Person:John Coffee (2)
Gen. John R Coffee
b.2 Jun 1772 Prince Edward, Virginia, United States
d.7 Jul 1833 Florence, Lauderdale, Alabama, United States
Parents and Siblings
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m. Bef 1772
  1. Gen. John R Coffee1772 - 1833
Spouse and Children
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m. 3 Oct 1809
  1. John D. Coffee1815 - 1837
  2. Elizabeth Coffee1817 - 1838
  3. Andrew A. Coffee1819 - 1891
  4. Alexander Donelson Coffee1821 - 1901
  5. Rachel Jackson Coffee1823 -
  6. Emily Coffee1828 - 1829
  7. William Donelson Coffee1830 - 1903
  8. Joshua Coffee1832 - 1879
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Facts and Events
Name[1] Gen. John R Coffee
Alt Name[3] Col. John Coffee
Gender Male
Birth[1][2] 2 Jun 1772 Prince Edward, Virginia, United States
Marriage 3 Oct 1809 Davidson, Tennessee, United Statesto Mary Donelson
Death[1][2] 7 Jul 1833 Florence, Lauderdale, Alabama, United States
Burial[1] Coffee Cemetery, Florence, Lauderdale, Alabama, United States
Reference Number? Q440946?
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John R. Coffee (June 2, 1772 – July 7, 1833) was an American planter of Irish descent, and state militia brigadier general in Tennessee. He commanded troops under General Andrew Jackson during the Creek Wars (1813–14) and during the Battle of New Orleans in the War of 1812.

During Jackson's presidency (1829-1833), he appointed Coffee as his representative, along with Secretary of War John Eaton, to negotiate treaties with Southeast American Indian tribes to accomplish removal to the west of the Mississippi River and extinguish their land claims. This policy was authorized by Congressional passage of the Indian Removal Act of 1830. Coffee negotiated the Treaty of Dancing Rabbit Creek of 1830 with the Choctaw, by which they ceded their lands. He started negotiations with the Chickasaw, but they did not conclude a treaty with the United States until after his death.

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References
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Gen. John R Coffee, in Find A Grave.

    [Inscription:"To the memory of Gen'l. John Coffee, who departed this life on the 7th day of July, AD 1833, aged 61 years. As a husband he was affectionate, tender and sincere. He was a brave, prompt & skillful General, a disinterested and sagacious patriot, an unpretending, just and honest man."

    [Note: the marker supports his birth in 1772, but does not indicate his place of birth.]

    [Note: As of May 2014, includes other photos, but does not include photo of grave marker.]

  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 John Coffee, in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia.
    Gen. John Coffee
  3. ↑ The Natchez Trace Traveler
    Vol 8, No 4, p 140, Nov 1988.

    John Coffee was a Colonel of a regiment of mounted gunmen in the Tennessee Volunteer Calvary in the expedition to Natchez from 10 December 1812 to 27 April 1813. He was on active duty again during the Creek Wars from 24 September 1813 to 29 October 1813 when he was promoted to Major General. He continued in service until 10 May 1814. He also was a Brigadier General at the Battle of New Orleans under General Andrew Jackson and served from 11 September 1814 to 20 June 1815. The widow applied for bounty land on 28 December 1854 in Lauderdale Co, AL, and received BL Wt Terr in March 1817 and moved to Huntsville, Madison Co, from Davidson Co., TN; later he moved to Lauderdale Co, AL. Mary Donelson was a niece of Rachael Donelson, the wife of Andrew Jackson. Information from McCown and Burns, from Hill, and from the National Archives.

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