Murdered by the Harp Brothers while on his horse on the way to pick up a fiddle. His path crossed with the notorious Harp (Big & Little Harp) Brothers gang when he met his demise.
Isaac COFFEE, born abt 1783 was murdered by robbers near Knoxville, Tennessee in 1799.
On 1 April 1799, the Louisville, Georgia Gazette, printed an account of the “finding of the bodies of William BALLARD, James BRASEL and Isaac COFFEE, near Knoxville, Tennessee, in Stockton, Valley.” “Evidence indicated the three were killed by the Harp brothers.” On 7 August 1799, Louisville papers (Ga.) printed excerpts from the Knoxville papers concerning a reward of $2,000 offered “for the murderers of Isaac COFFEE, son of Chesley COFFEE (b. 1755), killed near Knoxville.”
No grave has ever been found and further there are few known graveyards in Stockton Valley which has largely been flooded by the Loudon Dam project. One such Cemetery the Marney Cemetery was moved ahead of the project. The Chesley Coffey family lived in area for a time, before moving on to KY and then to Maury County Tennessee by 1810.
Isaac COFFEE, born abt 1783 was murdered by robbers near Knoxville, Tennessee in 1799.
On 1 April 1799, the Louisville, Georgia Gazette, printed an account of the “finding of the bodies of William BALLARD, James BRASEL and Isaac COFFEE, near Knoxville, Tennessee, in Stockton, Valley.” “Evidence indicated the three were killed by the Harp brothers.” On 7 August 1799, Louisville papers (Ga.) printed excerpts from the Knoxville papers concerning a reward of $2,000 offered “for the murderers of Isaac COFFEE, son of Chesley COFFEE (b. 1755), killed near Knoxville.”
No grave has ever been found and further there are few known graveyards in Stockton Valley which has largely been flooded by the Loudon Dam project. One such Cemetery the Marney Cemetery was moved ahead of the project. The Chesley Coffey family lived in area for a time, before moving on to KY and then to Maury County Tennessee by 1810.
Murdered by the Harp Brothers while on his horse on the way to pick up a fiddle. His path crossed with the notorious Harp (Big & Little Harp) Brothers gang when he met his demise.
Isaac COFFEE, born abt 1783 was murdered by robbers near Knoxville, Tennessee in 1799.
On 1 April 1799, the Louisville, Georgia Gazette, printed an account of the “finding of the bodies of William BALLARD, James BRASEL and Isaac COFFEE, near Knoxville, Tennessee, in Stockton, Valley.” “Evidence indicated the three were killed by the Harp brothers.” On 7 August 1799, Louisville papers (Ga.) printed excerpts from the Knoxville papers concerning a reward of $2,000 offered “for the murderers of Isaac COFFEE, son of Chesley COFFEE (b. 1755), killed near Knoxville.”
No grave has ever been found and further there are few known graveyards in Stockton Valley which has largely been flooded by the Loudon Dam project. One such Cemetery the Marney Cemetery was moved ahead of the project. The Chesley Coffey family lived in area for a time, before moving on to KY and then to Maury County Tennessee by 1810.
Isaac COFFEE, born abt 1783 was murdered by robbers near Knoxville, Tennessee in 1799.
On 1 April 1799, the Louisville, Georgia Gazette, printed an account of the “finding of the bodies of William BALLARD, James BRASEL and Isaac COFFEE, near Knoxville, Tennessee, in Stockton, Valley.” “Evidence indicated the three were killed by the Harp brothers.” On 7 August 1799, Louisville papers (Ga.) printed excerpts from the Knoxville papers concerning a reward of $2,000 offered “for the murderers of Isaac COFFEE, son of Chesley COFFEE (b. 1755), killed near Knoxville.”
No grave has ever been found and further there are few known graveyards in Stockton Valley which has largely been flooded by the Loudon Dam project. One such Cemetery the Marney Cemetery was moved ahead of the project. The Chesley Coffey family lived in area for a time, before moving on to KY and then to Maury County Tennessee by 1810.
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