Fifth Generation

271. Alexander⁸⁸⁵ was probably born in North Carolina on 19 January 1803. He appeared in the census in 1830 in Bedford Co., TN.⁸⁸⁶ He appeared in the census in 1840 in Bedford Co., TN.⁸⁸⁷ Alexander appeared in the census on 9 November 1850 in Bedford Co., TN.⁸⁸⁸ Alexander died on 5 April 1864 at the age of 61 in Jackson Co., AL and was buried at Roach Cemetery in Fackler, Jackson Co., AL.⁸⁸⁹

Alexander and at least two of his brothers, Benjamin and Henry were friends with James Knox Polk at least as early as 1838. Alexander wrote to Polk from Shelbyville, TN on Feb. 13th of that year "in behalf of his brother, Benjamin B. Coffey, who desires appointment as Register of the land office that is expected to be created in the Cherokee country." The editor wrote that these Coffey men "were sons of Rice Coffey, who had moved to Bedford County from Virginia. Coffey is the spelling used by this family, although others probably used Coffee more often than the correct form."

Alexander Hamilton Coffey and Nancy E. Weatherly were married on 2 August 1828 in Rutherford Co., TN.^890,891

The Doak Family source does not name Michael as one of Alexander's sons. Instead, the author names him Napoleon.

Son of Rice, d. 1864. Four children born; three came to Jackson Co., AL: Rice Abner settled in Stevenson then at Scottsboro; Mary E. m. Pleasant Lovelady and had one son, Avery; and Weightstill Avery. Weightstill and Rice Abner, came to Stevenson, Al in the middle 1850's. Weightstill clerked for years in a firm belonging to his uncle, John R. Coffey. The firm was Austin, Coffey and Company.

Source: CCC, Jun. 1994; IGI

Will Book 1, 1 Aug 1863; names son, Rice A; son, Weightstill A., Grandson Avery Lovelady, son of Pleasant and Mary E. Lovelady, formerly Mary E. Coffee, daughter of Alexander. Executor was son, Rice and guardian of grandson, Avery Lovelady. Wit: John R. Coffey, B. B. Coffey

Source: Page 137, Bedford County, Tennessee Wills and Vital Records from Newspapers, compiled by Helen C. & Timothy R. Marsh; Southern Historical Press, Greenville, SC 1996; G976.858M365bw

Alexander H. COFFEE, will August 1st, 1863 "now in JACKSON COUNTY, ALABAMA" but "home in Bedford County, Tennessee". Copied from the records of Bedford County, dated August 1, 1863. He mentioned: "My grandson Avery Lovelady, son of Pleasant and Mary E. LOVELADY, formerly Mary E. Coffee"; "my son Rice A. Coffee"; My son "Weightstill Avery Coffee"; witnesses: John R. Coffee and B. B. Coffee. The Rice Coffee (son of Alexander) was a younger Rice Coffee. There was an older one of the name, who wrote to Jefferson Coffee, whose sister, America Coffee married Samuel Lusk, and who went to Texas and settled in the early days. The letter throws more light on the Coffee Family of Bedford County.

Source: Tennessee Cousins, A History of the Tennessee People by Worth S. Ray, Jul., 1950. Pub. Gen. Pub. Co., 1960-1989

Alexander and Nancy had at least two daughters, names and dates of birth are unknown. Nancy E. Weatherly was born in 1808.⁸⁹² Nancy died on 29 October 1844 at the age of 36 in Bedford Co., TN and was buried at Old Salem Cemetery in Bell Buckle, Bedford Co., TN.^892,893,894
Surname could be Matherly.

Alexander Hamilton Coffey and Nancy E. Weatherly had the following children: