ID: I3099
Name: Hezekiah COLEMAN
Sex: M
Birth: 22 MAY 1785 in Union Co,South Carolina or Franklin Co,Georgia
_RIN: 679
_APPLIES_TO: DATE 1
Death: 31 DEC 1854 in Itawamba County,Mississippi
_RIN: 284
_APPLIES_TO: DATE_AND_PLACE 2
_RIN: 471 3
_RIN: 658 4
_RIN: 676 5
Event: Private - Captain John Waters' Company of Infantry, 4 Reg't Georgia Detached Militia.
Military Service 21 NOV 1814
_DATE2: 6 MAY 1815 War of 1812 6 7 8 9
_RIN: 284 2 10
_RIN: 471 3
Residence: Bef FEB 1815 Unionville,Union District,South Carolina
_RIN: 680 11
Census: 1850 Mississippi,Itawamba County,7th District,Image:340, Year:1850, Roll:M432_373, Page:400
Census: 1850 Listed as age 66
Occupation: 1850 Farmer (per Census)
Residence: 1850
_DATE2: 1855 Itawamba County,Mississippi
_RIN: 284
_APPLIES_TO: DATE_AND_PLACE 2
_APPLIES_TO: DATE_AND_PLACE 12
Note: DEATH: Some paperwork included in the Widow's Pension Application list Hezekiah's year of death as 1855 and others list 1854.
_RIN: 301 13
Change Date: 9 AUG 2006 at 17:23:17
Father: Abner COLEMAN
Marriage 1
Martha Elizabeth BELUE b: 1 MAR 1793 in Union Co,South Carolina
- Married:
1 JAN 1811
in Abner Coleman Sr.'s House,Union County,South Carolina 14 15 16
- Note: Alternative marriage date: 20 March 1812 per correspondence that was part of the Widow's Pension Application (page 7 of 48)
Children
 Susannah COLEMAN b: 6 JAN 1812 in Georgia- Renney COLEMAN b: 3 JAN 1814 in Georgia
- Nancy Jane COLEMAN b: 1 SEP 1816 in Georgia
 Docie COLEMAN b: 15 SEP 1818 in Georgia- William COLEMAN b: 4 DEC 1820 in Georgia
- Thomas COLEMAN b: 16 DEC 1822 in Georgia
- Bird COLEMAN b: 21 JAN 1824 in Georgia
- Jesse COLEMAN b: 23 JUN 1826 in Georgia
- Sarah COLEMAN b: 6 AUG 1828 in Georgia
- Jackson COLEMAN b: DEC 1830 in Georgia
- Emily Jane COLEMAN b: 2 DEC 1832 in Georgia
- Daniel COLEMAN b: 15 DEC 1835 in Alabama
- McDonald COLEMAN b: 16 DEC 1836 in Benton County,Alabama
Sources:
- Repository:
Title: Widow Pension Application
Publication: Federal Government
Abbrev: Widow Pension Application
Page: Page 29 and 30 of 48
Text: Family Record of Hezekiah and Elizabeth Coleman
Hezekiah Coleman was born May 22" 1785
Elizabeth Coleman " " March 1st 1793
Hezekiah Coleman and Elizabeth Ballow were married January 1st 1811.
Susannah Coleman was born January 6th 1812
Renney Coleman " " " 3 1814
Nancy Coleman " " September 1st 1816
Doshey Coleman " " " 15 1818
William Coleman " " December 4th 1820
Thomas Coleman " " December 16 1822
Bird Coleman " " Jany 21st 1824
Jesse Coleman " " June 23 1826
Sally Coleman " " August 6th 1828
Jackson Coleman " " December 1830
Emily J. Coleman " " " 21st 1832
Daniel Coleman " " " 15 1834
M Coleman " " " 16 1836
Daniel Coleman [Signature]
State of Mississippi Before me A.P. Gaither Itawamba County Clerk of the Chancery Court of said County, this day personally appeared Daniel Coleman, son of Elizabeth Coleman who on oath says that the foregoing is a true and correct copy of the family record of Hezekiah and Elizabeth Coleman.
Given under my hand and the seal of said Court an office in Fulton this the 11th day of July 1873,
A.P. Gaither
Clerk
Date: 11 JUL 1873
Quality: 2
- Repository:
Title: Widow Pension Application
Publication: Federal Government
Abbrev: Widow Pension Application
Page: Page 1 of 48
Text: WAR OF 1812, NUMBERS Wid. Orig. 1022, Wid. Cif. 5656, SOLDIER Coleman, Hezekiah, WIDOW Coleman, Elizabeth, SERVICE Pvt. Capt. Waters'Co. Ga. Mil. ENLISTED Nov. 21, 1814, DISCHARGED May 6, 1815, RESIDENCE OF SOLDIER: 1850 Itawamba Co., Miss., RESIDENCE OF WIDOW: 1855 Itawamba Co., Miss., 1871, 1873 Fulton, Itawamba Co., Miss., MAIDEN NAME OF WIDOW: Elizabeth Belew, MARRIAGE OF SOLDIER AND WIDOW: Jan 1, 1811, Union Co., S.C., DEATH OF SOLDIER: Dec 31, 1855, Itawamba Co., Miss. BOUNTY LAND: 17998-80-50, 31882-80-55
Quality: 2
- Repository:
Title: Widow Pension Application
Publication: Federal Government
Abbrev: Widow Pension Application
Page: Page 3 of 48 (Brief of Claim for a Widow's Pension)
Text: War of 1812
Act of February 14, 1871
BRIEF OF CLAIM FOR A WIDOW'S PENSION
in the case of Elizabeth Coleman, widow of Hezekiah Coleman, a [Blank] of Captain Waters Company, Colonel [Blank] Reg't, Georgia Militia. Residence, Itawamba County Mississippi. Post Office address, Fulton, Itawamba County, Miss. Soldier enlisted November 21, 1814, discharged May 6, 1815. Served afterward from [Blank], 18__, to [Blank], 18__, in Captain [Blank] Company, Colonel [Blank] Reg't. Declaration and identification in due form, filed April 6, 1871.
SERVICE FOR SIXTY DAYS SHOWN AS FOLLOWS: Report from Bounty Land Division shows service of Hezekiah Coleman from November 21 1814 to May 6 1815. Total service, 167 days. Soldier died Dec. 31, 1855, date and fact established by the declaration and report from B.L. Div warrant issued to widow. Continued widowhood since his death established by testimony of Nathaniel Davis, W.R. Bounder and J.J. Carmack and C. Wiggles. Marriage to soldier prior to February 17, 1815, established by a certified copy of the family record showing the date of the marriage of the parties on January 1, 1811 and affidavit of Nancy Lyle testifying to cohabitation in 1812. Maiden name of claimant "Belew" or Ballou. Said record shows birth of children in 1812 and 1814. Oath to support the Constitution of the United States subscribed. Non-receipt of pension declared. Loyalty established by affidavits of Nathaniel Davis and W.R. Bounds. Their credibility certified by Spencer Hare L.M. Admitted September 17, 1873, to a pension of eight dollars per month, from February 14, 1871. A.F. Kingsley, Examiner. Approved: A.M. Fisher, Reviewer. B.D. Lyam, President. R.
Date: 17 SEP 1873
Quality: 2
- Repository:
Title: Widow Pension Application
Publication: Federal Government
Abbrev: Widow Pension Application
Page: Pages 7 and 8 of 48
Text: State of Mississippi
County of Itawamba
On this 10th day of September A.D. one thousand eight hundred and fifty five, personally appeared before me, a Justice of the Peace, within and for the County and State aforesaid. Elizabeth Coleman aged Sixty years, a resident of the County and State aforesaid, who being duly sworn according to law, declares that she is the widow of Hezekiah Coleman deceased, who was a private in the company of Georgia Militia commanded by Captain Waters in the war with Great Britian declared by the United States on the 18th day of June, 1812 that her said husband was drafted in Jackson County in the state of Georgia in the fall of 1814 for the term of six months and continued in actual service in said was for the term five or six months and was honorably discharged in the spring of 1815 on account of peace being made. & that he made application for bounty land under the act of September 28th 1850 and received a land warrant No. 17998 for eighty acres, which he legally disposed of & it cannot be returned. She further states that she was married to the said Hezekiah Coleman in the County of Union in the State of South Carolina on or about the 20th day of March A.D. 1811 by one John Lane a Justice of the Peace and that her name before her said marriage was Elizabeth Belew that she did not receive a marriage certificate and does not know whether or not any public or private record of said marriage exists. That her husband died at his residence in the County of Itawamba in the State of Mississippi on the 30th day of December A.D. 1854 and that she is now a widow and has remained a widow since his death. She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the bounty land to which she may be entitled under the act approved March 3rd 1855, never having received bounty lands, or made any previous application.
Elizabeth Coleman (her mark)
We Micajah Parker and McDonald Coleman residents of the county of Itawamba in the State of Mississippi upon our oaths declare that the foregoing declaration was signed and acknowledged in our presence, that we were personally acquainted with the said Hezekiah Coleman and Elizabeth Coleman his wife during the life time of the framrer, that we know that they lived together as man and wife and were acknowledged so to be, that the said Hezekiah Coleman is now dead and the said Elizabeth Coleman is now a widow and has remained a widow since his death and they further swear that they were personally present and saw the said Elizabeth Coleman make her mark to the foregoing declaration.
Micajah Parker (his mark)
McDonald Coleman (his mark)
The foregoing declaration and affidavit were sworn to and subscribed before me on the day and year above written, and I certify that I know the affiants to be credible persons; that the claimant is the person she represents herself to be and that I have no interest in this claim. J.H. Marcy, Justice of the Peace.
Date: 10 SEP 1855
Quality: 2
- Repository:
Title: Widow Pension Application
Publication: Federal Government
Abbrev: Widow Pension Application
Page: Page 24 of 48
Text: ACT OF FEBRUARY 14, 1871.
WAR OF 1812.
Elizabeth Coleman
Itawamba Co. Miss.
Widow of
Hezekiah Coleman
Capt Waters
Died 32 Dec 1855
Itawamba Co., Miss.
Rejected 11 Dec 72
Received Apr 6, 1871
B.D.Hyam
Present
Attorney
Dec 15:1871 - Further marriage, widowhood and new declaration - m
1872 Sept 6 Special Circular ???(initials)
Dec 11, 1872 Rejected.
Abandoned. E.E.
Jany. 17-1873. Claimant informs that affidavits of marriage are not sufficient sent her a marriage circular.
Re?fere?
Aug.5"1873 an amended copy of the family ???????
Date: 6 APR 1871
Quality: 2
- Repository:
Title: Company Pay Roll (Nov 21 - 1814 to May 6, 1815)
Author: Georgia Militia
Abbrev: Company Pay Roll (Nov 21 - 1814 to May 6, 1815)
Text: Hezekiah Coleman Pvt., { Capt. John Walter's Company of Infantry, 4 Reg't Georgia Militia. (War of 1812.) Appears on Company Pay Roll for Nov 21 - 1814 to May 6, 1815. Roll date not date, 181 . Arrived at blank (the rendezvous) Nov 21, 1814. Expir
- Repository:
Title: Company Muster Roll (Mar 1, 1815)
Author: Georgia Militia
Abbrev: Company Muster Roll (Mar 1, 1815)
Text: Hezekiah Coleman Pvt., {Captain John Walters' Company of Infantry, 4 Reg't Georgia Detached Militia. (War of 1812.) Appears on Company Muster Roll for 18 Mar1, 1815. Roll dated Camp 3 Mile Crek ner Mobile Town Mar 1, 1815. Commencement of services,
- Repository:
Title: Company Muster Roll (May 6, 1815)
Author: Georgia Militia
Abbrev: Company Muster Roll (May 6, 1815)
Text: Hezekiah Coleman Pvt., { Captain John Walters' Company of Infantry, 4 Reg't Georgia Detached Militia. (War of 1812.) Appears on Company Muster Roll for May 6,1815. Roll dated Camp Hope near Fort Hawkins May 6, 1815. Commencement of service, Nov 21, 18
- Repository:
Title: Company Muster Roll (December 9, 1814)
Author: Georgia Militia
Abbrev: Company Muster Roll (December 9, 1814)
Text: Hezekiah Coleman Pvt., { Captain John Walters' Company of Infantry, 4 Reg't Georgia Detached Militia. (War of 1812.) Appears on Company Muster Roll for to Dec 9, 1814. Roll dated Camp Hope Dec 9, 1814. Commencement of service, Nov 21, 1814. End of s
- Title: War of 1812 Service Records
Publication: Ancestry.com
Abbrev: War of 1812 Service Records
Page: Entry for Hozekiah Coleman
Text: Surname: COLEMAN, Given Name: HOZEKIAH, Middle Initial: [Blank], Company: 4 REGIMENT (BOOTH'S), GEORGIA MILITIA , Unit: [Blank] , Rank - Induction: PRIVATE , Rank - Discharge: PRIVATE, Misc: [Blank] , Roll Box: 43 , Roll Exct: 602 , Roll Rec: [Blank]
- Repository:
Title: Widow Pension Application
Publication: Federal Government
Abbrev: Widow Pension Application
Page: Page 31 and 32 of 48
Text: State of Mississippi
Itawamba County
For one W.H. Friday an acting justice of the Peace in and for said County this day personally appeared Mrs. Nancy Lyle who on oath says that She is personally acquainted with Mrs. Elizabeth Coleman Widow of Hezekiah Coleman Deceased and that she knows that the said Elizabeth Coleman and Hezekiah Coleman were husband and wife prior to Feby 17th 1815 because she lived as neighbor to them. She Personally knew him both prior to said Feby 17 1815 Affidavit they living at that time near Unionville South Carolina - Affient further said that she is now 79 years old. ???? to and subscribed before me this the 3rd day of August 1873 WW Friday JP
State of Mississippi - AP Gaither
Itawamba County Clerk of the Chancery Court of said County
hereby certify that WA Friday whose genuine signature appears to the foregoing certificate is now and was at the time of signing the name, a justice of the Peace in said county, duly elected and qualified according to law and that full faith and credit are due to all his offical acts as such - In witness here I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court in office at Fulton this the 8th day of September 1873.
AP Gaither Clerk
Date: 3 AUG 1873
Quality: 2
- Repository:
Title: Widow Pension Application
Publication: Federal Government
Abbrev: Widow Pension Application
Page: Page 10 of 48
Text: State of Alabama
County Marion
On this thirty first day of December A.D., One thousand and eight hundred and fifty Personally appeared before me, William F. Bishop, a Justice of the Peace, duly authorized by law to administer oaths with in and for the county and state aforesaid,
Hezekiah Coleman aged sixty five years, a resident of the County of Itawamba in the State of Mississippi who being duly sworn according to law, declares on oath that he is the identical Hezekiah Coleman who was a private in the company commanded by Captain John Waters in the Regiment of Georgia Militia commanded by Colonel Booth in the war with Great Britian declared by the United States on the 18th day of June A.D. 1812, that he was drafted in Jackson County, Georgia on or about the first day of October A.D. 1814 for the term of six months lacking a few days and was honorably discharged at Fort Hawkins in the state of Georgia, on or about the first day of April AD one thousand eight hundred and fifteen, on account of peace having been made.
As will appear by the muster rolls of said company that he received a certificate of discharge, but that it is destroyed.
That such is all the military services he ever performed and that he never received a bounty of land for the same, He makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the bounty land to which he may be entitled under the act granting bounty land to certain officers and soldiers who have been engaged in the military Services of the United States before September 28th 1850.
Hezekiah Coleman
Sworn to and Subscribed before me, on the day and year above written. And I hereby certify that I believe the said Hezekiah Coleman to be the identical man who served as aforesaid, and that he is of the age above stated.
William F. Bishop, Justice of the Peace
Quality: 2
- Repository:
Title: Eastern Cherokees Application #44808
Author: Guion Miller Rolls
Abbrev: Eastern Cherokees Application #44808
Note:
Benjamin Franklin Coleman's Application, May 1908
Page: Application
Text: No. 44808
EASTERN CHEROKEES.
APPLICATION
OF
B.F. Coleman
C.C. McCarty, Atty
Durant, Okla.
Special Commissioner of the Court of Claims,
601 Ouray Building, Washington, D.C.
Sir:
I hereby make application for such share as may be due me of the fund appropriated by the Act of Congress, approved June 30, 1906, in accordance with the decrees of the Court of Claims of May 18, 1905, and May 28, 1906, in favor of the Eastern Cherokees. The evidence of identity is herewith subjoined.
NOTE: Answers to all questions should be short, but complete. If you can not answer, so state.
1. State full name-
English name: B.F. Coleman
Indian name: Blue
2. Residence and post office: Graford, Texas (Graford, Palo Pinto, Tex)
3. County: PaloPinto
4. State: texas
5. How old are you? 43 years Born: 1864
6. Where were you born? Near Fulton Itawamba Co Miss
7. Are you married? yes
8. Name and age of wife or husband: Lena S. Coleman Age: 36
9. To what tribe of Indians does he or she belong? none
10. Name all your children who were living on May 28, 1906, giving their ages:
(1) Name: Jessie Coleman Age: 17 Born: 1890
(2) Name: Mildred Coleman Age: 14 Born: 1893
(3) Name: Edna Coleman Age: 11 Born: 1896
(4) Name: Frank Coleman Age: 08 Born: 1899
(5) Name: Fay Coleman Age: 05 Born: 1902
11. Give names of your father and mother, and your mother's name before marriage:
Father - English name: MC Coleman
Indian name: Blue
Mother - English name: M E Coleman
Indian name: none
Maiden name: Mary Jones
12. Where were they born?
Father: dont say
Mother: dont say
13. Where did they reside in 1851, if living at that time?
Father: Mississippi
Mother: Mississippi
14. Date of death of your father and mother:
Father: April 22 1877
Mother: April 11 1878
15. Were they ever enrolled for money, annuities, land or other benefits? If so, state when and where, and with what tribe of Indians: No
16. Name all your brothers and sisters, giving ages, and residence if possible:
(1) N.J. Hanna
T.M. Coleman
(2) M.E. Harget
(3) W.L. Coleman Died 1891
S.B. Coleman
(4) T.B. Thrower
17. State English and Indian names of your grandparents on both father's and mother's side, if possible:
Father's Side: Hesakiah Coleman
Elizabeth Coleman
Indian Name Blue
Mother's side: B.F. Jones
M.E. Jones
18. Where were they born? dont know
19. Where did they reside in 1851, if living at that time? in Mississippi
20. Give names of all their children, and residence, if possible:
(1) dont
21. Have you ever been enrolled for money, annuities, land or other benefits? If so, state when and where, and with what tribe of Indians: No
22. To assist in identification, claimant should give, the full English and Indian names, if possible, of their parents and grandparents back to 1835: this is ended in number 17-11 (or maybe it's 11-11 - hard to read) to the best of my knowledge
REMARKS
(Under this head the applciant may give any additional facts which will assist in proving his claim.)
the pension rolls may furnish some valuable evidence as granma drew a Pension for granpa services in the War of 1812.
I solemnly swear that the foregoing statements made by me are true to the best of my knowledge and belief.
(Signature) B.F. Coleman
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 29th day of April 1908
Olan Wright
Notary Public.
My commission expires Jnue 1st 1909.
AFFIDAVIT.
(The following affidavit must be sworn to by two or more witnesses who are well acquainted with the applicant.)
Personally appeared before me C.W. Bailey and George G. SMith who, being duly sworn, on oath depose and say that they are well acquainted with B.F. COleman who makes the foregoing application and statements, and have known him for 15 years and 20 years respectively, and know him to be the identical person he represents himself to be, and that the statements made by him are true, to the best of their knowledge and belief, and they have no interest whatever in the claim.
Signture of Witnesses.
C.W. Bailey
George G. Smith
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 29th day of April 1908
My commission expires June 1st, 1909 Olan Wright Notary Public
Date: 29 APR 1908
Quality: 2
- Title: Family Data Collection - Marriages
Publication: Ancestry.com
Abbrev: Family Data Collection - Marriages
Page: Entry for Martha Elizabeth Belue
Text: Belue, Martha Elizabeth
Spouse: Coleman, Hezekiah
Marriage Date: 1 January 1811
City: [Blank]
County: [Blank]
State: [Blank]
- Repository:
Title: Widow Pension Application
Publication: Federal Government
Abbrev: Widow Pension Application
Page: Page 1 of 48
Text: WAR OF 1812, NUMBERS Wid. Orig. 1022, Wid. Cif. 5656, SOLDIER Coleman, Hezekiah, WIDOW Coleman, Elizabeth, SERVICE Pvt. Capt. Waters'Co. Ga. Mil. ENLISTED Nov. 21, 1814, DISCHARGED May 6, 1815, RESIDENCE OF SOLDIER: 1850 Itawamba Co., Miss., RESIDENCE OF WIDOW: 1855 Itawamba Co., Miss., 1871, 1873 Fulton, Itawamba Co., Miss., MAIDEN NAME OF WIDOW: Elizabeth Belew, MARRIAGE OF SOLDIER AND WIDOW: Jan 1, 1811, Union Co., S.C., DEATH OF SOLDIER: Dec 31, 1855, Itawamba Co., Miss. BOUNTY LAND: 17998-80-50, 31882-80-55
- Repository:
Title: Widow Pension Application
Publication: Federal Government
Abbrev: Widow Pension Application
Page: Page 3 of 48 (Brief of Claim for a Widow's Pension)
Text: War of 1812
Act of February 14, 1871
BRIEF OF CLAIM FOR A WIDOW'S PENSION
in the case of Elizabeth Coleman, widow of Hezekiah Coleman, a [Blank] of Captain Waters Company, Colonel [Blank] Reg't, Georgia Militia. Residence, Itawamba County Mississippi. Post Office address, Fulton, Itawamba County, Miss. Soldier enlisted November 21, 1814, discharged May 6, 1815. Served afterward from [Blank], 18__, to [Blank], 18__, in Captain [Blank] Company, Colonel [Blank] Reg't. Declaration and identification in due form, filed April 6, 1871.
SERVICE FOR SIXTY DAYS SHOWN AS FOLLOWS: Report from Bounty Land Division shows service of Hezekiah Coleman from November 21 1814 to May 6 1815. Total service, 167 days. Soldier died Dec. 31, 1855, date and fact established by the declaration and report from B.L. Div warrant issued to widow. Continued widowhood since his death established by testimony of Nathaniel Davis, W.R. Bounder and J.J. Carmack and C. Wiggles. Marriage to soldier prior to February 17, 1815, established by a certified copy of the family record showing the date of the marriage of the parties on January 1, 1811 and affidavit of Nancy Lyle testifying to cohabitation in 1812. Maiden name of claimant "Belew" or Ballou. Said record shows birth of children in 1812 and 1814. Oath to support the Constitution of the United States subscribed. Non-receipt of pension declared. Loyalty established by affidavits of Nathaniel Davis and W.R. Bounds. Their credibility certified by Spencer Hare L.M. Admitted September 17, 1873, to a pension of eight dollars per month, from February 14, 1871. A.F. Kingsley, Examiner. Approved: A.M. Fisher, Reviewer. B.D. Lyam, President. R.
Date: 17 SEP 1873
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