Pennsylvania Militia, Revolutionary War. No dates on stone
From Annie:
Rev. War veteran
Sect 1 Lot 17 Grave 1
lot Owner David D. Coleman
Born 1748 (Lancaster county)
Died 1837 (age 89) in Pleasant Valley, (now part of Altoona, Blair Co., PA)
buried (Blair, now Huntington County- Moved later to Grandview Cemetery in Soldiers Circle )
Wife Phoebe Gray - died 1837
Out of local history book
additional info from Kathy Weigel
Thomas and Phoebe were married Aug 24, 1781 in Dell Delight, Pennsylvania
Children:
John, James, Thomas, Absalom, Michum, William, Sarah married to Frederick Yingling, Catharine married to William Scandred, Margaret married to Thomas
Williams, Margaret married to William Bennett and Nancy married to Daniel McCauley.
Death notice:
COLEMAN, Mr. Thomas (Rev. Soldier) d. 2/10/1837 at his residence in Allegheny Twp. at age 89
Ref. Source: Hollidaysburg Register 2/15/1837
Bio
COLEMAN, THOMAS - Served as a Private in Bedford County Militia, appointed an Ensign in Rifle Regiment and acted as a volunteer spy and guide for various expeditions.
When applying for a pension in 1833, he made the following statement,
"That in the year 1777, he, with a number of his neighbors, who lived in what was then considered the very frontier settlement situate in said County, then known as a part of County of Bedford, collected into a fort called Fetters Fort situate in Frankstown Township in said county, during which year he began to exert himself against the Indians and in the service of the United States; that in the month of November in the same year he discovered the tracks of a parcel of Indians pursuing the path from Kittanning towards Frankstown; that he followed until he found them in the act of making their fires; that he immediately warned the inhabitants of the settlement of their danger who made their escape and that he assisted in collecting men to attack them the following night when five of the Indians were killed and wounded. From that time deponent became a guide to the different companies of men that came to protect the defenseless inhabitants on the frontier. He also turned out and followed the Tories who had meditated the death of the defenseless women and children by joining the Indians and conducting them to the settlement and followed them to the Cherrytree on the Seuwuehanna in the most inclement weather when we encamped and deponent was the first man chosen to proceed to Kittanning to discover, if possible, if the Tories had formed a Junction with the Indians."
On the 1st of August, 1780, he was commissioned by the Supreme Executive Council of Pennsylvania an Ensign and served under Captain John Moore. His commission was for a period of seven months.
He afterwards continued his services as a spy and guide to all that called upon him, during which time he served under Colonel Jack, Captain Black, Colonel Piper, and others, and ranged the frontier to Hannastown and as far as Fort Pitt. "We frequently marched several days without anything to eat. At one time pursued the Indians to near Kittanning. Our jerked beef was out. We then had nothing to eat for four days."
Thomas Coleman was born in Cumberland County, in 1748, and resided in Logan Township, Blair County, near Altoona. He died the 2nd of February, 1833; and is buried in Grandview Cemetery, Altoona, and was survived by his widow, Pheby, and the following children: John, James, Thomas, Absalom, Michum, William, Sarah married to Frederick Yingling, Catharine married to William Scandred, Margaret married to Thomas Williams, Margaret married to William Bennett and Nancy married to Daniel McCauley.
Thomas Coleman is from "Military Services and Genealogical Records of Soldiers of Blair County Pennsylvania", by Floyd G. Hoenstine, Telegraph Press; Hollidaysburg, PA; 1940, Page 33.
My 4th Great-Grandfather
From Annie:
Rev. War veteran
Sect 1 Lot 17 Grave 1
lot Owner David D. Coleman
Born 1748 (Lancaster county)
Died 1837 (age 89) in Pleasant Valley, (now part of Altoona, Blair Co., PA)
buried (Blair, now Huntington County- Moved later to Grandview Cemetery in Soldiers Circle )
Wife Phoebe Gray - died 1837
Out of local history book
additional info from Kathy Weigel
Thomas and Phoebe were married Aug 24, 1781 in Dell Delight, Pennsylvania
Children:
John, James, Thomas, Absalom, Michum, William, Sarah married to Frederick Yingling, Catharine married to William Scandred, Margaret married to Thomas
Williams, Margaret married to William Bennett and Nancy married to Daniel McCauley.
Death notice:
COLEMAN, Mr. Thomas (Rev. Soldier) d. 2/10/1837 at his residence in Allegheny Twp. at age 89
Ref. Source: Hollidaysburg Register 2/15/1837
Bio
COLEMAN, THOMAS - Served as a Private in Bedford County Militia, appointed an Ensign in Rifle Regiment and acted as a volunteer spy and guide for various expeditions.
When applying for a pension in 1833, he made the following statement,
"That in the year 1777, he, with a number of his neighbors, who lived in what was then considered the very frontier settlement situate in said County, then known as a part of County of Bedford, collected into a fort called Fetters Fort situate in Frankstown Township in said county, during which year he began to exert himself against the Indians and in the service of the United States; that in the month of November in the same year he discovered the tracks of a parcel of Indians pursuing the path from Kittanning towards Frankstown; that he followed until he found them in the act of making their fires; that he immediately warned the inhabitants of the settlement of their danger who made their escape and that he assisted in collecting men to attack them the following night when five of the Indians were killed and wounded. From that time deponent became a guide to the different companies of men that came to protect the defenseless inhabitants on the frontier. He also turned out and followed the Tories who had meditated the death of the defenseless women and children by joining the Indians and conducting them to the settlement and followed them to the Cherrytree on the Seuwuehanna in the most inclement weather when we encamped and deponent was the first man chosen to proceed to Kittanning to discover, if possible, if the Tories had formed a Junction with the Indians."
On the 1st of August, 1780, he was commissioned by the Supreme Executive Council of Pennsylvania an Ensign and served under Captain John Moore. His commission was for a period of seven months.
He afterwards continued his services as a spy and guide to all that called upon him, during which time he served under Colonel Jack, Captain Black, Colonel Piper, and others, and ranged the frontier to Hannastown and as far as Fort Pitt. "We frequently marched several days without anything to eat. At one time pursued the Indians to near Kittanning. Our jerked beef was out. We then had nothing to eat for four days."
Thomas Coleman was born in Cumberland County, in 1748, and resided in Logan Township, Blair County, near Altoona. He died the 2nd of February, 1833; and is buried in Grandview Cemetery, Altoona, and was survived by his widow, Pheby, and the following children: John, James, Thomas, Absalom, Michum, William, Sarah married to Frederick Yingling, Catharine married to William Scandred, Margaret married to Thomas Williams, Margaret married to William Bennett and Nancy married to Daniel McCauley.
Thomas Coleman is from "Military Services and Genealogical Records of Soldiers of Blair County Pennsylvania", by Floyd G. Hoenstine, Telegraph Press; Hollidaysburg, PA; 1940, Page 33.
My 4th Great-Grandfather
Pennsylvania Militia, Revolutionary War. No dates on stone
From Annie:
Rev. War veteran
Sect 1 Lot 17 Grave 1
lot Owner David D. Coleman
Born 1748 (Lancaster county)
Died 1837 (age 89) in Pleasant Valley, (now part of Altoona, Blair Co., PA)
buried (Blair, now Huntington County- Moved later to Grandview Cemetery in Soldiers Circle )
Wife Phoebe Gray - died 1837
Out of local history book
additional info from Kathy Weigel
Thomas and Phoebe were married Aug 24, 1781 in Dell Delight, Pennsylvania
Children:
John, James, Thomas, Absalom, Michum, William, Sarah married to Frederick Yingling, Catharine married to William Scandred, Margaret married to Thomas
Williams, Margaret married to William Bennett and Nancy married to Daniel McCauley.
Death notice:
COLEMAN, Mr. Thomas (Rev. Soldier) d. 2/10/1837 at his residence in Allegheny Twp. at age 89
Ref. Source: Hollidaysburg Register 2/15/1837
Bio
COLEMAN, THOMAS - Served as a Private in Bedford County Militia, appointed an Ensign in Rifle Regiment and acted as a volunteer spy and guide for various expeditions.
When applying for a pension in 1833, he made the following statement,
"That in the year 1777, he, with a number of his neighbors, who lived in what was then considered the very frontier settlement situate in said County, then known as a part of County of Bedford, collected into a fort called Fetters Fort situate in Frankstown Township in said county, during which year he began to exert himself against the Indians and in the service of the United States; that in the month of November in the same year he discovered the tracks of a parcel of Indians pursuing the path from Kittanning towards Frankstown; that he followed until he found them in the act of making their fires; that he immediately warned the inhabitants of the settlement of their danger who made their escape and that he assisted in collecting men to attack them the following night when five of the Indians were killed and wounded. From that time deponent became a guide to the different companies of men that came to protect the defenseless inhabitants on the frontier. He also turned out and followed the Tories who had meditated the death of the defenseless women and children by joining the Indians and conducting them to the settlement and followed them to the Cherrytree on the Seuwuehanna in the most inclement weather when we encamped and deponent was the first man chosen to proceed to Kittanning to discover, if possible, if the Tories had formed a Junction with the Indians."
On the 1st of August, 1780, he was commissioned by the Supreme Executive Council of Pennsylvania an Ensign and served under Captain John Moore. His commission was for a period of seven months.
He afterwards continued his services as a spy and guide to all that called upon him, during which time he served under Colonel Jack, Captain Black, Colonel Piper, and others, and ranged the frontier to Hannastown and as far as Fort Pitt. "We frequently marched several days without anything to eat. At one time pursued the Indians to near Kittanning. Our jerked beef was out. We then had nothing to eat for four days."
Thomas Coleman was born in Cumberland County, in 1748, and resided in Logan Township, Blair County, near Altoona. He died the 2nd of February, 1833; and is buried in Grandview Cemetery, Altoona, and was survived by his widow, Pheby, and the following children: John, James, Thomas, Absalom, Michum, William, Sarah married to Frederick Yingling, Catharine married to William Scandred, Margaret married to Thomas Williams, Margaret married to William Bennett and Nancy married to Daniel McCauley.
Thomas Coleman is from "Military Services and Genealogical Records of Soldiers of Blair County Pennsylvania", by Floyd G. Hoenstine, Telegraph Press; Hollidaysburg, PA; 1940, Page 33.
My 4th Great-Grandfather
From Annie:
Rev. War veteran
Sect 1 Lot 17 Grave 1
lot Owner David D. Coleman
Born 1748 (Lancaster county)
Died 1837 (age 89) in Pleasant Valley, (now part of Altoona, Blair Co., PA)
buried (Blair, now Huntington County- Moved later to Grandview Cemetery in Soldiers Circle )
Wife Phoebe Gray - died 1837
Out of local history book
additional info from Kathy Weigel
Thomas and Phoebe were married Aug 24, 1781 in Dell Delight, Pennsylvania
Children:
John, James, Thomas, Absalom, Michum, William, Sarah married to Frederick Yingling, Catharine married to William Scandred, Margaret married to Thomas
Williams, Margaret married to William Bennett and Nancy married to Daniel McCauley.
Death notice:
COLEMAN, Mr. Thomas (Rev. Soldier) d. 2/10/1837 at his residence in Allegheny Twp. at age 89
Ref. Source: Hollidaysburg Register 2/15/1837
Bio
COLEMAN, THOMAS - Served as a Private in Bedford County Militia, appointed an Ensign in Rifle Regiment and acted as a volunteer spy and guide for various expeditions.
When applying for a pension in 1833, he made the following statement,
"That in the year 1777, he, with a number of his neighbors, who lived in what was then considered the very frontier settlement situate in said County, then known as a part of County of Bedford, collected into a fort called Fetters Fort situate in Frankstown Township in said county, during which year he began to exert himself against the Indians and in the service of the United States; that in the month of November in the same year he discovered the tracks of a parcel of Indians pursuing the path from Kittanning towards Frankstown; that he followed until he found them in the act of making their fires; that he immediately warned the inhabitants of the settlement of their danger who made their escape and that he assisted in collecting men to attack them the following night when five of the Indians were killed and wounded. From that time deponent became a guide to the different companies of men that came to protect the defenseless inhabitants on the frontier. He also turned out and followed the Tories who had meditated the death of the defenseless women and children by joining the Indians and conducting them to the settlement and followed them to the Cherrytree on the Seuwuehanna in the most inclement weather when we encamped and deponent was the first man chosen to proceed to Kittanning to discover, if possible, if the Tories had formed a Junction with the Indians."
On the 1st of August, 1780, he was commissioned by the Supreme Executive Council of Pennsylvania an Ensign and served under Captain John Moore. His commission was for a period of seven months.
He afterwards continued his services as a spy and guide to all that called upon him, during which time he served under Colonel Jack, Captain Black, Colonel Piper, and others, and ranged the frontier to Hannastown and as far as Fort Pitt. "We frequently marched several days without anything to eat. At one time pursued the Indians to near Kittanning. Our jerked beef was out. We then had nothing to eat for four days."
Thomas Coleman was born in Cumberland County, in 1748, and resided in Logan Township, Blair County, near Altoona. He died the 2nd of February, 1833; and is buried in Grandview Cemetery, Altoona, and was survived by his widow, Pheby, and the following children: John, James, Thomas, Absalom, Michum, William, Sarah married to Frederick Yingling, Catharine married to William Scandred, Margaret married to Thomas Williams, Margaret married to William Bennett and Nancy married to Daniel McCauley.
Thomas Coleman is from "Military Services and Genealogical Records of Soldiers of Blair County Pennsylvania", by Floyd G. Hoenstine, Telegraph Press; Hollidaysburg, PA; 1940, Page 33.
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