shall use
that spelling in this history. He was born in Fairfield County, SC,
on Beaver Creek and near the Broad River, on September 13, 1801.
On January 9, 1827, he married his first cousin, Sophia Coleman,
daughter of Wiley and Sarah Ragsdale Coleman. She was born
January 16, 1805.
According to the land deed records, Williams Charles Coleman was
the first of the Colemans to come to Mississippi. On July 23, 1835,
he purchased land from Baley C. Waters and Andrew C. Waters,
in Winston County (now Choctaw). The deed is of record at page 60
of Book A of the Winston County land deed records. Only 59 pages of
recorded deeds had been registered when Williams Charles bought
this land. This was the East l/2 Southwest 1/4, Section 1, Township
16, Range 10, owned since 1934 by J. P. Coleman. This was first the
homesite of William Ragsdale (Buck) Coleman, and then of
Isaiah Daniel Coleman. It is two miles South Of the present village
of Fentress in present-day Choctaw County.
The large plantation which was accumulated was located both
north and south of Yockanookany River and was situated in both
Winston and Choctaw counties. Since the time of the
post-Confederate War boundary shift, it has all been in Choctaw.
The original boundary between the two counties in this territory
was the boundary between Townships 16 and 17, which bi-sected the
Coleman plantation.
As stated, Williams Charles Coleman sold this property to
William Ragsdale Coleman sometime before 1839 (Sophia executed a
deed as to dower in that year, Deed Book D, Page 288). Evidently,
William Ragsdale Coleman
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lived on it as early as 1837 for both he and his wife were
charter members in that year of Concord Baptist Church, about four
miles from the property.
Williams Charles Coleman then settled about seven miles
northeast of Louisville, the homesite being located in Section 23,
Township 15, Range 13, which would be approximately eleven miles
south and seventeen miles east of his first home. The writer first
visited the old Williams Charles Coleman homesite on July 22, 1951.
It is an exact replica of the Wiley Coleman home in South Carolina,
of which there is a kodak picture in this volume. In 1951, the
writer noticed that the hewn logs across the front of the house,
which was not then occupied, measured 46 feet in length, and only
one log in the entire house was decayed. As of that time, Mr.
Tommie Reed, the present owner of the property, was beginning the
restoration of the house, leaving the log frame work and pegged
rafters intact. The writer visited the property-again on July 11,
1960, at which time the restoration had been completed, the house
painted white on the outside, a carport added to one end of the
house, and the Reed family is occupying it as a home.
The land, on the very upper reaches of Pearl River, surrounding
this home is nearly level and closely resembles that first entered
and then sold to William Ragsdale. Apparently the old Colemans were
good judges of land.
In a cemetery on the highest knoll in the neighborhood, in sight
of the house, and about one-fourth of a mile north of the old
Louisville and Macon road (about 7 miles northeast of Louisville)
are found the graves of Williams Charles Coleman and his wife,
Sophia, and that of their son Mortimer Allen (Mott) Coleman and his
wife, Ann. These are the only marked graves in the cemetery (except
that of William D. Welsh) and the inscriptions are as follows:
(1) Williams Charles Coleman, born September 13, 1801, died
February 4, 1877, aged 75 years, 4 months, and 21 days.
"Mark the perfect man, and behold the upright
For the end of that man is peace."
(2) Sophia, wife of Williams Charles Coleman, born January 16,
1805, died January 23, 1857.
(3) M. A. Coleman, November 8, 1830-April 6, 1917. Gravestone
carried same epitaph as that of his father.
(4) Ann J., wife of M. A. Coleman, born November 1833, died
August 25, 1912. Aged 78 years, 8 months, 21 days.
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(5) William D. Welsh, b. January 9, 1828, d. September 25, 1859.
Member Webster Lodge 205, F. & A.M.
From this it will be noted that Sophia was only 52 when she
died. She died three years before her brother,
William Ragsdale Coleman, moved to Texas and three years after
her first cousin (and brother-in-law), Isaiah Daniel Coleman moved to
Mississippi. lt is reasonable to presume that these men were
present when she was the first to be laid away, in sight of her
home, in the little cemetery. It also reminds us that, in
South Carolina, Williams Charles Coleman's father, Allen Coleman,
in 1839, buried his wife, Sallie, in sight of his house "so he could
sit at the window and see her grave."
No doubt Sophia's brother, Griffin Roe Coleman, who had moved near
Liberty Church in 1844, only a few miles away, and her sister, Mrs.
John W. Robinson, who lived on the adjoining plantation to W. R.
(moved there in 1855), were also at the burial.
This reminds us that Williams Charles Coleman was the first to come
to Mississippi; that William Ragsdale Coleman, his first cousin and
brother-in-law followed almost immediately; that Griffin Roe Coleman
(of Liberty) arrived in 1844; that Rebecca Coleman (Mrs.
John W. Robinson) came in 1855; and Isaiah Daniel Coleman, brother
of Williams Charles Coleman and first cousin to the others, arrived in
1854. Four of these were children of Wylie Coleman and two were sons
of Allen Coleman. We shall present them in this book in the order in
which they came to Mississippi.
We are further reminded from the inscriptions on the gravestones
that Williams Charles Coleman lived a widower for twenty years after
his wife died.
Mortimer A.len Coleman (M. A., also known as Mott) was their
son. His story is told from the gravestones and from his obituary
in the Winston County Journal, issue of April 13, 1917, which
follows.
M. A. Coleman's wife was Ann Bostick, of South Carolina, and
they had no children. They had a foster daughter, who married
J. D. Doss, and who passed away at Louisville in 1951. She was the
mother of Dan W. Doss, business man, of Louisville, also deceased.
Mrs. Jennie I. Coleman in the diary of her trip to Mississippi
and Alabama in 1919 (accompanied by her sister, Mrs. Mary
Faucette, by the courtesy of whose family the diary was made
available) said that
"Mott Coleman's sister Emily married a Welsh."
(This no doubt accounts for the Welsh grave. Since William D.
Welsh, buried in the family burying ground, is two years older
than Mott, he probably is the brother-in-law.)
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She also said, "Her daughter (meaning Emily's daughter)
Sallie Welsh married John Hull."
M. A. Coleman was quite well to do for his day and time. The
writer noticed that his grave appeared to be about one-third
excavated when visited on July 22, 1951. One of the neighbors said
that the rumor got out in the community that "Mott's money was
buried with him" and that immediately thereafter unknown vandals
attempted to excavate the grave in the night time.
OBITUARY OF M. A. COLEMAN
(WINSTON COUNTY JOURNAL, issue of April 13, 1917)
"A GOOD MAN IS GONE
Captain M. A. Coleman died Friday Night.
After a lingering illness of months, Captain M. A. Coleman died
at the home of his son-in-law, Honorable J. D. Doss on East Main
Street (Louisville) last Friday night, April 6, 1917 and his
remains were laid to rest in Liberty Universalist Cemetery (error)
the following day in the presence of a large congregation of
friends, Rev. J. H. White conducting services. Mr. Coleman passed
his 86th year last November, which placed him among our oldest
citizens. There was perhaps no man in the county better known than
Mr. Coleman. He had been a citizen of the county for many years,
had served his county in the State Legislature, and as sheriff and
tax collector. He was for many years one of our largest
agriculturalists, owning large numbers of acres east of town where
he resided until recently and where he was a benefactor to many
people. He was of a jovial nature and big hearted, always ready to
help his friends when in need, having many kindly acts to his
credit. He was a lover if the foxchase in his earlier days and was
known throughout our county as a famous foxhunter, keeping a large
pack of dogs for his and his friends pleasure for many years.
Mr. Coleman lived to a ripe old age, always active in all that
pertained to the welfare of his country. and in his death one of
our county's best and most patriotic citizens has passed to his
reward. Peace to his ashes."
Note: The newspaper report is in error in stating that Mr.
Coleman was buried at Liberty. He was buried in the family
cemetery already described.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
I must acknowledge my gratitude to Honorable R. W. Boydstun,
of the Louisville Bar, and to Mr. E. B. Clark, Deputy Chancery
Clerk, of
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Louisville, Mississippi, for information which located the Coleman
graves. Also, I thank Mr. W. H. Hight, Editor of the
Winston County Journal, for making available the obituary of
M. A. Coleman from the 1917 files of his paper.
CHARLES WASHINGTON FAUCETTE and his wife,
MRS. MARY FEASTER COLEMAN FAUCETTE, sister of
Mrs. Jennie I. Coleman.
Mr. Boydstun guided me to the Coleman graves on July 22, 1951,
and offered to do so in 1960. It worked out, however, that Mr.
R. B. Yarbrough, of Louisville, accompanied me in 1960. While at
the scene we were given much valuable information by Mr.
Connie Mack Lloyd, who lives nearby, and who is a brother of Mrs.
Tommie Reed.
DIRECTIONS TO REACH THE OLD HOME OF WILLIAMS CHARLES COLEMAN,
approximately 7 miles Northeast of Louisville, Mississippi.
Re-visited on July 11, 1960.
From Louisville
Go East on the Macon Road (State Highway 14) 1.8 miles.
Turn left on Bond Road, go Northeast 2.6 miles.
Turn left and go 2.8 miles.
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Turn left and go .2 miles to Tommie Reed house, which is the old
Williams Charles Coleman home, restored.
The graves of Williams Charles Coleman and Mortimer A. Coleman
and wives are in sight of this house on top of hill. This is
beautiful, rolling, red soiled country. Very productive.
CHILDREN OF WILLIAMS AND SOPHIA COLEMAN
Mortimer A. Coleman, (Mott), died 1917.
Wiley Allen Coleman, drowned in mill pond.
Dan G. Coleman, died in Civil War.
Mrs. Emeline Coleman Welch.
Mrs. Sallie E. Coleman Higgins.
As already stated, William B. Welch and Mrs. Emmaline Welch had
four children. The sons were Alexander W. and Robert. The daugh-
ters were Elizabeth and Sallie. Sallie married John N. Hull.
The writer is very sorry that he at this time knows nothing
about Mrs. Sallie Higgins.
NOTES
Winston County Personal Assessment Roll, 1847. On file in
Mississippi State Department of Archives and History.
WILLIAMS C. COLEMAN, assessed for 17 slaves under 60 years of
age; 60 head of cattle, and 1 clock valued at twenty dollars.
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Land Deed Book Q, Page 24, Winston County. February, 1859,
Williams Charles Coleman, conveyed "In consideration of the love
and affection I have for my daughter, Emeline Welch, 560 acres of
land."
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C.htm#N005903">United States Census, Winston County, 1860. Wm. C. Coleman,
age 58, born in South Carolina.
Personal property valued at $30,000; Real Estate valued at $10,000.
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Winston County Personal Assessment Roll, 1863. W. C. COLEMAN
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assessed for 32 slaves under 60 years of age, 1 pleasure carriage
valued at $ 150; 1 watch valued at $ 174; 1 clock valued at $ 18.
M. A. COLEMAN (Mott) assessed for 6 slaves under 60 years of
age; 1 pleasure carriage valued at $70; I watch valued at $30.
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Drawer 70, Case 216, Supreme Court of Mississippi. In re: Estate
of Williams C. Coleman. Shows Wms. C. Coleman to be the father of
Emmeline Welsh, wife of William B. Welsh, who died September 25,
1859. Shows her children to be: Alexander William Welsh,
Sallie Welsh, Robert Edward Welsh, and Elizabeth Welsh.
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Mortimer A. Coleman served as Sheriff of Winston County during
Reconstruction years. Was a member of the Mississippi Legislature
at the 1880 session from Winston County.
In the Mississippi State Department of Archives and History is a
handwritten manuscript of William T. Lewis' History of
Winston County, written in 1876. In this manuscript we find the
following, p. 17:
"Wm. C. Coleman had a son by the name of Wiley Allen, who was a
noctambulist. One night while at Sam Welch's Mill, it is sup-
posed, he commenced wandering about in his sleep and stepped out of
the mill house into the pond and was drowned."
It will be noted that this young man was named for both his
grandfathers, Wiley and Allen Coleman. It might be further noted
that Williams Charles Coleman was the son of first cousins and
married his first cousin.
Williams Charles also had a son named Daniel. The Winston County
Census of 1850 lists him in the Williams Coleman family group as
eleven years old. In 1860 the Census listed him as D. G., age 21,
and residing with Mott Coleman. He enlisted in the Barksdale Greys,
later Company G., 20th Mississippi, June, 1861, along with his
brother, Mortimer A. (Mott). He died at Vicksburg,
September 10, 1863.
Continuing from Lewis' History, at Page 60:
"Williams C. Coleman once lost a very fine young horse and after
making diligent search and careful inquiry of every person he saw
until his efforts proved fruitless he then offered a reward of
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fifty dollars to any person who would bring him the horse or put
him on his track so he could get him. Jack Bass struck a bee line
in the direction of Mobile and after the elapse of a few days he
brought Coleman's horse to him and received the reward."
At Page 122 of the Lewis Manuscript is listed the contributors
to the Wiliston Guards, organized at Louisville on May 13, 1861.
Among the contributors were, I. D. Coleman, $25, Wiley W. Coleman,
$20, Williams C. Coleman, $ 15, Griffin Roe Coleman, $ 10, and
W. A. Coleman is listed as contributing $50 to his son,
T. Fisk Coleman. T. Fisk Coleman was killed at Gettysburg. The
Winston Guards fought at Antietam, Gettysburg, and Fredericksburg.
At Page 136 of the Manuscript begins the history of the
Barksdale Greys. This was the third company from Winston County to
enter the Confederate War. It was named in honor of
William Barksdale of Columbus, Mississippi. This company was
organized at Webster in the northeastern part of Winston County, in
June 1861. They volunteered for three years or the duration of the
war. They were mustered into the Confederate service as Company G,
20th Mississippi Regiment. John S. Reed was captain.
The following are listed:
No. 32, Dan G. Coleman, died Vicksburg, September 10, 1863.
No. 33, Mort A. Coleman, discharged Bowling Green, Kentucky,
June 10, 1862. (Son of Williams C. Coleman).
No. 35, William J. Cooper, died Island No. 10, near Fort Pillow,
July, 1862.
No. 36, Wm. Coleman(served for the duration) son of
Isaiah Daniel Coleman.
No. 37, W. W. (Burry) Coleman, son of Griffin Coleman.
No. 38. Moses W. Coleman (brother of Burry), discharged
Grenada, Mississippi, July 4, 1862.
No. 39, Adam M. Cooper.
No. 40, John L. Cooper, died Franklin, Tennessee.
There were 135 in this company as originally constituted.
From luka the Barksdale Greys went to Lynchburg, Virginia, where
they received orders to join General Floyd's command in West Virginia,
at Big Sewell Mountain. From there they marched to Cotton Hill, WV.
Thence they marched and countermarched through West Virginia
until January, 1862, when they left Virginia for Bowling Green,
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Kentucky. In February 1862, they were ordered to Fort Donalson, TN.
where on the 14th of that month they were engaged in
the hard fought battle at that place, which resulted in the capture
of nearly the entire Confederate forces. The Barksdale Greys,
commanded by Lt. W. R. Nelson, was the second company that opened
fire on the Federals at Fort Donalson. The weather was cold and the
ground covered with snow during that memorable battle;
notwithstanding, at the surrender of the Confederate forces,
John C. Doss, Charles Lenon, Lt. E. J. Kizar, William J. Scruggs,
and Mike A. Lynch, after stacking arms, made good their escape from
capture and wended their way up a Bayou until they procured an old
dugout from a citizen and crossed over the murky water; but not
without a mishap, for Doss, Lenon, and Scruggs while crossing over
capsized the dugout and received a copious ducking. They made their
way through the snow and over the frozen ground about one hundred
miles to Franklin, where they boarded the train and soon arrived
safely at home, bringing tidings of the sad disaster and surrender
of Fort Donalson.
Capt. Reid (here spelled Reid in the Manuscript) next
rendezvoused the remnant of the Company at Corinth, at which
place they were detailed to guard the commisary stores. In a few
weeks the booming of cannon was heard at Shiloh which gave
unmistakable evidence that a battle was furiously raging there. The
Barksdale Grays applied to their Capt. for permission to go to
Shiloh, and upon permission being positively refused, M. A. Lynch,
C. C. Ivy, Henry Spear, Thos. Futree, Walter Coleman, and
Pink Marlin secretly through the night, cooked some rations and left
their post before daylight the next morning and hied away to the
battle field, which was reached about the time the battle ended.
In the fall of 1862, the members of the Barksdale Grays who
had been confined in prison at Camp Douglas
(William Charles Coleman, son of Isaiah Daniel Coleman was in this
number) were exchanged and again rendezvoused at Holly Springs, MS.
The Company marched and countermarched through
western Mississippi for some time, camping a while at Clinton.
While at the latter place Seabe McElvany went into the country and
during a conversation with a young lady she asked him, "Are you
fond of novels?" Seabe replied, "I.htm#N006087">I don't know, I never eat any; but
I am extremely fond of ingions (onions) and Lieut. Nelson sent me
out here to try and get a mess of them."
The company was ordered from Clinton to Jackson to be mounted as
cavalry, and if possible to capture Col. Grierson, who was then making a
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raid through the State. On the 16th of May, 1863, the company was
engaged in the battle of Baker's Creek. When it was discovered that
the Confederate Army could not cope with the Federal Army, whose
numerical strength so greatly exceeded their own, and that they
would be compelled to fall back; the Barksdale Grays and three
other companies of the regiment were ordered to hold the Federal
Army at bay until the Confederates could retreat. They took their
stand on Champion Hill and successfully held at bay, for several
hours, the whole Federal Army until the desired retreat was made.
And when the three companies were ordered to retreat they done
(sic) so under such a galling and terrific fire from the Federal
Army that it seemed almost impossible for a single soldier to have
escaped sudden death. After they had retreated a short distance
Lieut. W. J. Scruggs discovered that he had left his pistol and
fearlessly ran back in view of the Federal Army, amidst a shower
of lead and found his pistol. While hunting for his pistol he
discovered Theodore Lawrence snugly ensconced in a hole in the
ground, praying to God for protection.
After many advances and retreats in western Mississippi, the
company finally made an unsuccessful stand at Jackson, Mississippi,
retreating from there to Demopolis, Alabama, and thence to
Tennessee. They fought and sustained a heavy loss in Hood's
memorable slaughter pen at Franklin, Tennessee in 1864, where
Lieut. Col. Rover, commander of the regiment; Lieut. E. J. Kizar,
commander of the company, Lieut. William J. Scruggs and others
fell in the fruitless attempt to storm the enemy's impregnable
breastworks. When the strill bugle notes of Lieut. Col. Rover was
heard above the din of battle "To Storm the Fort" the company
rushed forward with impetuosity to obey his orders. Seaborn
McElvany was the first man to mount the breastworks and plant upon
it the Confederate flag, which, like the dauntless Jasper of the
revolution, or the fearless Hyacinths of the French revolution of
1848, came near costing him his life; for he fell, desperately,
but not mortally, wounded upon the enemy's breastworks. When
Seaborn McElvany mounted the Federal Breastworks, Lieut. Col. Rover,
the bravest of the brave, stood by his side, where he fell
with his face to the foe and his body pierced by a dozen minnie
balls. Lieut. Kizar, who was killed in the battle at Franklin,
Tenn., was a college graduate-an accomplished gentleman--a good
officer and as brave a man as ever unsheathed a sword. Winston County
mourns the loss of such men. Lieut. W. J. Scruggs, who was killed
in the same battle, was man of excellent morals and fine mental
attainments. The effect of his lofty and noble bearing was
indelibly
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impressed upon the hearts of his comrades. By whom this loss will
ever be deplored, and his memory cherished as a lost jewel from
the casket of life.
A short time before the surrender the companies had been
reorganized and new officers elected, when Lieut. W. R. Nelson was
elected captain of the Barksdale Grays. During the war he acted in
the capacity of private, corporal, lieutenant, captain and
physician of the company.
The Barksdale Grays did their duty fearlessly throughout the
war. Their bones were left to mingle with the dust on the
battlefields of Fort Donalson, Baker's Creek, Atlanta, Franklin,
Nashville, and many other battle fields of minor importance.
The remains of some of the Barksdale Grays repose in each of the
following States: Virginia, West Virginia, Kentucky, Tennessee,
North Carolina, South Carolina, Alabama, and Mississippi.
The following are the names of the Eleven officers and privates
of the company who were present at the Surrender on the 26th of
May, 1865, at Greensboro, North Carolina: Capt. W. R. Nelson, Sgt.
Eph Richardson, Sgt. James A. White, Sgt. Adam M. Cooper, Corp.
Thomas Harper, Corp. James Finkley, Jack Bigham, Wm. Coleman (son
of Isaiah Daniel), Sam Bateman, Fred Richardson, and Wiley Wingo.
All of the foregoing is copied from the Lewis Manuscript,
ending on Page 145 thereof. Then follows a list of contributors to
the Company when it was organized, including a. B. Cooper, $50;
Wms. C. Coleman, $25; Wiley W. Coleman, $20; Grif R. Coleman, $10;
Nimrod Triplett, $5;
Note by J. P. Coleman, March 13, 1956. Wm. Coleman was my great
uncle. l have the cherished recollections of his many visits to our
home when I.htm#N006201">I was a small boy. I have listened to him by the hour
telling his stories of his military ventures.
He was 12 years old when his father moved to Winston County, MS.
I wonder if he visited his old home and his relatives
in Fairfield County, SC, either when he was retreating before
Sherman (the route lay through Winnsboro and Blackstock) or when he
started his long trip homeward from Greensboro after the surrender.
It is now too late for me ever to find out.
On Page 148 of the Manuscript is found a list of women who
contributed to the purchase of a flag for the company when it was
organized. In the list are Sarah Cooper, Mary Metts, S. R. Coleman
(sister of William Charles) and Mary Coleman.
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WILLIAM RAGSDALE COLEMAN
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MRS. SARAH NEWPORT HEAD COLEMAN
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THOMAS BLEWETT COLEMAN. His wife, MRS.
Photo taken at Granberry, MARTHA JANE SIMPSON COLEMAN.
Texas, 1915. Photo taken at same time.
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