Known in his community as Dr R D Coleman.
R D Coleman was actually Richard DeSaussure Bacot, son of Richard Hutson Bacot and Mary Louise Cuthbert. Richard Hutson Bacot graduated from West Point in 1841 and served in the Seminole War but resigned less than 3 years after graduating to marry in 1843 and take up life as a planter in Beaufort County.
The siblings were:
Mary DeSaussure Bacot Taylor
Eliza Ferguson Bacot Fripp
Annie Cuthbert Bacot Taylor
George Cuthbert Bacot, 1851-Aug 1, 1928 New Orleans, Louisiana, no burial found.
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Bainbridge, Ga May 26 [1927] Dr R D Coleman, 94, prominent physician of this city, died this morning at his home after a long illness.
He was a Civil War Veteran and during the World War served in drafting soldiers. At his request interment will be in the Oak City cemetery.
May 27, 1927 Paper: Macon Telegraph (Macon, GA)
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Bainbridge, Ga, May 29 [1927] - Funeral services for Dr R D Coleman, a Confederate veteran who died Thursday morning, were held Saturday morning in the parlors of the Bainbridge Undertaking company. Rev Scott-Smith of St John's Episcopla church, officiating. Honorary pallbearers were J R Wilson, II, J Barton, D D Boozer, R G Hartsfield, Tom Backner, Joe McDuffie, Major Doebell and active pallbearers were D A Cohen, R V Griffin, Lee Parker, H G Bell, Frank S Jones. D S Taylor of Anderson, SC and George Cuthbert Bacot, of New Orleans, attended the services.
May 30, 1927 Paper: Macon Telegraph (Macon, GA)
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"DR COLEMAN" OF GEORGIA IS
BACOT OF SOUTH CAROLINA
Albany, Ga, May 31 [1927] - Southwest Georgians who recently mourned the death of Dr R D Coleman were not mourning for Dr Coleman, but for a man who in reality was Richard DeSaussure Bacot, scion of a noted South Carolina family, David Taylor of Anderson, SC, a nephew of the deceased, said today.
Mr Taylor, named as executor, is in Albany to file for probate the last will and testament of "Doctor Coleman," to whose estate Mr Taylor's daughter, Anne Cuthbert Taylor, is sole heiress.
"Doctor Coleman," an aged Confederate veteran, was the oldest son of Col Richard Hutson Bacot and Marie Louise Cuthbert Bacot, both of whom were descendants of two prominent South Carolina families, Mr Taylor said.
Mr Taylor told the story of "Doctor Coleman's" life: Young Bacot, at the age of 16, ran away from home and joined the Confederate army. He saw much fighting and was captured by Sherman's army at Hanging Rock, NC while Sherman was on his return North after his historic march through Georgia. Sherman clothed young Bacot, paroled him and sent him home because he and Bacot's father had been classmates at West Point. The incident is said to have been related in Sherman's memoirs.
Following the war, Richard Bacot had varied experiences, going to sea and touring the world many times. At 45, he had a quarrel with a sister and left home again, coming to south Georgia 35 years ago and buying a patent medicine show form a man named Coleman. He then assumed the name by which he ever afterwards was known.
This article appeared in numerous papers.
The State; Date: 06-01-1927; Page: 1
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I believe the argument probably involved legal issues over the division of Rose Hill Plantation in Beaufort County, SC that he and his siblings inherited from their parents. Rose Hill had belonged to their mother's Cuthbert family.
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Sherman did mention Richard DeSaussure Bacot in his memoirs:
"......I have also just released a prisoner, captured yesterday [at Hanging Rock] by thhe 20th corps, who was a bright lad, sixteen (16) years old, son of Richard Bacot, who was at West Point with me, and whom I knew well at Charleston. This boy left Charleston last Thursday at 12 m [sic], at which time he says our troops had been shelling the city for twenty four hours from James' Island. He was a hospital attendant, and was sent along with the sick from the hospitals to Florence, thence to be conveyed to the hospital at Cheraw. He said the orders for the evacuation had been published, and the garrison were to be rendevoused along the Florence road at Porcher's and Bonneau's; they were removing the powder and ammunition, but would leave the heavy guns. The gunboats were to be blown up. He says the first orders were to go to Columbia, but they were changed."
From Sherman's memoirs
It seems a lot of information to be giving the enemy.
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"Dissandure Barcoat" is found on the 1850 census in Prince William Parish, Beaufort, South Carolina, age 2, living in the household of his father, "R H Barcoat," 30, mother "Mary S Barcoat" 24, sister "Eliza Barcoat," 6, and sister "Mary Barcoat," 4.
R D Coleman was actually Richard DeSaussure Bacot, son of Richard Hutson Bacot and Mary Louise Cuthbert. Richard Hutson Bacot graduated from West Point in 1841 and served in the Seminole War but resigned less than 3 years after graduating to marry in 1843 and take up life as a planter in Beaufort County.
The siblings were:
Mary DeSaussure Bacot Taylor
Eliza Ferguson Bacot Fripp
Annie Cuthbert Bacot Taylor
George Cuthbert Bacot, 1851-Aug 1, 1928 New Orleans, Louisiana, no burial found.
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Bainbridge, Ga May 26 [1927] Dr R D Coleman, 94, prominent physician of this city, died this morning at his home after a long illness.
He was a Civil War Veteran and during the World War served in drafting soldiers. At his request interment will be in the Oak City cemetery.
May 27, 1927 Paper: Macon Telegraph (Macon, GA)
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Bainbridge, Ga, May 29 [1927] - Funeral services for Dr R D Coleman, a Confederate veteran who died Thursday morning, were held Saturday morning in the parlors of the Bainbridge Undertaking company. Rev Scott-Smith of St John's Episcopla church, officiating. Honorary pallbearers were J R Wilson, II, J Barton, D D Boozer, R G Hartsfield, Tom Backner, Joe McDuffie, Major Doebell and active pallbearers were D A Cohen, R V Griffin, Lee Parker, H G Bell, Frank S Jones. D S Taylor of Anderson, SC and George Cuthbert Bacot, of New Orleans, attended the services.
May 30, 1927 Paper: Macon Telegraph (Macon, GA)
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"DR COLEMAN" OF GEORGIA IS
BACOT OF SOUTH CAROLINA
Albany, Ga, May 31 [1927] - Southwest Georgians who recently mourned the death of Dr R D Coleman were not mourning for Dr Coleman, but for a man who in reality was Richard DeSaussure Bacot, scion of a noted South Carolina family, David Taylor of Anderson, SC, a nephew of the deceased, said today.
Mr Taylor, named as executor, is in Albany to file for probate the last will and testament of "Doctor Coleman," to whose estate Mr Taylor's daughter, Anne Cuthbert Taylor, is sole heiress.
"Doctor Coleman," an aged Confederate veteran, was the oldest son of Col Richard Hutson Bacot and Marie Louise Cuthbert Bacot, both of whom were descendants of two prominent South Carolina families, Mr Taylor said.
Mr Taylor told the story of "Doctor Coleman's" life: Young Bacot, at the age of 16, ran away from home and joined the Confederate army. He saw much fighting and was captured by Sherman's army at Hanging Rock, NC while Sherman was on his return North after his historic march through Georgia. Sherman clothed young Bacot, paroled him and sent him home because he and Bacot's father had been classmates at West Point. The incident is said to have been related in Sherman's memoirs.
Following the war, Richard Bacot had varied experiences, going to sea and touring the world many times. At 45, he had a quarrel with a sister and left home again, coming to south Georgia 35 years ago and buying a patent medicine show form a man named Coleman. He then assumed the name by which he ever afterwards was known.
This article appeared in numerous papers.
The State; Date: 06-01-1927; Page: 1
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I believe the argument probably involved legal issues over the division of Rose Hill Plantation in Beaufort County, SC that he and his siblings inherited from their parents. Rose Hill had belonged to their mother's Cuthbert family.
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Sherman did mention Richard DeSaussure Bacot in his memoirs:
"......I have also just released a prisoner, captured yesterday [at Hanging Rock] by thhe 20th corps, who was a bright lad, sixteen (16) years old, son of Richard Bacot, who was at West Point with me, and whom I knew well at Charleston. This boy left Charleston last Thursday at 12 m [sic], at which time he says our troops had been shelling the city for twenty four hours from James' Island. He was a hospital attendant, and was sent along with the sick from the hospitals to Florence, thence to be conveyed to the hospital at Cheraw. He said the orders for the evacuation had been published, and the garrison were to be rendevoused along the Florence road at Porcher's and Bonneau's; they were removing the powder and ammunition, but would leave the heavy guns. The gunboats were to be blown up. He says the first orders were to go to Columbia, but they were changed."
From Sherman's memoirs
It seems a lot of information to be giving the enemy.
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"Dissandure Barcoat" is found on the 1850 census in Prince William Parish, Beaufort, South Carolina, age 2, living in the household of his father, "R H Barcoat," 30, mother "Mary S Barcoat" 24, sister "Eliza Barcoat," 6, and sister "Mary Barcoat," 4.
Known in his community as Dr R D Coleman.
R D Coleman was actually Richard DeSaussure Bacot, son of Richard Hutson Bacot and Mary Louise Cuthbert. Richard Hutson Bacot graduated from West Point in 1841 and served in the Seminole War but resigned less than 3 years after graduating to marry in 1843 and take up life as a planter in Beaufort County.
The siblings were:
Mary DeSaussure Bacot Taylor
Eliza Ferguson Bacot Fripp
Annie Cuthbert Bacot Taylor
George Cuthbert Bacot, 1851-Aug 1, 1928 New Orleans, Louisiana, no burial found.
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Bainbridge, Ga May 26 [1927] Dr R D Coleman, 94, prominent physician of this city, died this morning at his home after a long illness.
He was a Civil War Veteran and during the World War served in drafting soldiers. At his request interment will be in the Oak City cemetery.
May 27, 1927 Paper: Macon Telegraph (Macon, GA)
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Bainbridge, Ga, May 29 [1927] - Funeral services for Dr R D Coleman, a Confederate veteran who died Thursday morning, were held Saturday morning in the parlors of the Bainbridge Undertaking company. Rev Scott-Smith of St John's Episcopla church, officiating. Honorary pallbearers were J R Wilson, II, J Barton, D D Boozer, R G Hartsfield, Tom Backner, Joe McDuffie, Major Doebell and active pallbearers were D A Cohen, R V Griffin, Lee Parker, H G Bell, Frank S Jones. D S Taylor of Anderson, SC and George Cuthbert Bacot, of New Orleans, attended the services.
May 30, 1927 Paper: Macon Telegraph (Macon, GA)
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"DR COLEMAN" OF GEORGIA IS
BACOT OF SOUTH CAROLINA
Albany, Ga, May 31 [1927] - Southwest Georgians who recently mourned the death of Dr R D Coleman were not mourning for Dr Coleman, but for a man who in reality was Richard DeSaussure Bacot, scion of a noted South Carolina family, David Taylor of Anderson, SC, a nephew of the deceased, said today.
Mr Taylor, named as executor, is in Albany to file for probate the last will and testament of "Doctor Coleman," to whose estate Mr Taylor's daughter, Anne Cuthbert Taylor, is sole heiress.
"Doctor Coleman," an aged Confederate veteran, was the oldest son of Col Richard Hutson Bacot and Marie Louise Cuthbert Bacot, both of whom were descendants of two prominent South Carolina families, Mr Taylor said.
Mr Taylor told the story of "Doctor Coleman's" life: Young Bacot, at the age of 16, ran away from home and joined the Confederate army. He saw much fighting and was captured by Sherman's army at Hanging Rock, NC while Sherman was on his return North after his historic march through Georgia. Sherman clothed young Bacot, paroled him and sent him home because he and Bacot's father had been classmates at West Point. The incident is said to have been related in Sherman's memoirs.
Following the war, Richard Bacot had varied experiences, going to sea and touring the world many times. At 45, he had a quarrel with a sister and left home again, coming to south Georgia 35 years ago and buying a patent medicine show form a man named Coleman. He then assumed the name by which he ever afterwards was known.
This article appeared in numerous papers.
The State; Date: 06-01-1927; Page: 1
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I believe the argument probably involved legal issues over the division of Rose Hill Plantation in Beaufort County, SC that he and his siblings inherited from their parents. Rose Hill had belonged to their mother's Cuthbert family.
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Sherman did mention Richard DeSaussure Bacot in his memoirs:
"......I have also just released a prisoner, captured yesterday [at Hanging Rock] by thhe 20th corps, who was a bright lad, sixteen (16) years old, son of Richard Bacot, who was at West Point with me, and whom I knew well at Charleston. This boy left Charleston last Thursday at 12 m [sic], at which time he says our troops had been shelling the city for twenty four hours from James' Island. He was a hospital attendant, and was sent along with the sick from the hospitals to Florence, thence to be conveyed to the hospital at Cheraw. He said the orders for the evacuation had been published, and the garrison were to be rendevoused along the Florence road at Porcher's and Bonneau's; they were removing the powder and ammunition, but would leave the heavy guns. The gunboats were to be blown up. He says the first orders were to go to Columbia, but they were changed."
From Sherman's memoirs
It seems a lot of information to be giving the enemy.
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"Dissandure Barcoat" is found on the 1850 census in Prince William Parish, Beaufort, South Carolina, age 2, living in the household of his father, "R H Barcoat," 30, mother "Mary S Barcoat" 24, sister "Eliza Barcoat," 6, and sister "Mary Barcoat," 4.
R D Coleman was actually Richard DeSaussure Bacot, son of Richard Hutson Bacot and Mary Louise Cuthbert. Richard Hutson Bacot graduated from West Point in 1841 and served in the Seminole War but resigned less than 3 years after graduating to marry in 1843 and take up life as a planter in Beaufort County.
The siblings were:
Mary DeSaussure Bacot Taylor
Eliza Ferguson Bacot Fripp
Annie Cuthbert Bacot Taylor
George Cuthbert Bacot, 1851-Aug 1, 1928 New Orleans, Louisiana, no burial found.
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Bainbridge, Ga May 26 [1927] Dr R D Coleman, 94, prominent physician of this city, died this morning at his home after a long illness.
He was a Civil War Veteran and during the World War served in drafting soldiers. At his request interment will be in the Oak City cemetery.
May 27, 1927 Paper: Macon Telegraph (Macon, GA)
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Bainbridge, Ga, May 29 [1927] - Funeral services for Dr R D Coleman, a Confederate veteran who died Thursday morning, were held Saturday morning in the parlors of the Bainbridge Undertaking company. Rev Scott-Smith of St John's Episcopla church, officiating. Honorary pallbearers were J R Wilson, II, J Barton, D D Boozer, R G Hartsfield, Tom Backner, Joe McDuffie, Major Doebell and active pallbearers were D A Cohen, R V Griffin, Lee Parker, H G Bell, Frank S Jones. D S Taylor of Anderson, SC and George Cuthbert Bacot, of New Orleans, attended the services.
May 30, 1927 Paper: Macon Telegraph (Macon, GA)
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"DR COLEMAN" OF GEORGIA IS
BACOT OF SOUTH CAROLINA
Albany, Ga, May 31 [1927] - Southwest Georgians who recently mourned the death of Dr R D Coleman were not mourning for Dr Coleman, but for a man who in reality was Richard DeSaussure Bacot, scion of a noted South Carolina family, David Taylor of Anderson, SC, a nephew of the deceased, said today.
Mr Taylor, named as executor, is in Albany to file for probate the last will and testament of "Doctor Coleman," to whose estate Mr Taylor's daughter, Anne Cuthbert Taylor, is sole heiress.
"Doctor Coleman," an aged Confederate veteran, was the oldest son of Col Richard Hutson Bacot and Marie Louise Cuthbert Bacot, both of whom were descendants of two prominent South Carolina families, Mr Taylor said.
Mr Taylor told the story of "Doctor Coleman's" life: Young Bacot, at the age of 16, ran away from home and joined the Confederate army. He saw much fighting and was captured by Sherman's army at Hanging Rock, NC while Sherman was on his return North after his historic march through Georgia. Sherman clothed young Bacot, paroled him and sent him home because he and Bacot's father had been classmates at West Point. The incident is said to have been related in Sherman's memoirs.
Following the war, Richard Bacot had varied experiences, going to sea and touring the world many times. At 45, he had a quarrel with a sister and left home again, coming to south Georgia 35 years ago and buying a patent medicine show form a man named Coleman. He then assumed the name by which he ever afterwards was known.
This article appeared in numerous papers.
The State; Date: 06-01-1927; Page: 1
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I believe the argument probably involved legal issues over the division of Rose Hill Plantation in Beaufort County, SC that he and his siblings inherited from their parents. Rose Hill had belonged to their mother's Cuthbert family.
--------------
Sherman did mention Richard DeSaussure Bacot in his memoirs:
"......I have also just released a prisoner, captured yesterday [at Hanging Rock] by thhe 20th corps, who was a bright lad, sixteen (16) years old, son of Richard Bacot, who was at West Point with me, and whom I knew well at Charleston. This boy left Charleston last Thursday at 12 m [sic], at which time he says our troops had been shelling the city for twenty four hours from James' Island. He was a hospital attendant, and was sent along with the sick from the hospitals to Florence, thence to be conveyed to the hospital at Cheraw. He said the orders for the evacuation had been published, and the garrison were to be rendevoused along the Florence road at Porcher's and Bonneau's; they were removing the powder and ammunition, but would leave the heavy guns. The gunboats were to be blown up. He says the first orders were to go to Columbia, but they were changed."
From Sherman's memoirs
It seems a lot of information to be giving the enemy.
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"Dissandure Barcoat" is found on the 1850 census in Prince William Parish, Beaufort, South Carolina, age 2, living in the household of his father, "R H Barcoat," 30, mother "Mary S Barcoat" 24, sister "Eliza Barcoat," 6, and sister "Mary Barcoat," 4.
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