| Home Surname List Name Index Sources Email Us | Sixth Generation1965. Ransom "Rance" Coffey2065 was born in November 1828 in North Carolina. Rance died on 26 May 1909 at the age of 80 in Watauga Co., NC and was buried at Hartley Family Cemetery_2 in Boone, Watauga Co., NC. The city of Boone appropriated the land and all bodies were reburied at7435 Served in the US Navy. Another source indicates that Ransom was in the regular army: Ransom fought on Union side during Civil War. A part of the U.S. Regular Army. Rank-Private. (film M233 roll 25). Possible 49th Kentucky Infantry. Ransom's father was a Confederate sympathizer. With the the exception of his uncle Austin's stepson Keith Blalock, Ransom was the only one in his family (including his uncles & his sisters' husbands) who fought for the Union side. This likely caused a conflict and possible estrangement. Ransom "Rance" Coffey and Malinda A. Weaver were married. Not found in marriage register. They appeared in the census on 11 August 1870 in Union Co., TN.7436 They7436 appeared in the census on 3 June 1880 in Union Co., TN.7437 Malinda A. Weaver was born circa 1837 in Tennessee. Ransom "Rance" Coffey and Malinda A. Weaver had the following children:
Ransom "Rance" Coffey and Delphia Hartley were married on 19 January 1895 in Boone Twp., Watauga Co., NC.2065,7438 They2065,7438 appeared in the census on 19 June 1900 in Watauga Co., NC.7439 Delphia Hartley, daughter of John Eli Hartley and Eunicey Cook, was born on 15 April 1865 in Watauga Co., NC. She appeared in the census on 16 April 1910 in Watauga Co., NC.7440 She appeared in the census on 10 April 1930 in Blue Ridge Twp., Watauga Co., NC.7441 Delphia appeared in the census on 12 April 1940 in Blue Ridge Twp., Watauga Co., NC.7442 Delphia died of a cerebrovascular accident on 24 January 1953 at the age of 87 at Blowing Rock Hospital in Blowing Rock, Watauga Co., NC and was buried at Hartley Family Cemetery_2 in Boone, Watauga Co., NC on 25 January 1953.7443,7444 |