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This column is going to have both questions and miscellaneous facts since I’m curious, myself, about this Richard Cole. He appears in Coweta very early (1829) and I am trying to find out whether he is connected to the other Coles who were here … descendants of Robert Cole and Elizabeth Fambrough, or perhaps related to that Robert Cole somehow. Frankly, I have no idea at this point and I’m hoping someone out there can fill in the blanks. From Coweta court records, I know he was married to Susan Vance but I don’t know where the marriage took place.
As I said, Richard appeared in Coweta very early, I believe he came from Oglethorpe County also, as did the other Coles, and purchased land in the First District of Coweta on 24 Dec. 1829. You will remember that some of the other Coles lived in the 10th District of Meriwether before moving over to the Fifth District of Coweta near Newnan. To my knowledge, none of the other Coles lived in the First District of Coweta until the late 1800s or early 1900s. For those of you who are unfamiliar with the land districts in Coweta, the First District is in the southeastern corner and takes in the towns of Haralson, Senoia, Turin and Sharpsburg.
Coweta Deed Book A, pages 337 and 338, shows that Lazarus Tilman of Jones County sold 202.5 acres in Land Lot 157 of the First District to Richard Cole of Meriwether County for $200 on 24 Dec. 1829. It is noted in the deed that Lazarus drew the land in the lottery. The witness was George Elliott. This land is located just slightly northeast of Turin, and it looks like Reese Road runs along the western boundary.
Richard bought more land in 1832, this time in the Fifth District, from Alexander W. Higgenbottom of Glynn County (Deed Book C, page 318). No county of residence is given for Richard in the deed but by this time he had already appeared in the 1830 Coweta census and was probably a resident of Coweta County. Again, the land was drawn in the lottery by the seller, Higgenbottom, and, again, Richard paid $200 for the entire land lot of 202.5 acres. The lot number was 184 and it appears to be about 8 miles north of Newnan. Witness to the transaction was John B. Tilman.

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