1Census Record.
1850 census Hickman Co., TN pg 42
1860 census Graves Co., KY pg 62
1870 census Graves Co., KY pg 122
1880 census Graves, Co., TN pg 237.
1Census Record.
1860 Census, Graves Co., Kentucky, Post Office Mayfield, Page 62, Dwelling/Family #117. J. W. Coleman, age 32, occupation farmer, real estate value $3700, personal estate value $800; Louisa, age 36; Leonidas, age 10; Josephine, age 9; Thomas age 7; Mary, age 1?; Jas. A., age 6; Columbus, age 4; all born Tennessee; Sis, age 2, born Kentucky; Bud, age 2/12, born Kentucky. 1870 Census, Graves Co., Kentucky, Haynes Precinct, Post Office Kansas, Kentucky, Page 122, Dwelling #291, Family #290. James Coleman, age 43, occupation farmer, real estate value $5000, personal estate value $12,250; Louise, age 45; Leonidas, age 21, works on farm; Thomas, age 19; James, age 17; all born Tennessee; Columbus, age 15; Julia, age 12; Robert, age 9; Waller, age 5; all born Kentucky. 1880 Census, Graves Co., Kentucky, Haynes District 6, Page 237 B, Dwelling/Family #409. James M. Coleman, age 54, born Tennessee, father born (unknown), mother born North Carolina; Luessa, age 55, born Tennessee, father born Tennessee, mother born North Carolina; Columbus W., age 22, farm hand; Robert M., age 21, farm hand; William, age 19, farm hand; John W., age 14, farm hand; children born Kentucky. 1900 Census, Graves Co., Kentucky, Page 288, Dwelling #226, Family #230. Louisa Coleman, widow, born November 1823, age 76, born Tennessee, father born North Carolina, mother born Tennessee, occupation farmer; 11 children, 8 living; John W. (son), born May 1870, age 30, born Kentucky; Ernest Fondress (boarder), born march 1883, age 17, born Kentucky, father and mother born Kentucky.
1850 Census, Hickman Co., Tennessee, Page 42, Dwelling/Family #592. James Coleman, age 23, occupation farmer; Louisa, age 25; Yell, age 1; Josephine, age 4/12; all born Tennessee.