Marty and Karla Grant

!NOTES:I (Marty Grant) am not related to this person as far as I know. However, I am interested in all families in Marion County, SC to some extent.
* Distant uncle or aunt of my Aunt Harriette Richardson Nack and of my 1st cousins Melissa, Rich and Heather;


!REFERENCE:
http://www.martygrant.com/
http://www.martygrant.com/genealogy/


!NAMED-EQUITY ROLL # 38 John Coleman 1846
Moses Coleman vs John Coleman et al
Moses Coleman shows that his later father John Coleman Sr died intestate about April 1845. Estate consisted of about 1000a ... waters of Smith Swamp and Sister Bay and slaves ...
John Coleman left surviving:
widow Esther Coleman
his children:
the orator (Moses Coleman)
John Coleman Jr
children of deceased son Edwadr Coleman, viz:
Washington Coleman, Martha Coleman, John Coleman, Elizabeth Coleman and Susan Coleman.
Esther Coleman, widow, died a few weeks after husband.
Bill of Revision 7 Mar 1857
Esther Coleman left other heirs, viz Dicey Lewis and Abigail Rice (husband Shadrach Rice per Roll # 39), her children the issue of a former marriage with one Miller (Samuel per Roll # 39) who were not parties of the bill of Moses Coleman. Abigail Rice lives in Alabama and has not been heard from.
John Coleman Jr has died testate (will mentioned and summarized, see his own probate roll for more details).
* From "Marion County South Carolina Extracts from Equity Rolls", Lucille Utley. Three Rivers Historical Society.;


!CENSUS:1850 Marion Dist., SC # 953/958
John Coleman 44 Farmer $8000 Marion
Caroline 19
Hannah 6/12
Lewis Johnson 16 Labourer;


!PROBATE ROLL # 982 John Coleman Jr. 1853
Will dated 1 Oct 1853
Corn and provisions to support Caroline Mairs and her children for one year
...
To Edward Mairs son of Caroline, horses etc.
Niece Susan Rogers, wife of Bethel Rogers 1/2 land.
To Esther Coleman, my niece, daughter of Moses Coleman 1/4 land.
To Edward Mairs and Hannah Mairs, children of Caroline Mairs, 1/4 land.
To nephew Sampson Coleman $100 ..
Wit: W. W. Harllee, Henry Powers, Samuel Altman
Proved by W. W. Harllee 22 May 1854
...
Esther Coleman married Thomas Proctor left state ...
To James Smith and wife Hannah Smith and Edward Mears
Hannah Smith formerly Hannah Mairs ...
Hannah Johnson also mentioned, but not as heir, probably creditor ...
... John Coleman Jr a son of John Coleman Sr deceased ...
* From "Marion County South Carolina Extracts from Equity Rolls", Lucille Utley. Three Rivers Historical Society.;

!NOTES:Spouse of Marty Grant's 1st cousin, 5 times removed.


!REFERENCE:
http://www.martygrant.com/
http://www.martygrant.com/genealogy/blackman/
http://www.martygrant.com/genealogy/lane/


!NOTES:Caroline was a single mother having at least 8 children. Two of her children (Hannah-1849 and Edward-1852) are probably the children of John Coleman, whom she was living with in 1850. He named her and them in his Will (1853) though no relationship was stated. She had other children at that time, but he didn't mention them, so that suggests he wasn't the father of any of the others.
Edward's D/C shows his father as blank, and mother as --- Johnson. Caroline's oldest son, Dallas, was listed as a Johnson on some records, so was she a Johnson by birth and later married a Mears/Mayers? Or was it that Dallas's father was a Johnson. There was a Lewis Johnson age 16 with the family in 1850 (Caroline was 19 then).
Caroline's last child was John, born in 1866. Apparently John A. Blackman (her next door neighbor then) was the father, for they later married and John (Jr) took the Blackman name.
The parents of the other children are unknown at this time. ;


!CENSUS:1850 Marion Dist., SC # 953/958
John Coleman 44 Farmer $8000 Marion
Caroline 19
Hannah 6/12
Lewis Johnson 16 Labourer;


!NAMED-PROBATE ROLL # 982 John Coleman Jr. 1853
Will dated 1 Oct 1853
Corn and provisions to support Caroline Mairs and her children for one year
...
To Edward Mairs son of Caroline, horses etc.
Niece Susan Rogers, wife of Bethel Rogers 1/2 land.
To Esther Coleman, my niece, daughter of Moses Coleman 1/4 land.
To Edward Mairs and Hannah Mairs, children of Caroline Mairs, 1/4 land.
To nephew Sampson Coleman $100 ..
Wit: W. W. Harllee, Henry Powers, Samuel Altman
Proved by W. W. Harllee 22 May 1854
...
Esther Coleman married Thomas Proctor left state ...
To James Smith and wife Hannah Smith and Edward Mears
Hannah Smith formerly Hannah Mairs ...
Hannah Johnson also mentioned, but not as heir, probably creditor ...
... John Coleman Jr a son of John Coleman Sr deceased ...
* From "Marion County South Carolina Extracts from Equity Rolls", Lucille Utley. Three Rivers Historical Society.;


!CENSUS:1860 Marion Dist., SC Marion, Marion PO # 1971/1941
Caroline Mears 30 ~ $-/- SC
Dallas 15
Hanah 11
Edwd 8
Esther 6
Florence 4
Elmore 7/12;


!CENSUS:1870 Marion Co., SC Marion, Marion CH PO # 387/411
Caroline Mayers 40 Keeping House $500/165 SC
Edward 18 at home
Florence 12 at home
George E. 9
Elizabeth 7
John 3;


!MARRIAGE:From the Marion Star - "Genealogical Abstracts from Marion, South Carolina Newspapers 1858-1886" Abstracted by Gloria Calhoun, Pee Dee Chapter SCGS, Marion, SC 1999;


!CENSUS:1880 Marion Co., SC Marion # 312/316
John Blackman Sr 68 M Farmer SC-SC-SC
Caroline 48 wife M Keeping House
John Jr 13 son Farm Laborer;


!CENSUS:1900 Marion Co., SC Reaves # 271/272
Ervn Lambert head Aug 1868 31 M 9 SC-SC-SC Farmer
Catharine wife Jun 1873 26 M 9 4-3
Willi E. son Jul 1892 7
Pearley H. son Nov 1893 6
Caroline Blackman G-Mother Jan 1834 66 wd 1-0
John Uncle Dec 1866 33 S Farm Laborer;


!DEATH:Mrs. Caroline Blackman died Feb 24th 1907 The Diary of Rev. Simeon Campbell page 159;



!REFERENCE: A History of Marion County, South Carolina From Its Earliest Times to the Present, 1901, by W. W. Sellers, Esq., of the Marion Bar. 1902. pp. 386-395
...
Osborne Lane married a Miss Crawford, a sister of old James Crawford, of Spring Branch-I suppose, older than her brother. The Crawfords were quite respectable in that day and have continued to be so down to the present time. The fruits of the marriage, as known, were eight sons, John, Thomas, Alexander, James, Robert, David, Stephen and William, and two daughters, Kesiah and Elizabeth.
...
Of the daughters, one, Elizabeth, married old John Blackman, a son of the old Tory John, that Colonel Murphy tied and whipped ; by this marriage were three children born and raised, as known to the writer- Stephen Blackman and John, called Jack ; the name of the daughter was Elizabeth, or Betsey; when an old maid, she became the second wife of Rev. John D. Coleman, below Marion ; both are dead ; don't know whether she left any children or not. Stephen Blackman married some one, to the writer not known ; he died many years ago, and left a son, William, called Billy Blackman, and is now a middle-aged man and lives somewhere in the Latta neighborhood ; married, and has a family. John (Jack) Blackman married a Miss Bird, a sister of the late Hugh and Joe Bird, of the Toby's Creek section ; by her he raised two sons, Joseph A. and Hamilton, who, like their father, were good soldiers in the war. Hamilton was killed about Charleston, S. C. Joe died since the war, leaving several children; his widow married again, Robert C. Rogers, of Wahee Township ; know nothing of Joseph A. Blackman's children, suppose some or all of them are grown. John (Jack) Blackman was married a second time, late in life, to Caroline Mears, and by her had and raised one or two sons- one, named John, is as much like old John as it- is possible for a young man to favor an old man ; these sons are in the Mullins section. Old John (Jack) died in 1895, in June, and was ninety years of age in December before he died, as brave and patriotic as any man that ever lived in the county, and as honest as the days were long. ;

!NAMED-PROBATE ROLL # 982 John Coleman Jr. 1853
Will dated 1 Oct 1853
Corn and provisions to support Caroline Mairs and her children for one year
...
To Edward Mairs son of Caroline, horses etc.
Niece Susan Rogers, wife of Bethel Rogers 1/2 land.
To Esther Coleman, my niece, daughter of Moses Coleman 1/4 land.
To Edward Mairs and Hannah Mairs, children of Caroline Mairs, 1/4 land.
To nephew Sampson Coleman $100 ..
Wit: W. W. Harllee, Henry Powers, Samuel Altman
Proved by W. W. Harllee 22 May 1854
...
Esther Coleman married Thomas Proctor left state ...
To James Smith and wife Hannah Smith and Edward Mears
Hannah Smith formerly Hannah Mairs ...
Hannah Johnson also mentioned, but not as heir, probably creditor ...
... John Coleman Jr a son of John Coleman Sr deceased ...
* From "Marion County South Carolina Extracts from Equity Rolls", Lucille Utley. Three Rivers Historical Society.;


!CENSUS:1860 Marion Dist., SC Marion, Marion PO # 1971/1941
Caroline Mears 30 ~ $-/- SC
Dallas 15
Hanah 11
Edwd 8
Esther 6
Florence 4
Elmore 7/12;


!CENSUS:1870 Marion Co., SC Marion, Marion CH PO # 387/411
Caroline Mayers 40 Keeping House $500/165 SC
Edward 18 at home
Florence 12 at home
George E. 9
Elizabeth 7
John 3;