Dear Charlotte, My Colemans came to Texas from McNairy Co, TN and prior to that the ancestor was from North Carolina. There is some possibility that this line originated in Pennsylvania, but there is too little proof and a few generational gaps which must be filled in first: John Coleman, Sr. - b. 1784 NC, d. ca. 1865-70 TN John Coleman, Jr. - b. 1817 NC, d. June 1864 (Union Army) Memphis, TN Rufus M. Coleman - b. 25 Feb 1841 McNairy Co, TN,; d. 3 Feb 1892 Wise Co,TX Asa Marvin Coleman - b. 3 Sep 1886 Parker Co, TX; m. 8 Sep 1907 Wise Co,TX; d. 6 Sep 1966 Tarrant Co, TX Lois Marie Coleman (Ward)- b. 4 July 1908 Wise Co, TX, m. 16 Feb 1926 Tarrant Co, TX -(my mother - still living in Tarrant Co, TX.) Hope we connect! Kay Davis