William Coleman

1819 - 1898  (79 years)

• Name	William Coleman  [1, 2]
  Birth	2 Aug 1819	Burke, Georgia, USA   [2]
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	Farming  [2]
  Religion	Christian  [2]
  Death	7 Nov 1898	Emanuel, Georgia, USA   [2]
  Burial	Antioch Church Cemetery, Emanuel, Georgia, USA   [2]
  Person ID	I3005	tng Genealogy

  
  

  Father	Rev. Elisha Coleman,   b. 2 Apr 1789, Burke, Georgia, USA d. 30 Oct 1860, Emanuel, Georgia, USA (Age 71 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Lucretia Whitfield,   b. 1791, Burke, Georgia, USA d. Aug 1828, Burke, Georgia, USA (Age 37 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	1807	Burke, Georgia, USA   [2]
  Family ID	F1309	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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  Birth - 2 Aug 1819 - Burke, Georgia, USA Death - 7 Nov 1898 - Emanuel, Georgia, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  [CynthiaColeman.ged] William was a farmer in the area of the present Lamb’s Bridge Road, which winds eastward toward Candler County Line from Swainsboro, Georgia As found in the history of Antioch Church, and honored by a marker in front of the church, he gave the land on which the church was built and participated in its construction... When the Civil War started, William and Sarah Coleman had a large family to support. However, when the war seriously threatened Georgia in 1864 William and his son, James Elzie, was enlisted on 25 May 1864 (by William’s brother, Alfred) in Company E, 1st Batt’n Georgia Reserves, later to be called Symon’s Regt. Both William and James were captured when Fort McAlliste3r was besieged and captured by Sherman’s forces... William returned from a Northern prison and resumed life in Emanuel County.

  
  

• Sources

  [S46] Arthur Clinton Coleman, Arthur Clinton Coleman, (Name: Lee Printing, Inc.;). [S101] CynthiaColeman.ged. Date of Import: 19 Mar 2005