Person:Ruben Coffey (2)

American Revolutionary War Veteran

Revolutionary War Pension Information

Information from “Virginia/West Virginia Genealogical Data from Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Records”, Vol. 2, compiled by Patrick G. Wardell, Lt. Col. U.S. Army Ret. :

Coffey, Ruben - entered service 1780 in Wilkes County, North Carolina; born 9/16/1759 in Albemarle County, Virginia; family moved to Amherst County, Virginia, when soldier was abt. age 5, thence when soldier was abt. age 15 [moved] to Wilkes County, North Carolina; after Revolutionary War soldier resided in Burke County, North Carolina, thence to Wayne County, Kentucky, where granted Pension in 1832 when residing [there for] 13 years. R594.

Notes

Ruben Coffey appeared in the census in 1790 in Wilkes Co., NC.3 He died on Jun 9, 1842 in Wayne Co., KY.

From National Genealogical Society Quarterly, Vol. 34, 1945 -1946, page 62:

(S46916, N.C. service, Ky. Agcy.; Cert. 22363 issued 31 Oct . 1833, Act 7 Jun 1832 at $40 per an.). He appld. 28 Aug 1832 from Wayne Co., KY. B. 16 Sep 1759 in Alberarle Co, VA and lived there 15 yr. Moved to Wilkes Co., NC near head of Adkin River where he lived for 14 yr; then to Burk Co for 22 yr. Moved to Wayne Co Ky. Reuben was at King's Mt. Lewis Coffey was brother. Osborne Coffey, 1759-1840, Va. service, burned at Middleburg, Casey Co., KY with wife, Milly Morris (no dates). Source: National Genealogical Society Quarterly, Vol 34, June, 1946 and Kentucky Cemetery Records, Ky DAR

From Amherst County, Virginia in the Revolution, page 116

Coffee, Reuben, -- Wayne Co., Ky., Aug. 28, 1832: b. Albemarle Co., Va., Sept. 16, 1759. His father moved to Amherst 1764. He testified that he vol. under Capt. Moses Guest, Major Winston, Col. Benjamin Cleveland & was in the battle of King's Mountain. Moved with his father to Wilkes Co., N.C .; settled in Bucks Co., N.C. & after 22 years moved to Wayne Co., Ky. His claim was allowed. (See also DAR Patriot Index).

Reuben COFFEY and Mildred "Millie" MORRIS were married about 1782. Reuben is often confused with his uncle of the same name. His uncle married Sally Scott.

This Reuben was in the Rev. War. and received a pension. He fought at the battle of Kings Mt. under Benjamin Cleveland, a first cousin. Reuben lived in Wilkes Co from 1778-1797 , on the north side of Warrior Gap. He was in Burkes Co. from 1797 to 1810 on Blair's Fork, and in Wayne Co., KY from 1819 until his death on Jun. 9, 1842.

The wife of Reuben is not found in any record. But, tradition has it that he name was Millie Morris. Reuben is listed as having 10 children, but the census of 1800 in Burke Co . would indicated that there was another male child born between 1790 and 1800.

Many of Reuben's children lived in Wayne Co., KY, and some descendants still live there today.

possibly married a Rachael Hayes daughter of a John Hayes and Millie Maderas, of Blair Fork, then Wayne Co., KY

cemetery possibly affilated with the Elk Spring Valley Baptist Church

1. ↑ B B Coffey, Sr. Wayne Co., Kentucky Cemeteries Book
   page 599.
2. ↑ American Revolutionary pension.
3. ↑ DFree/1790 United States Federal Census
   Morgan District, page 107.
4. ↑ DFree/1800 United States Federal Census.
5. ↑ DFree/1810 United States Federal Census
   page 127.
6. ↑ 1820 United States Federal Census
   page 37.
7. ↑ 1830 United States Federal Census
   page 133.
8. ↑ 1840 United States Federal Census
   page 163.
9. ↑ ^9.0 9.1 Ancestry.com. 1840 United States Federal Census. (Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2004.Original data - United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Sixth Census of the United States, 1840. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1840. M704, 58)
   Year: 1840; Census Place: , Wayne, Kentucky; Roll: 126; Page: 163.

   Birth date: abt 1759Birth place: Residence date: 1 June 1840Residence place: Wayne, Kentucky, USA

   http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=sse&db=1840usfedcenancestry&h=2061262&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt

10. ↑ ^10.0 10.1 Yates Publishing. U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900. (Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2004.Original data - This unique collection of records was extracted from a variety of sources including family group sheets and electronic databases. Originally, the information was deriv)
    Source number: 1094.000; Source type: Electronic Database; Number of Pages: 1; Submitter Code: CB1.

    Birth date: 1759Birth place: VAMarriage date: 1782Marriage place:

    http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=sse&db=worldmarr_ga&h=252996&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt

11.   Public Member Trees. (Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2006.Original data - Family trees submitted by Ancestry members.Original data: Family trees submitted by Ancestry members.)
    Ancestry Family Trees.

    http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=5869814&pid=-1059354508

12.   Ancestry.com. Public Member Trees: (Note: not considered a reliable primary source).

    http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/9641696/person/380654041

13.   Coffey Cemetery, , Kentucky, United States