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Meigs Co, OH Marriages
1840 Jackson, VA
Thomas Coleman
1m 0-5
1m 5-10
1m 10-15
1m 20-30
1m 30-40
1m 40-50
1f 0-5
1f 5-10
1f 10-15
1f 30-40
1850 Jackson, VA
805 812 Coleman Thos 44 M Farmer Va
805 812 Coleman Sarah 44 F Ohio
805 812 Coleman Mary 19 F Va
805 812 Coleman Jane 14 F Va
805 812 Coleman Henry 17 M Farmer Va
805 812 Coleman Thos 12 M Va
805 812 Coleman Virginia 5 F Va
805 812 Coleman Maria 3 F Va
1860 Jackson, VA # 1206-1139, p 130
Thomas B, 59
Sarah, 55
Thomas B, 22
Virginia, 15
Maria M, 12
Sarah E, 8
Sarah A, 10 [g/d]
David S, Jr, 5 [g/s]
1870 Jackson, WV p 46 # 25-25 Grant Dist
Coleman, Thomas B, 69
Sarah, 64
Ellen, 17
Samuel Safreed, 16, VA
David Coleman, 15
Sarah M Wilkes, 20, VA [g/d?]
C Arthur Wilkes, 1, Missouri
1880 Grant, Jackson, West Virginia
Thos. COLEMAN Self M M W 78 WV
Occ: Farmer Fa: --- Mo: ---
Sarah COLEMAN Wife F M W 74 OH
Occ: Keeping House Fa: VA Mo: WV
Ella COLEMAN Dau F S W 20 WV
Amanda WILKES GDau F M W 35 WV
Occ: No Ocupation Fa: WV Mo: KY
Arthur C. WILKES GGSon M S W 10 MO
Occ: No Ocupation Fa: CANADA Mo: WV
Jno. WILKES GGSon M S W 6 MO
Occ: No Ocupation Fa: CANADA Mo: WV
Henry WILKES GGSon M S W 4 MO
Fa: CANADA Mo: WV
Noma WILKES GGDau F S W 3 MO
Fa: CANADA Mo: WV
David C. WILKES GGSon M S W 1 WV
Fa: CANADA Mo: WV
Thomas HILTON Son M S W 15 OH
Occ: A'S At Home Fa: --- Mo: OH
Elizabeth HAWLEY Other F S W 20 OH
Occ: Domestic Servant Fa: OH Mo: OH
This sketch taken from "Pioneers of Jackson County", by John House, it appears in the section
"Lower Sandy Valley".
Coleman Family
The Coleman family has been, from the first, the most prominent in the vicinity of Muse's Bottom.
The Thomas Coleman mentioned above (in the Dewitt sketch. . bb) was a son of Michael Coleman, who was killed by the Indians, at Cottageville, in 1793.
Thomas Coleman was born in the wilderness of Kanawha County, in 1801. He was a son of James and Nancy Anderson Coleman. His father and mother both died when he was quite young, and he was raised by a maternal uncle. He was bound out to a blacksmith at the age of fourteen, but ran away the next year and went on a keel boat on the river, which was hauling salt from the Kanawha to Wheeling. Later, he operated boats of his own, he married Sarah Roush, in 1823, daughter of Henry and Hannah Roush, of Meigs County, Ohio. He settled at Muse's Bottom. Their children were:
Samuel H. died as a child.
David S. went to Missouri.
Reverend H.R.
Thomas B. lives on the home place.
Eliza married P.D. Williams, lived at Muse's Bottom.
Virginia married R.S. Morgan.
Maria married James Morgan.
Thomas Coleman was appointed first postmaster at Muse's Bottom.
A brother of Michael was John Coleman. He was an Indian fighter and scout at the Belleville fort. What became of him after peace came is not stated.
The first marriage in what is now Grant District was that of Margaret, daughter of Mary and John Coleman, to William Harrison. Whether this was the same John, his son, or a son of Michael (Malcolm, some give the name), I have no means of knowing.
Coleman Chapel Cemetery
Coleman
Coleman, Sarah H. Wife of Thomas Coleman Born Dec 15, 1805 and passed away in peace Apr 6, 1882
1882 - 4 - 6
1805 - 12 - 15
76 - 9 - 21
Coleman, Thomas Born June 22, 1801 And passed away in peace Feb 24, 1890.
Coleman, Thomas Born June 22, 1801 Died Feb 24, 1890
Coleman, Sarah Wife of Thomas Coleman Born Dec 15, 1805 Died April 6, 1882
These are the children of Thos & Sarah Coleman
David S Born April 21, 1827 Died July 23, 1854
Nancy Roberts Born April 11, 1829
Mary A Adams Born June 26, 1830 Died July 8, 1876
2nd side:Henry R. Born Dec 3, 1833
Eliza J. Williams Born July 3, 1836
Thomas H.B. Born Sept 5, 1838 Died Mar 17, 1921
Samuel H. Born March 1, 1843 Died July 10, 1849
3rd side:Virginia C. Morgan Born July 26, 1845 Died Nov 8, 1896
Mariah M. Morgan Born Dec 25, 1847 Died Mar 4, 1931
Sarah E. Born April 18, 1852
Hardesty's History of Jackson County
Ravenswood District
Thomas COLEMAN - was born at Letart Falls, Virginia, June 22, 1801, a son of James and Nancy (Anderson) COLEMAN. At the age of two years he was orphaned, and from that time until he was fourteen he lived with an uncle. He was then apprenticed at the blacksmithing trade, worked at it a year, then went as cook on a riverboat. He rose to push-hand, then to captain, purchased a farm for which he was to pay in salt, and did pay, so that, at the age of 21 years, he was the owner of a good farm.
He has climbed the ladder until he now owns 3,000 acres of rich farming land, mostly in Muses Bottom. He built a fine brick church on his land, and gave ground for a grave-yard, about which he built a block-stone wall which will last for ages. He has contended with many hardships, labored hard, done good to all about him, and kept together and raised a large family of children, laying by enough to give each a good home.
His grandfather was among those sturdy pioneers to whom the Virginias owe so much, and in frontier days did garrison duty at Fort Pitt, Wheeling, Marietta, and Belleville. He was finally murdered by Indians at the Falls of Mill Creek, while waiting to cross. More detail of these pioneer adventures elsewhere given in this Encyclopedia.
Sarah Roush was born at Letart Falls, Meigs county, Ohio, December 15, 1805, a daughter of Henry and Sarah (Sayres) Roush. December 23, 1823, in the place of the bride's natavity, Thomas COLEMAN and Sarah Roush were united in marriage, and she passed away in death on the 6th of April, 1882, having been the mother of his ten children. These children were born: David S., April, 1827, died July, 1852; Nancy (Roberts), April 11, 1829, lives in this district; Mary A., (Adams), June 27, 1831, died July 7, 1876; Henry R., December, 1833, is now traveling in the West, lecturing in behalf of the Southern Methodist Church, and exhibiting specimens obtained while he was in the Holy Land; Eliza J. (Williams), July 2, 1836, and Thomas B., September, 1838, live in Grant district; Samuel H., February, 1842, died in July, 1848; Virginia (Morgan), July, 1845, lives in Ravenswood district; Maria M. (Morgan), December 25, 1847, and Sarah E., April, 1853 live in Grant district.
Thomas Coleman has filled for many years the office of justice of the peace; he was, under the old constitution, appointed by the governor, and has since been elected by the people. He settled in Jackson county in 1830, and during the time of the war which tore the Virginias apart he was postmaster of Muses Bottom holding the position until the close of the war. Farming and stock-raising are his avocations, and his post office address is still at Muses Bottom, Jackson county, West Virginia.
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