Dodge County GaArchives Biographies.....Coffee, John unknown - unknown
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Author: MRS. WILTON PHILIP COBB
The Coffee Family.

  General John Coffee was among the first settlers in Telfair County. He came to
this section from Virginia, and was the son of Peter Coffee, who was a
Revolutionary soldier. His mother was Sarah Smith Coffee. Peter Coffee and his
wife were the parents of the following children: Elizabeth, who married C.
Daniel; Nancy, who married, first, L. Legeon, and second, Abram Heard, and
third, Jas. Kennedy; Susan, who married a Randall; General John, who married Ann
Penelope Bryan; Joshua, who never married; Sarah, who married William Harris;
Mary, who married H. Gibson; Cynthia, who married Thomas Stocks; Martha, who
married George Heard.

  General John, our subject, fought in the War of 1812-1815, and rose to the
rank of General. He represented Telfair County in the Legislature, and was also
elected three times to Congress. He never lived to serve his third term in
Congress, having died on the eve of his third election. News traveled so slowly
in those days that it is said that although he died the day before the election,
his death was not known, and he was elected to serve the third term after death.
This was in 1836. He commanded the State Militia after the Indian War and built
a highway through Georgia to facilitate the removal of his troops, and the road
is still known as the "Old Coffee Road." He was a close friend of President
Andrew Jackson. He married Ann Penelope Bryan, and they were the parents of:
John B., who married, first, Rebecca Willcox, and second, a GrifiGn; Peter
Harris, who married, first, Susan Ann Rogers, and second, Martha Ann Sheldon;
Andrew Jackson; Hill Bryan, who married Mary E. Church; William; Joshua;
Christopher C.; Sarah Ann Elizabeth, who married Gen. Mark Lee Willcox; Susan,
who married a Bryan. Coffee County was named in honor of Gen. John Coffee.

  John B., son of Gen. John, married Rebecca Willcox, and they were the parents
of: John W.; Dr. Mark; Rebecca, who married Miles Burnham. His second wife was a
Griffin, and they were the parents of: Col. William Coffee; Missouri, who
married a Broughton; Neenie, who married George Adams.

  Peter Harris, son of Gen. John, married Susan Ann Rogers, and they were the
parents of: Joshua, who married Mary Daniel; Andrew Jackson, who married a
Futch; Christopher C., who married Mary Rogers; Peter, who married a Daniel;
John A., who married Rebecca Daniel; Minnie, who married T. W. Weeks; Neppie,
who married John T. Lee; Babe, who married Mose Daniel; Susan, who married Tom
Pete Willcox. The second wife of Peter Harris was Martha Ann Sheldon and they
were the parents of: Willie; Irby; Idella.

  John W., son of John B., married a McCoy, and they were the parents of: John
B. and Archie. He married, second, Isabel McCrimmon, and they were the parents
of: Sidney (Sip.); Mitchell, who died in childhood.

  Joshua, son of Peter Harris, married Mary Daniel, and they were the parents
of: Annie, who'married, first, Murdock Bryan, and second, John M. Law; J. P.,
who married Mary J. Bowen; Margaret Rebecca, who married J. K. Willcox; Sudie,
who married F. F. Bohannon; Sallie, who married Willie A. Bowen; Lou Letitia,
who married John Wadsworth; Mary Belle, who married Morris Williams.

  Andrew Jackson, son of Peter Harris, married a Futch, and they were the
parents of: Dr. W. P., who married Bessie Burch; Jennings, who married a Cravey;
Ruby, who married Warren Harrell; A. J., who married a Gammage.

  Andrew Jackson and Bryant, sons of Gen. John, moved to Florida. Bryant's
daughter, Elizabeth, married a Sheldon.


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