William COLTRANE
- Marriage: Rachel WORTHINGTON
Noted events in his life were:
• Biography. William was a surveyor for the King. He is mentioned in the Colonial Records as a messenger for Charles Bond to Governor Caswell, March 4, 1778, with a requisition for $40,000 for repairing and outfitting the vessel, PENNSYLVANIA FARMER, for use in the Revolutionary War.
A grant of 400 acres of land from the Earl of Chathammer, Lord Guilford, to William Coltrane in 1782 is shown on the records of Guilford County, North Carolina. A grant of 360 acres is shown in 1786 and a grant of another 150 acres is shown in 1797.
William and Rachel Worthington Coltrane were Quakers, members of Concord Meeting, which was set up by Center Monthly Meeting, Guilford County, N. C. It is said that at that Meeting four of their children married four of the children of James and Martha Millikan Frazier.
William's other wife was Rebecca Hollingsworth. She probably was his first wife, however, records are not sure.
William had a total of nine children..Rachel, Amy Jemima, David, Abigail, Jacob, Mary, James, William, and DANIEL
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William married Rachel WORTHINGTON.
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