The Edward Coffey Project

In the last blog, I transcribed the death report for Woodson "Woods" Coffee, a native Texan, from the Amarillo Daily News of ...

Joseph, [corrected from James] a son of William and Caty Haydon Blackerby, was born in Northumberland Co., VA on Apr. 17, 1806. He marr...

“In Memory of Robert Shearer. “The subject of this sketch was too well known in this and adjoining counties to need eulogy from any pen ...

Updated 6.16.2014 - See footnote 1 Updated same date - See footnote 2 I touched on Edmund Paza Gragg and his family in an earlier blog. ...

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John Marshall, or Marsh as some called him, was born in Wayne Co., KY on Jan. 2, 1850 and died in Boyle Co., KY on May 17, 1908.  He was a ...

Lewis' will has been transcribed and can be found here .   In his will, he named his children Betsy, Rachel, Polly, James, Henderson, ...

Some previous Kilpatrick family blogs can be read here and here . Balis Jackson Kilpatrick, born Aug. 2, 1796 in the Greenville district ...

I touched on Harrison and Jincy in an earlier blog .  He was a son of James and Elizabeth Calloway Aldridge and, that family history makes i...

John was born Feb. 24, 1818* in Eadsville, Wayne Co., KY to James and Sarah Emerline Sumpter Coffey.  He married Rachel Barrier, born Aug. 1...

Readers can find earlier blogs about this family here and here . Photo courtesy of Darryl Dobbs Photo:  Benjamin Franklin Coffey was...