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Robert Morris Coleman

Male 1799 - 1837  (38 years)


 

Coleman - Robert Morris Coleman - Brief bio



Robert Morris Coleman was born in Christian County, Kentucky, in 1799. He fought in the war of 1812 and married Elizabeth Bounds in 1822 in Alabama. In late 1831 he came to Texas with his family settling in Mina (now Bastrop) in what is now Bastrop County.  In February 1832, Robert Morris Coleman wrote a letter to Stephen F. Austin requesting permission to settle in Austin's colony.
 
From June 1835 to August 1835, Robert Coleman was a Texas Ranger in command of a company of Rangers. In September of 1835, he resigned his commission as a Texas Ranger and joined the Texas Revolutionary Army in command of a company of mounted horsemen. Between October 1835 and 12 December 1835, he and his men fought in the Battle of Gonzales, Battle of Conception and the Grass Fight, a part of the Siege of Bexar. In March 1836, he was one of 59 men who signed the Texas Declaration of Independence. After Washington-on-the-Brazos, he again became part of the Texas Revolutionary Army in command of a company of men as well as one of General Houston's Aides at San Jacinto. After San Jacinto, Robert Morris Coleman was again appointed a Texas Ranger in command of three regiments of Rangers and directed to erect a number of forts to protect the settlers. Robert Morris Coleman drowned in the Brazos River 1 July 1837 near Velasco (now a part of Freeport, Brazoria County Texas).
 
  
Texas Monument Plaque (1936) FM 969 Bastrop County, Texas
Texas Monument Plaque (1936) City Park Freeport, Brazoria County, Texas 
Generation Data Star of the Republic Museum Washington-on-the-Brazos State Park Washington, County, Texas
Letter to Stephen F. Austin dated February 1832 Texas General Land Office 
Claim Number 7508 for services as Texas Ranger / San Jacinto Texas State Library
Page 335 from Papers concerning Robertson's Colony in Texas, Texas Ranger Museum, Waco, McLennen County, Texas
 
The documents and other data cited in this application were used for successful applications for
- Signer (Texas Declaration of Independence) Descendant 
- Daughter of the Republic of Texas 
- San Jacinto Descendants 
- United States Daughters of 1812 
- United Daughters of the Confederacy 
- Daughters of the American Revolution

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