born:   2 December 1823 in Talbottom, Monroe County, Georgia
died:  1 August 1885 in Daviston, Tallapoosa County, Alabama
Occupation: Farmer, Merchant
1850 Tallapoosa County, Alabama, Census (Daviston): Coleman 27, Hester A. 27, John 6, Louisa A. 4, Martha A. 3, Elizabeth 2.
1860 Tallapoosa County, Alabama, Census (Daviston): Coleman 37, $960 Real Estate, $9400 Personal Estate, "Henrietta" 37, John 16, Louisiana 14, Martha 13, Sarah 11, Coleman 9, James D. 6, Mary 3, Nancy 2. 
1860 Tallapoosa County, Alabama, Slave Schedule: Coleman Motley, one 60 yr old male, one 36 yr old female, one 26 yr old male, one 15 yr old female, one 11 yr old female, one 9 yr old female, one 6 yr old male, one 2 yr old male.
1870 Tallapoosa County, Alabama, Census (Daviston): Coleman, 47, Hester, 48, Mary 16, James 14, Nancy 11, Cornelia 8, George 4, William 2. He is next door to William Wesley Williams and near William Lafayette Williams and his son Coleman Pendleton Motley Jr. 
1880 Tallapoosa County, Alabama, Census (Daviston): Coleman 56, H. Ann 57, George 12, William L. 11; also in the household are Luke Carlisle, 23, Black male servant; James Worth, 19 Black male servant; Neal or Ned Grice, 19, Mulatto male servant; Net Williams, 14 Mulatto female servant; and William R. Watts, 20, White male, clerk. 

Father:  James P. Motley
Mother: Nancy Haynes

Spouse:  Hester Ann Perkins
married:  5 October 1843 in Harris County, Georgia

Children:
1.  John Motley (m. Mattie Floyd)
2.  Louisiana Antinette Motley
3.  Martha Ann Motley (m. Daniel Moses Cotney)
4.  Sarah Elizabeth Motley (m. William Arnold "Billy" Cotney)
5.  Coleman Pendleton Motley, Jr. (m. Annis Minerva Williams)
6.  James D. Motley (m. T. E. //)
7.  Mary Jane Motley (m. James M. Gay)
8.  Nancy Motley (m. James Beglar Carlisle)
9.  Cornelia Motley (m. Rufus Berry)
10.  George Motley (m. Cora Smith)
11.  William Motley