| Home Surname List Name Index Sources Email Us | Fifth Generation586. Ausburn Coffey2454,2455 was born on 11 January 1805 in Wilkes Co., NC. He appeared in the census on 1 June 1830 in Hawkins Co., TN.2456 Ausburn died in Thorn Hill, Grainger Co., TN on 30 December 1876 and was buried at Rucker Cemetery in Thorn Hill, Grainger Co., TN in December 1876 .2457,2458 Ausburn is found spelled various ways. AUSBURN COFFEY 1805-1876 Ausburn ?Ausbon? Coffey was born January 14, 1805 in Wilkes County, North Carolina, first child of John Elizabeth Rucker Coffey. He died December 30, 1876 and is buried in the Rucker Cemetery, near Thorn Hill, Grainger County, Tennessee. He was married in the early 1820's to Matilda "Tildy" Dalton, born 30 Jan 1805 and died January 30, 1899 in Rockcastle Co., Kentucky. She died on her birthday. They were probably married in Hawkins County. Most of the Hawkins County court records were lost during the Civil War. Ausburn had a blacksmith shop in Thorn Hill. After the Civil War, when Ausburn's brother Benjamin and some of the younger generation of Coffeys moved to Rockcastle County, Kentucky , Ausburn and Matilda loaded their wagon, tied the old cow and hound dog to the back of the wagon and moved too. The trip took about a week, two weeks later the old hound dog had found his way back and was waiting at the door to the blacksmith shop in Thorn Hill. A week to get to Kentucky and a week to get back to Tennessee, the dog made good time. Ausburn did not stay in Wildie. They returned to Tennessee and were living there when he died. They buried him and it was nearly a year later that his funeral was held when the preacher would be in their area. We know this from old letters. We also know from these letters that Matilda was living in Kentucky with her sons near the time [of] the funeral. Ella Coffey Carpenter in 1965 was searching throughout Grainger County for the graves of John and Elizabeth, when she found the tombstone for their son, Ausburn, in the Rucker Cemetery at the foot of Clinch Mountain. She recorded the above dates and the following additional information ; Ausburn Coffey, Age 71 years, 11 months, 17 days, "Dear friends as you pass me by, as you are now, so once was I, as I am now, so you must be through fearful vast eternity." Ausburn's stone was broken when Ella first saw it, but she could read it. Ausburn was the only child of John and Elizabeth that signed his name to legal documents . He also bought his brothers and sisters share of land from their parents estate, paying them each $50. They all signed their mark to these land transactions, except Ausburn. SOURCE: Bennie Loftin TO Ausburn COFFEY and Elizabeth COFFEY STATE 0F TENNESSEE GREETINGS Whereas it hath been represented unto us in our County Court held for the County of Grainger at the Court House at Rutledge the first Monday of January 184-6, that John COFFEE late of said County had died Intestate having whilst living and at the time of his death goods and chattels rights and credits the ordering and granting administration whereof doth appertain unto us and we being desirous that said goods and chattels rights and credits may be well and faithfully administered do grant unto you the said Ausburn COFFEY and Elizabeth COFFEY full power by there presents to take into your possession all and singular the goods and chattels rights and credits which were of the said John COFFEE deceased at the time of his death wheresoever the same may be found here by requiring you to make or cause the same to be returned to our Court within ninety clays a true and perfect Inventory Witness Edward TATE Clerk Ausburn Coffey and Matilda "Tildy" Dalton were married circa 1820. Based on ages of children, this marriage year or perhaps birth year estimate is incorrect. They appeared in the census on 16 October 1850 in Grainger Co., TN.2459 They2459 appeared in the census on 15 August 1860 in Grainger Co., TN.2460 Ausburn and Tildy2460 appeared in the census on 25 August 1870 in Grainger Co., TN.2461 Matilda "Tildy" Dalton, daughter of Enos Dalton and Rebecca Williams, was born on 30 January 1799 in Grayson Co., VA. She lived with her son Thomas J. Coffey in Rockcastle Co., KY on 12 June 1880. Matilda died on 30 January 1899 at the age of 100 in Rockcastle Co., KY and was buried at Scaffold Cane Cemetery in Roundstone, Rockcastle Co., KY.2462,2463 Ausburn Coffey and Matilda "Tildy" Dalton had the following children:
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