He lead a happy childhood along the banks of the Ocmulgee River, enjoying all the advantages as the son of a well-to-do planter and being educated in the Telfair County schools of his day. John Coffee Willcox was educated in Jacksonville Academy at Jacksonville, Telfair County, GA,he was also sent to Oglethorpe College at Midway in Baldwin County to complete his education.
His wife was educated at Sparta, GA.
He enlisted as a Private in Comp. H., 20th Georgia Regiment, CSA, June 6, 1861, but was granted a disability discharge, Oct. 2, 1861, having become disabled because of a twice broken arm in a fall from his horse. He then served two years in the Confederate commissary department and in the last two years of the war was sent to Florida where he bought cattle for the Confederate Army.
After the war was over he returned home and resumed farming operations on his large plantation near Jacksonville, the then county seat of Telfair County. He is buried in Jacksonville, Telfair Co., GA
He lead a happy childhood along the banks of the Ocmulgee River, enjoying all the advantages as the son of a well-to-do planter and being educated in the Telfair County schools of his day. John Coffee Willcox was educated in Jacksonville Academy at Jacksonville, Telfair County, GA,he was also sent to Oglethorpe College at Midway in Baldwin County to complete his education.
His wife was educated at Sparta, GA.
He enlisted as a Private in Comp. H., 20th Georgia Regiment, CSA, June 6, 1861, but was granted a disability discharge, Oct. 2, 1861, having become disabled because of a twice broken arm in a fall from his horse. He then served two years in the Confederate commissary department and in the last two years of the war was sent to Florida where he bought cattle for the Confederate Army.
After the war was over he returned home and resumed farming operations on his large plantation near Jacksonville, the then county seat of Telfair County. He is buried in Jacksonville, Telfair Co., GA
Family Members
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Jane Parramore Wilcox Collins
1830–1883
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Susan Calpurnia Willcox Burch
1832–1912
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Mary Missouri Wilcox Adams
1833–1924
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Rebecca Antoinette Willcox Griffin
1834–1876
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Andrew Jackson Willcox
1836–1859
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Sarah Ann Willcox Burch
1839–1908
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Elizabeth Louise "Lizzie" Wilcox Adams
1841–1903
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Pvt Thomas Peter "Tom Pete" Willcox
1843–1919
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Georgia Alice Willcox Dean
1845–1929
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Virginia Lee Wilcox Carswell
1852–1919
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Mark Wilcox
1854–1929
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Penelope Willcox Dopson
1855–1923
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Rebecca Swain Wilcox Bussey
1857–1923
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Sarah Ann Willcox Cotter
1859–1936
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Joseph Jackson Willcox
1861–1915
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Mary Lee Wilcox Mashburn
1865–1949
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Martha "Mattie" Wilcox Veazey
1867–1901
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Susan Elizabeth "Susie" Willcox
1869–1926
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Mary Gertrude "Mae" Willcox Fletcher - Sterling - Long
1871–1942
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Allie Virginia Willcox Wynn
1873–1915
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William Alston Willcox
1875–1879
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Robert Toombs Willcox Sr
1878–1960
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