Robert Edward COLEMAN
1748 - 1834 (86 years)
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Name Robert Edward COLEMAN [1, 2] Born 1748 Mojack Bay, Gloucester, Virginia, United States 
[1, 3, 4] Gender Male Death 9 Jan 1834 Mercer, Kentucky, United States [3] Died 9 Feb 1834 Mercer, Kentucky, United States [4] Buried McAfee, Mercer County, Kentucky, USA [3] Person ID I168 Rofheart-Jones Ancestry.com Current Tree Last Modified 3 Oct 2019
Father Edward COLEMAN, b. 1712, Essex, VA , d. 14 Nov 1794, Age: 83, Berkeley, Spotsylvania, Virginia, United States (Age 82 years) Relationship natural Mother Lucretia WAGGONER, b. 1723, Essex, VA , d. 17 Aug 1754, Spotsylvania, Spotsylvania, Virginia, United States (Age 31 years) Relationship natural Married 14 Nov 1744 Spotslvania, Virginia, United States Family ID F63 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Cathern Catherine ROBINSON, b. 1753, Botetourt County, Virginia, USA , d. 12 Dec 1836, Mercer, Kentucky, United States (Age 83 years) Married Feb 1774 Rev Smith, Botetourt, Virginia, United States [1, 5] 
War Pension Record Children 1. James COLEMAN, b. 6 Oct 1776, Spotsylvania, Spotsylvania, Virginia, United States , d. 5 Jan 1844, Age: 67, Mercer, Kentucky, United States (Age 67 years) [natural]2. Martha (Patsy) COLEMAN, b. 9 Mar 1781, Spotsylvania, Spotsylvania, Virginia, United States , d. 23 Dec 1847, Age: 65, Harrodsburg, Mercer, Kentucky, United States (Age 66 years) [natural]3. Lucretia COLEMAN, b. 24 Mar 1782, Goochland, Goochland, Virginia, United States , d. 1790 (Age 7 years) [natural]4. Sarah Reeves COLEMAN, b. 17 Apr 1786, Goochland, Goochland, Virginia, United States , d. UNKNOWN [natural]5. Thomas COLEMAN, b. 1788, Spotsylvania, Spotsylvania, Virginia, United States [natural]6. Catherine COLEMAN, b. 1790, Goochland, Goochland, Virginia, United States , d. Mercer, Kentucky, United States [natural]7. George COLEMAN, b. 1792, Spotsylvania, Spotsylvania, Virginia, United States [natural]8. Mary COLEMAN, b. 1794, Goochland, Goochland, Virginia, United States [natural]Photos War Pension Record Last Modified 3 Oct 2019 Family ID F62 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Event Map 
Buried - - McAfee, Mercer County, Kentucky, USA 
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Photos U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970 North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000
Book Title: Lineage Book : NSDAR : Volume 150 : 1919Robert Edward Coleman - Patriot War Pension Record War Pension Record Pg2 Colman History Biography of Robert Edward Coleman of Kentucky Robert Edward Coleman Revolutionary War Service - Robert Coleman
Revolutionary War serviceRobert Coleman Painting
This is from a page in a blog at: http://robertedwardcoleman.blogspot.com/2012/02/robert-edward-coleman-family.html NOTE: This is from a 1960s xeroxed family history that is a photo of a painting of Robert Edward Coleman.SAR Patriot Marker Pension Application of Robert Coleman W8620 Catharine Coleman VA
Pension Application of Robert Coleman W8620 Catharine Coleman VA Transcribed and annotated by C. Leon Harris State of Kentucky } On this 18th day of March in the year 1833 Personally appeared before me Mercer County viz } a Justice of the peace in and for s’d county and state Robert Coleman a revolutionary soldier whose age and infirmities prevent his attendance in court he being 85 years of age and so infirm that he cannot ride without great inconvenience & pain and being first sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed the 7th day of June 1832. viz I Robert Coleman do hereby state on oath that I am now eighty five years of age and was born in Spottsylvania [sic: Spotsylvania] county & state of Virginia and lived in s’d county when the revolutionary war commenced and I was called into the service of my country as follow viz. In the month of April 1776 (as well as I now recollect I was drafted in Capt Charles Washingtons company of Col [Sampson] Mathews Regiment for two months and we marched to Williamsburgh [sic: Williamsburg] and Richmond where we were stationed a part of the time at each place as a guard & I faithfully served out my time and was honorably discharged Again in the fall of the year 1777 I was again drafted in Capt Frank Colemans [Francis Coleman’s] company of Col Mathews Regiment & was again marched to Richmond & Williamsburgh where I was again stationed as a guard two months & was honorably discharged Again in the summer 1778 I was drafted in Capt William Mills company of Col Mathews Regiment for the term of three months and was marched to & stationed at the same points and marched and countermarched in the vicinity of Richmond and Williamsburgh aforesaid – until my time expired and I was honorably discharged Again in the fall 1779 I was Drafted in Capt Thos Winslows [Thomas Winslow’s] company in Col Mathews Regiment and was employed as a guard at the same points for the term of two months and was honorably discharged and In the summer 1780 I was Drafted two months in Capt Henry Trues[?] company but in what Regiment I cannot recollect as I was employd during my time in driving a waggon or escorting provissions to the army in the vicinity of Racoon ford [Raccoon Ford on Rapidan River]. and In the summer of 1781 I was drafted two months more in Capt William Mills company the Regiment not known as I was constantly engaged in driving or escorting provision waggons to the army in the counties of Spottsylvania & Louisa In the State of Virginia as they were marching or retreating from the advances of Lord Cornwallis army. I farther state that after the revolutionary war ended I lived in the state of Virginia until about the year 1800 when I removed to the county of Mercer and state of Kentucky where I have lived ever since and where I still resided, that owing to the frailty of my memory I cannot now state the names of all my officers but I solemnly declare that I served the time I have states amounting in whole to Twelve months and upwards. I further certify that I have no documentary evidence of my age or services, that I held nocommission and entered the army as I have stated and I hereby relinquish all claim which I have to any other pension or annuity except the present and I am not now a pensioner of the united states or of any state. Witness my hand this 18th day of March 1833 Robert hisXmark Coleman NOTE: On 3 March 1834 James H. Coleman and Basil W. Coleman certified that Robert Coleman died on 9 Jan 1834.
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Sources - [S45] U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900, Yates Publishing, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004.Original data - This unique collection of records was extracted from a variety of sources including family group sheets and electronic databases. Originally, the information was derived;), Source number: ; Source type: ; Number of Pages: ; Submitter Code: .
Birth date: 1748
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Marriage date: 1781
Marriage place: VA - [S46] U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2011;), Volume: 283; SAR Membership Number: 56575.
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North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000
Book Title: Lineage Book : NSDAR : Volume 150 : 1919 - [S48] US Revolutionary War Pension Records, (Name: NARA;), M804 300022 ID., Page 17 , Pension Number W8620.
...He married in February 1774 Catherine Robinson in Botetourt County VA...War Pension Record
- [S45] U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900, Yates Publishing, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004.Original data - This unique collection of records was extracted from a variety of sources including family group sheets and electronic databases. Originally, the information was derived;), Source number: ; Source type: ; Number of Pages: ; Submitter Code: .