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<HTML> <HEAD> <TITLE> James Coffey Family </TITLE> </HEAD> <BODY BGCOLOR="lightyellow"><H3><IMG SRC="coff.gif"> Coffey Family</H3><P> <h4> Continued from <a href="coffey2.html">Coffey Family Page</a><P> <HR> James Coffey and his wife, Elizabeth, bought 115 acres of land in North Garden of Albemarle County, Virginia in 1750. This land was held until 1764, when James bought 300 acres of land along the Tye River in Amherst County for 300 pounds. He lived there until about 1770.<P> He moved to Surry County NC and founded a church in the Mulberry Field sector of what is now Wilkes County. The church was commonly called "Coffey's Meeting House" and although this church was built and operated by the Baptist Association, it was attended by many of other beliefs from the area.<P> No. 209, Jan Term 1787, INVENTORY, James Coffee, Senr. decd by John Coffey, 620 acres of land, Melatto wench and 2 children (not named) money due estate: One note on Samuel Slone, Rice Coffey, Benjamin Stroder, Cleveland Coffey, John Townson, Thomas Coffey, James Coffey, Junr. -- <I>Wilkes County, North Carolina Will Abstracts, Book One, 1778-1799</I>, Published by Wilkes County Genealogical Society, Inc., PO Box 1629, North Wilkesboro, NC 28659.<P> On the Wilkes County Tax List for 1787, Captain Ferguson's District, several Coffee names are listed: John Coffee, 25 acres, 1 poll, stud horse; Thomas Coffee, 185 acres, 1 poll; Reuben Coffee, 150 acres 1 poll; Reuben Coffee 620 acres, 1 poll, Estate of James Coffee, deceased; Elender Coffee 60 acres, no poll; Benjamin Coffe, 104 acres, 2 polls, Stud Horse. Jane Coffee, 104 acres, 2 polls. - <a href="http://www.ls.net/~newriver/nc/wilk1787.htm"> 1787 Wilkes County Tax List </a>, Courtesy of Jeff Weaver<P> Rev. James Coffey served in the American Revolution War and his brother-in-law, Benjamin Cleveland was a Colonel, commanding a regiment known as "Wilkes County Bull Dogs."<P> <HR> Third Generation<P> Children of James Coffey</a> (1729-1786) and Elizabeth Cleveland (1727-1827)<BR> Elisabeth Coffey (1752) m. Robert Whitesides (1738-1810) (lived in Wayne Co., KY, then settled in Nashville, TN)<BR> John W. Coffey (1753) m. Mary "Polly"<BR> Archelius Coffey (1755-bef. 1786) m. Eleanor Wade<BR> James Coffey Jr (?-1775) (served during Rev. War)<BR> Reuben Coffey (1759-1842) m. Milly Morris<BR> Ambrose Coffey (1762) m. Mildred (Milly) Moore, d/o Jesse Moore; 2) Elizabeth Rice<BR> Eli Coffey (1764-1847) m. Hannah Allen<BR> Rice Coffey (1766-1853) m. Sally Bradford (1776-1840), d/o Bennet Bradford of Wilkes Co, NC<BR> Martha Coffey (?-1826) m. Mastin Durham<BR> Joel Coffey (1770-1789) m. Martha "Patsy" (?-1839)<BR> Lewis Russell Coffey (1772-1850) m. Bedunt "Biddie" Moore (1775-1851) [<i>name corrected May 16, 2016</i>], d/o Jesse and Mildred Moore<P> <HR> Fourth Generation<P> Children of Elisabeth Coffey and Robert Whitesides<BR> James Whitesides<BR> Jonathan Whitesides (1776-1860) (buried on Lookout Mountain)<BR> Mary Whitesides<BR> William Whitesides<BR> Joel Whitesides<BR> Lewis Whitesides<P> ------------<P> Children of John W. Coffey and Mary unknown<BR> Levi Coffey (1774-bef 1850) m. Dorothy (Dolly) Edmondson<BR> Lewis Coffey (1777-1852) m. Elizabeth unknown<BR> Sarah (Sally) Coffey (1779-1842) m 1800 Michael Isreal Jr<BR> Elizabeth Coffey (1782) m. 1802 Archelaus Strange<BR> E.William Coffey (1784-aft.1850) m. Sarah<BR> James Coffey (1786)<BR> Celia Coffey (1789-bef 1825) m. Mr Smith<BR> Nancy Coffey (1791-1818) m. Thomas Pendley<BR> Eleanor Coffey (1793/4) m. Jesse Crumpton (m. 1819)<BR> John Coffey (1796)<BR> Polly Coffey (1799)<P> ------------<P> Children of Archelius Coffey and Eleanor Wade<BR> James M. Coffey m. Frances Lane<BR> John W. Coffey m. Polly Harbord<BR> Jane Coffey m. William Harbord Hezekiah Coffey <BR> Bailey Coffey<P> ------------<P> James Coffey (b. 1755) moved to Wayne County KY with other members of his family in the early 1800s. Because he was "dissatisfied" with the country, he traded his land grant to Lewis Russell for a plot of land he had remaining in NC and returned to Wilkes Co, NC<P> ------------<P> Children of Reuben Coffey and Sally Scott <BR> James Coffey (1790) m. Sarah (Sally) Sumter<P> ------------<P> Children of Ambrose Coffey and Mildred Moore <BR> Jessie Coffey<BR> Thomas Jefferson Coffey (1805) m. Malinda Groves<BR> Washington Coffey<BR> America Coffey m. Samuel Lusk of McMinnville, TN (lived near the Brazos River in Texas)<P> (Ambrose was in the Rev. War and they lived in Chatanooga TN and then emigrated to Boonesboro KY by 1779. They finally settled in Madison County, KY)<P> ------------<P> Children of Rice Coffey and Sally Bradford<BR> Hamilton Coffey<BR> Jerush Coffey (1792)<BR> Elvira Coffey (1794)<BR> Henry Bradford Coffey (1795) m. Sarah Edmondson<BR> Mary G. Coffey (1797) m. John Kendall<BR> Weighstill Avery Coffey (1801-1837) did not marry<BR> Alexander Hamilton Coffey (1803-1864) m. Mary E. (Nancy) Weatherly<BR> Martha Coffey (1806-1845) m. Alexander Yell<BR> Benjamin B. Coffey (1809-1864) m. Mary E. Roache<BR> Rice Aber Coffey<BR> John Reid Coffey (1814-1896) m. Mary Ann Cross (1831-1887)<BR> (John Reid Coffey was a Brigadier General of the Alabama Militia)<P> No. 488, 8 April 1796, BILL SALE from Kenneth McKenzy of Burke County, NC to Rice Coffey for 62:10:0, negro slave girl Clersey, aged 8 years. Wit: Lewis Coffey, Charles Gordon, signed, K. McKenzie<P> (December 23, 1812 - Rice Coffey from Wilkes Co NC purchased one parcel of land including 658 acres of land from Andrew Jackson (surveyed by Jno. Coffey, Jacksons' nephew by marriage) for 2,000.00, Deed Book E, page 494 and 495.)<P> ------------<P> Children of Joel Coffey and Martha "Patsy"<BR> Cleveland Coffey m. Elizabeth<BR> James Coffey<BR> Joel Coffey<BR> Nathaniel Coffey (?-1784) m. 1) Louisa Durham; 2) Nancy Clark<BR> Alvina (Elvira) Coffey m. Martin Wright<BR> Carolina Coffey m. Mr. Summers<BR> Martha L. Coffey m. Perry M. Stacy<BR> Frances Coffey m. Andrew Jackson Jones<BR> Henry B. Coffey m. Sara Ann Isbell<P> No. 134., 27 July 1784 ADMINISTRATION BOND - Elizabeth Coffee, 200 pds. Specie as adrx. estate SALATHIEL Coffee, decsd; Joel Coffee and Nathan Coffee, bondsman. <P> No. 260 - Will of Joel Coffey, 27 April 1789; July Term 1789<BR> Wife: Martha<BR> Sons: Cleveland, James, Joel and Nathan<BR> Children: Cleveland, James, Joel, Nathan, Cathy, Jane, Sealy & and if wf presently with child....remainder my negroes divided equally. Mentions til youngest child comes of age or marries.<BR> Execr: Nebuzaradan Coffey, Cleveland Coffee (son), John Barlow<BR> Wit: John Barlow, Anaias Allen, John Welch<P> ------------<P> Children of Lewis Russell Coffey and Jidant Moore<BR> Elizabeth (Betsy) Coffey m. Richard Northcraft Cullom<BR> Rachel Coffey m. Thomas Jefferson Jones<BR> Mary (Polly) Coffey (1800-1855) m. Joshua Oatts (1791-1853)<BR> James Lewis Coffey (1802-1855) m. Sarah Alloway Strange (1807-1885)<BR> Henderson Coffey (1804-1868) m. Minerva Alexander (1805-1881)<BR> Edward Northcraft Cullom Coffey m. Rachel Isaacs<BR> Jessie Moore Coffey (?-bef. 1850) m. Eliza Griffin<BR> Shelby Coffey (1811-1863) m. Zerilda Emarine Meadows (1822-1900)<BR> Mary Elizabeth (Molly) Coffey (1854-1900) m. Cleveland McKendree Coffey (1836-1921)<BR> Cleveland L. Coffey (?-bef. 1850) m. Saphronia Oatts<BR> Benjamin Franklin Coffey (1816-1868) m. Mary Ann Worsham (1826-1886)<BR> Thomas Coleman Coffey (1819) m. 1) Mary (Polly) Havens (?-bef.1848) m. 2) Patience Jane Miller (1828-1855)<P> <HR> Fifth Generation<P> Children of James Coffey m. Sarah (Sally) Sumter<BR> Nelson N. Coffey (1811-1878) m. Kiziah Watters (1810-1885)<BR> Lewis Coffey (1813) m. Elizabeth (Betsy) Watters (1816)<BR> Elizabeth Coffey (1816)<BR> John Coffey (1818) m. Rachael Barrier (1825)<BR> Harden Coffey (1822)<BR> James Coffey Jr. (1823)<BR> Polly Coffey (1826)<BR> Reuben Coffey (1827)<BR> Joseph Coffey (1829) m. Betheda Strunk<BR> Emaline Coffey (1832-1855)<P> (In about 1815, James Coffey and Sarah moved to Elk Spring Valley, KY to live. Then in 1824, he received a 100 acre land grant located on the waters of the Big South Fork of the Cumberland River (KY) and it was here that their last four children were born.)<P> ------------<P> Children of Levi Coffey and Dorothy (Dolly) Edmondson<BR> Rice Coffey (1802)<BR> Mary Ann Coffey (1804)<BR> James Coffey (1806)<BR> Robert Coffey (1807)<BR> John Coffey (1809)<BR> Keziah Coffey (1812)<BR> Enoch Coffey (1812)<BR> Elizah Coffey (1814)<BR> Levi Coffey (1817)<BR> Nancy Coffey (1820)<P> ------------<P> Children of Alexander Hamilton Coffey and Mary E. (Nancy) Weatherly<BR> Rice Coffey (1833-1896) m. 1) Mary Ann Coffey, d/o Benjamin B. Coffey and Mary E. Roache; 2) Sarah Jane (Sally) Helton<P> ------------<P> Children of Benjamin B. Coffey and Mary E. Roache<BR> Mary Ann Coffey (?-1864) m. Rice Coffey, s/o Alexander Hamilton Coffey and Mary E. (Nancy) Weatherly<P> ------------<P> Children of Lewis Coffey and Elizabeth<BR> Louney (ca. 1806)<BR> Sarah Coffey (1812-1893) m. Jesse Brawner<BR> Catherine Coffey (not proven)<BR> Webster Coffey (not proven)<BR> Edmond Coffey (not proven)<P> ------------<P> Children of Sarah (Sally) Coffey and Michael Isreal Jr.<BR> James Israel (1802)<BR> Mary Israel (1804)<BR> Elizabeth Israel (1805)<BR> Celia Israel (1807)<BR> John C. Israel (1811)<BR> Sarah Israel (1814)<BR> Arminta Israel (1818)<P> ------------<P> Children of Elizabeth Coffey and Archelaus Strange<BR> John Strange (1803)<BR> William Strange (1805)<BR> Abraham Strange (1808)<BR> Lewis Strange (1810)<BR> Archelaus Strange (1812)<BR> Mary Strange (1814)<BR> Levi Strange (1817)<BR> Larkin Strange (1819)<BR> Winston Strange (1821)<BR> Elizabeth Strange (1823)<BR> Ellen Strange (1826)<P> <HR> Sources:<P> Mic Barnett furnished the information for John Coffey (born 1753) and Mary (Polly/Molly) line. 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