Descendants of Robert Coleman of Nansemond County Virginia 1684-1930

Chapter 19. Descendants of Mary Polly Coleman McClure of Hamilton County Tennessee

By permission, the text below is excerpts from a book, The Colemans of North Hamilton County Tennessee by Cy Yarborough.
Editor's notes are my additions based on reports people have given me or I have researched - Wes Coleman

Mary is believed to be the oldest daughter of our original Tennessee ancestor, Charles Coleman. She was born, according to various census records, somewhere between 1820 and 1822, in either Georgia or Tennessee.

In the 1840 Bledsoe County census there is a G. B. McClure listed on the same page as Polly's brother Benjamin Franklin Coleman. This could have been Polly and her husband or possibly her father-in-law.

In the 1850 Bledsoe County census Polly is shown living with her brother B. F. Coleman. She is listed as being 30 years old and being born in Tennessee. She had 1 son, John McClure, age 4. No husband is listed.

In the 1860 Sequatchie County census she is listed as Mary McClure, she is shown as head of the household, 38 years old, born in Georgia and illiterate. She is shown as having 4 children.

	John McClure, age 15, 
	James McClure, age 8, 
	Mary McClure, age 6,
	George McClure, age 1.

She was living in close proximity to her brother Washington Coleman.

Mary, or Polly is not located again. It is presumed she died between 1860 and 1870, as 3 of her children, James, Mary and George were recorded in the 1870 Putnam County, Tennessee census as living with Polly's brother Washington Coleman.

Nothing else is known of Mary Polly Coleman McClure or any of her children. Nothing is known of her husband or what happened to him. Also, it is not known if she is in any way connected with John McClure, husband of her niece Elizabeth Coleman McClure.

(386) Mary Polly Coleman McClure had these children:

(417)  1. John McClure                     b. 1846, in TN
(418)  2. James McClure                    b. 1852, in TN
(419)  3. Mary McClure                     b. 1854, in TN
(420)  4. George McClure                   b. 1859, in TN

In the pension application for John McClure, Sr., John McClure Jr. is listed as living in McMinnville, in Warren County, TN.

In the 1870 U.S. Census for McMinnville, Warren County, we find:

   John McClure   25  b. 1846
   Sally McClure  21  b. 1849
   James McClure   2  b. 1868