Birth* | circa 1836 | He was born circa 1836 at TennesseeG.1 |
| 12 September 1850 | He appeared on the census of 12 September 1850 in the household of Isaac Gideon Coles and Mary Ann Walters at 4th Civil Dist., Wilson Co., TennesseeG; (nei. John and Minerva Britton.)2 |
| 6 July 1860 | He appeared on the census of 6 July 1860 in the household of Isaac Gideon Coles and Mary Ann Walters at LaGuardo Village, 4th Civil Dist., Wilson Co., TennesseeG, as Robt F, age 23; (neis. John (53) and Elizabeth S (49) Coles, with Martha McDaniel, age 11, fam. 449; John L and Minerva Britton, with Mary and Josephine Staley, fam. 451.)3 |
| 22 July 1870 | He appeared on the census of 22 July 1870 in the household of Isaac Gideon Coles and Mary Ann Walters at Lebanon P.O., 4th Civil Dist., Wilson Co., TennesseeG, age 35, b. TN, farm laborer; (neis. Henry C and Henrietta Coles, fam. 195; Robert and Mary Coles, fam. 198; M L Coles (77), fam. 187; G W and Nancy Coles, fam. 186.)4 |