10 Facts About Isaac Coles

Isaac Coles was an American planter, militia officer and politician from Virginia.

Isaac Coles moved somewhat south to Henrico County where he helped to settle Richmond at the falls of the James River, became colonel of the local militia, as well as speculated in land further south and west and helped found now-historic St John's Church.

Meanwhile, Isaac Coles was educated as befit his class, including at the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg.

When he reached legal age and came into his inheritance, Isaac Coles became a planter in Halifax County.

Isaac Coles built a mansion he called "Springwood" near Houston and Coles Ferry across the Staunton River.

In 1785, Isaac Coles bought over 5,000 acres of land in Pittsylvania County, near Chatham, from Philip Lightfoot, a relative of his first wife.

In 1787, Isaac Coles owned 3,896 acres of land, as well as 32 enslaved adults, 34 children, 24 horses and 97 other livestock, as well as 4 phaeton wheels in Halifax County.

In 1780, his brother Walter Coles died, leaving his Halifax County plantations to his widow and children, and this Isaac Coles began his political career.

Nevertheless, Isaac Coles successfully ran for the United States House of Representatives.

Isaac Coles died on his plantation, Isaac Coles Hill, in Pittsylvania County near Chatham, Virginia in 1813 and was buried in the family cemetery there.