The Late Nathaniel Coffey
Caldwell Co., N. C.
To The Editor of the Lenoir Topic:
The subject of this sketch, Mr. Nathaniel Coffey, who died April 27, 1885, was buried at Hartley's burying ground on the 28th, Rev. D. C. Stimson officiating. He was born on Wilson's Creek, near the Table Rock in Burke county, April 3, 1795, and was the son of Joel Coffey.
His father moved to Kentucky when he was a small boy and settled near Monticello, and he staid in Kentucky till after he was grown free from his father. His father died and all the family but his mother and two sisters, and they went to Missouri. One of his sisters married a man by the name of Martin Wright, and one married a Stacia. He came back to this county in 1825 and married Nancy Clarke, a daughter of Benjamin Clarke, and raised 8 children, 5 boys, soldiers in the war, and 3 girls and never had a death in his house.
His Occupation was principally a brick moulder and also an overseer for men who owned negroes. He was not afraid of any of them. He overseed for John Sudderth 4 years on the Catawba river, from 75 to 100 negroes. He overseed for James Harper and Elisha P. Miller 4 years; Abram Sudderth 12 years; Joseph Tucker 1 year; Alexander Perkins and Judge Mitchell in the gold mine 3 years.
He went to Cherokee when the Indians were there, with a lot of negroes and staid there 3 months, to fence up the Cherokee land for John Sudderth. I have often heard him talking about the Indians. He would go out to their mounds at night to see them dance and play. He also took a barrel of whiskey with him to get work done, and the Indians would call whiskey "dedo" and sugar "culsada," and when he would pour out whiskey for them they would run their fingers around in the glass and say, "culsada! culsada!" and he would understand them.
He said he never had an interruption with any man he ever overseed for in his life. He was honest and trusty. Wherever he was sent to do business he did it carefully and right. He was burning a brick kiln for N. A. Miller just before the war and was taken sick there and had to be hauled home, and from then he hasn't been able to do a full day's labor. For the last ten years he has not been able to do anything scarcely.
He joined the Methodist Church about 25 years ago and died the death of a Christian.
A. N. Coffey
The Lenoir Topic, May 20, 1885, Pg. 1.
Caldwell Co., N. C.
To The Editor of the Lenoir Topic:
The subject of this sketch, Mr. Nathaniel Coffey, who died April 27, 1885, was buried at Hartley's burying ground on the 28th, Rev. D. C. Stimson officiating. He was born on Wilson's Creek, near the Table Rock in Burke county, April 3, 1795, and was the son of Joel Coffey.
His father moved to Kentucky when he was a small boy and settled near Monticello, and he staid in Kentucky till after he was grown free from his father. His father died and all the family but his mother and two sisters, and they went to Missouri. One of his sisters married a man by the name of Martin Wright, and one married a Stacia. He came back to this county in 1825 and married Nancy Clarke, a daughter of Benjamin Clarke, and raised 8 children, 5 boys, soldiers in the war, and 3 girls and never had a death in his house.
His Occupation was principally a brick moulder and also an overseer for men who owned negroes. He was not afraid of any of them. He overseed for John Sudderth 4 years on the Catawba river, from 75 to 100 negroes. He overseed for James Harper and Elisha P. Miller 4 years; Abram Sudderth 12 years; Joseph Tucker 1 year; Alexander Perkins and Judge Mitchell in the gold mine 3 years.
He went to Cherokee when the Indians were there, with a lot of negroes and staid there 3 months, to fence up the Cherokee land for John Sudderth. I have often heard him talking about the Indians. He would go out to their mounds at night to see them dance and play. He also took a barrel of whiskey with him to get work done, and the Indians would call whiskey "dedo" and sugar "culsada," and when he would pour out whiskey for them they would run their fingers around in the glass and say, "culsada! culsada!" and he would understand them.
He said he never had an interruption with any man he ever overseed for in his life. He was honest and trusty. Wherever he was sent to do business he did it carefully and right. He was burning a brick kiln for N. A. Miller just before the war and was taken sick there and had to be hauled home, and from then he hasn't been able to do a full day's labor. For the last ten years he has not been able to do anything scarcely.
He joined the Methodist Church about 25 years ago and died the death of a Christian.
A. N. Coffey
The Lenoir Topic, May 20, 1885, Pg. 1.
The Late Nathaniel Coffey
Caldwell Co., N. C.
To The Editor of the Lenoir Topic:
The subject of this sketch, Mr. Nathaniel Coffey, who died April 27, 1885, was buried at Hartley's burying ground on the 28th, Rev. D. C. Stimson officiating. He was born on Wilson's Creek, near the Table Rock in Burke county, April 3, 1795, and was the son of Joel Coffey.
His father moved to Kentucky when he was a small boy and settled near Monticello, and he staid in Kentucky till after he was grown free from his father. His father died and all the family but his mother and two sisters, and they went to Missouri. One of his sisters married a man by the name of Martin Wright, and one married a Stacia. He came back to this county in 1825 and married Nancy Clarke, a daughter of Benjamin Clarke, and raised 8 children, 5 boys, soldiers in the war, and 3 girls and never had a death in his house.
His Occupation was principally a brick moulder and also an overseer for men who owned negroes. He was not afraid of any of them. He overseed for John Sudderth 4 years on the Catawba river, from 75 to 100 negroes. He overseed for James Harper and Elisha P. Miller 4 years; Abram Sudderth 12 years; Joseph Tucker 1 year; Alexander Perkins and Judge Mitchell in the gold mine 3 years.
He went to Cherokee when the Indians were there, with a lot of negroes and staid there 3 months, to fence up the Cherokee land for John Sudderth. I have often heard him talking about the Indians. He would go out to their mounds at night to see them dance and play. He also took a barrel of whiskey with him to get work done, and the Indians would call whiskey "dedo" and sugar "culsada," and when he would pour out whiskey for them they would run their fingers around in the glass and say, "culsada! culsada!" and he would understand them.
He said he never had an interruption with any man he ever overseed for in his life. He was honest and trusty. Wherever he was sent to do business he did it carefully and right. He was burning a brick kiln for N. A. Miller just before the war and was taken sick there and had to be hauled home, and from then he hasn't been able to do a full day's labor. For the last ten years he has not been able to do anything scarcely.
He joined the Methodist Church about 25 years ago and died the death of a Christian.
A. N. Coffey
The Lenoir Topic, May 20, 1885, Pg. 1.
Caldwell Co., N. C.
To The Editor of the Lenoir Topic:
The subject of this sketch, Mr. Nathaniel Coffey, who died April 27, 1885, was buried at Hartley's burying ground on the 28th, Rev. D. C. Stimson officiating. He was born on Wilson's Creek, near the Table Rock in Burke county, April 3, 1795, and was the son of Joel Coffey.
His father moved to Kentucky when he was a small boy and settled near Monticello, and he staid in Kentucky till after he was grown free from his father. His father died and all the family but his mother and two sisters, and they went to Missouri. One of his sisters married a man by the name of Martin Wright, and one married a Stacia. He came back to this county in 1825 and married Nancy Clarke, a daughter of Benjamin Clarke, and raised 8 children, 5 boys, soldiers in the war, and 3 girls and never had a death in his house.
His Occupation was principally a brick moulder and also an overseer for men who owned negroes. He was not afraid of any of them. He overseed for John Sudderth 4 years on the Catawba river, from 75 to 100 negroes. He overseed for James Harper and Elisha P. Miller 4 years; Abram Sudderth 12 years; Joseph Tucker 1 year; Alexander Perkins and Judge Mitchell in the gold mine 3 years.
He went to Cherokee when the Indians were there, with a lot of negroes and staid there 3 months, to fence up the Cherokee land for John Sudderth. I have often heard him talking about the Indians. He would go out to their mounds at night to see them dance and play. He also took a barrel of whiskey with him to get work done, and the Indians would call whiskey "dedo" and sugar "culsada," and when he would pour out whiskey for them they would run their fingers around in the glass and say, "culsada! culsada!" and he would understand them.
He said he never had an interruption with any man he ever overseed for in his life. He was honest and trusty. Wherever he was sent to do business he did it carefully and right. He was burning a brick kiln for N. A. Miller just before the war and was taken sick there and had to be hauled home, and from then he hasn't been able to do a full day's labor. For the last ten years he has not been able to do anything scarcely.
He joined the Methodist Church about 25 years ago and died the death of a Christian.
A. N. Coffey
The Lenoir Topic, May 20, 1885, Pg. 1.
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