Benjamin Coffey

Pvt Benjamin Franklin Coffey

A Patriot of the American Revolution for NORTH CAROLINA with the rank of PRIVATE. DAR Ancestor # A023804

Was in the Revolutionary War Pension #51655.

Lived on the Yadkin River in Wilkes County, North Carolina.

• Was a Scout and helped build Crider's Fort (per https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/13262364/person/47... )

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Birth 1747 Spotsylvania County, Virginia, USA Death 4 Jan 1834 (aged 86–87) Hawkins County, Tennessee, USA Burial Cremated, Other, Specifically: Cemetery Unknown Memorial ID 40391091 · View Source BENJAMIN (S/O JOHN)5 COFFEY (JOHN (S/O EDWARD)4, EDWARD (S/O JOHN SR. )3, JOHN2, UNKNOWN1) was born 1747 in Spotsylvania Co., VA, and died Jan 04, 1834 in Hawkins Co., TN. He married MARY 'POLLY' HAYES Abt. 1775 in Burkes, North Carolina, daughter of JESSE HAYES. She was born 1760 in North Carolina, and died in Tennessee. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Benjamin Coffey was a Private in the NC line during the Revolutionary War. He applied for and then received his pension on September 30, 1833 while living in Hawkins County, TN. He died January 4, 1834 after receiving $113.33.