Walter Coles^[1]

1790 - 1857  (66 years)

• Name	Walter Coles
  Born	8 Dec 1790	Halifax County, Virginia
  Gender	Male
  Died	9 Nov 1857	Chatham, Pittsylvania County, Virginia
  Buried	Coles Family Cemetery , Java, Pittsylvania County Virginia
  Person ID	I15742	My Reynolds Line
  Last Modified	22 Oct 2018

  
  

  Father	Isaac Coles,   b. 25 Feb 1747, Richmond, Henrico Co., Virginia ,   d. 3 Jun 1813, Chatham, Pittsylvania County, Virginia  (Age 66 years)
  Mother	Catherine Thompson,   b. 1768, New York ,   d. 17 Jul 1848, Pittsylvania County, Virginia  (Age 80 years)
  Family ID	F7728	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Lettice Priscilla Carrington,   b. 31 Aug 1798, Mulberry Hill, Charlotte Co., Colonial Virginia ,   d. 7 Aug 1875, Java, Pittsylvania Co., Virginia  (Age 76 years)
  Married	Isaac Coles (1823 - 1825) Walter Coles (1825 - 1914) Helen Catherine Coles (1827 - 1897) Mildred Flournoy (nee Coles] (1829 - 1893) Isaetta Coles (1832 - 1834)
  Children	1. Walter Coles,   b. 12 Aug 1825, Pittsylvania County, Virginia ,   d. 11 Nov 1914, Danville, Virginia  (Age 89 years)
  Last Modified	3 Feb 2018
  Family ID	F5553	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Documents		Catherine Thompson Coles-Obit Richmond Enquirer Oct 13, 1848
  		Walter Coles-Death Notice Richmond Enquirer Nov 24, 1857

  
  

• Notes

  http://www.oldhalifax.com/county/StauntonColesFerry.htm Coles' Ferry Coles' Ferry was probably the granddaddy of all the Staunton River crossings. Located some eight miles downstream from Brookneal as the crow flies, but somewhat farther by winding road, the old ferry was for many years the main crossing on the north-south route through this area as far back as colonial days. In bygone years Coles' Ferry was a place of some importance. Besides the ferry, there was a general store and an "ordinary," or tavern, a resting place for travelers and their horses. Also, it was a post office that served the area and was the official address of many of the famous old Charlotte County plantations such as "The Oaks," the Rice home; "Woodburn," the Edmunds home; "Ridgeway Plantation," the Kittridge home, and others. Charlotte County records show that John Coles had land grants on both sides of Staunton River as far back as 1740. Two ancient stone mileposts stand beside a gully near the old McKendree churchyard in Halifax County, not far from Millstone church. The hand-carved inscription on one reads, "Right to Panels 22 Mls. Left to Meadsville 2 Mls." and on the other, "Left to Coles Ferry 17 Mls. Right to The Court House 8 Mls. 1828." The markers indicate that this almost forgotten place was once the main crossroads of Halifax County. The "Panels" referred to was the river crossing at Samuel Pannill's Green Hill plantation near Long Island.

  
  

• Sources

  [S32] Find-A-Grave.com, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=53795094. Walter Coles Parents: Isaac Coles (1747 - 1813) Spouse: Lettice Priscilla Carrington Coles (1798-1875) Children: Isaac Coles (1823 - 1825) Walter Coles (1825 - 1914) Helen Catherine Coles (1827 - 1897) Mildred Coles Flournoy (1829 - 1893) Isaetta Coles (1832-1834) Siblings: John Coles (1772-1796) Isaac Howell Coles (1777-1820) Lightfoot Coles (1780-1781) US Congressman. The son of Congressman Isaac Coles, he attended Hampden-Sidney College and Washington College (now Washington and Lee University) in Virginia. He served as a second lieutenant in the Second Regiment of Light Dragoons in the War of 1812 and was promoted to the rank of captain of riflemen on the northern frontier. Honorably discharged in 1815, he returned to Virginia and served as justice of the peace and as a member of the State House of Delegates. Elected as a Jacksonian Democrat to Congress in 1834, Coles served five terms, from 1835 to 1845. He did not seek a sixth term and retired to his family plantation, "Coles Hill".