This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/0VB.2ACI/2811.1680.4490.1 Message Board Post: The only Coleman I am aware of was the great-grandson of Joseph Sr. Mings/Minzes. Joseph's fourth child and second son was named Joseph Minzes, born 1787, from Joseph Sr.'s first marriage which was to Margaret Buttram. Joseph Mings/Minzes b: 9 Apr 1755 d: 14 Apr 1849 Margaret Buttram m: 26 Oct 1779 d: 27 Dec 1787 Children: Margaret Mings b: 8 Sep 1781 d: 22 Jan 1853 Ann (Nancy) Mings b:18 Dec 1783 Aaron Mings b: 15 Jul 1785 Joseph Jr. Minzes b: 23 Mar 1787 d: 18 Aug 1848 Joseph Jr. Minzes b: 23 Mar 1787 d: 18 Aug 1848 Margaret (Peggy) Summers b: 1788 d: 1873 m: 3 Feb 1809 Children: Degenira Minzes b:1810 d:17 Sep 1880 Ewing Shelby Minzes b: 1817 d: 1873 Ewing Shelby Minzes b: 1817 d: 1873 ??? Dodson b: Abt 1813 Children: Onlsow Glenmore Murl Minze b: 11 Jan 1835 d: 30 Nov 1917 Nancy B Minze b:1837 d: 1849 (Margaret's Twin) Margaret (Peggy) Minzes b1837 (Nancy's Twin) Coleman C Minzes b: 1840 d: Sep 1863 I am descended from Ewing Shelby Minzes' fourthchild/second son from his second marriage which was to Sophronia Butrem. Ewing Shelby Minzes was my great-g-g-grandfather. This is the generations down to me, Andrew J Minze, John Coleman Minze, Lonnie Coleman Minze, Billie M Minze, Raymond Colman Minze. The name Coleman was carried as a middle name from my great-grandfather down to my uncle Lonnie Coleman Minze Jr. My parents gave me the middle name also but chose to drop the "e" from the name and my oldest son shares the Colman as his middle name..