Adoption of Mandleen COLEMAN (1925)

source: The Republican (Danville, Indiana) - issue of Thursday, October 1, 1925 - page 2, column 6:

According to a public notice, in October 1925, Charles Warfield Haskins and Mandleen Warfield Haskins were petitioning the Hendricks County Circuit Court to adopt Mandleen Coleman, age 12. The public notice was to inform Luther Coleman, the child's father, of their intent. He was stated to not be a resident of Indiana and had "deserted said minor child several years ago."

Acitivity in Hendricks County probate cases (November 1896)

From Hendricks County probate records:

Activity in probate cases as of 2 November 1896 [in vacation of the September 1896 term of court]:
--William Henry Stout estate - Calvin Stout appointed administrator ($10,000 bond)
--Lydia Coleman estate - Evan Hadley appointed administrator ($300 bond)
--Alvia Mills estate - Samuel M. Woodward appointed administrator ($2,400 bond)
--William H. Mills estate - W.H. Hiss appointed administrator ($13,000 bond)

Zerilda WILLIAMS Delivers Illegitimate Child (1848)

As mentioned in Hendricks County Circuit Court Civil Order Book Volume 5 (October 1846 - October 1849), in March 1848 Zerilda Williams filed a complaint of bastardy against Levi Coleman. The complaint stated that on 25 January 1848 she gave birth to a male bastard child and that Levi Coleman was the father. In September 1848, Zerilda Hamilton (formerly Zerilda Williams) along with Samuel Hamilton, signed an affidavit dismissing the case.