Person:James Coffey (44)

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The Will of James L. COFFEY

Marshall County Will Book A, Pg 13

State of Tennessee Marshall County April 13th 1837. Know all men by these present that I James L. Coffey being of much indisposed but in my right mind do hereby make this my last will and testament I give to my beloved wife Mary the free use of the whole of my Plantation and in case she should marry again in that I wish my plantation to be divided equally between her and all my children and I also give her the free use of all my other property except such as she may think Propper to have sold and to have the using of the proceeds for the support of herself and family and in case as above she should marry again I wish all that may be then be left of my money and property to be equally divided between her and all my children. And I do hereby give to my black Girl Nancy her entire Freedom so soon as she arrives at the Age of twenty one and wish her to remain with my wife she is free and that free from hire. An I do hereby appoint David Ramsey * :Samuel Ramsey my lawful executors to execute this my will and testament -

[Signed] James L. Coffey (Seal)

Signed and acknowledged in the presents of Peter Carpenter, Thos. Coffey

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   James Coffey
   BIRTH
   17 Aug 1761
   Chester County, Pennsylvania, USA
   DEATH
   20 Dec 1836 (aged 75)
   Marshall County, Tennessee, USA
   BURIAL
   Round Hill Cemetery
   Belfast, Marshall County, Tennessee, USA
   
   James Coffey was born August 17, 1759, in Kenneth Square, New Garden Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania, and died December 20, 1836, a few weeks after Marshall County was organized. He married Mary Leeper, April 5, 1787, in Cumberland County, near Shippingsburg, Pennsylvania. She was the daughter of James and Mary (Blair) Leeper and was born June 28, 1769, in Pennsylvania and died July 27, 1861 in Marshall County, Tennessee.
   In a declaration for pension made on November 10, 1830, The veteran state that he enlisted in the Revolutionary War in the spring of 1776 and served as a private in Captain Murry's company, under Colonel Atley's Pennsylvania Regiment. He was in the Battle of Long Island and in the Battle of Fort Washington where he was taken prisoner and confined in the Sugar House in New York for 7 weeks and 4 days until he was returned to his troops, which were stationed at Valley Forge. His length of service was one year and 9 months.
   He was allowed a pension under Certificate # S-7297, issued under an Act of Congress June 7, 1832, and paid at the West Tennessee Agency. His widow, Mary Coffey, was allowed Pension of Certificate #W-1187, issued under an act of Feb. 2, 1848 and paid at the Nashville Tennessee Agency.