Talk:John Coffee

Biographical Information
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COFFEE, John, a Representative from Georgia; born in Prince Edward County, Va., December 3, 1782; moved with his father to a plantation near Powelton, Hancock County, Ga., in 1800; settled in Telfair County in 1807 and engaged in agricultural pursuits; general of the State militia during the Creek War; cut a road through the State of Georgia (called Coffee Road) to carry munitions of war to Florida Territory to fight the Indians; member of the State senate 1819-1827; elected as a Jacksonian to the Twenty-third and Twenty-fourth Congresses and served from March 4, 1833, until his death; was reelected to the Twenty-fifth Congress on October 3, 1836, announcement of his death not having been received; died on his plantation near Jacksonville, Telfair County, Ga., on September 25, 1836; interment on his plantation near Jacksonville, Ga.; reinterment in McRae Cemetery, McRae, Ga., in 1921.

Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present


 * Vern Reisenleiter 22:46, 31 July 2005 (UTC)


 * Above data is for John E. Coffee, a general in the Georgia state militia and often confused with this John Coffee. They were paternal first cousins, but lived and worked in different states.Parkwells (talk) 18:16, 13 December 2011 (UTC)

This article will need to be edited to include the pictures that are currently samples or remove them. --RichardMills65 (talk) 03:21, 26 January 2012 (UTC)

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