The Edward Coffey Project

John, sometimes referred to as "Rev. John Nelson," was a farmer in Caldwell Co. when he married Minerva Jane Coffey in that county...

Samuel Monroe was a son of Samuel and Sarah Bolch (Bolick?) Austin and, was born Mar., 1824 in Watauga Co.  He was first married to Mariah R...

I have not put a lot of research effort into this family except as pertains to the marriage of several of their children to members of the C...

I have ju st received these photographs from John W. Coffey in Raleigh, NC. He wrote that the beard seen here on Elijah was added to the pho...

Adolphus Penley was born Feb., 1864 in Watauga Co., NC, the son of Adolphus W. and Elizabeth Triplett Penley. Adolphus W. was born c1821 in...