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Overview

Location

Eutaw, Greene Co., AL

Date Constructed/ Founded

1817/ 1819

Associated Surnames

Coleman

Historical notes

John Coleman traveled from Edgecombe Co., NC to newly established Greene County, AL in 1817 with Trim. Trim to tended the corn crop while John Coleman returned to NC to bring his family to AL (1819). Coleman's land grant was signed by President James Monroe in 1824.

Associated Slave Workplaces

none

Associated Free Persons 

• John Coleman (b.1781-d.1852) - owner; settler of Greene Co., AL
• Rhoda Cobb Coleman (b.1791-d.1863) - wife of John Coleman (m.1807)
• James Cobb Coleman (b.1810-d.1868) - son of John and Rhoda C. Coleman
• Mary Ann Coleman (b.1814-d.1843) - daughter of John and Rhoda C. Coleman
• Rebecca Coleman (b.1815-d.1891) - daughter of John and Rhoda C. Coleman
• Wiley Coleman (b.1819-d.1892) - son of John and Rhoda C. Coleman
• John Allen Coleman (b.1823-d.1843) - son of John and Rhoda C. Coleman
• Charles R. Coleman (b.1825-d.1840) - son of John and Rhoda C. Coleman
• Daniel Perrin Bester Coleman (b.1827-d.1857) - son of John and Rhoda C. Coleman
• Rhoda Elizabeth Coleman (b.1829-d.1900)- daughter of John and Rhoda C. Coleman
• Martha Jane Coleman (b.1833-d.1868) - daughter of John and Rhoda C. Coleman
• Eliza Coleman - daughter of John and Rhoda C. Coleman

• James H. Johnson - overseer (1850)

Associated Enslaved Persons

1817 Slaves of John Coleman 

• Trim - enslaved man who traveled with John Coleman from NC to AL to establish Grassdale Plantation

1840 Slaves of John Coleman

From the 1840 US Federal Census, Greene Co., AL 

• 11 males under age 10
• 12 males age 10-24
• 12 males age 24-36
• 4 males age 36-55
• 2 males age 55-100
• 13 females under age 10
• 8 females age 10-24
• 8 females age 24-36
• 5 females age 36-55

1850 Slave Schedule, John Coleman

From the 1850 US Federal Slave Schedule, Eutaw, Greene Co., AL 

• 37 slaves

1860 Slave Schedule, Coleman Family

From the 1860 US Federal Slave Schedule, Eutaw, Greene Co., AL 

• Rhoda Coleman: 9 slaves, 4 slave houses
• R. Coleman (Rebecca or Rhoda E.?): 2 slaves, 1 slave house
• Wiley Coleman: 70 slaves, 16 slave houses

Note: Rhoda, R. and Wiley enumerated next to eachother 

• James C. Coleman: 39 slaves, 11 slave houses
• (Daniel Perrin) Bestor Coleman: 8 slaves, 3 slave houses

Note: James and Bestor enumerated next to eachother

Research Leads and Plantation Records

• none reported yet

Miscellaneous Information 

• National Register of Historic Places. http://www.nationalregisterofhistoricplaces.com/AL/Greene/state.html

References 

• Grassdale Home Page. http://www.grassdalehuntingclub.com/
• John Coleman. http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~cobb/jos/d0002/g0000004.html
• Rootsweb World Connect Project - Cobb and Cobbs
• 1840 US Federal Census, Greene Co., AL
• 1850 US Fedral Census, Greene Co., AL
• 1850 US Federal Slave Schedule, Eutaw, Greene Co., AL
• 1860 US Federal Slave Schedule, Eutaw, Greene Co., AL

Users Researching This Workplace

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