Rachel Rocheley Coleman

Female18 September 1816–31 May 1896

Brief Life History of Rachel Rocheley

When Rachel Rocheley Coleman was born on 18 September 1816, in Rhea, Tennessee, United States, her father, Absalom William Coleman, was 29 and her mother, Nancy Lillard, was 30. She married William Watson Hilton on 4 January 1830, in Rhea, Tennessee, United States. They were the parents of at least 9 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in Calhoun, Alabama, United States in 1860 and Chulafinnee, Cleburne, Alabama, United States in 1880. She died on 31 May 1896, in Cleburne, Cleburne, Alabama, United States, at the age of 79, and was buried in Heflin, Cleburne, Alabama, United States.

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Family Time Line

William Watson Hilton
1806–1883
Rachel Rocheley Coleman
1816–1896
Marriage: 4 January 1830
James Coleman Hilton
1832–1919
Charles Taliaferro Hilton
1833–1901
William Lillard Hilton
1834–1868
John Farmer Hilton Sr
1836–1905
Augustus Birdwell Hilton
1839–1905
Absalom Coleman Hilton
1841–1919
Nancy Susan Hilton
1844–1922
Andrew Burnam Hilton
1847–1932
Elijah Erastus Hilton
1850–1928
Thomas Tilerow Perryman Hilton
1852–1903
Rachael A Hilton
1855–1930
Aroh Hilton
1862–

Sources (12)

  • Rachel Hilton in household of W W Hilton, "United States Census, 1870"
  • Rachel Coleman, "Tennessee State Marriage Index, 1780-2002"
  • Rachel Rocheley Hilton, "Find A Grave Index"

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    4 January 1830Rhea, Tennessee, United States
  • Children (12)

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    Siblings (9)

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    World Events (8)

    1819 · Panic! of 1819

    Age 3

    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. 

    1832

    Age 16

    Historical Boundaries: 1832: Benton, Alabama, United States 1858: Calhoun, Alabama, United States* *renamed from Benton

    1846

    Age 30

    U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.

    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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