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About Reuben Coffey, Sr.
Reuben Coffey
- AKA Ruben Coffey, Sr.
- Service: NORTH CAROLINA Rank(s): PATRIOTIC SERVICE
- Birth: CIRCA 1744 SPOTSYLVANIA CO VIRGINIA
- Death: 1813 BURKE CO NORTH CAROLINA
- Service Source: NC REV WAR PAY VOUCHERS, #32, #191, ROLL #S.115.77
- Service Description: 1) PROVIDED SUPPLIES
Great confusion exists about two men of this name, uncle & nephew, both of whom resided for some years in Burke (now Coldwell Co.) N.C. They may be differentiated as Ruben Coffey Sr. of the Globe settlement, on Johns River; and Rubin Coffey (1759-1842), the Revolutionary pensioner, of Blair Fork, afterwards of Wayne County Ky. REUBEN COFFEY Senior, son of John and Jane (Graves) Coffey, was b. perhaps ca 1744, and was much older than his nephew of the same name. Ruben Sr. removed from Albermarle Co., Va. to Burke County, N.C. at some time before 1770. He m. Sarah Scott, called Sally, but it has not yet been determined whether they were married in Va. or in N. Carolina, since the exact date of the marriage and the migration are not known. There were several Scott families in Burke county, but this is a common surname, and there may also, Scott families in Albemarle county, Va. Rubin Coffey Sr. continued to reside in Burke county until his death, which occured between 1810-1820. He lived in what has always been called the Globe, near the head of Johns River, in the present Coldwell county. His widow Sally (ScottO Coffey survived him for some years, as is shown by Burke Co. tax lists and census reports. The total number of there children is not known. It can be ascertained from cencus reports that they had at least two daughters (one born 1774/84, one 1784/90 and four sons, but there were probably one or two more sons and perhaps some older daughters. Until something more definite is known about the date of their marriage, the possibility remains that Rubin Sr. and Sally could have had some children as early as the late 1760's; from cencus returnes it appears that their last child was a son born between 1790 and 1794. The 1810 census also shows with them a boy under 10 years of age, probably a grandson, since by that time Sally was at least 55 years of age and probably older. Only of of the children of Rubin Sr. and Sally (Scott) Coffey has ben positively identified -- Elijah Coffey, b. 7 Mar. 1779 in the Globe settlement, Burke County; m. 1803, Mary Dyer of Ashe Co., and some years afterward removed to Owen county, Ind. This is Mrs. Griffin's ancestor.
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https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/224431314/reuben_coffey
BIRTH 16 SEP 1744 • Essex,Spotsylvania, Virginia, Colonial America
DEATH 1818 • Burke, Caldwell, North Carolina, United States
Marriage to Sarah Sally Scott
9 Mar 1769 • Albemarle, Virginia, United States
11 Children
Birth of Son Joseph Achelous Coffey(1774–1835)
1774 • Albemarle, Virginia, United States
Children:
- John W Coffey 1770–1771
- Reuben Coffey Jr. 1772–1851
- Joseph Achelous Coffey 1774–1835
- Jesse Coffey 1776–1840
- Elijah Coffey 1779–1863
- Sally Coffey Curtis 1784–1850
- William Henderson Coffey c1784–1844
- James Daniel Coffey 1786–1868
- Nancy Coffey Dyer 1788–1866
- Thomas J Coffey 1793–1838
- Jane Coffey Webb 1768-1850
References
- https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/224431314/reuben_edward_coffey adds middle name of Edward without evidence. Middle names were rare before 1776. See Bob's Filing Cabinet: The Use of Middle Names. https://genfiles.com/articles/middle-names/ "Middle Names Were Rare Prior to the American Revolution."
- WikiTree contributors, "Reuben Coffey (1744-1818)," WikiTree: The Free Family Tree, (https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Coffey-506 : accessed 13 November 2024). cites
- Ancestry Family Tree:Reuben Coffey
- Yates Publishing. U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004..
- Edmund West, comp.. Family Data Collection - Individual Records. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2000
- Entered by Stephanie Sanchez, Sunday, November 3, 2013.
- IGI North America, v3.06 - 5.0 Author: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Publication: FamilySearch(tm), (c) 1999-2005 by Intellectual Reserve Inc. Call Number: Media: Church Record. Batch 7426831, Sheet 30
- Coffey (Ken) Family Records Author: Ken Coffey Publication: Dec 2005. Call Number: Media: Letter.
- Poe, Allen. Lenoir, N.C. Copied by: Mr. R. Ivey Moore, 301 Kensington Ave., N. Wilkesboro, N.C. (1965). My best interpretation, source is nearly unreadable on this line
- Ancestry.com: Story of Reuben Coffey (dead link)
- Edmund West, comp.. Family Data Collection - Individual Records. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2000
- Cited in the family tree "Coffey Family Tree" created by "LloydCoffey48"
- See: Image of 1790 Census
- Direct Data Capture, comp. U.S., War of 1812 Service Records, 1812-1815. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1999. Original data: National Archives and Records Administration. Index to the Compiled Military Service Records for the Volunteer Soldiers Who Served During the War of 1812. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration. M602, 234 rolls.
- Ancestry Family Trees Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members. Reuben Coffey Sr
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Reuben Coffey, Sr.'s Timeline
| 1744 |
September 16, 1744
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Essex or, Spotsylvania County, Virginia
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| 1768 |
1768
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Amherst, Amherst County, VA, United States
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1770
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| 1771 |
July 21, 1771
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Albemarle County, VA, United States
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| 1772 |
1772
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Virginia, United States
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| 1774 |
1774
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Albemarle County, VA, United States
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| 1775 |
1775
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Albemarle, Virginia, United States
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| 1776 |
July 30, 1776
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Albemarle County, Virginia, United States
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| 1779 |
March 11, 1779
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Globe, Burke, North Carolina, United States
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