Gen. John E. Coffee, US Congress

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John E. Coffee (December 3, 1782 – September 25, 1836) was a military leader and a Congressman for the state of Georgia.

Early life

John E. Coffee was born in Prince Edward County, Virginia in 1782. He was a grandson of Peter Coffee, Sr. (1716 – November 1771) and Susannah Mathews (1701–1796). He is sometimes confused by researchers with his first cousin John Coffee, who served as a general in the Tennessee militia.

John E. Coffee was eight when he moved with his family to Hancock County, Georgia, in 1800. His parents developed a cotton plantation near Powelton, based on the labor of enslaved African Americans.

In 1807, the younger Coffee settled in Telfair County, Georgia, where he developed his own plantation. Military career

As a general in the Georgia state militia, Coffee supervised construction in the 1820s of a supply road through the state of Georgia. It was called "Coffee Road" and enabled the transportation of munitions to the Florida Territory to fight the Indians during the Creek Wars. It is now called the "Old Coffee Road".

Political career

John Coffee served as a member of the Georgia Senate from 1819 to 1827. He was elected as a Jacksonian Democrat to the Twenty-third and Twenty-fourth U.S. Congresses and served from March 4, 1833, until his death on September 25, 1836. He was re-elected to the Twenty-fifth United States Congress on October 3, 1836, after his death, the news of his death not having been received.

Coffee died on his plantation near Jacksonville, Georgia, on September 25, 1836, and was buried there. In 1921 his remains were re-interred in McRae Cemetery, McRae, Georgia. Legacy and honors

In addition to Old Coffee Road, Coffee County, Georgia, and General Coffee State Park were named in honor of John E. Coffee.

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COFFEE, John, a Representative from Georgia; born in Prince Edward County, Va., December 3, 1782; moved with his father to a plantation near Powelton, Hancock County, Ga., in 1800; settled in Telfair County in 1807 and engaged in agricultural pursuits; general of the State militia during the Creek War; cut a road through the State of Georgia (called Coffee Road) to carry munitions of war to Florida Territory to fight the Indians; member of the State senate 1819-1827; elected as a Jacksonian to the Twenty-third and Twenty-fourth Congresses and served from March 4, 1833, until his death; was reelected to the Twenty-fifth Congress on October 3, 1836, announcement of his death not having been received; died on his plantation near Jacksonville, Telfair County, Ga., on September 25, 1836; interment on his plantation near Jacksonville, Ga.; reinterment in McRae Cemetery, McRae, Ga., in 1921.

US Congressman. Elected as a Jacksonian to represent Georgia At-Large in the Twenty-Third and two succeeding Congresses, he served from 1833 until his death. Born in Prince Edward County, Virginia, he moved to Georgia with his planter father at age 18 and acquired his own plantation near Jacksonville, Telfair County, in 1807. During the Creek War (1813 to 1814) he served as a General in the State Militia, and the supply problems he encountered along the Georgia and Florida frontiers led him to propose the construction of a road linking the two. Old Coffee Road, as it is now known, was built under the supervision of Coffee and Thomas Swain and opened in 1823. It ran southwest from Swain's Ferry at the Ocmulgee River near Jacksonville, Georgia to Tallahassee, Florida, and as the region's first vehicular route it was of great aid to settlers. Much of the thoroughfare is still in regular use. From 1819 to 1827 Coffee served in the State Senate. He died at his plantation eight days before the 1836 Congressional elections; news of his death did not reach the Jacksonian Party in time and he posthumously won a third term in the US House. William Crosby Dawson was specially elected to fill the vacancy. Originally buried on his property, Coffee was reinterred at McRea City Cemetery in 1921. There is also a cenotaph for him at Congressional Cemetery in Washington, DC. He is the namesake of Georgia's Coffee County and General Coffee State Park.

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<h1 id="firstHeading" class="firstHeading" lang="en">John E. 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Coffee (December 3, 1782 – September 25, 1836) was a military leader and a <a title="Member of Congress" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Member_of_Congress">Congressman</a> for the state of <a title="Georgia (U.S. state)" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgia_%28U.S._state%29">Georgia</a>.</p> <div id="toc" class="toc"> <div id="toctitle" class="toctitle"> <h2>Contents</h2> </div> </div> <div id="toc" class="toc"> <ul> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-1"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_E._Coffee#Early_life">1 Early life</a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-2"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_E._Coffee#Military_career">2 Military career</a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-3"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_E._Coffee#Political_career">3 Political career</a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-4"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_E._Coffee#Legacy_and_honors">4 Legacy and honors</a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-5"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_E._Coffee#See_also">5 See also</a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-6"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_E._Coffee#References">6 References</a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-7"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_E._Coffee#External_links">7 External links</a></li> </ul> </div> <h2>Early life</h2> <p>John E. Coffee was born in <a title="Prince Edward County, Virginia" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prince_Edward_County,_Virginia">Prince Edward County, Virginia</a> in 1782 to ??He was a grandson of Peter Coffee, Sr. (1716 – November 1771) and Susannah Mathews (1701–1796). He is sometimes confused by researchers with his first cousin <a title="John Coffee" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Coffee">John Coffee</a>, who served as a general in the Tennessee <a title="Militia (United States)" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Militia_%28United_States%29">militia</a>.</p> <p>John E. Coffee was eight when he moved with his family to <a title="Hancock County, Georgia" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hancock_County,_Georgia">Hancock County, Georgia</a>, in 1800. His parents developed a cotton <a title="Plantations in the American South" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plantations_in_the_American_South">plantation</a> near <a class="mw-redirect" title="Powelton, Georgia" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Powelton,_Georgia">Powelton</a>, based on the labor of enslaved African Americans.</p> <p>In 1807, the younger Coffee settled in <a title="Telfair County, Georgia" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telfair_County,_Georgia">Telfair County, Georgia</a>, where he developed his own plantation.</p> <h2>Military career</h2> <p>As a general in the <a title="Georgia Militia" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgia_Militia">Georgia state militia</a>, Coffee supervised construction in the 1820s of a supply road through the state of Georgia. It was called "<a title="Coffee Road" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coffee_Road">Coffee Road</a>" and enabled the transportation of munitions to the <a title="Florida Territory" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florida_Territory">Florida Territory</a> to fight the Indians during the <a title="Creek War" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Creek_War">Creek Wars</a>. It is now called the "Old Coffee Road".</p> <h2>Political career</h2> <div class="thumbinner" style="width: 222px;"><a class="image" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:John_Coffee%27s_grave.jpg"><img class="thumbimage" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a7/John_Coff..." alt="" width="220" height="147" data-file-width="5184" data-file-height="3456" /></a> <div class="thumbcaption"> </div> </div> <div class="thumb tright"> <div class="thumbinner" style="width: 222px;"> <div class="thumbcaption">John Coffee's cenotaph at the <a title="Congressional Cemetery" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Congressional_Cemetery">Congressional Cemetery</a>.</div> </div> </div> <p>John Coffee served as a member of the <a class="mw-redirect" title="Georgia Senate" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgia_Senate">Georgia Senate</a> from 1819 to 1827. He was elected as a <a class="mw-redirect" title="Jacksonian Democrat" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacksonian_Democrat">Jacksonian Democrat</a> to the <a class="mw-redirect" title="Twenty-third United States Congress" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twenty-third_United_States_Congress">Twenty-third</a> and <a class="mw-redirect" title="Twenty-fourth United States Congress" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twenty-fourth_United_States_Congress">Twenty-fourth</a> U.S. Congresses and served from March 4, 1833, until his death on September 25, 1836. He was re-elected to the <a class="mw-redirect" title="Twenty-fifth United States Congress" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twenty-fifth_United_States_Congress">Twenty-fifth United States Congress</a> on October 3, 1836, after his death, the news of his death not having been received.</p> <p>Coffee died on his plantation near <a title="Jacksonville, Georgia" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacksonville,_Georgia">Jacksonville, Georgia</a>, on September 25, 1836, and was buried there. In 1921 his remains were re-interred in McRae Cemetery, <a title="McRae, Georgia" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McRae,_Georgia">McRae, Georgia</a>.</p> <h2>Legacy and honors</h2> <p>In addition to Old <a title="Coffee Road" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coffee_Road">Coffee Road</a>, <a title="Coffee County, Georgia" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coffee_County,_Georgia">Coffee County, Georgia</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_E._Coffee#cite_note-1">[1]</a></sup> and <a title="General Coffee State Park" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Coffee_State_Park">General Coffee State Park</a> were named in honor of John E. Coffee.</p> <h2>See also</h2> <ul> <li><a title="List of United States Congress members who died in office (1790–1899)" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_Congress_member...">List of United States Congress members who died in office (1790–1899)</a></li> </ul> <h2>References</h2> <ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"></li> </ol> <div class="reflist" style="list-style-type: decimal;"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><cite class="citation book">Gannett, Henry (1905). <a class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=9V1IAAAAMAAJ&amp;pg=PA86#v=onepag..." rel="nofollow">The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States</a>. Govt. Printing Office. p. 86.</cite></li> </ol></div> <h2>External links</h2> <ul> <li><cite id="CITEREFUnited_States_CongressC000583" class="citation web">United States Congress. <a class="external text" href="http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000583" rel="nofollow">"John E. Coffee (id: C000583)"</a>. <a title="Biographical Directory of the United States Congress" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biographical_Directory_of_the_United_...">Biographical Directory of the United States Congress</a>.</cite></li> <li><a class="external text" href="http://www.pbase.com/jacksonville_ga/image/85143" rel="nofollow">History of Old Jacksonville, Georgia</a></li> <li><a class="external text" href="https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&amp;GRid=15506356" rel="nofollow">John E. Coffee</a> at <a title="Find a Grave" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Find_a_Grave">Find a Grave</a></li> </ul> <p>Birth: </p> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td valign="top"> </td> <td align="left" valign="top">Dec. 3, 1782
Prince Edward County
Virginia, USA</td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top">Death: </td><td align="left" valign="top">Sep. 25, 1836
Jacksonville
Telfair County
Georgia, USA</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" valign="top"><img src="https://www.findagrave.com/icons2/trans.gif"alt="" width="3" height="13" />
US Congressman. Elected as a Jacksonian to represent Georgia At-Large in the Twenty-Third and two succeeding Congresses, he served from 1833 until his death. Bornin Prince Edward County, Virginia, he moved to Georgia with his planter father at age 18 and acquired his own plantation near Jacksonville, Telfair County, in 1807. During the Creek War (1813 to 1814) he served as a General in the State Militia, and the supply problems he encountered along the Georgia and Florida frontiers led him to propose the construction of a road linking the two. Old Coffee Road, as it is now known, was built under the supervision of Coffee and Thomas Swain and opened in 1823. It ran southwest from Swain's Ferry at the Ocmulgee River near Jacksonville, Georgia to Tallahassee, Florida, and as the region's first vehicular route it was of great aid to settlers. Much of the thoroughfare is still in regular use. From 1819 to 1827 Coffee served in the State Senate. He diedat his plantation eight days before the 1836 Congressional elections; news of his death did not reach the Jacksonian Party in time and he posthumously won a third term in the US House. William CrosbyDawson was specially elected to fill the vacancy. Originally buried on his property, Coffee was reinterred at McRea City Cemetery in 1921. There is also a cenotaph for him at Congressional Cemetery in Washington, DC. He is the namesake of Georgia's Coffee County and General Coffee State Park. (bio by: <a href="https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=mr&amp;MRid=15945012" target="_blank">Bobb Edwards)</a> </td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" valign="top">Burial:
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