Alice Coleman

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name: Alice Colewell
death date: 28 Mar 1941
death place: Ora, Angelina, Texas
gender: Female
race: White
death age: 62 years
estimated birth date:
birth date: 17 Oct 1879
birthplace: Texas
marital status: Married
spouse's name:
father's name: Dick Coleman
father's birthplace: Unknown
mother's name: Florence Harvey
mother's birthplace: Texas
occupation:
place of residence: Ora, Angelina, Texas
cemetery: Cochran Cemetery
burial place: Texas
burial date: 29 Mar 1941
additional relatives: X
film number: 2138246
digital film number: 4030504
image number: 2875
reference number: cn 10780
Collection: "Texas, Deaths, 1890-1976," Alice Colewell, 1941

Notes:

Barbara Yancey Dore and Dale Rubel show him as a son of Jacob "Manning" Coleman and Sarah Henshaw.

At the time of the 1910 San Augustine County, TX census, the head of households in the adjacent households were Hiram Coleman, age 21, and Aaron Coleman, age 27.

(Research):

Census Listings:

1900 Census
Texas, San Augustine County, Beat 3, Macune
Enumerated 20 Jun 1900
SD 8 ED 76 Sheets 16A and 16B Stamped 231
213-213
Coleman, William Head B (?, error?) M Nov 1850 50 M 25 Tx SC SC Farmer
Coleman, Florence Wf W F Dec 1854 45 M 25 10/8 Tx Tx Tm
Coleman, Alice Dtr W F Oct 1878 21 S Tx Tx Tx Farm Laborer
Coleman, Aron Son W M Sept 1881 18 S Tx Tx Tx Farm Laborer
Coleman, Mason Son W M Apr 1884 16 S Tx Tx Tx Farm Laborer
Coleman, Florence Dtr W F Aug 1886 14 S Tx Tx Tx Farm Laborer
Coleman, Stephen I Son W M Apr 1888 12 S Tx Tx Tx Farm Laborer
Coleman, Walter Son W M Nov 1891 8 S Tx Tx Tx Farm Laborer
Coleman, John Son W M Mar 1896 S Tx Tx Tx Farm Laborer


1910 Census
Texas, San Augustine County, JP 3
Enumerated 27 Apr 1910
SD 25 ED 140 Sheets 12A
210-210
Coleman, Hiram Head M W 21 M1 2 Tx Tx Tx Farmer
Coleman, Bennie Wf F W 18 m1 2 2/1 Tx Tx Tx
Coleman, Pansy F Dtr F W 2/12 S Tx Tx Tx
211-211
William Martin and his sister, May
212-212
Coleman, William Head M W 60 m1 35 Tx SC Ga Farmer
Coleman, Florence Wf F W 58 m1 35 10/8 Tx Tx Ga
Coleman, Walter Son M W 17 S Tx Tx Tx
Coleman, John Son M W 14 S Tx Tx Tx
213-213
Coleman, Aaron Head M W 27 m1 3 Tx Tx Tx Farmer
Coleman, Elvina Wf F W 26 m1 3 2/2 Tx Tx Tx
Coleman, William C Son M W 2 S Tx Tx Tx
Coleman, Hester Dtr F W 1 S Tx Tx Tx

William married Florence Harvey on 8 Mar 1875. Florence (daughter of Stephen Prather Harvey and Francis Ann Hill) was born on 1 Dec 1854 in San Augustine County, Texas; died on 23 Nov 1936 in San Augustine County, Texas; was buried in Harvey Cemetery, Broaddus, San Augustine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

At the time of the 1860 San Augustine County, Texas census, he owned personal property worth $800.

Stephen married Francis Ann Hill before 1850. Francis was born about 1833 in Alabama; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

The daughter of Sarah Margaret (Sanders) and Francis Hill. ( Source: Joyce P. Hervey)

Notes:

FIRST GENERATION KNOWN BLASSINGAME W.HARVEY OF SAN AUGUSTINE CO., TEXAS By Joyce P. Hervey

http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~hervey/HFAV5.htm

[Editor: The following Harvey family is perhaps related to the family of James Hervey/Harvey of New York ca. early 1800's, (see Vol. 2 No. 2, p. 54 and Vol. 1 No. 2, p. 9). Prior articles of the Bulletin have indicated that Virgil Temple Hervey, descendant of said James Hervey of NY, visited relatives in Texas and was pressed into service in the Confederate Army on one of his trips (ca. 1861-1865). Interestingly, the name Virgil Temple Harvey was given to a child born ca. 1873 to Stephen Prather Harvey of the following family. It seems likely that Virgil T. of New York and Stephen P. of Texas visited and knew, or thought, they were related to each other and that Stephen P. named his young son after his New York "cousin".]

Texas of the 1820's was a region undergoing drastic change. It was a land occupied by Indians, a handful of Spaniards, and growing numbers of American "squatters," with a few Spanish forts and Catholic missions. Texas became part of Mexico when Mexico won independence from Spain in 1821. Being so large and far removed from Mexico's seat of government, and with little manpower, Texas could not be protected from illegal intrusion by American settlers in their push towards the West. Mexico, realizing its problem of protecting Texas from illegal immigration, agreed to allow some colonization of Texas by the Americans, and in 1821 authorized Moses Austin to establish a colony of 300 families in Texas. Much to the Mexican's dismay, this opened a floodgate, which they could not again close to American immigration into Texas. Between 1821 and 1836, 25,000 to 30,000 Americans moved into Texas.

One of these early Texas immigrants was Blassingame W. Harvey, who came to Texas by 1824 and made application for a Mexican land grant.

Who was Blassingame W. Harvey of San Augustine County and where did he come from?

The name "Blassingame" entered the Harvey family as a given name in Charlotte (formerly Lunenburg) County, Virginia when Thomas Harvey (b. ca. 1705, d. 1782) married Elizabeth Blassingame (b. ca. 1709) and they named one of their sons Blassingame Harvey (b. ca. 1736).

From Virginia, the name was carried South by descendants and relatives of this couple. Several persons named Blassingame Harvey lived in Georgia: in Burke Co. in 1790-95, 1820, 1824 ; Jefferson Co.; and Washington Co., ca. 1790.

Blassingame W. Harvey of Texas was born in South Carolina ca. 1792- 1794 and died in San Augustine Co., TX on 20 July 1867. (Your editors have not researched South Carolina records to try to locate him there.) He is said to have arrived in Catahoula Parish, LA in 1802, with his brother John J. Harvey and perhaps other relatives. A Thomas and a Charles B. Harvey are listed on many records of that parish.

When Blassingame W. Harvey left Louisiana, he probably headed toward San Augustine, TX because it was on the only convenient road to the interior of Texas from the landward side. When he reached the Ayish Bayou near San Augustine, where he settled, he found cleared fields, evidence of prior habitation by persons who had moved on. He found some old-timers who had "squatted" their land and established farms. Cotton farms worked by Negro slaves sprang up as the population of the area increased. The rolling hills and valleys covered with hardwood trees, the clear cold streams of water, the fertile soil, abundant wild life and game birds all no doubt helped convince him to put down some roots.

A colonization law passed by Mexico ca. 1823-1824 allowed a married man to be granted by the Mexican government a "league and a labor" of land in Texas, the league (4428 acres) for pastureland and the labor (177 acres) for cultivation. The law required that the colonist be a citizen of Mexico, obey the laws of Mexico, belong to the Roman Catholic Church, and live on the land he was granted. However, there was no provision made for conveyance of titles to the land until about 1834. Meanwhile, the settlers had no claim to their land except their occupancy of it or "squatters rights." Nevertheless, Blassingame W. Harvey received title to his "league" of land on 20 Feb. 1835 and his "labor" of land in Jan. 1838


May not be the same Blassingame Harvey:

Historical Collections of Ga. Vol.3

Page 11-William Wooldrige to wife Sarah, 100 acres where we did live and five slaves Jack, Jenny,Rachel, Lucy and Isby, all stock, furniture for life. To son Richard slaves Cate, Ceasar,and Pheby in his possession.To son William, slaves Frank, Sam and Nelly. To son Thomas slaves Chas, Abel,and Nancy. To son Gibson slaves James, Cain, and Sucky. To son Edward slaves Winny, Sarah and a wagon. To daughter Sally Hidspeth, slaves Ceasar, Joan, and Nancy for her life and then at her death to her children. To daughter Patty Davis slaves Isaac and Peg for her life and then to her children. Mentions debts owed by Phillip Ryon and BLASSINGAME HARVEY. Exors: sons Thomas and Gibson and wife Sarah. Signed Dec.6, 1797 recorded July 25, 1798 Elbert Co.Ga.

(Collections of Dubie Hudspeth: http://www.geocities.com/blsa44/Ralphhudspethjr.html)

Blassingame married Elizabeth Mary Ann Prather on 3 Sep 1826. Elizabeth (daughter of Stephen Prather and Tamora Elizabeth Ploudon) was born on 16 Aug 1810 in Catahoula Parish, Louisiana; died on 22 Jul 1855 in San Augustine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]