Ahnentafel #150 - William Coomer, ver. 3

William Coomer 

Born: ca. 1770
Died: after 1850 in Adair Co., KY

Buried: ?

Married: by 1795 Susanna Beasley aka Sukea

Occupation: farmer

Records:

1786 - North Carolina, Surry County - no Coomer / Comes listed

1789 - North Carolina, Stokes County created on the eastern side of Surry County

1790 - North Carolina, Stokes County census

• William Coomer, 1 male 16+, 2 females

1795 - North Carolina, Stokes Co. - tax list, William Coomer 75 acres, 1 white poll, 0 black polls, 0 horses in Cloud's District

1798 - North Carolina, Stokes Co. - tax list, William Coomer, 0 acres, 1 white poll, 0 black polls, 0 horses in Cloud's District, same district that Robert Beasley's family was living in.  

1799 - North Carolina, Stokes Co. - tax list - no Coomers are listed

1800 - North Carolina, Stokes Co. - census, William Coomer household:

• 1 male -10 David age 9?
• 1 male 26-45 William age 30
• 3 females -10 Judith, Nancy, unnamed daughter
• 1 female 26-45 Susanna age 29

1803 - North Carolina, Stokes Co. - deed index, William Coomer, et al to Jeremiah Collins, Book 4, page 563

1810 - Somerset, Pulaski Co. - a William Coomer family:

• 3 males -10 Ambrose, William, unnamed son
• 1 male 10-15 David?
• 1 male 26-44 William
• 2 females 10-15
• 1 female 26-44 Susanna
• 1 slave

1815 - North Carolina, Stokes Co. - tax list, Peter's Creek District - the same district that Catherine Beasley was living in. It is the northwest corner of the county and borders Virginia.

• William Coomer - 100 acres valued at $100, 1 white poll

1821 - North Carolina, Stokes Co., - deed index

• William Coomer to James Lyon (Trustee), et al, Book 7, p. 324, DT -
  William Coomer owed William Boyles Jr. $175, so he took a mortgage from James Lyon (trustee) on 150 acres where Coomer lives, 2 cows & calves, 2 feather beds and furniture, 1 dutch oven, 1 large pot, 1 pewter dish, 6 plates, 3 ---, 1 table, 1 cupboard, 1 ---, 1 parcel of corn, 2 stacks of fodder, 1 parcel of tobacco supposed to be about 1000 weight unstripped, 1 --- --- mare.  Coomer has 12 months to pay off the debt or lose everything listed to James Lyon who is ordered to sell all of it for the best price possible.
• William Coomer to William Boyles Jr. et al, Book 7, p. 324, DT 

1822 - North Carolina, Stokes Co. - deed index 

• William Coomer to William Boyles Jr. Book 8, p. 175, deed - 100 acres lying on both sides of the Dan River for $400, adjoining William Boyles, Jr. land on the north side of the Dan

1830 - North Carolina, Stokes Co. census - 

• 1 male 50-59 William age 60
• 1 female 15-19 Unnamed daugher
• 1 female 50-59 Susanna age 59

1840 - not found in census, may be living with one of the kids

1850 - Kentucky, Adair Co., census -George Coomer household

• George, 41, farmer, born NC
• Serena (?), 39, born KY
• C.J.E., 13, female born KY
• W.M., 11,  male, born KY
• A.J., 10, male, born KY
• M.L., 7, female, born KY
• Geo. A., 4, male, born KY
• Thos. J. 1, male, born KY 
• Willm. 80, male, farmer, born NC [1770]

Adair County is just west of Pulaski County where Judith (Coomer) Beasley moved to with her husband Isham Beasley.

Children:
David b. ca. 1791 md. Martha Epperson
Unnamed daughter b. ca. 1795
Judith  
Unnamed son? b. ca. 1797
Nancy b. 1798, d. ca. 1864
William b. 1803, d. 1864 md. 1826 Levisa/Vice Coomer

• Malinda b. 1825 md. ca. 1845 Ammon Beasley, children James, Matilda, Ammon
• Benjamin b. 1829 md. 1854 Emily Jane Coffey
• Edmond b. 1832 md. 1862 Mary J. (Gibson) Dooley, children: Lavisa, Mary, Elzora
• Jesse b. 1836 md. 1860 Malinda Gregory 
• Mary Jane b. 1837 d. before 1863, md. 1859 Charles Coomer
• William Charles b. 1837, d. 1914 md. 1862 Mary Lucy Retherford
• Lucinda b. 1842 md. 1863 Charles Coomer, children: Margaret, Dicey, Laura
• John b. 1844, d. 1888 md. 1875 Malinda Gentry
• George A. b. 1846 md. 1870 Mary Rogers
• James Porter b. 1852

Ambrose b. ca. 1805 - an Ambros Coomer living in Wayne Co., KY in 1850, might be the same person.  Married Lisander (--?--)

• Elizabeth b. 1831
• James M. b. 1832
• Charles b. 1834
• Margaret N. b. 1834
• John b. 1837
• Milton b. 1842

Unnamed son b. ca. 1807
George Washington b. 1809, d. ca. 1867 md. 1) ca. 1830 (--?--) Palmer & 2) 1836 Serena Ashbrook

• William Riley b. 1831, d. 1870 md. 1849 Delilah Keltner, children: Ulysses, Mary, Levi, William, Harriet, Mack, Henry, Lena
• C. Jane Elizabeth b. 1837, md. 1863 Samuel Alexander Walker, children: Robert, George, William, Sarah, Alfred
• George Montgomery Washington aka Mack b. 1839, d. 1910 md. 1866 Polly Ann Coomer, children: Thomas, James, Slaught, Etta, Mattie, Lou
• Achillis J. b. 1840 d. 1865 Lucy Coomer, children: Floyd, Dock, Amenla, Volona, Henry
• Louisa N. b. 1843 md. 1865 Elias Rogers
• George Albert C. b. 1846, d. after 1900 md. 1869 Margaret J. Posey
• Thomas J. b. 1849
• Melissa Ann b. 1852, d. 1880 had son George Albert

Unnamed daughter b. between 1805 & 1810

Revised 5/20/2019