Ensign Thomas Coleman - Altoona, Pennsylvania
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Revolutionary War Veteran Thomas Coleman, Ensign of the Bedford Rangers Born 1748 Died 1833 Interned at Grandview Cemetery, Altoona Pennsylvania
Waymark Code: WM13PDF
Location: Pennsylvania, United States
Date Posted: 01/23/2021
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member wayfrog
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Revolutionary War Veteran Thomas Coleman, Ensign of the Bedford Rangers Born 1748 Died 1833 Interned at Grandview Cemetery, Altoona Pennsylvania.

"Thomas Coleman served in the Bedford County Militia during the Revolutionary War. The Supreme Council of Pennsylvania commissioned him as an Ensign in the Continental Army. He volunteered his services as a spy and guide for countless missions, traveling as far west as Fort Pitt. He died in 1833, and is buried in the Grandview Cemetery in Logan Township. Descendants of Thomas Coleman remain on the Coleman farm in north western Logan Township"
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Location type: Single Grave

Date of Birth: 1748

Date of Death: 1833

Cause of death: Died Later

Grave Marker Text:
THOS. COLEMAN PA. MIL. REV. WAR


Ranks:
Ensign


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