Fifth Generation

162. James Coffey was born on 13 March 1774. He appeared in the census in 1810 in Columbia, Adair Co., KY.⁴⁹⁷ James appears to have been in Colorado Co., TX with his son Logan in 1846. He appears as Logan's agent on the tax rolls for that year.

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A James Coffey is named as a son in his father's will. I doubt this is James, son of Joel and Martha Stapp Coffey.

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Note: Morris County Texas was created from Titus County in 1875, and Daingerfield was selected as the county seat. Omaha is in the northeast corner of Morris County. Omaha was established in the late 1870's when the St. Louis, Arkansas and Texas railroad built a narrow gauge railroad in the area. Some errors may have crept into this report by indicating the incorrect county for an event. Please keep in mind the county formation date while reading this report.

One history of James reports his birth in year 1783 and wife born 1701.

James and Elizabeth were married Mar. 4, 1804 by John White. Source Marriages of Adair Co., 1802-1848.

Children were Logan McMillion, married Mary Ragland; Langston; William; Woodson; Wyatt, Cleveland; Lucy and Milton. Source is Coffee-Coffey Scrapbook, Vol. 1, by Gene Brewington.

James Coffey and Elizabeth "Betsy" Coffey were married on 4 March 1804 in Adair Co., KY.⁴⁹⁸ Elizabeth "Betsy" Coffey, daughter of Nathan Coffey and Mary Saunders, was born circa 1791 in North Carolina. Elizabeth died in Jackson Co., AL in 1837.

James Coffey and Elizabeth "Betsy" Coffey had the following children:

655	i.	Wyatt Coffey⁴⁹⁹ was born circa 1806 in Kentucky.
+656	ii.	Langston Coffey.
+657	iii.	Logan McMillon Coffee.
658	iv.	Seliny Coffey was born on 27 June 1812.
659	v.	James Coffey was born on 13 July 1816. A James. Coffee appeared on the Colorado Co., TX tax rolls in 1841 and again in 1846. So far, this Coffee has not been identified as a member of James' family but not improbable..
660	vi.	William Coffey was born on 7 October 1818. He lived with his brother Logan in Lavaca Co., TX on 23 July 1860.
+661	vii.	Lucy Coffey.
662	viii.	Cleveland Coffey was born on 24 April 1823. In 1850 he was on the tax rolls in Colorado Co., TX.⁵⁰⁰ He lived with his brother Logan in Lavaca Co., TX on 23 July 1860.
663	ix.	Woodson Coffey was born on 27 October 1825. 1846 thru 1849; 1857 he was on the tax rolls in Colorado Co., TX. He lived with his neice Frances Coffee Harrison and her family in Lavaca Co., TX on 7 June 1880. Woodson died on 4 October 1880 at the age of 54 in Colorado Co., TX. His burial place is unknown to me.⁵⁰¹ Obituary, Colorado Citizen, October 7, 1880 SUDDEN DEATH.--Early last Monday morning, Mr. Woodson Coffee rode into [t]own, and getting off his horse in front of the establishment of Messrs. C. and P. Hahn, of this city, he fell upon the pavement and immediately expired. His death was caused by an apoplectic fit. Mr. Coffee was an old citizen of the county, an honest, industrious farmer, quiet and unobtrusive in deportment, attending to his own business, and esteemed for his many good qualities. He was buried in the evening, many of our citizens attending his remains to their last resting place. The 1860 Colorado Co., TX census lists a Woodson Coffee, age 33, born KY, in the household with the H. B. Burford family, employed as farm manager.