Coleman Sr., 'Confederate Veteran', was buried there in 1877. It was recently discovered that Nancy (Jarrett) Coleman, the wife of J.W. On the head waters of Lick Fork Branch of Mossy Creek in Fayette County, West Virginia the Coleman Clan has been burying its dead for almost a century. SECOND ARTICLE IN THE SAME PAPER AROUND 1974 This consolidation of the school with Kingston and Dothan left the school house to be used by the Church for Sunday school and other Church Functions. Pegram taught the first school in this frame structure, it was abandoned as a school in 1945. Nearby stands the ancient one-room schoolhouse that was built by George N. However, the Brethren Church holds the title to the property and permits the Church of God to use the building. That was about 1930 and the Church of God built a sizable congregation, while Brethren Church has about passed from the picture. on 2 June 1928, his son William E Coleman, went to the Church of God headquarters in Cleveland Tennessee, and agreed to allow that sect to hold services in this Brethren Church. Duncan a Brethren Minister and Confederate Veteran, who died 17 January 1929.ДЄfter the death of the Rev. The dedication sermon was preached by the Rev. He also in 1916 organized, deeded land too, and built the Mossy/Lick Fork Brethren Church. He was a circuit rider preacher and preached at Gatewood, Oak Hill, Danese, and Garden Grounds. He was a member of the Brethren Church for 53 years and ordained to the ministry in 1917. Five of their nineteen children died in infancy. He migrated to a Mossy Creek section of land in 1874 and had 158 acres of land on Lick Fork and Mossy Creek.

was born at Meadow Fork, in Fayette County on 25 November 1857. Coleman's story is of interest as he was the father of 19 children. He is buried in the church yard of the Lick Fork, Coleman, Church located at the mouth of Lick Fork Branch on Mossy Creek. One of the son's of James Willard Coleman Sr.,' the Confederate Guerilla', was Rev James Willard Coleman Jr., a minister of the Brethren Church. The town of Thurmond, West Virginia located on the banks of the New River is named after him. rode with the 'Partisan Rangers', Confederate Guerillas, of Captain W. She was a sister to the paternal Grandfather of Woodrow Wilson, and the 29th President's Great-Aunt. was Peter Willard Seth Coleman who he thinks came from New Jersey. Coleman, born 12 January 1888, says that the father of James Willard Coleman Sr. Her maiden name was Nancy Jarrett and she was born at Morton in Kanawha County, West Virginia. Inscribed on the same stone is this Nancy Coleman, born 10 April 1830 and died on 30 April 1877. Coleman, born 26 February 1826 and died 18 April 1901. There lies the progenitor of the Coleman's. It is one of the most inaccessible and remote burial grounds in West Virginia. and located near the original log house seat. This is apart of the original 546 acre track of land owned by James Willard Coleman Sr.

The Coleman's are interred on a sloping bench on a high mountain two and one half miles or more up Lick Fork Branch from the Coleman Lick Fork Church. This is in the Dothan, West Virginia Area. Coleman in the ancestral graveyard on Lick Fork Branch of Mossy Creek in Fayette County, West Virginia. Some came to mind when we buried Clifton H.

There's history in the hollows hereabouts. (THESE TWO ARTICLES WERE PUBLISHED IN THE FAYETTE TRIBUNE SOMETIME) (IN THE EARLY TO MIDDLE 1970s) ONE OF THE COLEMAN CLANS OF FAYETTE COUNTY, WEST VIRGINIA. It is with great thanks that I acknowledge the contributions of this fine gentleman to my family tree. The original homeplace is the site of the Family Cemetery and it was the responsibility of of Cana Omer's family to maintain it.

A lot of the information in this database on James Willard Coleman and his descendents comes from his Grandson Cana Omer Coleman who currently owns the original homeplace of his Grandfather.

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