Daniel Coleman, Patriot - Our Chapter's Namesake:
Daniel Coleman 1768-1860
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Born in Cumberland, Virginia, on July 7, 1768, Daniel
Coleman first served his country at the age of 12 by
acting as an express courier under General Lafayette to
deliver general orders. One set of orders he carried
sent troops to aid General Greene, who was in active
retreat from the British columns of General Cornwallis.
Daniel delivered the orders and the troops moved
promptly, allowing General Greene to cross the Dan River
in safety. General Cornwallis was so upset at Greene’s
escape, he returned to North Carolina.
Daniel Coleman married Anne Harrison Payne in 1798.
Together they had 12 children. Throughout his life,
Daniel Coleman held numerous public offices as well as
assuming military responsibilities. For the public, he
served as deputy sheriff, general assemblyman, justice
of the peace, and magistrate. A handwritten letter by
Daniel Coleman is now in the State Archives in Austin,
Texas. His portrait still hangs in the courthouse at
Chatham, Virginia. The inscription under the portrait
reads, “Express to General Lafayette, Justice of the
Peace, Pittsylvania County, Captain Militia 101st
Regiment, Captain Militia 42nd Regiment. Successively he
was Major and Colonel of said regiment in the War of
1812, Colonel Commandant of a regiment in Norfolk, VA,
and Colonel Commandant in General Breckinridge’s
Militia.”
Colonel Coleman died at his mansion in Pittsylvania
County, Virginia, on April 8, 1860. A quote from his
obituary made this observation: “In appearance Colonel
Coleman was literally a head and shoulders above the
average height of men. In full dress, either in the
drawing room or in the field, but especially in military
costume, in which he was arrayed at the head of his
regiment, he was the Beau Ideal of an officer – a
soldier and a gentleman.”
Mabel Quebedeaux
 Membership
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History of the Daniel Coleman Chapter, NSDAR:
The Daniel Coleman Chapter, NSDAR, was organized on
December 7, 1925, with fourteen charter members. The
chapter was named in honor of an ancestor of Fannie
Taliaferro Taylor. Fannie's daughter, Mabel Taylor
Quebedeaux, was the organizing regent. Their ancestor,
Daniel Coleman, was born in Cumberland County, Virginia,
on June 7, 1768.
This chapter is an organizing member of Capital Area
Regents' Council which sponsors the Nathaniel Maxwell
and Sybil Ludington Societies, Children of the American
Revolution (C.A.R.). The Sybil Ludington Society,
C.A.R., is a newly organized society located in the
Georgetown area.
Numerous members of the chapter have been elected to
state DAR offices and appointed as state chairs.
Members have been active in placing markers at
historical sites in Williamson County and have
rededicated those important markers. One of these
markers, which commemorated the founding of Georgetown
in 1848, was placed in 1930 and rededicated in 2010. A
tree was planted in downtown Georgetown to enhance
Founders Memorial Park, the site of the marker. Chapter
members have a history of commitment to the Georgetown
community.
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