Fourth Generation

125. George Coffey was born on 1 April 1782 in Rowan Co., NC.

George was age 68 in 1850.

George died in Grainger Co., TN in 1861 and is thought to have been buried at Coffey Cemetery in Thorn Hill, Grainger Co., TN in 1861 .⁴⁴⁸

George, son of Benjamin., died Grainger Co. He married Margaret in Wilkes Co., NC, daughter of Colby and Sarah Rucker.

Children, all born in TN were: Myra, married John Hipsher; Delphia, born c1815, married Timothy Dalton in Grainger Co.; William, born Jan 20, 1817, died June 15, 1879 in West Plains, MO., married Sarah Lucinda Coffey, born c1822, died Nov 4, 1895; Mary A., c1815, married C. Jackson Dalton; Thomas, born c1812, married Mary "Polly" Hipsher, died c1848; Elijah, born Feb 23, 1820, died July 13, 1890 Grainger Co., married Rebecca Shockley, born Oct., 1820, died August. 11, 1890; Matilda, born c1821, married Tandy Witcher Dalton, born Nov 18, 1818, died Dec 1, 1909; Malinda, born c1823, married Cleveland Coffey; Mahaley, married Enoch Shockley; Emiline, born c1831, m Winright Shockley; Louise, born c1834, married William Shockley.

Source: Bennie Coffey Loftin, Rt. 1, Box 270, Kiowa, OK 74553-9727

George Coffey and Margaret L. Rucker^449,450 were married circa 1805 in North Carolina. They appeared in the census on 11 October 1850 in Grainger Co., TN.⁴⁵¹ They⁴⁵¹ appeared in the census on 15 August 1860 in Grainger Co., TN.⁴⁵² Margaret L. Rucker, daughter of Colby Rucker and Sarah Roberts, was born in 1789 in North Carolina. Margaret died in Thorn Hill, Grainger Co., TN on 16 January 1871 and is thought to have been buried at the Coffey Cemetery in Thorn Hill, Grainger Co., TN in January 1871 .⁴⁵³
Margaret is probably the sister of Elizabeth, and daughter of Colby Rucker.

The middle initial of Margaret was found in the 1860 census.

George Coffey and Margaret L. Rucker had the following children: