Migrants streaming out of Wilson County headed in many directions. Amos Carroll Coleman headed south to Florida.

In the 1870 census of Wilson township, Wilson County: farm laborer Squier Coleman, 47, wife Nancy, 36, and children Gray, 18, Mary, 16, Afonzo, 9, Margret, 4, and Thomas, 2, plus Cassa Jordan, 70, Riley Jordan, 7, and Thomas Jordan, 25.

In the 1880 census of Taylors township, Wilson County: farmer Nancy Coleman, 45, widow, and children Margaret, 13, Thomas, 12, Amos, 10, Della, 9, Henry, 7, and Fannie, 5.

In the 1900 census of Midway precinct, Gadsden County, Florida: cooper Amos Coleman, 35, born in North Carolina; wife Fannie B., 29, born in Georgia; and children John H., 9, Annie M., 6, Dora B., 4, and Connie B., 2. All the children were born in Florida.

In the 1910 census of Winter Garden township, Orange County, Florida: Amos C. Coleman, 38, born in North Carolina, truck [farm] laborer.

Doll Baby Coleman died 9 October 1918 in Winter Garden, Orange County. Per her death certificate, he was born 27 February 1917 in Florida to Amos C. Coleman and Leila Smith, both of North Carolina.

In the 1920 census of Winter Garden township, Orange County, Florida: Amos C. Coleman, 46, farmer; wife Lela, 33; stepchildren Nancie L., 15, Lila, 12, Albert, 10, and Samuel, 9; and children Ina M., 6, Fannie, 5, and Idella, 11 months.

In the 1930 census of Winter Garden township, Orange County, Florida: in a home owned and valued at $500, Amos Coleman, 54, truck and orange farmer, and children Inamae, 17, Fannie, 16, Beatris, 9, and Arthur, 2.

In the 1935 state census of Florida: in Winter Garden, Amos C. Coleman, 61, laborer, and daughters Fannie, 21, and Beatrice, 14.

When Amos Carroll Coleman applied for Social Security in 1938, he gave his birthdate as 3 March 1874 and his parents as Squire Coleman and Nancy Roundfield.

In the 1940 census of Winter Garden township, Orange County, Florida: on the north side of Black Lake, Amos Coleman, 65, widower, dock construction laborer; daughters Fannie, 24, and Beatrice, 17; and grandsons Arthur, 9, and Amos Jr., 3.

Per the Florida Death Index, 1877-1998, Amos Coleman died in Orange County in 1945.