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Covington Coleman (Harrison County, KY, farmer, soldier in the war of 1812 )

b. 1793? d. 1870-02-25

Harrison County, Kentucky, farmer and soldier. Virginia native. Married to Lucy G. Day Coleman in Harrison County, Kentucky, on May 28, 1814. Father of Richard Coleman, Josephine Coleman, Laura Coleman, and Robert Coleman. Served in the Kentucky Militia as private in the War of 1812 from April 1, 1813, to May 24, 1813. Farmer in Harrison County in 1850. Farmer in Harrison County in 1860.

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White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Harrison County, District 2, p. 121B-122A.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Harrison County, District 2, p. 461.

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Mortality Schedules, Kentucky, Harrison County, Casons, p. 577.

U.S. War of 1812 Pension Application Files Index, 1812-1815, NARA RG 15, Microfilm Series M313, Kentucky, Application#W.0.9,311.

Citation

Coleman, Covington. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32280278 (November 12, 2026).

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