Fifth Generation

609. Malinda Coffey was born circa 1823 in Tennessee.
In her History of the Rucker Family and their descendants, 1927, Edythe John Rucker Whitley did not name Malinda as a daughter of George and Margaret Rucker Coffey.

Malinda's husband, Cleveland Coffey may be a son of Nathan.

Malinda Coffey and Cleveland Coffey were married on 11 November 1839 in Grainger Co., TN.²⁰⁷⁴ They²⁰⁷⁴ appeared in the census on 20 October 1850 in Grainger Co., TN.²⁰⁷⁵ Cleveland Coffey, son of Jesse Coffey and Margaret Edmisten, was born circa 1810 in Burke Co., NC. Cleveland died in Caldwell Co., NC in April 1862 and his burial site is unknown to me.²⁰⁷²

North Carolina } Probate Court
Caldwell County } Oct 20th 1869

To the judge of said court:

The petition of D. P. Mast respectfully shows that Cleaveland Coffey died during the month of April 1862 intestate leaving his surviving Mary A. Coffey his wife, and Jackson Coffey of Ozark Co., Mo. Susan Webb formerly Coffey, Mitchell Co. NC, Holland Coffey, Bulls Gap Tenn, Elvira Coffey, Globe NC; Mahala Coffey Catawba Co., Fannie Coffey, Mitchell Co., Perry Coffey, Mitchell, Sarah Coffey, Napoleon Coffey and Jesse Coffey, Globe NC, his children and only his at law and that Perry, Sarah, Napoleon and Jesse Coffey are infants under twenty one years of age and without any guardian. Your petitioner further shows that Mary A. Coffey, widow of the deceased has renunciated the right to administer on her her husbands estate. That said estate consists of about 50 acres of land more or less worth about $100 and personal property in his stock to the value of $150. And your petitioner further shows that after the renunciation of the widow he is next entitled to administer _?_ said estate being the largest creditor against the same, and therefore asks your honor to grant him letter of administration according to law, and your petitioner should even pray.

D. P. Mast
Petitioner

Sworn and Subscribed before me
this October 20th 1869 R. R. Wollefield [?] Judge of Probate

Probate began on 19 October 1863 in the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions in Yadkin Valley, Caldwell Co., NC with the appointment of Mary Coffey and William Coffey as co-executors of his estate.²⁰⁷³

At his probate dated 1869, his third wife, Mary A. Miles surrendered her right to administer the estate in favor of D. P. Mast, largest creditor of the estate.
Children named as his children and heirs at law were:
 Jackson Coffey of Ozark Co., MO (Andrew Jackson, mother Susan Hayes)
Susan Coffey Webb of Mitchell Co., NC (mother also Susan Hayes)
Holland Coffey, Bulls Gap, TN (mother Malinda Coffey)
Elvira Coffey, Globe, NC (mother also Malinda)
Mahala Coffey, Catawba Co., NC (mother also Malinda)
Fannie Coffey, Mitchell Co., NC (mother also Malinda)
Perry Coffey, Mitchell Co., NC (mother also Malinda
Sarah, Napoleon and Jesse, Mitchell Co., NC (mother Mary Ann Miles)
 Perry, Sarah, Napoleon and Jesse were “infants” under the age of 21
 I would think that had he been the father of Thomas M. or Y.Coffey, during the Civil War leaving a wife and perhaps a child, the child or children would have been mentioned.
 William Wesley, died 1864 in Civil War and son of Susan isnot mentioned and neither are his children, leaving doubt as to his parentage.
 Neither is Daniel, born c1849, son of Malinda. Perhaps died young.
 No doubt that a Thomas M. or Y. appears in the 1850 GraingerCo., TN census with Cleveland and Malinda, but, not necessarily as their son.
 

Cleveland Coffey help establish the Cedar Springs Baptist Church near Thorn Hill, Tennessee. It is a church still in existence today.

Malinda Coffey and Cleveland Coffey had the following children: