Person:Eli Coffey (6)

[Coffey.FTW]

[Brøderbund WFT Vol. 25, Ed. 1, Tree #0551, Date of Import: Jun 27, 1999]

!OCCUPATION:According to Robert Glasscock on Prodigy (HWXG36A) Eli was a boot & shoe maker by trade & spent most of his early life in the shoe shop. After going to KY as a young man he turned his attention to farming & distilling.

!RELIGION:Eli is reported to have been of the Baptist faith. Mary Coffey was his first cousin. Moved to Sangamon, then Shelby, then Christian Co, IL--per Carl Clark of VA

!NOTE:most information on the Coffeys is from Timothy E. Peterman & a book by Marvin D. Coffey "James Bluford Coffey, Vol II, Ancestors" relayed to Prodigy by Anna Cassell.

!MARRIAGE:date c/b 7 Mar 1801--City of Marriage Greensburg fr Dana Mireles

!WILL:Russell Co, KY Bk 1 1833 Wills p88--will dated 10 Nov 1832, only wife Polly's name mentioned-witnessed by Nebuzanden Coffey & William Payne--9 Dec 1833 at court in Jamestown, Co of Russell will produced & Will Patterson appeared testifying that signature of Nebuzanden, now deceased, was genuine. Son Willis the sole executor.

!NOTE:what relationship is Nebuzanden Coffey who witnessed the WILL to Eli??

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} Brøderbund Software, Inc. World Family Tree Vol. 25, Ed. 1. (Release date: July 20, 1998)
   Tree #0551.

   Date of Import: Jun 27, 1999

2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2} Coffey.FTW.

   Date of Import: Jun 27, 1999