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Polly Coleman (Campbell) - Was she a COOK rather than a CAMPBELL?

Started by dale scott on Saturday, September 11, 2021
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A number of Internet sites name her Mary Campbell with a marriage date of 17 Sep 1781, but the Marriage Bond with a date of 17 Sep 1781 is between Charles Colman and Mary COOK..

https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-DH59-MDF?i=35&...
North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979 Marriage Record pg 24,
DATE OF BOND Sept 17 1781 NAME OF MALE Coleman Charles NAME OF FEMALE Mary Cook BONDSMAN Charles Coleman and Richard Harris

https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/sources/L691-YD2
Image of the bond dated Sept 17 1781 Charles Colman to marry Mary Cook

So, where did the name Campbell come from? The likely source is he following.

https://www.familysearch.org/photos/artifacts/24393382
History of the Campbell Family by H. P. VanHoy in 1925
"It was written based on recollections of the oldest living descendants in 1925 that lived in Union Grove, North Carolina and correspondence with descendants in Izard County Arkansas, as well as research of property deeds."
Pg. 5 "23. Polly Campbell daughter of Pierce the first married Chas. Coleman. Two children: Jackie and Nancy. In this home: Emma, Jane and Gus."

Both Mary Cook and Polly Campbell have the date Sept 17 1781 connected to them.
Both Mary Cook and Polly Campbell are connected in marriage to Charles Coleman.

There is an original source that Mary Cook was the wife of Charles Coleman.
There only seems to be a secondary source that Polly Campbell was the wife of Charles Coleman.

What do you think? Did Charles Coleman have more than one wife? Was there more than one Charles Coleman and the marriage bond date has been applied to both? Was Mary Campbell a Cook before marrying Charles Coleman. Was the wife of Charles Coleman Mary Cook, who was incorrectly said to be a Campbell?

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