| Home Surname List Name Index Sources Email Us | Sixth Generation1594. Mary Ann Coffey was born on 10 June 1850 in Yadkin Valley, Caldwell Co., NC. She lived with her parents in Yadkin Valley, Caldwell Co., NC on 12 July 1870.5902 Mary died on 15 January 1910 at the age of 59 in Yadkin Valley, Caldwell Co., NC and was buried at New Hope Baptist Church Cemetery in Lenoir, Caldwell Co., NC. Marvel and Nancy Pendley Coffey were enumerated in the 1850 and 1860 Kings Creek Twp., Caldwell Co., NC census with a daughter named Mary. In 1850 she was 11 months old and in 1860 she was 12 years old. In 1870 the family was still in Kings Creek Twp., and Mary, now aged 20, was enumerated as a "domestic servant." Mary "the daughter" is said to be the mother of three children without benefit of marriage: John Kelly, born c1869; George Washington, born Dec. 15, 1870, died Nov. 10, 1940 in Williamson, Mingo Co., WV; and Elizabeth Jeanette "Lizzie," born Oct. 6, 1873 died May 18, 1958 in Lenoir, Caldwell Co. The death certificate of both John Kelly and George Washington Coffey names Marvel Coffey as their father. The death certificate for their sister Elizabeth Jeanette "Lizzie" Coffey reports that her father's name was "Not Obtainable." There is a marriage record in Mingo Co., WV for John K. Coffey to Mary Crotts on which John names his parents as "Marvel & Mary Ann Coffey." Elizabeth "Lizzie" Jeanette was married first to Julius F. Barnett on Nov. 18, 1893 at Kings Creek. On Nov. 8, 1911 she married Frank Wilson at Granite Falls in Lovelady Twp., Caldwell Co. Elizabeth died on May 18, 1958 at Lenoir. The informant named on her death certificate was Mrs. Nellie Triplett, Lizzie's daughter, born to the Julius Barnett marriage. The certificate names Lizzie's mother as Mary Ann Coffey but the father's name was "Not Obtainable." So, I now have two (Geo. W. and John K.) of Mary's children who claim Marvel and Mary Ann Coffey as their father. The third child only names Mary Ann as the mother. Now, when Mary, the "domestic servant," appeared in the 1870 census, she was apparently the mother of the child John Kelly, age 1 year in that census. Four years later, Mary "the daughter" married William Zachariah Maltba*** and lived with him until her death in 1910. In the 1880 Caldwell Co. census, Zacariah [sic] Maltba and wife Mary A., had children (among others): John K., age 11; George, age 9 and Elizabeth, age 6, all of which appear to be the same children attributed to Mary Ann by documents mentioned herein. Although not enumerated with the Coffey surname, they were much too old to have been children resulting from the Zachariah and Mary Ann union. So, what are we to make from all this? Mary who married Zachariah Maltba named Marvel Coffey as her father. Was Mary's father also the father of her first three children? Was there another Marvel? Was Mary "the domestic servant" another Mary Coffey? Was Mary "the daughter" also Mary "the domestic servant?" The Maltba family remained in Kings Creek the remainder of their lives. Elizabeth "Lizzie" remained in the Kings Creek area during her marriages to Barnett and Wilson while the two boys, John K. and George Washington moved on to West Virginia.
The Coffey children were enumerated in the 1880 census as Maltba children. Mary Ann Coffey had the following children:
Mary Ann Coffey and William Zachariah Maltba5908 were married on 25 November 1874 in Yadkin Valley, Caldwell Co., NC.5909 They5909 appeared in the census on 10 June 1880 in Yadkin Valley, Caldwell Co., NC.5910 They5910 appeared in the census on 7 June 1900 in Kings Creek Twp., Caldwell Co., NC.5911 William Zachariah Maltba, son of Jonathan Maltba and Sarah J. Barlow, was born on 27 December 1848 in North Carolina. He lived with his parents in Kings Creek Twp., Caldwell Co., NC on 14 July 1860. William died of an enlarged prostate gland on 13 February 1925 at the age of 76 at home in Kings Creek Twp., Caldwell Co., NC and was buried at Kings Creek Baptist Church Cemetery in Lenoir, Kings Creek Twp., Caldwell Co., NC on 15 February 1925.5912,5913,5914,5915 Mary Ann Coffey and William Zachariah Maltba had the following children:
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