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James B. Coleman (Graves County, Kentucky, farmer and militiaman - 1st Lieut. State Guard)

b. 1834-10-23 d. 1918-04-01

Graves County, Kentucky, farmer. Tennessee native. Son of Henry Coleman and Frances Coleman. Married to Piety Jones Coleman in Montgomery County, Tennessee, on November 27, 1860. Father of Caroline Coleman, Ella Coleman, Susan Coleman, and Margarette Coleman. Resident of Montgomery County, Tennessee, in 1850. Served in the Kentucky State Guard as a 1st Lieutenant in 1860. Farmer in Graves County, Kentucky, in 1863.

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White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Tennessee, Montgomery County, Districts 1-4, p. 255B.

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Graves County, Boswell's Precinct p. 15A.

Consolidated Lists of Civil War Draft Registration Records, Records of the Provost Marshal General's Bureau (Civil War), NARA RG 110, Graves County, KY, July 1863, p. 12.

"James B. Coleman (1834-1918)," Find A Grave, Memorial 13560198, accessed January 2, 2024, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/13560198.

Tennessee State Marriages, 1780-2002, Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville, TN, X County, 1838 - 1874: Marriages 3, p. 103.

Citation

Coleman, James B.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32281389 (November 12, 2026).

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