| Home Surname List Name Index Sources Email Us | Fifth Generation588. Benjamin Coffey was born on 8 February 1808 in Wilkes Co., NC. He appeared in the census on 1 June 1830 in Hawkins Co., TN.2473 Benjamin died on 8 May 1867 at the age of 59 in Rockcastle Co., KY and was buried at Merritt Cemetery in Wildie, Rockcastle Co., KY.2474,2475 "Benjamin, son of John and Elizabeth Rucker Coffey, b. 8 Feb 1808, Wilkes Co., d. 8 May 1867, Rockcastle Co., KY. Nancy was b. 23 Jul 1802 in NC; d. 14 Feb 1874, KY. Children are John, 1828-18?; Unk, b. 1830; Richardson, 1832-1922; Elizabeth, 1835-1922; Ransom, 1836-1917; Calvin, 1839-1863; Calton, 1839-1926; Marvel, 1841-1917; Perry, 1844-1864; and Ausborn, 1846-1923. A descendant of this line is Bennie Coffey Loftin. Bennie writes that Benjamin was b. Feb. 8, 1808 in Wilkes Co., and d. May 8, 1867 in Rockcastle Co., KY. He m. Nancy, d. of Thomas and Sarah Hayes, and they had nine sons and one daughter. "Benjamin did not live long after they moved to Kentucky from Tennessee. They moved shortly after the Civil War. Their sons, Ransom and John, were already living in Kentucky. Ransom and his cousin, James Madison Coffey, were living in Rockcastle County when the 1860 census was taken in the fall of that year. They are supposed to have moved together. Ransom fought on the Union side during the Civil War. "All of Benjamin and Nancy Coffey's children were born in Tennessee, either Hawkins or Grainger County. They lived near the county line on the north side of Clinch Mountain. Ausbon's pension application for CSA service states that he was born at Rutledge. Rutledge was the county seat for Grainger County. They didn't live there, but lived near Idol (now Thorn Hill). "Death dates for Benjamin, his wife, his parents, three and maybe four sons and a grandson were all recorded on two pages that Grace Coffey Gill found tucked into a little book that had belonged to her Grandpa Ausbon. There was an autograph on one page that reads, "Benjamin Coffey's Book, August 1, 1856, T.G. Tilley." "Rance Coffey (1885-1984) thinks that one of Benjamin's sons was crippled. He had heard a story of him going hunting on crutches. He thought it was Richardson, but he served in the CSA Army and as Rance says, What would the army want with a crippled man." Source: Bennie Coffey Loftin, Rt. 1, Box 270, Kiowa, OK 74553 Benjamin Coffey and Nancy Hayes were married in 1827 in Hawkins Co., TN. They appeared in the census on 17 October 1850 in Grainger Co., TN.2476 They2476 appeared in the census on 15 August 1860 in Grainger Co., TN.2477 Nearby this family at the time of the 1850 Grainger Co., census, in Dist. 11, Page 168, dwelling 1204, family 1259, was the family of Nancy Coffee, age 44, female, born NC; Wm? Coffee, age 18, male, farmer, born TN; Marvel Coffee, age 10, male, born TN. The Elizabeth, age 87 at the 1850 census, and enumerated in the household with Benjamin was probably his mother, Elizabeth Rucker. She may have been enumerated twice, because another Elizabeth was enumerated as head of her household with children Nancy and Catherine. In 1860 a neighbor of Benjamin and Nancy was the Thomas Coffee family. Thomas was aged 31. His presumed wife, Matilda is age 40. They had a son Joshua, age 7, and a 94-yr old Elizabeth Hayes, enumerated as a black female. This Thomas has not been yet been identified. Bennie Coffey Loftin thinks that her Benjamin Coffey (1808-1867) and Nancy Hayes of Thomas Hayes and wife Sarah had a first son Thomas, born c1828 and then a son John. Richardson may not have been their first son after all. Nancy Hayes was born on 23 July 1802 in North Carolina. She appeared in the census on 27 June 1870 in Rockcastle Co., KY.2478 Nancy died on 14 February 1874 at the age of 71 in Rockcastle Co., KY and was buried at Merritt Cemetery in Wildie, Rockcastle Co., KY.2479 Benjamin Coffey and Nancy Hayes had the following children:
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