Posted on: Jackson County, WV Bios Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/WV/JacksonBios/155 Surname: COLEMAN, ANDERSON, ROUSH, WILLIAMS, MORGAN, HARRISON ------------------------- This sketch taken from "Pioneers of Jackson County", by John House, it appears in the section "Lower Sandy Valley". Coleman Family The Coleman family has been, from the first, the most prominent in the vicinity of Muse's Bottom. The Thomas Coleman mentioned above (in the Dewitt sketch. . bb) was a son of Michael Coleman, who was killed by the Indians, at Cottageville, in 1793. Thomas Coleman was born in the wilderness of Kanawha County, in 1801. He was a son of James and Nancy Anderson Coleman. His father and mother both died when he was quite young, and he was raised by a maternal uncle. He was bound out to a blacksmith at the age of fourteen, but ran away the next year and went on a keel boat on the river, which was hauling salt from the Kanawha to Wheeling. Later, he operated boats of his own, he married Sarah Roush, in 1823, daughter of Henry and Hannah Roush, of Meigs County, Ohio. He settled at Muse's Bottom. Their children were: Samuel H. died as a child. David S. went to Missouri. Reverend H.R. Thomas B. lives on the home place. Eliza married P.D. Williams, lived at Muse's Bottom. Virginia married R.S. Morgan. Maria married James Morgan. Thomas Coleman was appointed first postmaster at Muse's Bottom. A brother of Michael was John Coleman. He was an Indian fighter and scout at the Belleville fort. What became of him after peace came is not stated. The first marriage in what is now Grant District was that of Margaret, daughter of Mary and John Coleman, to William Harrison. Whether this was the same John, his son, or a son of Michael (Malcolm, some give the name), I have no means of knowing.