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John Jackson Coffey/Coffee[1, 2]

Male 1812 - 1877  (65 years)


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  • Name John Jackson Coffey/Coffee 
    Born 1812  Washburn, Grainger County, Tennessee, Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died 1877 
    Person ID I19380  My Reynolds Line
    Last Modified 15 Jun 2019 

    DNA Tests  1 person has linked a DNA test to John Jackson Coffey/Coffee 

    Father John Coffey/Coffee,   b. Abt 1776, Rowan Co., North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 15 Mar 1845, Thorn Hill, Grainger Co., Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 69 years) 
    Mother Elizabeth Rucker,   b. 6 Jan 1777, Wilkes County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1844, Thorn Hill, Grainger Co., Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 66 years) 
    Married 1 Mar 1804  Wilkes Co., North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Notes 
    • John Coffee may have been married more than once; daughter, Salena is shown on FAG as d/o Pollyann with no maiden name shown. Salena names her son, John Coffee Carter; [2nd son, wife's name of father] Or she Elizabeth Rucker, may have been named Mary Elizabeth or Mary Ann Elizabeth Rucker.??
    Family ID F6558  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S32] Find-A-Grave.com, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/76147167/Colby-Rucker.
      COLBY RUCKER WAS THE SON OF PETER AND SARAH WISDOM RUCKER. HE MARRIED SARAH ROBBINS ABOUT 1784 IN WILKES COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA. GOD BLESSED THIS MARRIAGE WITH THE FOLLOWING CHILDREN: ELIZABETH, MARGARET, WILLIAM, SARAH, NANCY, DELPHIA, JOHN AND JANE. THE SIBLINGS OF COLBY RUCKER WERE JONATHAN, SUSANNAH, GEORGE, CATHERINE AND WILLIAM RUCKER. COLBY WAS A REVOLUTIONARY VETERAN SERVING IN THE NORTH CAROLINA MILITIA.

    2. [S32] Find-A-Grave.com, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/5148884.
      John Jackson Coffey
      Birth 12 Jan 1812, Hancock County, Tennessee
      Death 15 Oct 1877, Rockcastle County, Kentucky
      Burial Merritt Cemetery
      Wildie, Rockcastle County, Kentucky

    3. [S82] Wikitree, https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Coffey-805.
      John Coffey (1776 - 1845)
      Married 1 Mar 1804 in Wilkes Co., NC [Elizabeth Rucker]
      Father of George Coffey, Jesse T Coffey, Ausburn Osborn Coffey, Colby Coffey, Benjamin Coffey, Nancy Coffey, John Jackson Coffey, Elizabeth (Coffey) Hayes, Sarah Lucinda Coffey, Margaret E Coffey, Catherine Coffey and William M Coffey