Free Genealogy Resources of Descendants of Robert Coleman Sr. from AD 1622

Notes

Freeman Randolph Smith

Freeman Randolph Smith was a Native American, of Choctaw
heritage.

George Seals Yarborough

George Seals Yarborough was a Native American, of Cherokee
heritage.

Maurice Beckam

drowned.

3936. James Henry Coleman

JAMES HENRY COLEMAN WAS A VERY CIVIC MINDED BUSINESS MAN,
LANDOWNER AND MERCHANT. HE WAS A CHARTER MEMBER OF JONESVILLE
BAPTIST CHURCH. ALONG WITH OTHER MEMBERS, HE GAVE LUMBER FROM
HIS LAND AND HELPED TO BUILD THE FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH. HE WAS
ONE OF THE FIRST DEACONS. HE WAS A MASON AND A MEMBER OF THE
MASONIC TEMPLE, WHICH HELD ITS MEETINGS IN A TWO STORY BUILDING
KNOWN AS THE CHARLES LONG HOME. THIS HOME WAS ALSO USED FOR
CHURCH SERVICES BEFORE THE NEW CHURCH WAS BUILT. HE WAS ALSO A
VOLUNTEER FIREMAN. ONE COLD AND RAINY NIGHT A FIRE STARTED AND
JAMES WHO WAS SICK WITH A COLD INSISTED ON GOING. HIS COLD
WORSENED FROM THIS AND HE DEVELOPED PNEUMONIA AND DIED. HE WAS
MARRIED TWICE, FIRST, TO ELVIRA HARMOND WHO BORE HIM TWO
DAUGHTERS AND THREE SONS.

AFTER HER DEATH, HE MARRIED PAMELIA PERCILIA WALKER. THERE WERE
TWO SONS FROM THIS UNION: MELVIN WILLIAM COLEMAN AND PAUL HANES
COLEMAN.

Elvira Harmon

ELVIRA HARMON, JAMES HENRY COLEMAN'S FIRST WIFE, DIED AFTER
BEARING TWO DAUGHTERS AND THREE SONS.

5485. George , Csa Crenshaw

Killed in action in War Between the States.

5487. William , Csa Crenshaw

Killed in action in War Between the States.