Born near Roxboro, Caswell County, N.C. to Daniel Coleman and Lucy Bumpass. He married first Nancy Hogan who died young, then Winnie Hogan Dozier, sister of his first wife, then lastly his old maid first cousin Dorothy Coleman.
Known children of Thornton Coleman and Nancy Hogan were Daniel, Emily, Lucinda, Eliza Ann, and Andrew. Thornton's residence and death place in 1877 was in Edgefield County, South Carolina. This same place today is part of Saluda County.
Excerpt from a letter written by Moses M. Coleman dated April 18, 1977:
"When you come to Saluda on May 15th (for Family reunion) you can go out to where Daniel, Thornton, Thornton's first two wives Nancy and Winnie, some of Thornton's children, and others are buried at Walnut Neck. The graves didn't have inscriptions except Thornton's and it only had a piece of soapstone with inscription carved with a pocket knife and was about to be lost. Through the efforts of cousins George Nicholson and Billy Coleman deeds to the land were obtained and we chipped in and paid for a monument and it was erected this month at the grave sites. County Commissioners promised a road to the cemetery."
It has been told that there were several other stones with inscriptions, and that Eliza Ann, Thornton's daughter, was one of them.
Photo of new stone shows (L-R) grandson of Olan Rountree, Olan Rountree, and Moses M. Coleman, Sr. who was the great grandson of Thornton Coleman. Photograph contributed by Moses M. Coleman, Jr., great-great-grandson of Thornton.
Known children of Thornton Coleman and Nancy Hogan were Daniel, Emily, Lucinda, Eliza Ann, and Andrew. Thornton's residence and death place in 1877 was in Edgefield County, South Carolina. This same place today is part of Saluda County.
Excerpt from a letter written by Moses M. Coleman dated April 18, 1977:
"When you come to Saluda on May 15th (for Family reunion) you can go out to where Daniel, Thornton, Thornton's first two wives Nancy and Winnie, some of Thornton's children, and others are buried at Walnut Neck. The graves didn't have inscriptions except Thornton's and it only had a piece of soapstone with inscription carved with a pocket knife and was about to be lost. Through the efforts of cousins George Nicholson and Billy Coleman deeds to the land were obtained and we chipped in and paid for a monument and it was erected this month at the grave sites. County Commissioners promised a road to the cemetery."
It has been told that there were several other stones with inscriptions, and that Eliza Ann, Thornton's daughter, was one of them.
Photo of new stone shows (L-R) grandson of Olan Rountree, Olan Rountree, and Moses M. Coleman, Sr. who was the great grandson of Thornton Coleman. Photograph contributed by Moses M. Coleman, Jr., great-great-grandson of Thornton.
Born near Roxboro, Caswell County, N.C. to Daniel Coleman and Lucy Bumpass. He married first Nancy Hogan who died young, then Winnie Hogan Dozier, sister of his first wife, then lastly his old maid first cousin Dorothy Coleman.
Known children of Thornton Coleman and Nancy Hogan were Daniel, Emily, Lucinda, Eliza Ann, and Andrew. Thornton's residence and death place in 1877 was in Edgefield County, South Carolina. This same place today is part of Saluda County.
Excerpt from a letter written by Moses M. Coleman dated April 18, 1977:
"When you come to Saluda on May 15th (for Family reunion) you can go out to where Daniel, Thornton, Thornton's first two wives Nancy and Winnie, some of Thornton's children, and others are buried at Walnut Neck. The graves didn't have inscriptions except Thornton's and it only had a piece of soapstone with inscription carved with a pocket knife and was about to be lost. Through the efforts of cousins George Nicholson and Billy Coleman deeds to the land were obtained and we chipped in and paid for a monument and it was erected this month at the grave sites. County Commissioners promised a road to the cemetery."
It has been told that there were several other stones with inscriptions, and that Eliza Ann, Thornton's daughter, was one of them.
Photo of new stone shows (L-R) grandson of Olan Rountree, Olan Rountree, and Moses M. Coleman, Sr. who was the great grandson of Thornton Coleman. Photograph contributed by Moses M. Coleman, Jr., great-great-grandson of Thornton.
Known children of Thornton Coleman and Nancy Hogan were Daniel, Emily, Lucinda, Eliza Ann, and Andrew. Thornton's residence and death place in 1877 was in Edgefield County, South Carolina. This same place today is part of Saluda County.
Excerpt from a letter written by Moses M. Coleman dated April 18, 1977:
"When you come to Saluda on May 15th (for Family reunion) you can go out to where Daniel, Thornton, Thornton's first two wives Nancy and Winnie, some of Thornton's children, and others are buried at Walnut Neck. The graves didn't have inscriptions except Thornton's and it only had a piece of soapstone with inscription carved with a pocket knife and was about to be lost. Through the efforts of cousins George Nicholson and Billy Coleman deeds to the land were obtained and we chipped in and paid for a monument and it was erected this month at the grave sites. County Commissioners promised a road to the cemetery."
It has been told that there were several other stones with inscriptions, and that Eliza Ann, Thornton's daughter, was one of them.
Photo of new stone shows (L-R) grandson of Olan Rountree, Olan Rountree, and Moses M. Coleman, Sr. who was the great grandson of Thornton Coleman. Photograph contributed by Moses M. Coleman, Jr., great-great-grandson of Thornton.
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