Individual Details
Staten Coleman
(1800 - 1810 - 1841)
The Deramus family note written by Lynn N. Gaines of Pine Bluff, Arkansas and posted on the PMB Tree_2013-02-05 at Ancestry.com under Asa Hicks states the following:
Henry Hicks, born 1820 in Georgia, married the widow of Slayton or Staton Coleman (Mary T. Deramus Coleman) on 12-17-1842 and moved to Union Co., Arkansas about 1847-1848. Other family members who moved to Arkansas about the same time were Green and Elbert Hicks.
From Autauga County, Alabama, Index to Orphans Court Records, Compiled By Larry W. Nobles and theAutauga Genealogical Society.
Note: The Orphans Court was a forerunner of the Probate Court. Its entries are not restricted to just orphans. The types of entries are: Estate Proceedings (E); Guardianships (G); Heirs (H); and Other (O). Many of the records are not classified as to type.
COLEMAN, GEORGE H 8 JUN 1844 5 372
COLEMAN, SLATON E 8 JUN 1844 5 372
COLEMAN, SLAYTON E 14 DEC 1841 4 513
Events
| Birth | 1800 - 1810 |  |  | ||
| Miscellaneous | 1822 - 1841 | Family History - Autauga County, Alabama | | | |
| Census | 1830 | Autauga County, Alabama | | | |
| Miscellaneous | FEBRUARY 26, 1836 | Military Service - Fort King, Florida | | | |
| Marriage | JULY 2, 1839 | Autauga County, Alabama - Mary T. DeRamus | | | |
| Census | 1840 | Autauga County, Alabama | | | |
| Death | 1841 | Autauga County, Alabama | | ||
| Burial | 1841 | Indian Hill Cemetery, Prattville, Autauga County, Alabama | | ||
| Miscellaneous | 1841 | Estate Records - Autauga County, Alabama | | | |
| Miscellaneous | Aft 1841 | Find A Grave Memorial - Indian Hill Cemetery, Prattville, Autauga County, Alabama | | |
Families
| Spouse | Mary T. DeRamus (1820 - 1853) |
| Child | George Washington Coleman (1840 - 1923) |
| Father | Thomas Coleman ( - ) |
| Mother | Unknown Coleman (Maiden Name Unknown) ( - ) |
| Sibling | Thomas A. Coleman ( - ) |
| Sibling | Richard Coleman ( - 1832) |
Notes
Birth
In the 1830 Autauga County, Alabama US Census, Slaten Coleman is listed as 20-30 years of age.In the 1840 Autauga County, Alabama US Census Staten Coleman is listed as 30-40 years of age.
By these records he would have been born between 1800 to 1810.
Miscellaneous
A transcript of an 1885 interview given by Martha Coleman Mathews [niece of Staten Coleman's brother, Thomas A. Coleman] found in the Ancestry.com Hooker/McRae Family Tree under the Thomas A. Coleman listing gives the following information:"Martha Burt was born in 1790 in Halifax County, North Carolina, daughter of Joseph Burt, Jr. and Ann READ. Martha married Thomas A. Coleman, son of Thomas Coleman, circa 1810 in Halifax County, North Carolina.
Martha Burt and Thomas A. Coleman moved from Halifax County to Autauga County, Alabama 1822.
In the fall of 1822 another son-in-law [of Joseph Burt, Jr.] came into the county,viz., Thomas Coleman, and two of his unmarried brothers, Richard and Staton. Richard never married and died in 1832 and was buried in old Washington. Staton, married a daughter of Mr. George Deramus in 1839, died and was buried at Indian Hill Church in 1841.
Mr.Coleman [Thomas A. Coleman] settled in the woods about a mile from his father-in-law in the flat southwest of the Stephen Pearce place. Here he erected a small framed building, probably the first framed building ever erected in that neighborhood. His two brothers [Staten and Richard], with the assistance of Old Aunt Fannie, cleared a little land and farmed on a small scale. Aunt Fannie was a servant that Mr. Coleman [Thomas A. Coleman] brought from North Carolina with him and is still living August 30, 1885."
The interview indicates that Staten Coleman's brother Thomas A. Coleman was first a member of the Methodist Church, but changed his affiliation to the Primitive Baptist Church later in life. This may be the source of George Washington Coleman's religious choice, as he also was a member of the Methodist Church early in his life but later joined Rock Springs Baptist Church (a Primitive Baptist church) in Oglesby, Texas, with his wife Mary Virginia Hicks Coleman.
Census
Staten Coleman is listed in his brother Thomas Coleman's household as a 20-30 year-old white male. This listing is consistent with the 1840 census where Staten is listed in his own home as a white, 30-40 year-old male.Miscellaneous
Staten Coleman, Pvt. 2nd Art. Co B, was reported as left at Fort King, Florida due to sickness on 2-26-1836 by Gen. Gaines who arrived at Fort King on 2-26-1836 with his unit of Louisiana Volunteers.This report was made by Fort King commander Lt. Col. J. B. Crane, 2nd. Reg't. Artillery.
Activity in the Second Seminole War prior to Staten Coleman arriving at Fort King near Ocala, Florida:
General Edmund Gaines [commander of the 2nd. Artillery, a force of 1100 Louisiana Volunteers] left his command of the Western War Department , and without specific orders, brought his troops from New Orleans by ship to Fort Brooke in Florida, to assist with the recent renewed fighting between Seminole leader Oseola and the U.S. troops in Florida. He began a march to Fort King to render aid, but his rations ran out during the trip, and there were no food supplies when he arrived at Fort King. Many of his men were sick, including Staten Coleman, so Gen. Gaines left them at Fort King when he returned to Fort Brooke. Fortunately for Staten Coleman, he was saved from a siege of Gen. Gaines troops at Camp Izard by the Seminoles. Gen. Gaines men were without adequate food or provisions during this siege which lasted nearly a month.
Marriage
The Deramus family note written by Lynn N. Gaines of Pine Bluff, Arkansas and posted on the PMB Tree_2013-02-05 at Ancestry.com under Asa Hicks states the following:Henry Hicks, born 1820 in Georgia, married the widow of Slayton or Staton Coleman (Mary T. Deramus Coleman) on 12-17-1842 and moved to Union Co., Arkansas about 1847-1848. Other family members who moved to Arkansas about the same time were Green and Elbert Hicks.
The marriage of Staten Coleman and Mary T. Deramous [DeRamus] on 7-2-1839, in Autauga County, AL is recorded in "Alabama, County Marriage Records, 1805-1967."
Census
Staten Coleman is listed next to his brother Thomas Coleman in the 1840 Autauga County, Alabama US Federal Census as:Satten or Latten Colman with the following in his household:
1M <5; 1M 30-40; 1F 15-20.
These listing would be George Washington Coleman (M <5). Staten Coleman (M 30-40), and Mary Deramus Coleman (F 15-20.)
Miscellaneous
From Autauga County, Alabama, Index to Orphans Court Records, Compiled By Larry W. Nobles and theAutauga Genealogical Society.Note: The Orphans Court was a forerunner of the Probate Court. Its entries are not restricted to just orphans. The types of entries are: Estate Proceedings (E); Guardianships (G); Heirs (H); and Other (O). Many of the records are not classified as to type.
NAME TYPE DATE BOOK BEG. PAGES
COLEMAN, GEORGE H 8 JUN 1844 5 372
COLEMAN, SLATON E 8 JUN 1844 5 372
COLEMAN, SLAYTON E 14 DEC 1841 4 513
COLEMAN, SLATEN E 20 OCT 1843 5 208
COLEMAN, SLATON E 2 JAN 1844 5 247
COLEMAN, SLATON E 4 SEP 1843 5 173
COLEMAN, SLATON E 4 SEP 1843 5 189
COLEMAN, SLAYTON E 30 AUG 1841 4 495
From the Autauga County, Alabama Index of Wills and Estates:
(TYPE: E-Estate Proceedings G-Guardianship H-Heirs O-Other)
NAME TYPE DATE BOOK BEG. PAGES -----------------------------------------------------------------------
COLEMAN, G. W. G 11 MAR 1862 RB-12 140
COLEMAN, GEORGE W. G 1 FEB 1859 RB-10 754
COLEMAN, SLATON E 19 NOV 1841 RB- 5 67, 416, 505
Miscellaneous
His Find A Grave Memorial is #33951252 and has no tombstone photograph.The memorial gives only a death date of 1841 and place of death, Autauga County, Alabama.
His grave is the only Coleman burial in this cemetery.
Endnotes
1. 1830 U.S. Federal Census, Record Type: Microfilm image, Ancestry.com Website, www.ancestry.com..
2. 1840 U.S. Federal Census, Record Type: Microfilm image, Ancestry.com Website, www.ancestry.com..
3. "Interview with Martha Coleman Mathews (niece of Thomas A. Coleman)," 1885 by Dr. Samuel P. Smith, owned by Ancestry.com -Hooker/McRae Family Tree, www.ancestry.com, Interview Transcript; Contents of interview are corroborated by other facts..
4. 1830 U.S. Federal Census, Record Type: Microfilm image, Ancestry.com Website, www.ancestry.com..
5. "U.S. Returns from Military Posts, 1806-1916," Ancesrtry.com, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : accessed March 2015), Digital Image, "U.S. Returns from Military Posts, 1806-1916," Staten Coleman Record; Digital images of original records from NARA microfilm, M617, Roll 581..
6. Larry W. Nobles, "Autauga County, Alabama Index to Marriage Records," transcript, Rootsweb, Rootsweb (http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~alautaug/ : accessed ); accessed march 2015
7. "Hicks Story". Deramus Note by Lynn N. Gaines. PMB Tree-2013-02-05. J P Paula owner. www.ancestry.com. Accessed March 2015., Asa Hicks-Ancestry.com Public Family Trees.
8. Family Search, "Alabama County Marriages, 1805-1967," Digital Images of Original Records, Ancestry.com, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : Accessed 8 January 2018), Marriage record for Staten Coleman and Mary T. Duramous; Family Search
9. 1840 U.S. Federal Census, Record Type: Microfilm image, Ancestry.com Website, www.ancestry.com..
10. Find A Grave Web Site, Url: www.findagrave.com.
11. Find A Grave Web Site, Url: www.findagrave.com.
12. "Autauga County, Alabama, Index to Orphans Court Records," USGenWeb, UsGenWeb-Autauga County, Alabama (http://usgenweb.org : Viewed March 2015), Transcript, "Autauga County, Alabama, Index to Orphans Court Records," Various pages; Compiled By Larry W. Nobles and the Autauga Genealogical Society.
13. "Autauga County, Alabama, Index to Wills and Estates," USGenWeb, USGen Web-Autauga County, Alabama (http://usgenweb.org : Viewed March 2015), Transcription, "Autauga County, Alabama, Index to Wills and Estates," Various pages.; Compiled by Larry W. Nobles.
14. Find A Grave Web Site, Url: www.findagrave.com.