The Edward Coffey Project

This photo is of the 1930 5th grade class at Blowing Rock School. The newspaper was probably the Watauga Democrat or Blowing Rocket , but I...

The following is a report taken from the front page of The Watauga Democrat , dated Dec. 30, 1926. It is a description of the events surrou...

Update Mar. 8, 2008 - Some of this lineage is incorrect. Corrections are in the works. Update Oct. 8, 2012 - Note correction below Wil...

Robey James was born Jul. 16, 1888 in the Globe Twp, Caldwell Co., NC. He was a son of Henry Kelly (Caleb) and Sarah Jane Gragg Coffey. Th...

D ell was the third of 12 children and third son of William Luther and Mary Salome Moretz Coffey. He was born Jul. 1, 1875 in Watauga Co., ...

Squire Coffey, born c1803 in Burke Co., NC, was a son of Smith Coffey and Hannah Boone. One genealogy that I have seen indicates that he ma...

Some time ago I wrote about Smith and Elizabeth and wondered if her name was Charity Elizabeth. Besides census information, another resear...

In this photo, L-R, is: Herman Herbert Coffey, born Apr. 3, 1902, died c1919; Ellis Empsey Coffey, and Josie Ella Coffey, children of Henry...

I have previously written about Pauline and her parents, Olin J. and Estie Coffey Coffey. Norma was born Jun. 3, 1924 in Watauga Co., NC an...

The Candy Kitchen had been owed by a Mr. Anthony Cory. He was, I believe, the second of the three husbands of Olive Manila Dula. Olive was...

I have previously written about Reuben and Flora Ellen and their descendants. I have just received photographs of them and some of their d...

As might be imagined, it is quite difficult for someone in Louisiana to determine official vs local names of the various Coffey cemeteries i...

Noria was a daughter of Thomas A. and Margaret Ann Coffey Wright . According to the Caldwell Co., NC Register of Deeds, she was born c1879 i...

Jesse Filmore Coffey was born Oct. 22, 1858 in North Carolina to Austin and Mary A. Blalock Coffey. He married at least three times. His f...

Doctor was a son of Thomas A. and Margaret Ann Coffey Wright. He was born April 1, 1889 in North Carolina and died Oct. 4, 1949 in Watauga ...

Austin Blaine Coffey was a son of David Nathaniel and Caroline Levinia Coffey Coffey. He was born in Watauga Co., NC on Jan. 14, 1887 and di...

Zebulon Vance (Zeb) Dalton, born Aug., 1860 in North Carolina, is thought to be a son of Bradley and Dicey A. Dalton of Rutherford Co., NC. ...

I've previously written about the Thomas A. and Margaret Ann Coffey Wright Family. Click on this blog title to read about them. Thomas a...