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CHAPTER 16
GRIFFIN B. COLEMAN OF OLD CONCORD
by J. P. COLEMAN
Son of Francis Roe Coleman, born July 12, 1786, and Grandson of
Robert Coleman, who died 1809.
For the purpose of distinguishing him from Griffin Coleman, born
1775, and Griffin Ragsdale Coleman of Winston County, we have
assigned to this man the title, "Griffin Coleman of Old Concord."
He was born March 3, 1804 and died April 18, 1853. He is buried
in the Old Concord cemetery, not used since about 1876, located
about seven miles Southwest of Ackerman, Mississippi, in the
Northeast 1/4 of Section 31, Township 16, Range 11, near the home
(1961) of Izene Blanton. His grave is marked. He was the ancestor
of an unusually large number of descendants, as this chapter will
reveal.
He was married to Elizabeth Ross, born 1800, who was buried in
the same cemetery in 1878, but her grave has no marker.
Elizabeth Ross, the wife of Griffin Coleman of Old Concord, was
the daughter of William Ross and his wife, Elizabeth. She had at
least six brothers and sisters: Sarah D., who married Richard
Blackwood; Mary, who married Samuel Chestnut; Caroline H., who
married William Wylie; Susannah, the oldest, who married a Jessup;
Jane, who married David Weir; and a brother, Francis M. Ross.
Her mother, of the same given name, was the daughter of William
Morrow, who died in Chester County, South Carolina, 1825.
She had the following aunts and uncles: Jane Morrow, who married
James Robinson; Mary Morrow, who married Alexander Parkinson;
Margaret Morrow; and an uncle, Samuel Mills Morrow.
This was discovered by Mrs. James W. Crowder, 157 York Street,
Chester, S. C., in Equity Roll Number 272, Chester County, S. C.,
which was filed on March 22, 1822.
CHILDREN OF GRIFFIN COLEMAN AND
ELIZABETH ROSS
1. Hugh Wilson, born 1828. The ancestor of a large number of
descendants.
2. Isabella, 1829-1888, married Robert Blackwood.
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3. William Alexander Coleman,1832-1876.
4. Elizabeth, b. 1835, married her second cousin, Hiram F. Cole-
man, son of Robert of Mt. Moriah. No further information
5. Francis, known as Frank,1836-1899.
6. Mary, known as Mollie, b.1842, never married.
Our first documentary proof of Griffin Coleman of Old Concord is
found in the Alabama federal land records. He was 27 years old in
the year 1830 and during the ensuing five years he bought 300 acres
of United States Government lands in Wilcox County, Alabama.
On January 16, 1836, Deed Book D, Page 323, Wilcox County,
Griffin Coleman and wife, Elizabeth Coleman, sold to William T.
Matthews the West l/2 of the Northeast 1/4 of Section 15, Township
12, Range 6, on the Alabama River. The writer visited the locality
in late August, 1955.
On May 4, 1839, Deed Book F, Page 379, Wilcox County, Griffin
Coleman conveyed to William Gaston the Southwest 1/4 of the
Southwest 1/4 of Section 30, Township 15, Range 7, Wilcox County.
By then, however, he was in Winston County, Mississippi, as the
deed was acknowledged there.
Previously, on August 27, 1836, Land Deed Book B, Page 54,
Griffin Coleman had recorded his first conveyance in Winston
County, to 160 acres, the West 1/2 of the Southwest 1/4, Section 13
and the West 1/2 of the Northwest 1/4, Section 24, Township 16,
Range 10. This was about three miles south of the William Ragsdale
(Buck) Coleman location. The house site was where William Bryan
Hutchinson lives in 1961.
From the Minutes of the Old Concord Church, Page 25, we find
that Isabella Coleman and Wilson Coleman, children of Griffin of
Old Concord, joined the Church on Friday before the second Sunday
in October, 1842.
On February 9, 1844, Griffin B. Coleman was in Greene County,
Alabama, and sold to Ryan C. Mobley (nephew of Charles P.
Coleman) forty acres, a part of the Estate of Francis R. Coleman,
deceased. Land Deed Book N, Page 806.
On Saturday before the second Sunday in August, 1847, Page 72 of
the Concord Minutes, "Bro. G [Griffin] Coleman made his statement
concerning an affray on the Master's ground on Saturday before the
fourth Sunday in July, 1847, and made acknowledgments to the Church
for language made use of by him during the fray, which was
satisfactory."
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On Saturday before the second Sunday in October, 1847, a letter
of dismission was granted lo Wilson Coleman, Page 74 of the
Minutes.
On Saturday before the second Sunday, November, 1847, letter of
dismission was granted to Bro. Griffin Coleman and wife.
Evidently, feelings engendered by the incident which took place
the previous July prompted Griffin to withdraw from the Old Concord
Church, but he withdrew in good standing.
The Mt. Moriah Church, located between French Camp and the
present town of Weir, was founded April 17, 1847. According to its
Minutes, on Saturday before the third Sunday in November, 1847,
"Brethern H. W. [Wilson] Coleman, Griffin Coleman and wife
presented letters from Concord Church, Winston County (now Choctaw
County) and were received."
Saturday before the 3 Sunday in February, 1848, G. Coleman ap-
pointed to the building committee.
H. W. Coleman became a deacon on Sat. before the 3 Sunday in
May, 1848.
Friday before the 3 Sun. in August 1848 Griffin Coleman was on
the Committee to inquire into charges growing out of the fight
between Bro. Blake and Davis.
Same date H. W. Coleman was elected a delegate to the Associa-
tion.
Sat. before the 3 Sunday in Oct. 1850, prayer was offered by
Brother G. Coleman.
Sat. before the 3 Sunday in Nov. 1850, "Resolved that this
church in all cases take truth for testimony let it come from what
sorce (sic) it may." This was in derogation of the rule in the law
courts that the testimony of a slave could not be received.
Sat. before the 3 Sunday in October, 1851, Bro. G. B. Nations
reported that he had been accused oF fornication. Hugh W. Coleman
and Griffin Coleman were on the Committee appointed "to investigate
the matter." The next month Bro. Nations was acquited.
Sat. before the 3 Sunday in March 1852 Bro. Griffin Coleman was
elected as a deacon. Sat. before the 3 Sunday in April he was
ordained. Bro. John Micou preached the sermon.
Sat. before the 3 Sunday in Sept. 1852 G. Coleman and H. W.
Coleman elected delegates to the Association.
May 14, 1853, Mt. Moriah Church voted to elect a deacon to
succeed "our worthy Brother Coleman who departed this life a few
days back and has left his seat vacant in the church."
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WINSTON COUNTY PERSONAL ASSESSMENT ROLL
OF 1847
Griffin Coleman
1 clock, 10
14 1 head of cattle
4 slaves under 60
WINSTON COUNTY CENSUS OF 1850
Griffin Coleman, 45, b. S. C.
Elizabeth, 50, b. S. C.
Elizabeth, 15, b. Alabama.
Francis, 14, b. Alabama.
Mary (Molly), 8, b. Mississippi.
DESCENDANTS OF GRIFFIN COLEMAN OF
OLD CONCORD
1. HUGH WILSON COLEMAN. Born 1828, died before 1860. His
youngest child was born in 1856. After his death, the widow
married Abner Howard.
Martha J. Coleman, the wife of Wilson Coleman, was born August
11, 1831, and died May 10, 1924, age 93. She is buried in the Weir
cemetery as are the other descendants of Wilson Coleman unless
otherwise expressly stated. She was the daughter of William Love
and his wife Lydia.
The children of HUGH WILSON COLEMAN and MARTHA J.
COLEMAN were:
1. Lydia G., born December 1, 1849, died July 2, 1932. Married
F. J. Simpson. The family moved to Stephenville, Texas, south-
west of Fort Worth. While his wife was on a visit to Mississippi,
Mr. Simpson was dragged to death by a run-away mule. She is
buried at Weir. Their children were Lela, Nannie, Ida, and Hugh,
all dead except Hugh, who now lives in Missouri.
2. Florence Irene, born October 30, 1853, died May 30, 1927. She
was known as Sallie. Married late in life to Bill Hutchinson.
3. Frank G., born November 30, 1853, died March 18, 1925. Mar-
ried Mattie Buntin, born November 21, 1856, died May 28, 1942.
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Frank G. Coleman came within a few votes on at least two diff-
ferent occasions of being elected Sheriff of Choctaw County.
4. Nannie L., born June 16, 1856, died April 27, 1941. Married
William J. Smith, born December 6, 1849, died September 6, 1923.
2. ISABELLA COLEMAN, born March 23, 1829, and died August 30,
1888. Married Robert Blackwood, who was born September 4, 1816,
and died December 17, 1886. Buried New Concord.
The 1860 Census of Winston County states that Robert Blackwood
was born in North Carolina, his wife in Alabama. He owned real
estate valued at $3,500, personal property, $800.
Children:
1. Nettie Blackwood, married Bill Roberts, Sheriff of Choctaw
County.
2. John Henry (Dock) Blackwood.
3. Marcene Elizabeth Thompson, born January 8, 1851, died May,
1940. Mother of William Griffin Thompson, born December 11,
1877.
4. William Alexander (Dutch) Blackwood, grandfather of James
Blackwood, Doyle Blackwood, and Roy Blackwood, famous Blackwood
Brothers Singers, whose father was Emmett Blackwood, and whose
great grandfather was Isaiah Daniel Coleman.
5. Richard (Dick) Blackwood, went to Texas.
6. Bob Blackwood, went to Texas.
7. George Terrell Blackwood, died in Elaine, Arkansas.
8. Rebecca (Becky) Married E. N. (Lige) Catledge.
9. Mary, married Olen Porter.
10. Ross Blackwood (E. R.), died in Memphis, resident of Arkan-
sas.
11. Sallie, married a Crow in Louisiana.
12. Tom L. Blackwood, died a few years ago in Texas.
13. Ada, married a Pomeroy.
14. E. W. (Buddy) Blackwood, lives in California.
CHILDREN OF EDWARD THOMPSON, A
CONFEDERATE VETERAN, AND ELIZABETH
MARCENE BLACKWOOD THOMPSON
1. Joe Thompson
2. William Griffin Thompson
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3. Eddie, died at age 2
4. Haley Bell, died unmarried
5. Betty, married Lee Sides
6. Jim Thompson, died in Jackson
7. Eula, married Jess Fulcher, dead
(The writer regrets very much that he does not have available
the genealogical data complete on the above extensive family, but
this data should give a good "start" to those interested.)
3. WILLIAM ALEXANDER COLEMAN, born 1832, died 1876, at the age
of 44. He married Julia Ann Black, born 1843, daughter of J. B.
Black and Nancy Poole. Her son, Mr. W. A. Coleman, who lived to be
95, told me that his mother was born in Georgia, but the 1860
census states that she was born in Mississippi. She died December
31, 1873, age forty years. She and her husband are buried in Beulah
Cemetery, near Weir, Mississippi. Their graves are immediately
north of William Alexander Coleman, born 1861.
Their children:
1. William Alexander Coleman, known as Will, born July 3, 1861,
died February 3, 1956. Age 95.
2. Charles Energy Coleman, born at West Station, where his
father was teaching school, April 7, 1866, died at Cameron,
Texas, January 19,1953, age 87.
3. Alma, born 1869. Married John M. Wade, who was born No-
vember 2, 1849, and died February 2, 1897. He is buried in the
Bear Creek Cemetery, Attala County. She thereafter married Charlie
Gladney.
William Alexander Coleman, born 1832, was a school teacher. He
was very delicate all his life, suffered from "bronchitis." His
sons, however, were very stalwart men, who lived to a great age.
The writer's grandfather, Jacob Feaster Coleman, 1853-1934, went
to school to his cousin, William Alexander Coleman, at Beulah, near
Weir, although that town was not then in existence. I have heard
Grandfather Coleman say that one of the worst thrashings he ever
received in his life was at the hands Of schoolmaster William
Alexander Coleman for some infraction of his rules at Beulah.
Our first documentary record of him is found in the Mt. Moriah
Church Minutes, Page 158, Saturday before the second Sunday in
July, 1859, when he was reported present at the church conference.
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Next, we have the Winston County personal assessment rolls of
1863, at which time he was assessed with one pleasure carriage,
valued at $100.
He was a Confederate Soldier. His son, Mr. William Alexander
Coleman, 1861-1956, told the writer he remembered the bright moon-
light night when his father got home from the War, although he was
only five years old at the time.
William Alexander Coleman, born July 3, 1861, and died February
3, 1956, was one of the writer's favorite and most loyal friends.
We spent lots of time together during which he furnished much of
the background information contained in this chapter. Indeed,
without his assistance it could never have been put together at all
for it had been lost in the threads of much time. He was a mall of
strong convictions, experienced no hesitancy in taking the side to
which he believed he should adhere, yet was personally of gentle
character, possessed of much good humor, and a Favorite to his last
days of all who knew him. He spent his life on his farm within
sight of Beulah, his native heath, and at Weir, only two miles
away. During his latter years he made his home with his daughter,
Mrs. Winfield M. Black, but maintained the closest ties and
frequent association with his large family of children, who kept
up the keenest interest in him. He enjoyed the loyalty and devotion
of a large family to the end of his days.
On December l2, 1886, he was married to Emma Catherine Steele,
born March 27, 1865, died June 27, 1930.
DEATH OF MRS. W. A. COLEMAN
(THE CHOCTAW PLAINDEALER--JULY 3, 1930)
The Plaindealer regrets to chronicle the death of Mrs. Will A.
Coleman which sad event occurred at her home south of Weir in Beat
4, in the Beulah Church community, on last Friday evening, June
27th, at 7:45, after a long illness. Mrs. Coleman was about 65
years of age, a lifelong member of the Baptist Church and an
elegant Christian character in every relation of life, and held in
high esteem by all who came in the circle oF her acquaintance. She
is survived by her husband and six children as follows: Messrs. S.
P. Coleman, McComb City; C. E. Coleman, Grenada, W. E. Coleman
Whitney, C. S. Coleman. Greenwood: John M. Coleman, Indianola;
Henry C. Coleman, Drew; Mrs. W. M. Black, Weir, and Mrs. Harvey
E. Morris, Ackerman.
Funeral services were held at Beulah Church cemetery on last
Saturday morning at 11:00 o clock, services being in charge of Rev.
D. L. Hill, pastor
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of the Baptist Church of this place, who paid a beautiful tribute
to her Christian character and life. Her six stalwart and devoted
sons acted as pallbearers when the last sad rites were performed
and her remains placed at rest to await the resurrection.
We join the many friends of the loved ones and friends in
extending our deepest sympathy in their great great bereavement.
Truly, a splendid character has passed to her reward.
CHILDREN OF WILLIAM ALEXANDER COLEMAN
(b.July 3, 1861)
1. Sam P. Coleman, b. December 13, 1888. Married on June 30,
1919,to Rubye Maynor (b.March 12, 1890). No children.
2. C. Eugene Coleman, b. March 12, 1890). Married on June 6,
1917 to Allie Belle Sloan. Children, Mary L. (Married Sam J.
Simmons) b.October 4,1918; Kathryn E., b.July 13, 1922.
3. William1 E. Coleman b. July 29, 1892. Married on October 22,
1922, Ethel Trainor. Son, William Marion Coleman, born Sep-
tember 22, 1926.
4. Myrtle Coleman, b. November 7, 1894. Married May 25, 1918,
Winfield M. Black. No children.
5. Pansy Coleman, b. July 1, 1897, Married November 17, 1920,
Harvey Morris. No children.
6. Clyde Steele Coleman, b. November 20, 1899. Married on De-
cember 11, 1926, Mamie Clare Evans. Son, Clyde Steele Cole-
man.,Jr., b. January 19, 1935.
7. John M. Coleman, b. January 9, 1903, Married on July 29, 1937
to Mayvis Prewitt, great grand-daughter of the Settler John Pre-
witt. She was born March 20, 1908.
8. Henry Carlisle Coleman, b. December 18, 1906. On May 10,
1943, married to Beulah Singletary. No children.
Charles Energy Coleman, was born April 7, 1866, at West Station,
Holmes County, Mississippi, where his father was teaching school.
He died Cameron, Texas, January 19, 1953, age 87. He moved to Texas
in 1894 and came back in 1896 to marry Susan Catherine Turnipseed,
Nov. 3, 1869-Jan. 10, 1961. Their children were Mike Coleman, d.
Aug. 6, 1959, and a daughter, Ruth Coleman, who married John
William Rosson on 1 June 30, 1925, and still lives in Cameron,
Texas.
Charles Energy Coleman was an active, vigorous man, as his
photograph taken at the age of 70, will show. For many years he
was a sales
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representative for a coffee company throughout a large territory in
Texas, and later following other pursuits of like kind.
Mrs. Alma Coleman Wade, daughter of William Alexander Coleman,
who died in 1876, was the mother of a daughter, Julia Wade, who
married Brack Miller, and was living when last heard from at 88
Virginia Street, Amarillo, Texas. Mrs. Miller was the mother of
Mrs. Deolece Miller Parmelee, who was living at Monahans, Texas, in
1962. Both these ladies have shown keen interest in family history
and have furnished much valuable information. Mrs. Alma Coleman
Wade was born Feb. 24, 1869 and died January 17, 1953. She is
buried at Bear Creek Church, Attala County.
4. FRANCIS (FRANK) COLEMAN. Born in Alabama, 1836. He served in
Company I, 15th Mississippi Infantry, Confederate States Army. On
Jan. 2, 1889, he was killed in a personal battle, in which several
others were killed, including one of his own sons. There had been a
feud with some neighbors. The killing took place in the Southeast
l/4 of the Northeast 1/4 of Section 1, Township 16, Range 10,
Choctaw (formerly Winston) County. This land was owned after 1945
by J. P. Coleman. Francis married Elizabeth Prewitt, the daughter
of John Prewitt and his wife, Mary A. Prewitt, original settlers
near the old Natchez Trace in the French Camp area, Choctaw County.
He evidently was a very strong willed man, like most of the
Colemans. Our first documentary reference to him is in the Mt.
Moriah Church minutes, Page 125, wherein it is reported that on
Saturday before the second Sunday in May, 1854, a "Committee was
appointed to talk to and admonish Bro. F. [Francis] Coleman" in
relation to certain reports." He was then eighteen years of age.
His father had been dead for a year. Then, Page 127, on Saturday
before the second Sunday in July, 1854, "the case of Bro. Frank
Coleman was then taken up. On motion of Bro. Brown he was excluded
for general misconduct." This might not have amounted to more than
dancing, as the churches were very stern on such matters in those
days.
We next find him in the Winston County Census of 1860. He then
owned real estate of the value of $1200 and personal property worth
$200. His wife is stated to have been born in Mississippi. His mothers
age 60, had real estate worth $1200.
She was living with Francis, as was the daughter, Mary, known as
Molly.
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He thereafter served in the Confederate Army, as above stated.
At the 1880 census he had a son, John J., born 1859. He was killed
in the feud of 1889 along with his father. The writer's great Aunt,
Mrs. Laura Eugenia Coleman Bruce, 1866-1934, lived in Sight of the
death ground and heard the firing. She said that John J. was an
unusually gentle, well mannered man, who could cook and baked
excellent cakes.
Frank Coleman had a daughter named Margaret, of whom we now know
nothing, except that she was born in the year 1870.
Another daughter, named Ida, was born in 1868. She married Jesse
Naugle and had no children.
Another daughter, Emma, married Charles Boggan, son of Dr.
Boggan, a near neighbor on the north side of the Yockanookany. They
moved to McKinney, Texas, and from there went to Okemah, Okla-
homa. In recent years, the writer met Mr. Aubrey Lee, then of
Redmond, Utah, a grandson of Charles and Emma Boggan. He had a
brother, Jack Lee, then living in Livermore Falls, Maine.
Griffin Coleman, of Old Concord, was a first cousin of Robert
Coleman, of Mt. Moriah.
On Wednesday evening, the 2nd day of January [1891], between
sundown and dark near Fentress in Choctaw county one of the most
terrible and bloody tragedies occured that ever happened in that
county. For sometime Mr. Francis Coleman and his son James have
been on bad terms with William and Charles DeLay over a dispute
about some land between the Colemans and the Delays and their three
sisters, the two families living only about two hundred yards
apart. On the evening mentioned the four men engaged in a deadly
conflict, in which Francis Coleman and Charles DeLay were killed
and James Coleman and William DeLay were badly wounded and Mrs.
Pearson a sister to the DeLays was severely injured. Four double
barreled shot guns loaded with buckshot and a pistol were used in
the conflict, and two of the shot guns were battered and torn to
pieces in the fight. The jury of Inquest found that Charles
Boggan, a son-in-law of Francis Coleman, was an accessary to the
killing of Charles DeLay. This is a terrible state of affairs and
it seems that peacemakers might have prevented such a tragedy by
taking the proper steps in time.-- THE WINSTON SIGNAL, January 12,
1889.
PREWITT APPENDIX
John Prewitt, the father of Frank Coleman's wife, was born in
South Carolina, March 29, 1794, and died February 6, 1873. His
wife, Elizabeth Gowan Prewitt, was born in Virginia, March 20,
1800, and
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died April 26, 1847. He married again after the death of his first
wife, but we do not know her family name.
The graves of John Prewitt and Elizabeth Gowan Prewitt may be
found on the north bank of the old Louisville and Winona public
road, now abandoned, West of the J. Phillip Prewitt place. There
are several graves. The only other marked grave is that of their
daughter, Missouri Ann Prewitt, born December 27, 1834, died
September 16, 1852.
Among the children of his first marriage were Dudley Prewitt,
Major Russell G. Prewitt, Andrew Jackson Prewitt and Dr. R. K.
Prewitt, all Confederate Veterans, as well as Elizabeth, who
married Francis Coleman. The son, Andrew Jackson Prewitt, married
Sarah (Sallie) Coleman, daughter of Isaiah Daniel Coleman and his
first wife, Agnes Ferguson.
CHOCTAW COUNTY CENSUS OF 1860
John Prewitt, age 66, farmer, born in South Carolina,
Wife, Mary A. Prewitt, 40, born in Virginia.
Sons: Jackson A. Prewitt, age 20.
Rufus K. Prewitt, age 16.
John H. Prewitt, age 10.
All born in Mississippi.
Dudley Prewitt, age 30, born in Alabama.
WINSTON COUNTY NOTES
Probate Court Records, Winston County, Book 1, Page 2. October
4, 1837.
Ordered that a jury by view be appointed to lay out a great road
leading as follows, to-wit, leaving the Choctaw road at the
Chickasaw Trace two miles above the house of N. Woodward to the
County line of Choctaw in Section No. 4 in Township No. 16 Range
10, to intersect a road leading to Greensborough in Choctaw County,
and that the following named persons be appointed said jury,
James Peeler, Alfred Gilkey, Jesse Shomaker, John Weir, Abram
Miller, John Shomaker, Tigual Pugh, David Cotton, Overton Cotton,
Stephen Miller, R. D. Brown and Larking T. Turner, and that they
meet at the time and place appointed by the Sheriff, etc.
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This is the road which later became the Louisville and Winona
Road. lt is still in its original location through the farm of J.
P. Coleman. It ran immediately in front of the William Ragsdale
Coleman house, later owned by Daniel Coleman.
November 25, 1837 (Page 6).
W. C. Coleman took his seat as a Member of the Board of Police
for Winston County.
Wednesday, 14 February, 1838.
It is further ordered that S. T. Potts be appointed overseer on
the Coleman Road from where the Tchula Road leaves the same to the
county line and that he have the following named hands, to-wit, S.
T. Potts and hands, R. D. Brown and hands, W. R. Coleman and
hands, William Head and hands, Elijah Brown.
Page 16.
James May appointed Captain of the Patrol in Beat 4. Griffin
Coleman and William R. Coleman, Members of the Company.
Page 26. February, 1839. Williams C. Coleman noted as living on
the Macon Road between Louisville and Murphy Creek.
January 6, 1840.
Williams C. Coleman still a Member of the Police Court and Burr
H. Head elected President of the Court. (Page 44).
Page 85. Services of W. C. Coleman and Burr H. Head on the Board
of Police expired. Burr H. Head appointed Overseer of the Poor.
February 15, 1842. William R. Coleman Overseer of the Coleman
road from his place to the Choctaw County line.
James McLcelland Sherilf in 1842.
May, 1844. The Board of Police places a bounty of four dollars
for each wolf killed.
February 15, 1845, lsaac Coleman appointed Overseer of the Cole-
man Road from W. R. Coleman's to the county line.
Page 29. June Term, 1838.
Burr H. Head, Administrator, Estate of William Head, deceased.
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R. D. Brown, Samuel T. Potts, and Caleb Barron, Appraisers of
the Estate.
27 slaves
20 hogs
9 cattle
6 horses
Total Estate $13,419.70
All the heirs conveyed the lands, 200 acres, Section 9 and 10,
Township 16, Range 11, to Susannah Head.
W. R. Coleman, who signed for his wife; John Murphy, of
Tuscaloosa County, Alabama, who must have signed for his wife;
James B. McLelland, same; Burr H. Head; William W. Head.
William R. Coleman received 7 slaves in the distribution of the
estate.
John W. Murphy received 7 slaves.
James B. McLelland, received 7 slaves.
William W. Head, received 3 slaves and 143 acres of land in
South Carolina.
Susannah Head, received 3 slaves.
July 1, 1839. Samuel T. Potts, R. D. Brown, John Kennedy,
Griffin Coleman, John Weir, Thomas Weir, Thomas P. Miller, William
Smith, John Smith, James G. Rook, John Gardner, and Nathaniel
Woodward appointed a jury to meet at the home of William R. Coleman
on July 15 to determine the mental condition of William W. Head. It
was the verdict of the jury that William W. Head was wholly
incapable of taking care of himself.
Burr H. Head appointed Guardian. Made bond for $12,000.00
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