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- William Coleman. He and his wife, Mary Randolph Coleman, refugeed to Charleston, S. C., probably traveling with his mother and father. He was recommended on August 1780, by the commandant of Charles Town to be restored to the privileges of a British subject.
He signed an oath to the King on August 28, 1780. He possibly fought with the Patriots with his father and brothers, Philip and Christopher, but is not listed in Dr. Moss's book. He may not have joined with the Loyalists until they moved to Charleston.
After the death of his sister, Frances, and his return to the upstate, he served as a Patriot soldier under Col. Thomas Brandon. William Sr. may have been married twice and his son, William Coleman Jr., was possibly a child by a first wife. This son also fought under Col. Brandon.
William and his wife, Mary, sold 197 acres of land to Nicholas Harris on June 21-22, 1787. In 1800, he owned 17 slaves.
On November 2, 1801, William Coleman gave eleven slaves to his son, Philip Coleman: Morgin, York, Dick, Moses, Mark, Ned, Wiley, Fillis, Anica, Peg and Hager. He also gave him some cattle, sheep, hogs, and household furniture. William White and Robert Gibson witnessed the transaction.
Philip Coleman, son of William, and his brother, Robert, were business partners in 1809 and 1810, and made loans to some of the farmers in their neighborhood.
William Coleman died in 1808. On January 16, 1811, part of his children purchased 121 acres from Robert Coleman, their brother. It was part of a tract of land on which he lived.
The children were listed as: Patsy Coleman, Philip Coleman, Elizabeth Coleman, John Guyton (husband of Mary Coleman), Thomas Lantrip (husband of Rebecca Coleman), Ann Thompson, Francis Coleman and Charlotte Coleman.
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(Age 71 years)