David Coltrane

  General Notes:

DESCENDANTS OF DAVID COLTRANE AND JAMES FRAZIER OF NORTH CAROLINA, COMPILED BY ROBERT H. FRAZIER (1404), PRINTED BY SIMPSON PRINTING COMPANY, GREENSBORO, NORTH CAROLINA, 1961; which indicated that David Coltrane migrated from Scotland to Edenton, North Carolina before 1743.
The following excerpts were taken from DESCENDANTS OF DAVID COLTRANE AND JAMES FRAZIER OF NORTH CAROLINA:
The first of the Coltrane clan to come to America was David Coltrane .... He settled in Edenton, North Carolina, where records show him as a resident on December 10, 1738. He was appointed Justice of the Peace for Edgecombe County in 1743 and again in 1789. On March 21, 1743, he petitioned for a grant of 200 acres of land and on July 26, 1743, for a grant of 330 acres of land in Edgecombe County. He was married to Mary Wallace , whose last will, dated the 27th of October, 1792, probated in Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina, is recorded in
WILL BOOK A,PAGES 68 AND 69. (See GRIMES ABSTRACT OF WILLS, P. 306)
.... Many descendants of David Coltrane (97) have been prominent in religious, educational and civic affairs throughout the United States.
Identity and spouse's identity (with family name "Wallace") established from
DATA PROVIDED 28 AUG 1994 BY MARY GRAY COLTRANE (ZIMMERMAN) ; which
indicated that David Coltrane came to Edenton, North Carolina from Scotland prior to 1739. The following excerpt was taken from those data:
David Coltrane and Mary Wallace. David Coltrane was born in Scotland and had land in Edenton, N.C., in 1743. His wife was Mary Wallace. Record copied from VOl. IV 1734 TO 1752, COLONIAL RECORDS OF N.C. BY SAUNDERS, PAGES 346-627.
At a Council held March 6,1739, "Ordered that a new commission of the Peace issue for each County within this Government and that the following persons be therein appointed Justices for each County. .... For Edgecombe, David Coltrane - Page 627.
At a Council held at Edenton March 21, 1743, the following petitions for Land Patents - David Coltrane, 200 Edgecombe. At a Council held at Newbern June 26 1746, "His Excellency the Governor, by and with the advice and consent of His Majesty's Council, was pleased to order a New Commission of the Peace to issue for Edgecombe County constituting and appointing David Coltrane."
How early David Coltrane came to this country is not known but these land grants show he was here in 1743. There are two stories told of him. One that on his return to the old country, he was killed in the Jacobean War. Another that he was lost at sea.
The will of Mary Wallace, David's widow, is recorded in Book A, pages 68-69, Edenton, N.C.
The following excerpt was taken from NEWSPAPER CLIPPING (publication and date unknown):
WHO ARE YOU?
The Romance of Your Name
By Ruby Haskins Ellis
COLTRANE
This very distinguished name is of Scottish origin, dating back for many centuries.
The founder of the Coltrane family in America was David , who came over from Scotland and settled in North Carolina. He was active in the affairs of his community and served as justice of the peace of Edgecombe County in 1739.
This family has been for many years one of the foremost in the Southern States and many prominent descendants of this ancestor bear the name today.
The following information re David Coltrane was taken from UNDATED NEWSLETTER WRITTEN BY MRS. BRENDA S. HAWORTH, 803 KINGSTON COURT, HIGH POINT,
NORTH CAROLINA 27260, (919) 882-3054:
PETITION OF JAMES TROTTER (304)
North Carolina January Court 1747

David married Mary Trotter, daughter of James Trotter and Unknown.