COLEMAN, SAMUEL PINCKNEY
COLEMAN, SAMUEL PINCKNEY
Biography.
Samuel Pinckney Coleman was born in 1813 in Georgia, the son of Samuel Coleman and Sally Evans. He married Elizabeth Sparks in March of 1836 in Alabama. A daughter, Sarahann Elizabeth, was born in 1838.
Samuel Coleman went to Tennessee after the death of his wife. He built a flat boat large enough to carry several families plus livestock, farm implements, feed and provisions for a year. The boat had no power. They left from Nashville on the Cumberland River and floated to the Mississippi River and on down to Louisiana. Then they went up the Red River to Port Caddo, TX.
On Dec. 1, 1841 Samuel married Nancy Ann Massie, daughter of Samuel Massie and Nancy Ann Dearing. They made their home at Marshall, Texas, before moving to Collin County on the bank of Sister Grove Creek near Valdasta. Samuel Coleman built a log cabin and a grist mill. By 1855, he owned more than 2,200 acres of land.
Children of Samuel and Nancy Coleman:
Christopher Columbus b. 1845
SFJ boy b. 1848 drowned
Martha Ann b. 1850 d. 1888
Edeu Dearing b. 1853 d. 1941
Virginia M. b. 1856
Samuel Coleman died of pneumonia in 1856. He, Nancy and their eldest son are buried in the Coleman Cemetery.
Biography.
Samuel Pinckney Coleman was born in 1813 in Georgia, the son of Samuel Coleman and Sally Evans. He married Elizabeth Sparks in March of 1836 in Alabama. A daughter, Sarahann Elizabeth, was born in 1838.
Samuel Coleman went to Tennessee after the death of his wife. He built a flat boat large enough to carry several families plus livestock, farm implements, feed and provisions for a year. The boat had no power. They left from Nashville on the Cumberland River and floated to the Mississippi River and on down to Louisiana. Then they went up the Red River to Port Caddo, TX.
On Dec. 1, 1841 Samuel married Nancy Ann Massie, daughter of Samuel Massie and Nancy Ann Dearing. They made their home at Marshall, Texas, before moving to Collin County on the bank of Sister Grove Creek near Valdasta. Samuel Coleman built a log cabin and a grist mill. By 1855, he owned more than 2,200 acres of land.
Children of Samuel and Nancy Coleman:
Christopher Columbus b. 1845
SFJ boy b. 1848 drowned
Martha Ann b. 1850 d. 1888
Edeu Dearing b. 1853 d. 1941
Virginia M. b. 1856
Samuel Coleman died of pneumonia in 1856. He, Nancy and their eldest son are buried in the Coleman Cemetery.
