Guthrie Family Group 4 – Branch A
SARAH ‘SALLY’ GUTHREY 1752VA – 1825KY and REV. BENJAMIN COLEMAN
of Cumberland and Amherst Counties, Virginia and Trimble County, Kentucky, USA

SARAH GUTHREY aka ‘SALLY’
Parents: Thomas Guthrey c1717VA-1800VA and Sarah Oakes
Birth: 10 May 1752
Birth Location: Virginia, probably in Cumberland County
Marriage: Rev. Benjamin Coleman on 18 February 1771 in Virginia
Coleman Children: 8
Death: 27 June 1825
Death Location: Trimble County, Kentucky, USA
Burial: Corn Creek Baptist Church Cemetery, Milton, Trimble, Kentucky, USA

REV. BENJAMIN COLEMAN
Parents: Daniel Coleman and Patience Thompson (Unverified)
Birth: 3 September 1751
Birth Location: Cumberland County, Virginia
Occupation: Baptist Minister
Death: 13 Sep 1832
Death Location: Trimble County, Kentucky, USA
Burial: Corn Creek Baptist Church Cemetery, Milton, Trimble, Kentucky, USA

NOTES:
Sarah Guthrey was born on 10 May 1752 in Virginia, probably in Cumberland County. She married Benjamin Coleman at a time when religious freedoms were still very much a legal matter. They married on 18 February 1771. Although trees list their marriage taking place in Amherst County, it is not found listed among Amherst County Marriage Bonds. It makes more sense that it would take place in Cumberland County where the bride’s parents were living.

It is believed by descendants that Benjamin Coleman served in the Revolutionary War. He was definitely of the right age to serve in a military capacity, and the laws of the time may have required him to enlist. Whether or not he served as a soldier, descendants still qualify for the SAR/DAR because he is documented as serving the Patriot cause. According to a basic DAR ancestor search (#A206054), Benjamin Coleman’s service was that he “furnished supplies”. (Read: Rev War Public Service Claims Index/Benjamin Coleman)

His memorial stone at his burial site includes military honors designating him as Capt. Benjamin Coleman, 1st NC Regiment Rev War, but the corresponding documentation does not match. This appears to be a case of mistaken identity. Uncertain if the original stone marker still exists or if it was completely replaced. See the Reading & Resources section below for info and provide more details if you have them.

Benjamin became a Baptist minister legally licensed to perform marriages in Amherst County, Virginia where he served as a pastor at Buffalo Church and at a second church ‘near the Mt. Pleasant M.E. Church.’

“Frontier Settlements and Communities Along the James. – Settlement in Old Amherst”…”In 1782, William Cabell signed a License for Benjamin Coleman, a Baptist, to allow him to “Celebrate rites of matrimony per order of Court,” a sign of the rise of the dissenters, and the change in the law that previously allowed rite of marriage to conducted only by Anglican priests.” (Seaman: p.168)

The Rev. Benjamin Coleman was noted to have performed marriages in Virginia and Kentucky. On 23 Sep 1782, Ann Vaughan, widow of Cornelius Vaughan, Jr was married by Rev. Coleman, to Edward Carter of Amherst County. (Sweeny: Marriage Bonds and Other marriage Records of Amherst County, Virginia-1763-1800, page 16.)

Benjamin Coleman appeared on the Amherst County, Virginia ‘early census index’ formed from Tax Lists for the year 1783. Census records list all of their children as being born in Virginia. They had 3 sons and 5 daughters.

Sarah (Wright) Campbell, widow of Henry Campbell, stated their marriage took place in Amherst County as 19 May 1786 performed by Reverend Benjamin Coleman, officiating minister of the Baptist Church after obtaining a license from the county clerk. (Fold3: W.6615)

“Buffalo church is now prosperous and happy; but for some time after her constitution there was considerable confusion, through the misconduct of BENJAMIN COLEMAN, their first pastor. In 1799, Elder John Young, who had moved from Caroline, settled in the bounds of this church and became their pastor the ensuing year, viz., 1800. In 1803 God smiled and as many as eighty or ninety sinners were enticed to Jesus.” The author does not specify the nature of Rev. Coleman’s “misconduct” whether that be social, legal, or religious. “The meeting house of Buffaloe church stood in the vicinity of Amherst Courthouse. At an early period in their history the name of the church was changed to Mount Moriah, by white they are still known.” (Semple, p.225-226)

Benjamin and Sally Coleman sold their Amherst County, Virginia property in 1804 and 1806.
6 Sep 1804 – Benjamin Coleman and wife Sally to John Ware of Amherst. Consideration of $150 in hand paid, sell a tract of land in Amherst County on both sides of Iriish Creek a south branch of Polar(?) River containing 104 acres. Neighbors mentioned: Thomas Tucker, John Ware. Signed and sealed by Ben and Sally Coleman. Witnesses: James Martin Sen., Virgil Coleman, N. Vanstavern. (Deed Book K – Page 120)

20 November 1806 – Benjamin Coleman to Benjamin Taliaferro. For the sum of 6 pounds Virginia money in hand paid have sold one tract of land containing 80 acres in the County of Amherst on the blue ridge on the branches of the Shady Mountain Creek. Mentions neighbor John Childress. Signed and Sealed by Benja. Coleman with the following witnesses: Charles P Taliaferro, Peter Taliaferro, Walter Sandidge, Jack Carter. Recorded 16 Feb 1807. (Deed Book K – Page 526)

Neither deed specifies that the Colemans were still living in Amherst County at the time, but they both signed the documents rather than having a local attorney complete the sale on their behalf.

Benjamin, Sally, and family moved to Kentucky sometime after 1806. Tracking them in Kentucky is a little tricky. County formation dates are important to consider.

Henry County KY – formed in 1798 from a portion of Shelby
Oldham County KY – formed in 1823 from Henry, Jefferson, and Shelby
Trimble County KY – formed in 1837 from Oldham, Gallatin, and Henry

In 1810, Ben should be about 59 and Sally about 58. All except their youngest three children were married prior to that date leaving Polly (22), Wyatt (19), and Lucy (17) still in the household.

The 1810 KY Census lists one Benjamin Coleman household in Henry County.
1F 45 and over, 1M 26-44, 1M and 1F 16-25, 1F 10-15. Slaves: 3.
Possible match if they checked the wrong boxes and put Ben and daughter Lucy in younger age category.

Lucy Coleman married in Henry County, KY in 1815 to Zachariah Mcgannon

By 1820, Ben would be about 69 and Sally about 68. All of their children were married by that date. There are no heads of household listed by the name Benjamin Coleman in Henry County. There are 2 elsewhere in KY. One in Clark, KY is either Catman or Colman. The other is in Little York, Hardin, KY. Neither lists a male and female of 45 and over. There is a good chance that Ben and Sally were living with relatives in 1820.

Their son, Virgil Coleman, purchased property on Corn Creek in Oldham County, Kentucky in 1824. He had been in Gallatin County, KY as early as 1808 when he married his first wife Lydia Limmon. Virgil is also not listed as a HOH in 1820.

Benjamin Coleman was buried at the Corn Creek Cemetery (now in Trimble County KY) associated with Corn Creek Baptist Church. The KY Kinfolk site claims that Coleman founded the church about 1800 after coming to Trimble County with his nephew Stephen Coleman and family. Others state the church was founded “by the old pioneer preacher John Taylor” and initially had about 20 members. “He contended that the church should be administered to by the preacher or preachers who happened to be members of the church.” So, the church did not have a regular pastor for 27 years. Corn Creek’s church minutes (1800-1894) are available on microfilm.

On 11 September 1824, Benjamin Coleman felt the need to write his last will and testament devising firstly that his slave Nancy go to his daughter Sally. Next, that all of his remaining property real and perishable remain “in the hands of my loving wife Sally Coleman for support during her natural life. After her decease everything was to be divided equally amongst the rest of his children: Daniel Coleman, Elizabeth Read, Patience Sandridge, Virgil Coleman, Polly Mayfield, Wyatt Coleman, and Lucy McGannon. Wife Sally and sons Virgil and Wyatt were to be his executors.

Benjamin did not die in 1824. If he was having a health crisis or just feeling his age, it was not enough to end his life. Sally died before him. A broken tombstone marks her burial place at Corn Creek Cemetery in what was once Oldham and now Trimble County, Kentucky. (Trimble County KY was formed in 1837 from Oldham, Henry, and Gallatin Counties).It reads: In memory of SARAH COLEMAN who died June the 24th 1835. The 73rd year of her age.

The 1830 census of Oldham County, Kentucky lists Benjamin Coleman at 70-79 years of age. No other family were living with him. He had 5 slaves: 1F 55-99, 2F 36-54, 1F 10-23, and 1M under 10.

Benjamin’s death came on 13 September 1832. He was 81.

COLEMAN CHILDREN: 8
Y-DNA Project Participants: N/A – Female Guthrie
Autosomal DNA Participants: NONE

CHILD 1: DANIEL COLEMAN
1772VA – 1833KY
Spouse: Elizabeth Connell

Daniel Coleman was born on 20 September 1772 in Virginia. Whether this was in Cumberland County or if his parents had already moved to Amherst County is unknown. He would have grown to adulthood in Amherst County. Although the dates his parents moved from VA to KY are a little fuzzy, Daniel Coleman was already in Kentucky by 31 December 1797 when he married Elizabeth Connell. She was the daughter of Jesse Connell and his wife Nancy Ann Lawson.

The Shelby KY Grantee Index beginning in 1793 does not show any land purchases there by Daniel Coleman. Gallatin County KY was formed from sections of Shelby and Franklin Counties and officially established on 14 Dec 1798.

The first property purchase found for Daniel Coleman is in 1805 Gallatin KY. He brought 50 acres of land from his father-in-law, Jesse Connell Sr on Corn Creek. In 1816, he purchased another 170A of land on Corn Creek and Locust Creek from Samuel Todd and wife. Another 10 and a half acres was added to the Corn Creek property during purchases in 1817 and 1825.

Daniel Coleman and family were enumerated in the Henry KY census for 1810:
1M and 1F 26-44 (born 1766-1784), 1M and 2F 10-15, 3M and 1F under 10, plus 2 Slaves.

The War of 1812 began 18 June 1812 and ended 18 February 1815 fought primarily over British limitations on American trade with Europe, and the impressment of American merchant vessels and seamen into the British Royal Navy. Daniel Coleman is credited with service as a soldier during this military conflict. He was inducted as a private in the 5th Regiment of Kentucky Volunteers and discharged under the rank of corporal.

During the 1820 Gallatin, KY, the Daniel Coleman household consisted of 14 persons:
1M 45 and over, 1F 26-44, 1M and 3F 16-25, 3M 10-15, 2M under 10, and 3 Slaves (1F 45 and over, 2M under 14) with 6 persons engaged in agriculture.

Father-in-law, Jesse Connell Sr wrote his will in 1821, which included a bequest to his daughter: “I give to my Daughter Elizabeth Coleman, my Bible, in token for my Parental respect & affection, having heretofore made reasonable provision for her.”

Elizabeth died in October of 1826.

The 1830 Census of Gallatin, KY lists the Daniel Coleman household with:
1M 50-59, 2M and 1F 20-29, 1M 15-19, 1M 10-14, and 4 Slaves (1M and 2F 10-23, 1D under 10).

Daniel Coleman died on 24 March 1833. He left a will dated 9 March 1833 witnessed by William A Wood, William L Wood, Presley Gray and Greenup Nicholson. His executor was his son, Jesse Coleman. It was probated in June of 1833 with an appraisement on 7 October 1833 by R. J King, John W Taylor, and Alexander Givens. The will left legacies for sons William, Dabney, Jesse, Wyatt F, Lewis, and Woodford, and his daughters Sally George, Elizabeth Collier, and Parthey Coleman. He desired that Woodford would become guardian to his son William, and wished them to live together.

Coleman Children: 9
Y-DNA Project Participants: N/A – Descendant of a Female Guthrey
Autosomal DNA Participants: None

1.) Sarah ‘Sally’ Coleman 1798KY-1854IN (m.1823 Gallatin KY) Milton George +children
2.) Jesse Coleman 1800KY-1889MO (m1. 1823 Gallatin KY) Sarah ‘Sally’ Connell +child; (m2.1836 Gallatin KY) Mary Ann Trout +children
3.) Elizabeth Coleman 1801KY-1864IN (m.1820 Gallatin KY) Steward Collier +children
4.) Patience ‘Parthey’ Coleman 1803KY-1888MO (m.1836 Gallatin KY) m. Francis Duncan +children
5.) Wyatt F. Coleman 1805KY-1851KY (m.1837 Woodford KY) Martha Lord +children
6.) Lewis Coleman 1807KY – Aft. 1870 (m.1829 Oldham KY) Henrietta Hall +children
7.) Woodford Guthrie Coleman 1809KY-1879IN (m.1834 Gallatin KY) Sarah Nicholson +children
8.) Dabney C Coleman 1811KY-1880KY (m.1839 Trimble KY) Paulina Mayfield +children
9.) William Lawson Coleman 1816KY-1896KY (m1. 1848 Oldham KY) Jane G Duncan +children, (m2. 1868 Henry KY) Elizabeth A Patterson) +child

CHILD 2: SARAH “SALLY” COLEMAN
1773VA-Aft. 1840 KY
Spouse: Peter Gabhart / Gabbart / Gabbert

Y-DNA Project Participants: N/A – Descendant of a Female Guthrey
Autosomal DNA Participants: None

The eldest daughter in the family was also a Sarah who was called Sally. She was born on 1 March 1773 and grew up in Amherst County, Virginia..She married at 20 years of age on 1 March 1793 in Amherst to Peter Gabhart,/Gabbert reportedly a son of Mathias Gabbert and Christina Bumgardner of neighboring Rockbridge County, VA. This couple moved from Virginia to Kentucky prior to 1810 when the census lists them in Mercer County, KY.

There are a couple of earlier Gabhart/Gabbert property purchases in Mercer KY, but the first deed for Peter Gabbard is for the year 1810 – Book 7 Page 423 when he bought land from William and Mary Wood on 24 Feb 1810. For consideration of 195 pounds current money of Kentucky, a tract of land in Mercer KY on the waters of Chapline Fork containing by estimation 150 acres.
(Note that there are also Guthries on this Mercer KY list, but they are associated with people from GFG2.)

Census of 1810 Mercer KY Census: Peter Gabert Household:
1M and 1F 26-44 (born 1766-1784), 2F 10-15 (born 1780-1800), 3M and 3F under 10 (born 1801-1810).

Census of 1820 Mercer KY Census: Peter Gabbard Household:
1M 45 and over (born before 1776), 1F 26-44 (1776-1794), 1M and 1F 16-25 (1795-1804), 2M 10-15 (1805-1810), 2F under 10 (1811-1820), plus 3 Slaves (1F 26-44, 2M under 14).

Peter Gabbert purchased more Mercer KY property from Jacob Larue and John Hodgin on 20 March 1822. The cost was $50 current money of Kentucky for a tract of land in Mercer County on Chaplins Fork containing by estimation 90-3/4 acres. DB 12 – Page 373.

The last will and testament of Peter Gabbart was written 8 May 1827 about ten years before his death. (Will Book 10 – Page 533) “First, I give and bequeath unto my beloved wife Sally Gabbert all my estate of every kind real and personal (except what is herein specially devised)…” To daughter Anna – negro girl named Mary; To son Lewis – my negro boy named Sam. Other children – John, Elijah, George, Polly Horn, Betsy Bennet, Caty Nickels, Rhoda Galbert, Lucy Galbert.

Census of 1830 Perryville, Mercer, KY: Peter Gabbert Household:
1M 60-69, 1F 50-59, 1M 30-39, 1M 20-29, 2F 15-19, 1M 5-9, plus 7 Slaves: 1F 36-54, 1M 10-23, 2M and 3F under 10.

Just months before his death, Peter Gabbert purchased property from William Stewart’s heirs & James Hawkins’ heirs on 25 Nov 1836. Consideration of $63. A parcel of land on Chaplains Creek neighboring Gabbert’s property containing 63 acres. – DB 20, p. 59. No Peter Gabbert property sales were found in the Mercer KY Direct General Index to Deeds (Grantors).

Peter’s will was presented at the April Court for Mercer County KY in 1837 and ordered to be recorded. An inventory taken 15 May 1837 was recorded (Will Book 10 – p.556). A division of land was recorded for Peter Gabhart’s estate on 13 Feb 1845 (Will Book 12 – pages 182-185).

Trees list Sally’s death in 1836, but she appears as a Head of Household in the 1840 Mercer KY:
1F 60-69 (born 1771-1780), 1M 15-19 (born 1821-1830), plus 7 slaves with 5 employed in agriculture.

Gabbert Children: 10
Y-DNA Project Participants: N/A – Descendant of a Female Guthrey
Autosomal DNA Participants: None

1.) Polly Gabbert 1795VA-bet.1841-46KY (m.1817 Mercer KY) Jacob Horn +children
2.) Elizabeth ‘Betsey’ Gabbert 1796VA-1857IN (m.1812 Madison KY) William Bennett +children
3.) John C Gabbert 1798VA-1859KY (m1. 1816 Mercer KY) Polly Kirkland, (m2. abt 1842) Artemisia Curry +children
4.) Catherine ‘Caty’ Gabbart 1802VA-1882IN (m.1817 MercerKY) Jeremiah Whitten Nichols +children
5.) Elijah Gabbert 1805VA – ???? (m.1824 Mercer KY) Malinda Divine – children?
6.) George Lewis Gabbert (m.1832 Mercer KY) Nancy Bottom (d/o Edmund Bottom & Sarah Jane MNU) +children
7.) Rhoda Gabbert abt.1810KY-1865KY (m.1828 Mercer KY) Hardin Graves +children
8.) Lucy Gabbert 1811KY-bef.1890KY (m.1831 Mercer KY) Richard H Boswell +children
9.) Anne Gabbert 1819KY-1860KY (m.1840 Mercer KY) Jesse Deshazer +chilren
10.) Lewis Coleman Gabbert 1821KY-1875KY (m1. abt.1843 Mercer KY) Nancy Bottom (d/o Turner W Bottom & Elizabeth Chatham) +children (m2. 1860 Mercer MY) Almira Rice

CHILD 3: ELIZABETH COLEMAN
1775VA-1836KY
Spouse: John W Reed

Elizabeth Coleman was born 11 October 1775 in Amherst County, Virginia where she grew up. She was 17 at her marriage, which required the consent of her father.

11 Oct 1792 John Reed, bachelor, to Elizabeth Coleman, spinster. Surety: Daniel Coleman. Consent by her father, Benjamin Coleman. Marriage by Reverend William Crawford.

John Reed served in the American Revolution as a patriot soldier and applied for a pension. (John Reed S.11280)

They also ended up in Trimble, KY, so it is possible that everyone moved as a family group or that they proceeded or followed the rest of the family.

A newspaper clipping written by Aileen Pierce Gentry, found at Ancestry, describes the old John Reed home located on Cutshaw Lane. “The two-story red brick house, known as the John Lee home, was located on Cutshaw Lane in the eastern area of Bedford, before demolition. The house was build about 1825 by the Reverend Benjamin Coleman and his daughter, Elizabeth, who Maddie John Reed, according to the Henry County records in which county the property was then situated.” … “Mrs Vera Cutshaw Garriott recalled the stone-lined underground burial chamber which was located just east of the dwelling, and that a large iron key to the door was left hanging by the kitchen door. During her childhood, she and her playmates often visited the underground room and she remembered seeing the coffins of seven members of the Coleman family.”

Trimble County KY Probate Records found for John Reed include a Will (WB 1 p.51 – IMG55), Inventory (WB 1 p.55 IMG58) and List of Sales (WB 1 p.65).
The will: “I John Reed of Oldham County”….son Gabriel, daughters Katherine Bell, Polly Wright, and Elizabeth Hall; daughter Nancy only gets $1 due to her ‘disobedience and conduct’. Written 25 Oct 1836. Recorded December Court Trimble KY 1839.

Daughter Nancy apparently did not make any improvement to her relationship with her father during the three years between the writing of his will and his death in 1839. Nancy removed from Kentucky to Switzerland County, Indiana where she married three times outliving all of her husbands. She returned to Trimble County after the death of her husband, John Ryker. Her sister Elizabeth (Reed) Hall was have been living at the time and they shared a home together in their final years. Both died in 1883..

Reed Children: 5
Y-DNA Project Participants: N/A – Descendant of a Female Guthrey
Autosomal DNA Participants: None

1.) Catherine Reed 1792KY-1858IA (m.1811 Henry KY) Charles Bell +children
2.) Gabriel Reed Abt. 1793KY – Aft. 1850IN (m. 1834 Henry KY) Linda Mays +children
3.) Mary ‘Polly’ Reed 1795KY-1859/60KY (m.1814 Henry KY) Nelson Wright +children
4.) Elizabeth Reed 1796KY-1883KY (m. 1817 Henry KY) Robert Hall +children
5.) Nancy Reed 1797KY-1883KY (m1. 1839 Switzerland IN) Oliver Welsh, (m2. 1847 Switzerland IN) William Witherspoon, (m3. 1859 Jefferson IN) John G Ryker – no known children

CHILD 4: PATIENCE COLEMAN
1784VA-1864KY
Spouse: John Sandidge Jr

Patience Coleman was born on 5 September 1784 in Amherst County, Virginia. Her marriage to John Sandidge Jr took place on 22 January 1803. She was 18 and he was about 20 or 21. Despite being styled as a “Jr” his father was named Pulliam Sandidge according to VA Marriage Records. Online trees and Find-a-Grave list his father as Larkin Gatewood Sandidge.

This couple settled in Lincoln County, KY by the 1820 census. The “John Sandridge” household includes:
1M and 1F 26-44, 2M and 1F 10-15, 5M under 10, plus 1 slave with 4 people engaged in Agriculture.

1830 Lincoln KY: “John Sandadge” household
1M 50-59, 1F 40-49, 1M 20-29, 2M 15-19, 2M 10-14, 2M and 1F 5-9, 2F under 5, with 5 Slaves (1F 10-23, 1M and 3F under 10.)

1840 Lincoln, KY: “John Sandrick” household:
1M and 1F 50-59, 3M 20-29, 1M and 1F 15-19, 2F 10-14, with 10 Slaves (1F 36-54, 1F 24-35, 2F 10-23, 2M 10-23, 2M under 10.

1850 Lincoln, KY: :”John Gandige” household:
John Gandige 68 male Farmer Real Estate: 7395 birthplace VA
Patience Gandige 65 birthplace VA
Patience Gandige 19 birthplace VA

1860 Lincoln KY: John Sandridge household:
John Sandridge 79 male white born Virginia, farmer, Real Estate 8340, Personal Estate 8000
Patience Sandridge 76 female white born Virginia

John Sandidge died on 27 March 1863 in Stanford, Lincoln, Kentucky. His wife Patience (Coleman) Sandidge died the following year in the same location on 17 July 1864.

John Sandidge’s last will and testament are in Lincoln KY Will Book U, pages 183-185. An appraisement of the estate of John Sandidge, decd, was completed 2 Nov 1863 and recorded in Will Book U, pages 372-375 (IMG217). A Sale Bill dated 3 Nov 1863 is found in Will Book U, pages 375-378 (IMG218). The administrators’ account for John’s estate is recorded in Will Book U, pages 402-404 (IMG232).

Probate records for Patience Sanding include an estate appraisal WB U Page 589 (IMG331), and Sale Bill WB U Page 590-591 (IMG332).

Sandidge Children: 15
Y-DNA Project Participants: N/A – Descendant of a Female Guthrey
Autosomal DNA Participants: None

1,) Daniel Sandidge 1804VA-1882IL (m1. Lincoln KY) Permelia Tate, (m2. 1845 Schuyler IL) Cyntha Phillips
2.) Clayton Walter Sandidge 1805VA-1870KY (m.1864 Garrard KY) Emily Francis Lawless +children
3.) Pulliam Sandidge 1807KY-1872MO (m.1828 Lincoln KY) Elizabeth ‘Betsey’ L Tate +children
4.) Emily Sandidge 1808KY – 1827KY – died at 19 years of age – no further details
5.) Joshua Sandidge (m. 1833 Casey KY) Mary ‘Polly’ Hoag + children
6.) James Sandidge 1813KY-1879KY (m.1836 Lincoln KY) Matilda Hocker +children
7.) Larkin Sandidge 1811KY-1865KY (m. 1834 KY) Almira Hocker +children
8.) Walter D Sandidge Abt. 1816KY – Aft 1860 – Unmarried as of 1860 – No Further Details
9.) John W Sandidge 1818KY-1885KY (m.1841 Lincoln KY) Mariah Hocker +children
10.) Wyatt Sandidge 1818KY-1885KY (m. KY) Margaret Ann Dunn +children
11.) Mary Ann Rebecca Sandidge 1821KY-1889KY (m. 1837 Green, KY) William Mallory Burks +children
12) Madison Sandidge 1823KY-1898KY (m.1843 Lincoln KY) Elender Ann Dunn +children
13.) Leanta Sandidge 1825KY-1848KY (m. 1845 Lincoln KY) Armstead Milner Feland +children
14.) Sarah Amanda Sandidge 1827KY-1904KY (m.abt 1847 KY) John P Hughes +children
15.) Patience R Sandidge 1830KY-1853KY (m. 1850 KY) Armstead Milner Feland +children

CHILD 5: VIRGIL D COLEMAN
1786VA – 1857IN
Spouse 1: Lydia Limmon
Spouse 2: Mary ‘Polly’ Cummins

Virgil D Coleman was born on the third of April 1786 in Amherst County, Virginia. He was twice married. His first wife was Lydia Limmon, a year younger than he, whom he married on 23 May 1808 in Gallatin, KY. They set up their home in Oldham County KY where Virgil worked as a farmer. They were parents to 3 sons and 5 daughters. Lydia died on 7 July 1828 in Oldham County.

With a household of young children, Virgil soon remarried to Mary ‘Polly’ Cumins on 20 April 1829. She was nearly 18 years his junior. They remained in Oldham County KY nearly a decade, but moved to Johnson, Ripley, Indiana by 1840. They had 3 sons and 3 daughters, the youngest two of which were born in Indiana.

Virgil died in Ripley County on 15 November 1857 at the age of 71. Polly’s death came on 8 August 1871 when she was 67. They are buried at the Kirtley-Coleman Family Cemetery in Versailles, Ripley, Indiana. Ripley, Indiana Property and Probate Records are ‘locked’ to regular online viewing. You must be at the Family History Center or an affiliated library for access.

Coleman Children: 14
Y-DNA Project Participants: N/A – Descendant of a Female Guthrey
Autosomal DNA Participants: None

1.) John Wesley Coleman 1809KY-1863 (m.1829 Oldham KY) Eliza Toombs +children
2.) Zeralda Coleman 1811KY-1872KY (m.1829 Oldham KY) Thomas B Chandler +children
3.) Sarah ‘Sally’ Coleman 1814KY – Aft. 1870 (m. 1834 Oldham KY) Samuel M Gilham +children
4.) Lucretia Coleman 1817KY-1828KY – Died at 10 years of age
5.) Amy Coleman 1820KY-1822KY – Died in Early Childhood
6.) William G Coleman 1822KY-1826KY – Died in Early Childhood
7.) Samuel Coleman 1825KY-1826KY – Died in Infancy
8.) Mary Coleman 1827KY-1892IN (m.abt 1855IN) Fielding Hyatt +children
9.) Daniel T Coleman 1830KY-1865NY (m.1851 Ripley IN) Melissa Ann Gordon +children
10.) George Samuel Coleman 1831KY-1887IN (m.1867 Ripley IN) Mary Margaret Austin +children
11.) Cleora Melissa Coleman 1832KY-1890IN (m.1851 Ripley IN) Thomas Franklin Spencer +children
12.) Enoch W Coleman 1835KY-1900IN [(m.1881 Ripley IN) Agnes A (Pursell) Vansickle +children]? – vs. single
13.) Julia Ann Coleman 1842IN-1916IN (m.1869 IN) John Colson +children
14.) Lydia Ann Coleman 1842IN-1931IN (m.1880 IN) Nicholas Hostutler -no children

CHILD 6: MARY “POLLY” COLEMAN
1788VA-1873KY
Spouse: Burdette Mayfield

Mary Coleman was born on 19 October 1788 in Amherst County, Virginia. Like many others of her name was informally called Polly. She married a little later than her sisters. She was 24 years old at her marriage to Burdette Mayfield on All Hallows Eve the 31st of October 1812. They were in Henry County at the time, and may still have been there when Trimble County was formed. The couple remained in Trimble the rest of their lives. Their children included three sons and five daughters.

Burdette Mayfield’s last will and testament is recorded in Trimble KY (WB Vol.1 pp.207-208 IMG153). He signed it on 8 March 1861. His death occurred almost a decade later on 27 October 1870, and notice of the will was provided by son Irvin Mayfield during the November Term at the Trimble County Court on 14 Nov 1870. It was officially recorded at the clerk’s office on 13 Dec 1870.

Henry County FHL 007898390 Gen. Index to Deeds and Mortgages – Letter M Section begins IMG 246. No Mayfield entries were found browsing thru 1830.

Trimble KY FHL 007895983 Grantee Index Mayfield section shows no purchases by Burdette Mayfield. The FHL 007900914 Grantor Index Mayfield section includes sales by “B” Mayfield.

Son Irvin Mayfield (WB Vol 2, p.94 IMG74) and daughter Mary C Mayfield (WB Vol.2, p.145 IMG101) also have wills recorded in Trimble County.

Mayfield Children: 9
Y-DNA Project Participants: N/A – Descendant of a Female Guthrey
Autosomal DNA Participants: None

1.) Wyatt Mayfield 1813KY-1873MO (m.1837 Trimble KY) Mary Ann Elizabeth Gossom +children
2.) Sallie Mayfield 1815KY-1883KY (m.1840 Trimble KY) Haydon W Fisher +children
3.) Eliza Mayfield 1816KY-1884KY (m.1838 Trimble KY) Daniel Trout +children
4.) Paulina Mayfield 1818KY-1880KY (m.1839 Trimble KY) Dabney Coleman s/o Daniel & Elizabeth (Connell) Coleman +children
5.) Irvin Mayfield 1820KY-1889KY (m.1849 Trimble KY) Everline Maddox +child
6.) Benjamin Coleman Mayfield 1822KY-1907IN (m.1852 Jefferson IN) Lucy Jane George +children
7.) Mary C Mayfield 1824KY-1896KY – unmarried – died at 72 years of age
8.) Hannah Mayfield 1826KY-1905KY (m.1846 Trimble KY) William N Trout +child

CHILD 7: WYATT COLEMAN
1791VA-1854KY
Spouse 1: Cynthia Connell
Spouse 2: Catharine Nicholson

The youngest son in the family, Wyatt Coleman, was born on 6 August 1791 in Amherst County, Virginia. He married Cynthia Connell in KY on 3 March 1817. They had three children born prior to Cynthia’s death on 5 Feb 1826. She is buried at Corn Creek Baptist Church Cemetery in Trimble, KY. It is uncertain whether Wyatt planned to move to Jefferson County, Indiana or did so temporarily, but he married there just two months after his wife’s death. Wyatt’s household is not listed during the 1830 census, so they may have been transient or living within a relative or employer’s home. Records seem to indicate that Wyatt and Catharine’s children were all born in Kentucky rather than Indiana. Wyatt was 62 at his death on 2 January 1854. Catharine was only 49. She died of dropsy (edema usually caused by heart or liver disease) just two years after Wyatt on 29 September 1856. Their youngest had just turned 20 the month prior to her death.

Trimble County KY Will Book Vol. 1 includes documents for two different men named Wyatt Coleman.
The first is Wyatt F Coleman (son of Daniel Coleman and Elizabeth Connell) who died in 1851:
Inventory and Appraisal pp129-131 IMG106-107-108 and his Will (1851) p.145-146 IMG 115 – Wife Martha Coleman.
This Wyatt Coleman’s last will and testament is recorded in Trimble County Will Book Vol. 1, p. 148 IMG 116.

Coleman Children: 6
Y-DNA Project Participants: N/A – Descendant of a Female Guthrey
Autosomal DNA Participants: None

1.) Benjamin P Coleman 1817KY-1892IN (m. 1846 Trimble KY) Martha Jane Nicholson
2.) Nancy Jane Coleman 1819KY-1864KY (m.1840 Trimble KY) Jacob Wirt +child
3.) Jesse L Coleman 1822KY-1895IL (m.1853/4 Trimble KY) Emily D Markley +children, (m2.1882 Shelby IL) Mary E Major -no children.
4.) Benoni Coleman 1827KY-1859KY (m.1858 Trimble KY) Ellen Murphy +child
5.) Franklin Coleman 1828KY-1907KY (m.1859 Trimble KY) Virginia F Mayfield +children
6.) Larkin C Coleman 1834KY-1913TX (m.1857 Fannin TX) Martha C Brown +children

CHILD 8: LUCY COLEMAN
1793VA-1874IN
Spouse: Zachariah McGannon

The youngest of the Coleman children, Lucy, was born on 14 September 1783 in Amherst County, Virginia. She married Zachariah McGannon at 22 years of age on 22 December 1815.in Henry County, KY. He had served the U.S. during the War of 1812. Sometime between 1830 and 1840 the family settled in Jennings, Indiana where they remained. Zachariah was a farmer. In 1860 his real estate was valued at $5000 and personal estate at $2000. FHL Land & Property and Probate Records for Jennings, Indiana are locked to online viewing. Zachariah McGannon died at 74 years of age on 21 January 1865. Lucy died nine years later on 14 September 1874. She was 81. They are buried at the Graham Presbyterian Church Cemetery in Lovett, Jennings, Indiana.

McGannon Children: 5
Y-DNA Project Participants: N/A – Descendant of a Female Guthrey
Autosomal DNA Participants: None

1.) Sarah ‘Sallie’ McGannon 1816KY-p1860IN (m1.1836 Jennings, IN) Walter Mitchell, (m2. 1847 Jennings IN) Henry W Dixon +children
2.) Calamatta McGannon 1818KY-1863IN (m.1835 Jennings IN) Simpson Tanner +children
3.) James A McGannon 1820KY-1883IN (m.1843 Bartholomew IN) Elizabeth Collier +children
4.) Mary Celina McGannon 1822IN-1866IN (m.1841 Jennings IN) James F Johnson +children
5.) Patience C McGannon 1825IN-1894IN (m.1850 Jennings IN) George Brown Lewis +children

READING and RESOURCES

WEBSITE: Church Histories, Locations, Leaders and Members
Includes information on Rev. Benjamin Coleman and Corn Creek Baptist Church

BOOK: Seaman, Catherine H.C. (1992) “Tuckahoes and Cohees: the settlers and cultures of Amherst and Nelson Counties, 1607-1807, Sweet Briar College.
See Chapter 11 for mention of Rev Benjamin Coleman

DOCUMENTS: Amherst County Marriage Bonds – FHL 007902648 – item 2
The marriage of Sarah Guthrey and Benjamin Coleman is NOT found listed here.
There are a few Guthrie grooms listed on page 50 and Guthrie brides on page 149.

DOCUMENTS: Amherst County Deed Books
Deed Books, Volume A – C 1761-1773 – FHL 007893710
Volume A 1761-1765 – No Coleman or Guthrie Entries Found
Volume B 1765-1769 – No Coleman or Guthrie Entries Found
Volume C 1769-1773
Ashburn to Coleman Indenture – Page 75 IMG 472
William Graves Ashburn of Spotsylvania, an indenture of apprenticeship to Caleb Coleman, carpenter & joiner
Coalman Ellis, Mary to Sorrels, John – Page 146 IMG 508
This is actually a Marriage Contract between John Sorrels of Amherst and Mary Coalman Ellis. Caleb Coleman is one of the witnesses.
Lucas to Coleman – Page 543 – IMG 724
Thomas Lucas of Amherst to John Coleman

Deed Books, Volume D – E 1773-1785 – FHL 007893711
Volume D – 1773-1778
Goff to Guttery – Deed – Page 19 IMG 22
11 Jan 1773 – Leonard Goff of Amherst to William Guttry of same for 30 pounds – land lying on Stovall Creek containing 100acres
Note that this is William Guthrie who m. Elizabeth Wingfield, a branch of GFG1A.

Volume E – 1778-1785
Coleman to Stading – Page 41 – IMG 316
20 May 1778 – John Coleman of Amherst to Tyree Stading of same.
Penn to Coleman – Page 332 – IMG 461
4 May 1782 – Gabriel Penn and Sarah his wife of Amherst to George Coleman of same
Scott to Coleman – Page 457 – IMG 522
7 July 1783 – John Scott of Amherst to George Coleman, Joseph Penn and Gabriel Penn

Deed Books, Volume F – G 1785-1796 – FHL 007893712
Volume F – 1785-1791 – NO INDEX
See: David, Bailey Fulton ‘Amherst County, Virginia Courthouse Miniatures: an abstract of all items in deed books‘.
Book F
1787 – Ben. Coleman is a witness to a deed dated 2 July 1787 – Wm Burton to Lindsey Colman – Page 467
1790 – Ben Coleman is bondsman for John Bush, tobacco inspector – 1 Nov 1790 – Page 554

Volume G – 1791-1796
Garland to Coleman – Page 79 – IMG 385
8 Dec 1891 – Edward Garland and Sarah his wife of Albemarle and Thomas Garland and Mary his wife of Amherst of the one part and Elizabeth Coleman of Amherst on the other part.
Harris to Coleman – Page 659 – IMG 675
25 Sep 1790 – Morris Hamner and Mary his wife, Ambrose Rucker and Elizabeth his wife, Jesse Carter and Frances his wife, and Nancy Lucas of Amherst on the one part to Elizabeth Coleman of Amherst on the other part.
Higginbotham to Coleman – Page 681 – IMG 702
15 Feb 1796 – Samuel Higginbotham and James Brooks, gentlemen, of the one part, and Harris Coleman of Amherst of the other.

Deed Books, Volume H – I 1796-1802 – FHL 008189992
Volume H – 1796-1799
Meredith, Samuel & wife June to Coleman, Lindsey – Deed – Page 57 – IMG 51
Coleman, Lindsey & wife Lucy to Meredith, Samuel – Deed – Page 58 – IMG 52
Meredith, Samuel & wife June to Coleman, Lindsey – Release of Dower – Page 110 – IMG 79
Coleman, Lindsey & wife Lucy to Meridith, Samuel – Release of Dower – Page 111 – IMG 79
Coleman, Samuel to Coleman, Thomas – Deed Page 123 – IMG 85
Coleman, Lindsey to Wallis, John – Power of Atty – Page 152 – IMG 100
Lindsey Coleman son of Robert Coleman decd re: brother Reuben Coleman decd of Georgia appoints John wallis of SC and John Coleman as lawful attorneys.
Guttrey, William to Guttrey, William Jr – Deed – Pages 237-238 – Images 142 – 143
18 Sep 1797 – William Guttrey of Amherst to William Guttry Junior of same. for 66 pounds current money of Virginia a parcel of land in Amherst on a branch of Stovall’s Creek containing 100 acres purchased from Leonard Goff.
Childress, Joseph to Coleman, Samuel – Receipt – Page 353 – IMG 199
Nicholas, George and wife Nancy to Coleman, Lindsey – Deed – Page 504 – IMG 275

Volume I – 1800-1802
Coleman, James to Sanders, Walker – Deed of Trust – Page 198 – IMG 448
Scott, Edward and others to Coleman, Lindsey – Deed – Page 251 – IMG 474
Coleman, Elizabeth, widow of James to Colemans – Deed – Page 283 – IMG 490
Coleman, Judith wife of Samuel Coleman, Thomas – Relinquishment of Dower – Page 323 – IMG 510
Carter, Charles & wife Betty to Coleman, Lindsey – deed – Page 541 – IMG 619

Deed Books, Volume K – L 1803-1811 (No. v. J) – FHL 008189992
Tucker to Coleman – Letter of Attorney – Page 54
Pleasant Tucker of Amherst appoints Robert H Coleman of same and Littleberry & Zachariah Tucker of Lincoln, KY as his lawful agents and attorneys.
Coleman, Benjamin and wife Sally to Ware, John – Deed – Page 120 – IMG 88
6 Sep 1804 – Benjamin Coleman and wife Sally to John Ware of Amherst. Consideration of $150 in hand paid, sell a tract of land in Amherst County on both sides of Iriish Creek a south branch of Polar(?) River containing 104 acres. Neighbors mentioned: Thomas Tucker, John Ware. Signed and sealed by Ben and Sally Coleman. Witnesses: James Martin Sen., Virgil Coleman, N. Vanstavern.
Ames, Joseph to Coleman, Lindsey – Deed of Trust – Page 238 – IMG 148
Coleman to Burks – Deed – Page 243 – IMG 150
Anderson, John to Coleman, Lindsey – Deed of Trust – Page 295 – IMG 176
Coleman, Samuel & wife Judith to Coleman, Thomas & wife Nancy – Deed – Page 475 – IMG 266
Coleman, Benjamin to Taliaferro, Benjamin – Deed – Page 526 – IMG 292
20 November 1806 – Benjamin Coleman to Benjamin Taliaferro. For the sum of 6 pounds Virginia money in hand paid have sold one tract of land containing 80 acres in the County of Amherst on the blue ridge on the branches of the Shady Mountain Creek. Mentions neighbor John Childress. Signed and Sealed by Benja. Coleman with the following witnesses: Charles P Taliaferro, Peter Taliaferro, Walter Sandidge, Jack Carter. Recorded 16 Feb 1807.
Thompson, John & wife Judith and Wells, James & wife Mildred to Coleman, Harris – Deed page 588 – IMG 322

General Index to Deeds 1761-1843 – FHL 008571071 – IMG 58 – Benjamin Coleman Entries
1804 – Coleman, Benjamin & wife to John Ware – Deed – Book K – Page 120
1806 – Coleman, Benjamin to Benjamin Taliaferro – Deed – Book K – Page 526
Note that there are no purchases (Reverse Index Deeds) by Benjamin Coleman suggesting that they are in the Missing Volume J.

RECORDS: Amherst County Tax Records (See FHL for original records. This descendant has conveniently gathered Colman entries for Amherst County.
1787 Tax List B – Benjamin Coleman: 2 blacks above 16, 3 blacks under 16, 4 horses, 8 cattle
1788 – Amherst Tax – Lexington Parish – May 5 – Benjamin Coleman – 3 whites
1791 – Amherst Tax – Lexington Parish – March 13 – Benjamin Coleman 3W 2N 2H
1792 – Amherst Tax – Apr 14 – Benjamin Coleman – 2W 2H
1793 – Amherst Tax – May 20 – Benjamin Coleman – 2W 3H
1794 – Amherst Tax – Apr 11 – Benjamin Coleman – 2W 2H
1795 Amherst Tax – Apr 11 – Benjamin Coleman – 1W 1H

BOOKS: David, Bailey Fulton ‘Amherst County, Virginia Courthouse Miniatures: an abstract of all items in deed books‘. Digital Repository: Family Search.
Book F
1787 – Ben. Coleman is a witness to a deed dated 2 July 1787 – Wm Burton to Lindsey Colman – Page 467
1790 – Ben Coleman is bondsman for John Bush, tobacco inspector – 1 Nov 1790 – Page 554

BOOK: Semple, Robert B.(1809) ‘A History of the Rise and Progress of the Baptists in Virginia‘ , Digital Repository: Internet Archive

See: p.225
“Buffalo church is now prosperous and happy; but for some time after her constitution there was considerable confusion, through the misconduct of BENJAMIN COLEMAN, their first pastor. In 1799, Elder John Young, who had moved from Caroline, settled in the bounds of this church and became their pastor the ensuing year, viz., 1800. In 1803 God smiled and as many as eighty or ninety sinners were enticed to Jesus.” The author does not specify the nature of Rev. Coleman’s “misconduct” whether that be social, legal, or religious. “The meeting house of Buffaloe church stood in the vicinity of Amherst Courthouse. At an early period in their history the name of the church was changed to Mount Moriah, by white they are still known.”

DOCUMENTS: Harrison County Kentucky Deed Books
General Index Volume C – 1794-1894:– Coleman – IMG 342
Coleman, Benjamin – Page 21 – Old Book C ?

DOCUMENTS: Henry County Kentucky Deed Book – FHL 00789390
Volume 1 – 1799-1870 – Letter C starting on IMG 62
No Benjamin Coleman Entries
1808 – Coleman )

DOCUMENTS: Oldham County Kentucky Deed Books – 1825-1902
Indexes – FHL 008337873 – Letter C Index starting at IMG 33
1824 – Coleman, Virgil from Joseph F Farley & wife – 50A – Corn Cr – Book A – Page 37
1825 – Coleman, Virgil to James L Young – 50A – Waters: Corn Cr – Book B – Page 65
1829 – Coleman, Virgil from Hugh Norvell & others – Acres: NS – waters: Corn Cr – Book B – Page 82
1829 – Coleman, Virgil & wife Mary to Wm Bennett – Acres: NS – Waters: Corn Cr – Book B – Page 83
1830 – Coleman, Virgil & wife to Trustees Methodist E Church – 1A – Waters: NS – Book B – Page 115
1834 – Coleman, Virgil from Saml M Gillam – Other Property – Book C – 255

DOCUMENTS: Trimble County Kentucky Deed Books 1837-1902
Index to Deeds – Grantees – FHL 007895983 – Coleman Index pp.72-73 – IMG38
Includes: (Plus many more)
Coleman, Virgel from James S Young – Book A – Page 154
Coleman, Wm from James Duncan – Book A – Page 362
Coleman, Dabney from E Wilhoit Book B – Page 239
Coleman, Benjamin F from Mathew McCallister – Book C – Page 58
Coleman, Benonie from Edward Chatham – Book D – Page 278
Coleman, Benjamin P from James Norvell – Book E Page 100

Index to Deeds – Grantors – FHL 007900914 – Coleman Index pp.67 and 68 – IMG 37 and IMG 38
Coleman, Vergil to Willis Duncan – Book A – Page 153
Coleman, Benjamine P and Martha his wife to Franklin Coleman – Book G – Page 79

MILITARY:
Rev. Benjamin Coleman’s grave at Corn Creek Baptist Church Cemetery is marked with a modern military stone listing “Benjamin Coleman, Capt 1 NC Regt Rev War”. (Find-a-Grave Photo)

(Could this be a case of mistaken identity? Why would Benjamin Coleman from Cumberland/Amherst VA be serving in a NC regiment rather than one in VA? Is there evidence supporting a connection with this man?)

Fold3: War Office documents only one soldier by name Benjamin Coleman serving in 2nd Regiment NC. Commissioned Capt 2nd Regt. 30 Apr 1777 to the regiment he is annexed to. Transferred from the 5th Regiment. Capt Coleman reenlisted 12 March 1779. Appears in list of Capt Coleman’s Company 18 Feb 1782, and on old money accounts dated Aug 1781 and 20 Feb 1783. 300 acres of Bounty Land awarded to assignee Isaac Cole.
Southern Campaigns: Captain Benjamin Coleman transferred from 5th North Carolina Regiment on 1 June 1778, captured in Charleston on 12 May 1780.
Rosters of the Continental Line from NC: Roll of Capt Benjamin Coleman’s Company 2nd NC Battalion
John Wise Revolutionary War Record – That he (John Wise) enlisted for the first time in the month of June 1776 in the Company Commanded by Captain William Ward of the fifth regiment of the North Carolina line in which Company he served one year. That he enlisted the second time at Vally Forge in Pennsylvania under Captain Benjamin Coleman of the same regiment in the month of December 1777.
5th North Carolina Regiment – The 5th North Carolina Regiment was assigned on March 26, 1776, to the Continental Army in the Southern Department. It was organized in the spring of 1776 at Wilmington, North Carolina, as eight companies of volunteers from the districts of New Bern, Edenton and Hillsborough District of North Carolina.
2nd North Carolina Regiment – Known Captains “Benjamin Andrew Coleman“
Ancestry lists Captain Benjamin Andrew Coleman as born 1753 Kingston, NC – died 17 May 1813 Jasper, GA
Parents: Francis Isaiah Coleman and Hannah Johnston
Lineage Book DAR, Vol 75 page 157 – Mrs Louise Reid Chambers DAR 74423 – Capt. Benjamin Andrew Coleman served througout the war, and his sword and epaulets are among the treasures of North Carolina. He was born about 1755 in North Carolina; died, 1813, in Jasper County, Ga.
Revolutionary War Soldiers for NC and SC (Search: Benjamin Coleman)

DOCUMENTS: Oldham Kentucky Probate Records – FHL 004819539
Will Book 1: 1824 – 1836 – Letter C Index – IMG 9 of 545
Coleman, Benjamin – Will – Page 249 – IMG 163
Coleman, Benjamin – Inventory – Page 255-257 – IMG 166 and 167
Coleman, Benjamin – Sales Book – Page 257-261 – IMG 167 thru 169

CHURCH RECORDS: Corn Creek Baptist Church (Trimble County, KY) – FHL 0008525102
Corn Creek Baptist Church Minute Book – Oct 1800 – Feb 1840 (First actual minutes dated July 1813)
There are 404 Images.
These records state that the church was originally part of Gallatin County rather than the part of Trimble that came from Oldham County. Church members appointed a moderator to lead their meetings.
IMG 73 – 1st Saturday in June 1826 – Mentions Wyatt Coulmin and Catherine Coulmin
IMG 74 – Wiatt Coulmin
IMG 77 – Wyatt Coleman – Church Clerk – 1st Saturday in September 1827 – W. Coleman.
Also notes that Sary Coleman joined the church at Corn Creek the 8th day of March 1818. Baptized the first Sunday in April 1818. (Signed) W. Coleman.
No mention found in notes thru 1833.

DOCUMENTS: Gallatin County, Kentucky Deeds – Grantors – FHL 008193498
Letter C Grantors Index Starts IMG 263
Book A No. 1 – None
Book A No. 2 – None
Book B – None
Book C
Coleman James & Gdn & Thomas to Robert Langsdale -1814 – Book C p96 – 54A Sugar Cr – IMG 61
Coleman, James Admr to Peter Conniver -1815- Book C p199 – 362A Eagle Cr – IMG 122
Coleman, James & Gdn & Thomas to Benjamin Goodwin -1814/16- Book C p313 – 46A Sugar Cr – IMG 188
Coleman, Daniel to Jesse Connell Jr -1818- BookC p559 – 50A Corn Cr – IMG 344
Book D – None
Book E
Coleman, James Admr to James Wilson -1823- Book E p325 – 200A Sugar Cr – IMG 202
Book F
Coleman, Robert to Richard Lewis -1827- Book F p295 – 40A Williams Run Cr – IMG 486
Book G
Coleman, Chapman to Ezekiel Craig -1828- BookG p22 – House & Lot Ghent – IMG576
Book H
Coleman, Robert to John Aliff -1832- Book H p210 – 49.5A Whites Run, 50A Muddy Fk Cr – IMG 166
Coleman, Jesse to Torrence Conner -1833- Book H p318 – 140A Gilmore Cr – IMG 231
Coleman, Daniel Est., Jesse Exr to Wyatt Coleman -1833/34- Book H p573 – 100A Hardy Hill Cr – IMG 397
Book I – None
Book J
Coleman, John to James Butts -1835- Book J p137 – 135A – IMG 91
Coleman, Allice and John L to Wesley Dean -1835- Book J p138 – 100A KY R – IMG 92
Coleman, Allice and John L to Wesley Dean -1835- Book J p139 – 33A Eagle Cr – IMG 92
Coleman, Robert to John Aliff -1836- Book J p373 – Trt White Run Cr – IMG 223
Additional Entries noted in numbered books – See Grantor Index – IMG 263

DOCUMENTS: Gallatin County, Kentucky Deeds – Grantees – FHL 008193500
Coleman Index on IMG 152
Colman, Robert from James McLane – 1803 – Book A-1 – Page 252 – 40A Williams Creek
Coleman, Daniel from Jesse Connell sr – 1805 – Book A-2 – Page 135 – 50A Corn Creek – IMG 432
Coleman, Daniel from Samuel Todd & Wife – 1816 – Book C – Page 261 – 170A Corn & Locust Creek – IMG158
Coleman, Daniel from Harry Davidge – 1817 – Book C – Page 478 – 5A Corn Creek – IMG 295
Coleman, Daniel from David Ball – 1825 – Book F – Page 56 – 5.5A Corn Creek – IMG 354
Coleman, Robert from Lazarus Cox – 1825 – Book F – Page 79 – 49.5A Whites Run
Coleman, Wyatt from Francis Standiford & wf – 1826 – Book F – Page 191 – 100A Little KY R – IMG 426
Coleman, Wyatt from Francis Standiford & wf – 1827 – Book F – Page 371 – 100A Hardy Hill Fk – IMG 529
Colman, Andrew & Pricilla from William Thompson – 1830 – Book G Page 321 – 63A – IMG 778
Colman, Jesse from Frederick Burnett Est – 1830 – Book G Page 396 – 140A Gilmore Cr – IMG 824
Coleman, Daniel from John B McGee – 1830 – Book G Page 400 – 107A – IMG 826
Coleman, Robert from James McLane & wife – 1832 – Book H Page 209 – 50A – IMG166
Coleman, Robert from John Aliff – mortgage – 1832 – Book H Page 211 – 50A Muddy Fork – IMG 167
Coleman, Jesse from Jesse Connell & wife – 1833 – Book H Page 319 – 85A Corn Creek – IMG 232
Coleman, Wyatt from Daniel Coleman Est al – 1834 – Book H Page 573 – 100A Hardy Hill Cr – IMG397
Coleman, Allice from Wesley Dean – 1835 – Book J Page 136 – 100A Eagle Cr – IMG 91
Coleman, John from Sydnor Hanks & wife al – 1836 – Book J Page 291 – Tract Eagle Cr – IMG 177
Coleman, John from Sarah Utterback & Hus al – 1836 – Book J Page 424 – Tract Eagle Cr – IMG 252

ARTICLE: QUISENBERRY, A. C. “KENTUCKY TROOPS IN THE WAR OF 1812.” Register of Kentucky State Historical Society, vol. 10, no. 30, 1912, pp. 47–66. JSTOR, http://www.jstor.org/stable/23367236. Accessed 11 Nov. 2023.
See p. 53 Lewis’ Regiment Kentucky Volunteers.
Organized August 14, 1812.
Lieut-Colonel: William Lewis
Majors: Joseph Robb, Benjamin Graves
Adjutant: James Clark
Quartermaster: Pollard Keene
Paymaster: Richard Blanton
Surgeons: John Todd, Gustavus M Boner
Total Strength of the regiment: 594 officers and enlisted men.

DOCUMENTS: Shelby County KY Probate Records: General Index to Wills, Etc.
Reed, John – bundle 99 Number 9; Will Book 13 Page 68; Appraisements Book 13 Page 82; Sale Bills Book 13 pages 84 and 150; Settlements 15 Page 141; Guardian Settlements Book 15 Page 159; Guardian Settlements Book 21 Page 26; Dowers Book 13 Page 127
Reed, Elizabeth Bundle 101 Number 4; No Will; Appraisements Book 21 Page 32; Sale Bills Book 21 Page 33; Settlements Book 23 Page 182
(Probably not the right John and Elizabeth Reed)

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