William Lillard Coleman

Brief Life History of William Lillard

When William Lillard Coleman was born about 1813, in Tennessee, United States, his father, Absalom William Coleman, was 29 and his mother, Nancy Lillard, was 28. He married Nancy Stubblefield on 23 April 1838, in Allen, Kentucky, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Hickman, Kentucky, United States in 1850. He died in 1888, in Cocke, Tennessee, United States, at the age of 76.

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Family Time Line

William Lillard Coleman
about 1813–1888
Nancy Stubblefield
1808–1843
Marriage: 23 April 1838
Sarah F Adaline Coleman
1839–1916
Robert F. Coleman
1841–1916
William Patterson Coleman
1843–1927

Sources (6)

  • Wm Coleman, "United States Census, 1840"
  • William L Coleman, "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954"
  • William Coleman in entry for William Patterson Coleman, "Kentucky Death Records, 1911-1963"

World Events (8)

1818 · Jackson Purchase

The western part of Kentucky purchased by Andrew Jackson from the Chickasaw Indians in 1818. It became known as the Jackson Purchase. This included land that wasn't originally part of Kentucky when it became a state.

1819 · Panic! of 1819

With the Aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars the global market for trade was down. During this time, America had its first financial crisis and it lasted for only two years. 

1835 · The Hermitage is Built

The Hermitage located in Nashville, Tennessee was a plantation owned by President Andrew Jackson from 1804 until his death there in 1845. The Hermitage is now a museum.

Name Meaning

Irish and English: from the Middle English personal name Col(e)man, Old Irish Colmán, earlier Columbán, adopted as Old Norse Kalman. It was introduced into Cumbria, Westmorland, and Yorkshire by Norwegians from Ireland and probably spread widely across England. Ó Colmáin (‘descendant of Colmán’) was the name of an Irish missionary to Europe, also known as Saint Columban(us) (c. 540–615), who founded the monastery of Bobbio in northern Italy in 614. Columbanus is formally a derivative of the Latin for ‘dove’, seen in the name of the 6th-century missionary known in English as Saint Columba (521–597), who converted the Picts to Christianity. This surname is also very common among African Americans.

Irish: from Mac Colmáin or Ó Colmáin ‘son (or descendant) of Colmán’.

Americanized form of Jewish (Ashkenazic) Kalman or Kolman .

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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