Elder Jacob Maryon Coffman

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Elder Jacob Maryon Coffman

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1860 (aged 82–83)
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Hurley, Cherokee County, Alabama, USA Add to Map
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Jacob was a farmer and Primitive Baptist preacher and was on the Board of Trustees of the Church known as Robertson's Creek Meeting House, located on the south side of Robertson Creek in Hawkins County, Tennessee.

In December 1808, his father gave him 60 acres of land adjacent to his brother Lovell Coffman (i), being the lower tract of 200 acres granted on November 18, 1795 to David Coffman (i) by North Carolina.

Jacob sold 244 acres of land in 1837 and by 1840 was in Cherokee County, Alabama where the 1860 census shows him to be 83 years old and his wife Nancy, aged 80.

On June 8, 1842 Jacob was granted 120 acres of land in Cherokee County, Alabama and again on February 9, 1852 he was granted another 120 acres for his services in Bunch's Regiment of the E. Tennessee Militia at Horseshoe Bend in the War of 1812-14 This land was just north of Cedar Bluff, where he preached at the Unity Missionary Baptist Church.

He died sometime after June 20, 1860 and is buried in the Cemetery near this church, four miles north of Cedar Bluff, Alabama.

The Jacob Coffman Chapter of the National Society United States Daughters of 1812 in Longview Texas is named in his honor.
Jacob was a farmer and Primitive Baptist preacher and was on the Board of Trustees of the Church known as Robertson's Creek Meeting House, located on the south side of Robertson Creek in Hawkins County, Tennessee.

In December 1808, his father gave him 60 acres of land adjacent to his brother Lovell Coffman (i), being the lower tract of 200 acres granted on November 18, 1795 to David Coffman (i) by North Carolina.

Jacob sold 244 acres of land in 1837 and by 1840 was in Cherokee County, Alabama where the 1860 census shows him to be 83 years old and his wife Nancy, aged 80.

On June 8, 1842 Jacob was granted 120 acres of land in Cherokee County, Alabama and again on February 9, 1852 he was granted another 120 acres for his services in Bunch's Regiment of the E. Tennessee Militia at Horseshoe Bend in the War of 1812-14 This land was just north of Cedar Bluff, where he preached at the Unity Missionary Baptist Church.

He died sometime after June 20, 1860 and is buried in the Cemetery near this church, four miles north of Cedar Bluff, Alabama.

The Jacob Coffman Chapter of the National Society United States Daughters of 1812 in Longview Texas is named in his honor.

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John SMITH

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This is NOT the marker for Jacob Coffman. It is inscribed with the name John Smith. I removed the Photo several years ago but someone re-added it back on, and I am unable to delete it. - Gerry Gieger

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