Fifth Generation

545. Nancy "Nicey" Coffey was born circa 1816 in Burke Co., NC. She appeared in the census on 29 July 1850 in Johns River Twp., Caldwell Co., NC.²²⁶⁰ She was placed on the pension rolls in Burke Co., NC on 23 May 1853²²⁶¹ Nicey appeared in the census on 23 July 1860 in Johns River Twp., Caldwell Co., NC.²²⁶² She appeared in the census on 5 August 1870 in Johns River Twp., Caldwell Co., NC.²²⁶³ She lived with her son Taylor in Globe Twp., Caldwell Co., NC on 18 June 1880. Nancy died in Yadkin Valley, Caldwell Co., NC in 1887 and was buried at Gragg Cemetery in Gragg, Avery Co., NC in 1887 .²²⁶⁴

Nancy "Nicey" Coffey and William Obediah "Revolutionary Bill" Gragg were married on 9 July 1837 in Burke Co., NC.²²⁶⁵

In the newspaper, Tarboro Scaevola, Tarboro, NC, July 28, 1837

Also in the newspaper, The North-Carolina Standard, Raleigh, July 26, 1837, Page 3, Col. 4

Married near Colletsville on the St. Johns River in Burke County, July 9, by Levi Laxton, Esq.; William Gragg, age 90 to Nancy Coffey, age 22. Mr. Gragg was a Revolutionary soldier; was present at the taking of Burgoyne, and was in the ranks at the sharp shooting at Brandywine, and was on the side of Liberty at Little York, and at the surrender of Cornwallis. He is quite healthy and walked 20 miles on the day before he was married.
William Obediah "Revolutionary Bill" Gragg was born on 15 April 1758 in Lyndhurst, Augusta Co., VA.²²⁶⁶ He enlisted in June 1779 in Col. John Bowyer's Virginia Regiment in Albemarle Co., VA.²²⁶⁷ William enlisted in the Col. John Bowyer's Virginia Regiment in January 1781 at Virginia.²²⁶⁸ William enlisted in the in September 1781 at Virginia.²²⁶⁹ He appeared in the census in 1800 in Burke Co., NC.²²⁷⁰ He appeared in the census in 1810 in Morganton, Burke Co., NC.²²⁷¹ Revolutionary Bill appeared in the census on 7 August 1820 in Burke Co., NC.²²⁷² He appeared in the census in 1830 in Burke Co., NC.²²⁷³ He was placed on the pension rolls in Burke Co., NC on 28 January 1833²²⁷⁴ William died on 20 October 1847 at the age of 89 in North Carolina and was buried at Avery Co., NC.^2275,2276

Nancy "Nicey" Coffey and William Obediah "Revolutionary Bill" Gragg had the following children:

William E. Philyaw, son of Moses H. Philyaw and Lucinda Ann Holden, was born (date unknown).

There is a William E. Philyaw buried at Mill Creek Baptist Church cemetery in Dahlonega, Lumpkin Co., GA. His headstone reports that he was born 6 years after Edmund Paza Gragg.

Another website reports William E. Philyaw, born Dec. 28, 1828 in NC, died Mar. 18, 1889 in Rabun Co., GA. Some genealogy reports tell us that William never married. Others tell us that he married Elizabeth Lovell on Dec. 3, 1850 in Rabun Co., GA.

Nancy "Nicey" Coffey and William E. Philyaw had the following children: