Lucy Draper

Lucy Coleman

• Birth c. 1740 Amelia, Virginia
• Death: c. 1804 Twelvemile, Union, South Carolina
• Burial: Twelvemile, Union, South Carolina
• Daughter of Robert Coleman and Susanne Phillips
• Wife of Thomas Draper Jr. — married 1758 in Powhatan, Virginia

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Biography

Recently, in December of 2022, many of us became aware of the files of Susan Wheeler Watt of Naperville, Illinois, a descendant of Thomas Draper Jr and Lucy Coleman Draper.

According to her research and family history, Thomas and Lucy Draper packed up their wagons and moved the families, both Draper and Coleman members, to South Carolina. The axel on one of their wagons broke near the convergence of Mill Creek and the Pacolet River in an area called "Twelve Mile". The Draper and Coleman families made a group decision that they had gone far enough. Lucy Coleman Draper's brother, Christopher Coleman, opened Christy's Tavern in that area, which served thirsty forces of both the Continental and British troops.

Some genealogists argue that Lucy was the daughter of Robert and his second wife Suzanne Phillips. Most say that Lucy was born before 1740 and her father married Suzanne in 1740 and that Ann Hinton was the mother rather than Suzanne.

References

• Reference: MyHeritage Family Trees - SmartCopy: Mar 24 2017, 18:01:01 UTC
• Ivey, Robert A, (5 July 2011),. Family of Robert Coleman, Sr., Grindal Shoals Gazette, first retrieved 10 Nov 2017 from http://grindalshoalsgazette.com/?p=92