COFFEY COUSINS' CLEARINGHOUSE page OFFEY COUSINS' LEARINGHOUSE Founder: Leonard N. Coffey, b. Mar 2, 930 - d. Jan 29, 989 March 2009 Issue NO. 112 ISSN 0749-758X COFFEY COUSINS' CONVENTION LAKE CUMBERLAND PARK, KENTUCKY April 30 - May 2, 2009 EDITOR’S LETTER Dear Cousins; …And I thought this winter would be dull?.... The DNA Project has stayed busy. There are even a few Coffeys living in Ireland taking part. Fred Coffey will tell us more about it at the convention. Speaking of the convention, Danny Coffey is going to keep us busy. He and Fred Coffey are creating a giant database of Coffeys who settled in the Russell and some surrounding counties. They already have entered information from the older census, cemeteries, and some reliable genealogies. The purpose being to identify relationships. Most of the descendants of four sons of Chesley Coffey sr. moved from Wilkes Co. N.C. to Russell Co. KY. If you are researching any of the Chesley Coffey sr. lines, it would be a good idea to attend the convention at Lake Cumberland State Park, Kentucky. (see page 17) Another piece of exciting news is that John Taylor and Jack Coffee are working on a database of Virginia Cemeteries. I will have more to tell you about this one in the next issue. The Daniel Boone (1777) story, proving him as a Coffey descendant on his mother’s side is a good addition. I applaud Janet de la Peña’s great job of documentation. I am a little concerned about the accuracy of Marvel Coffey being listed as from the Thomas Coffey line. We have tried to put him there before without success, but I have never seen him called Asbury Marvel either. My “Thomas Coffey” book seems to have disappeared after one of the last two conventions. I would appreciate it if everyone would check your books to see if mine might have accidentally got into your collection. (Thomas
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From: Coffey Cousins' Clearinghouse Bonnie Culley 4012 Cambridge Circle Jefferson City, MO 65109 Phone: (573)635-9057 email: [email protected]
IknowmanyofyouknewLillianHarrell.Shewasoneofourearlyresearchers.Lillianresponded to my query when I first subscribed totheCoffeynewsletter.Shewasalwayswillingto share her files. Her obituary is on page 4. We willsincerelymissher.
NEW COUSINS*JanetDeLaPena,dlpstudios��@comcast.net,hassentawelldocumentedrecordofherdescentfromJesseBoonethroughhissonDanielBoone(b.�777)whomarriedElizabethDurhamdaughterofMartha(Patsey)CoffeyandMastinDurham.Marthawasborn�758toRev.JamesCoffeyandElizabethClevelandinAlbemarleCo.VA.Janet’srecordsareinthisissueunderDocumentsGalore.
*DonKerns,[email protected],descendsfromPermeliaCoffey,daughterofQuintisCoffeyandFrancisAnnBlakeyofRussellCounty,KY.DonhasaspecialinterestinQuintis,becausehewasintheFifthKentuckyCavalryintheCivilWar,withGeneralShermanintheAtlantaCampaignandhisMarchtotheSea.QuintiswastakenprisoneronMarch�0,�865atMonroe’sCrossroads,NorthCarolina,butexchangedjustafewdayslater.DonhasbeenworkingtheRussellCo. files but could use more help. It’s a long way fromCaliforniatoRussellCo.Hisaddressisinthenewcousinslist.
LILLIANMARY(COFFEY)HARRELLLillianHarrell,88,ofThornHillenteredeternallifeonJanuary27,2009.Shewasprecededindeathbyherparents,TarrenceandSusan(Rucker)Coffey;herhusbandof55years,ElvinL.Harrell,infantdaughter,LelaSueHarrell;sisters,KathleenRucker(Coffey);brother,TorranceAveryCoffey.Sheissurvivedbyherchildren;daughters,AliceWillettandSusanShorbeandson,Elbert(Elaine)Harrell;grandsons,Michael(Michelle)Harrell,Craig(Patty)Harrell,JamesHarrell,John(Denise)Shorbe,Jaso(Teresa)Shorbeandgranddaughters,Amy(Rodney)(Willett)WinsteadandLaura(Chris)(Harrell)Dorcey.Sheisalsosurvivedbysisters,JuanitaLongandDltaDaltonandbrothers,Samuel(LenaFaye)CoffeyandWilliam(MaryLou)Coffey.LillianwasretiredfromGMTruckandCoachandlivedinWaterford,MIbeforeretirement.BurialwasinMcGinnis-HarrellCemeteryinThornHill,TN.(BerniceMullins,[email protected]�/29/2009)LillianwasanearlysubscriberstotheCoffeynewsletter and was one of the first to write to me whenIjoinedthegroup.Shewasalwayscheerful.Iwillsincerelymissher.(BC)
DORISANNCOFFEYHODGEDorisAnnHodge,age74,ofMorristownpassedawaySunday,Nov.�6,2008atthehomeofherdaughter,VivianHodge.ShewasamemberofCrossroadsBaptistChurchandretiredfromWal-Mart.Shewasprecededindeathbyherparents,HermanandAnnieCoffey;son,RoyL.HodgesJr.;brotherJimCoffeyandgreatgrandchildJedidiahWhitt.Dorisissurvivedbyhersons,MichaelWhitie(Lisa)HodgeandGaryWayne(Alice)Hodge;daughter, Vivian Joyce Hodge and her fiancé, DennisCollins;brother,C.Raymond(Sybol)Coffey.(Info:BerniceMullinsandCitizenTribute)
CHARLESW.TURNBOWCharlesW.Turnbow68,formerlyofMcAlester,diedTuesday,Dec.�6,2008athimhomeinEnid,OK.HewasbornJune9,�940inAlderson,OKtoJessEdwardandMaryAnn(Johnson)Turnbow.HegraduatedfromMcAlester,Classof�959andattendedEasternOklahomaStateCollegewithafootballscholarship.CharlesmarriedTerryMcCulloughonNov.8,�974inMcAlester.Heowned barbershops in Rifle & Fruita, CO before movingbacktoEnid.SurvivorsincludehiswifeTerryofthehome;hisson,GeorgeHenderson(Wanda)TurnbowofGeorgetown,S.C.;3sisters’,IreneRothofMcAlester,LoisMyhart,ScottsdaleA&BeatriceHaileyHarbisonofMcAlester.Hewasprecededindeathbythreebrothers;Marion,AlvinandEliTurnbow,andfoursisters,OlaWelch,TressaDurgan,LillianBoydandMargaretQuinn.BurialwasintheOakHillCemetery.(Info:BennieLoftin&McAlesternews-Capital)BenniesaysthatheisadescendantofHenry&Dicey(Coffey)Shouse.DicywasthedaughterofJohnJacksonCoffey,granddaughterofJohn&Elizabeth(Rucker)Coffey.
page6 September 2008Dead End Roads*JeanHallwritesthatthelineofFeliciaCoffey&JamesTurnbothatappearedinIssue���onpage�0isherline.Shewouldliketocorrespondwithanyoneworkingonthisline.JeanalsoaddedmoreinformationtowhatwasprintedinIssue���.FirstbesuretocorrectJamesTurnbo’sdeathdateto�9Aug.�8��MauryCo.TN.JamesTurnboandFeliciaCoffeyweremarried2Aug.�8��inMauryCo.TN.The4thoftheirchildren,GraceM.“Gracie”Turnbo,married�4Sept.�842toMatinHarrisonJohnston(correctedfromJohnson).MartinwasintheCivilWaranddiedofpneumonianearLittleRock,AR.JeansaysthattheirdaughterMaryFeliciaFrancesElizabeth(yesall4names)TurnbomarriedElijahSmithBullard(sheusedthenameofElizabethorLiz.)TheyareJean’sgreatgrandparents.TheTurnbograveyardislocatedintheold��thDistrict,whichissoutheastofthetownofMt.Pleasant,TN.Thisareaisinthesouthwesternsectionofthecounty,notfarfromtheGiles/MauryCo.line.ThegraveyardisaboutmidwaybetweenthehamletsofEnterpriseandSpencerHillandcontainsthestonesofJamesTurnboandFelicia(Coffey)Turnbo.Felicia’smaidennameisspelledbothCoffee/Coffeyinthecountyrecords.Jean’saddressis�50SummitDrive,CedarFalls,IA506�8andphone3�9-2660290.
CURRENTS IN THE STREAMHaveyounotbeenabletogetacopyofMarvinCoffey’sbook?LoriOkelsaysthatyoucanacquireacopyfromthelibraryoftheChurchofJesusChristofLatter-daySaints–LDS.Youcandown load it from the microfilm to a flash drive or CD. You have to order the film and have it sent to one’slocalFamilyHistoryLibrary(LDSMormonChurch).Youcanalsomakepapercopiesaswell.KEEPINMIND–itisundercopyrightandcannotbesold.Youmaycopyanduseforyourownpurposesbutmaynotsellit.
*KevinCoffey,[email protected],saysthathehasanewtwistonhisThomasJ.Coffey(StonewallJacksonCoffey).HewasatwinandhisbrotherwasRobertL.Coffey.KevinbelievesthatRobertlivedinDeKalbCo.MissouriandwasmarriedtoMaryT.(�930UScensus).HehasupdatedthelistofchildrenforStantonandMaryCoffey.Hefound2morechildrenwhoprobablydiedatanearlyage.MaryremarriedafterStanton’sdeathtoReubenPayne.Stanton P. & Mary Saufley’s children:HenryC.b.abt.�85�Georgiab.abt.�852A.Janeb.�DEC�855Letticiab.abt.�856Infantb.25DEC�857WilliamG.b.abt.�859Virginia“Jenny”b.abt.�862MaryA.b.Abt.�863RobertL.b.20SEP�866ThomasJ.(Stonewall)b.20SEP�866d.2�DEC�945CharlesS.b.abt.�868
page8 September 2008DOCUMENTS GALOREDANIELBOONEofWayneCounty,Kentucky
CompiledandwrittenbyJanetdelaPenaDANIELBOONEwasbornonDec.�,�777,toJesseBoonandSarahMcMahan,inBurkeCo.,NC,andwasprobablynamedafterJesse’sfamousUncleDaniel.JessewasthesonofIsraelBoone.,anolderbrotherofthefamousDanielBoone.Descendants of Israel Boone,byAliceH.Boone,1969, McCann & Litho Co., Springfield, MO:“DanielBoone,borninNCin�776-77;diedinMercerCo.,KY,sometimeafter�843.Married�st,onJan�,�800,asecondcousin,NancyBoone;and2nd,Elizabeth___.”BOONEFamilyGenealogyForumontheInternet:Nov.25,2002,LewisBarnettpostedthisabouta“BooneBible:”“About�00yearsagomyGrandfather,WilliamAlfredKinne,purchasednearStearns,KY,aBible,whichhereferredtoasa“BooneBible.”ItisaKingJamesversion,saidtohavebeenprintedinEdinburghin�797.WritteninitbetweentheOldandNewTestamentsisthefollowing:“DanielBoonewasbornDecember1theyear1777BetseyhiswifewasbornSeptemberthe28,1781.Polley?Boonewasbornthe31DayJanuary181(sic)”Mr.Barnettcontinued:“Iassumefromthevariousfora,thatthisDanielisthesonofJesseBooneandSarahMcMahan,butifso,hiswifeislistedasNancyBoone.Cananyoneshedanylightonthis?”(HereceivednoresponseontheInternet,untilIcontactedhimoversixyearslaterin2008.)IfoundMr.Barnett’sgrandfather,WilliamAlfredKinne,ontheinternet,inseveralbooksandpublications.Onesource:Internet:From Sailing Ships to Spitfires,byShirleyWalker,includestheIndustrialRevolution,circa�902.IwasonlyabletoviewChapter3:There are thousands out of work:whichsaysthatMr.KinnewasemployedbyMr.JustusStearns,founderofStearnsCo.,KY.
P.70:“WhenJustusStearnsbuilthistownatthesiteoftheoldtownofHemlockontheCincinnatiSouthernroute,hebuiltanelectricplantandtheresidents experienced electricity for the first time in�903P.7�:Bythistime,Stearnshadagentsscatteredaroundthecountrylookingforbusinessoppor-tunities,withaspecialinterestinincreasinghisdepletinglumberresourcesintheMidwest.In�900,StearnssentAlKinnetoKentuckytosecurepropertiestoaddtohistimberholdings.Byallaccounts,WilliamAlfredKinnewasaneffectiveandamiableambassadorforJustusStearns.HetraveledextensivelythroughKentuckyandTennessee,hiswarmandoutgoingnaturewinninghimfriendshipswiththemountainpeople...“P.72:“TheStearnsCompanyhadbecomethesoleproprietorofthetownofStearns...”Mr.Kinne’sdaughter,Theresa,whomarriedinSeptemberof�9�5,toBrinkleyBarnett,ofSomerset,KY,wasthemotherofMr.LewisBarnett.ThisestablishesthefactthatMr.WilliamAlfredKinnehadtheopportunitytobuythisBooneBibleinStearns,KY,andpassitontohisgrandson,LewisBarnett.NANCYBOONE,first wife and second cousin ofDanielBoon,wasbornonSept.�,�782,NC,toIsraelBooneandMillyCallaway.NancyandDanielmarriedonJan.�,�800,NC,andhadonechild,Mary“Polly”Boon.AccordingtoDorthyMackoftheBooneSociety,thereisnoproofthatthisIsraelevermarried.ThisIsraelwasbornonJan.25,�759,NC,toDanielBooneandRebeccaBryan,anddiedattheageof23,attheBattleofBlueLicks,KY,onAugust�9,�782,daysbeforeNancywasborn.HesupposedlymarriedMillyonJan.�,�774.AlloftheMillyCallawaysthatIhavefoundweremarriedtoothers.NothingfurtheriscurrentlyknownaboutNancy,otherthanshewasprobablydeceasedbythetimeDanielmarriedagain.MARYPOLLYBOONwasbornonJan.3�,�80�,toDanielBoonandNancyBoone,in
COFFEYCOUSINS'CLEARINGHOUSE page9Buncombe(formerlyBurke),NC,anddiedattheageof84,onFeb.23,�886,in(probablySavannahTownship),AndrewCo.,MO.Herson,WilliamFranklinMcKinney,Jr.,wroteonOct.28,�9�6,KansasCity,MO(excerpt):“...MymotherwasbornedinBuncombeeCo.,NorthCarolinain�80�.Shewastheonlychild.HerparentswereDanielBoone,acloserelativeofthecelebratedKentuckyDanielBoone.GrandPaBoone’swifewasaDurham...”(ProvidedbyJudyMcKinney,Halfway,MO.)1805TaxListforBurkeCountylistsJesseBoonewithover600Acres(640acresisasquaremile)inColeman’sCompany.AlistinginthesamecompanyshowsSmithCoffey,whomarriedJesse’sdaughter,Hannah,andWilliamCoffey,whomarriedAnna,andalsoDanielBooneashavingtaxableproperty.SomesourcessuggestthatDanielleftNorthCarolina,withhisfather,Jesse,about�824,andsettledinMcMinn,TN.LandrecordsindicatethatDanielmayhavealreadysettledinWayneCo.,KY,about�8��,withtheMastinDurhamfamily.Atthisdate,nothingfurtherisknownaboutDaniel’s first wife, Nancy, except that she was likelydeceasedbythedateofhismarriagetosecondwife,ElizabethDurham,about�8�2.DanielBoon’ssecondwife,ELIZABETH“Betsey”DURHAM,wasbornonSept.28,�78�,toMASTINDURHAMandMARTHACOFFEY,inNorthCarolina.DanielandElizabethweremarriedabout�8�2.ChildrenbyElizabeth:Nancyabt.�8�4andJesseabt.�8�5Our Boone Families, Daniel Boone’s Kinfolk,by Sarah Ridge Rockenfield, 1917-1991, (WhipporwillPublications,Evansville,IN),p.373-376.FilsonHistoricalSociety,Louisville,KY:p.373:NancyBoonewasbornabout�8�4,toDanielBooneandElizabethDurham.ShemarriedonFeb.27,�834,toThomasSurrellinWayneCo.,KY.(Descendants of Israel Boone,”byAliceH.Boone,McCannPrintingandLithoCo.,
Springfield, MO, 1969.) Thisfamilywaseitherdeceasedoravoidedthecensusrecords.IfoundonesuchSherrillfamilyinIllinois, which fits the age requirement, but can’t beproven.p.374:JesseBoonewasbornabout�8�5,toDanielBooneandElizabethDurham.Hemarried“Mrs.ElizabethBoone”in�835.“Theremayhavebeenotherchildrenofthesecondmarriage,ascourtrecordsinWayneCountyaremissing�8�3-�83�.”
PostedonAncestry.com-PublicTreeof“TraughberTreefromJoan,owner:PantinoJoan:”“DeedrecordssubmittedbyMrs.Dorothy(McKinney)Deck,fromrecordsinWayneCo.,KY(Wayne County, Kentucky – Deed Book B (1993),p.�0,byJuneBaldwinBork):p.�0-4Feb�8�3–IndenturebetweenJoelCoffeyofBurkCo.,NC,andDanielBoonofCountyWain-$2�0.00–LandintheBarrens.�8�5,#3�Wayne County, KY, Misc. Court Orders, Vol. A,furnishedbyLindaG.Murtaugh,(L.Murtaughatm.cc.utah.edu)onCumberland-River-LArchives,internet:“OnthemotionofRobertWhitesidesorderedthat it be Certified to the register of the land office that the Said Robert Whitesides hath made SatisfactoryprooftotheCourtoftheTestimonyofaCreditableWitnessthathewasonthe�stdayofDecember�8�5andStillisanactualSetlaron57(/)acresofvacantlandinWayneCountyDanielBoon�50acresSame”“p.6�–�5Sep�8�7,Indenturebetween‘GeorgeDodsonandMaryhiswifetoDanielBoone,bothofWayneCounty,KY...““McKinneyMaze-Marriage in Wayne Co., KY:”“Sept.8,�82�–Wm.F.McKinneyandPollyBoone,surety,DanielBoone,bonddatedSept.8,�82�-(ministerreturnmissing).”Daniel’ssister,Rachel,marriedAsburyMARVELCOFFEY,brotherofSmithandWilliam,whoweresonsofThomasandElizabethCoffey.Rachel’s5thchildwasbornin�823,inWayneCo.,KY.�824,Daniel’sparentsandsomesiblingsremoved
page�0 March 2009toandsettledinMcMinnCo.,TN,whenhisfather,Jesse,felloutoffellowshipinadisputewiththeirchurch.LandrecordsindicatethatDanielmayhavealreadysettledinWayneCo.,KY,about�8��,withtheMastinDurhamfamily.�826,McMinnCo.,TN-DanielBoonwasestablishedasamemberoftheZionHillBaptistChurch.“ZionHillChurch(McMinn,TN)Minutes:“p.�6–3rdSaturdayinJune�826:-‘ReceivedbrotherDanielBoonebyletteronSunday.’“p.26–3rdSaturdayinFeb�829:-‘GrantedDanielBoonaletterofDismission.’ItisnotclearwhereDanielwasresidingduringthischurchmembership.Accordingtohisfather,JesseBoon’sWill,writtenNovember23,�829,ofMcMinn,TN,Daniel’sinheritanceoflandwaswilledtoDaniel’sbrother,Israel:“...MylandlyingonMiddleCreektobedividedbetweenmysonsIsraelandJonithanaccordingtolinestheretoagreedafore,-viz.thepartslaidoffforIsraelandDanielBoontobelongtoIsrael...““23April�829–IsraelandElizabethBoonofWayneCo.,toJohnSlone-$50.00–45acresonBeaverCreek.Danielwasawitnessforbrother,IsraelBoon,andwifeElizabeth,who‘movedsoonafterwardstoMcMinnCounty,Tenn.’’”(WayneCountyCourtRecords)�830CensusforWayneCo.,KY-DanielandElizabethBoonwerepossiblynotcounted.Jan.7,�83�-DanielBoonofWayneCo.,KY,madetwolandgrantsatElkSpringCreek,about�.9milesENEofMonticello,KY.TheKentuckyLandGrants(databaseon-line),Vol.�,Part�,ChapterVI,KentuckyLandWarrants(1816-1873),The Counties of Kentucky,p.483:WayneCo.,KY,2acresand7acres:bookA-2,p.29-Grantee-DanielBoone,(surveydateforbothgrants)Jan.7,�83�,ElkSpringCr.(Creek)(watercourse).(FilsonClubPub.�925,“TheKentuckyLandGrants.”Vol.I-II,Louisville,KY.)“25Sep�83�–DanielBoonandElizabethhiswifeofWayneCo.,toMicajahPhillips-$300.00
–80acresadjoininglandofRaneMcKinney.(Mary“Polly”BoonmarriedRane’sson,WmF.McKinney.)“___�833–JesseWilsontoRaneMcKinney-$50.00—50acres.Witnesses:IsraelBoon,Elizabeth(X)Boon,MaryA.McKinney�840CensusWayneCo.,KYDanielBoon(50-60),andwife(50-60)aloneathome,andnootherBoons/BooneswerefoundinWayneCountyinthiscensus.ThisisthelastcensustorecordDanielBoon.“8Apr�843–DanielBoontoWisemanLoving–landonElkSpringCreek.”ThisseemstobethelastlegalrecordforDanielBoon.�850CensusforWayneCo.,KY-ElizabethBoonwaspossiblynotcountedhere.�860,ElizabethDurhamBoon,probablywidowed,residedwithhersister,Selah“Celia”DurhamFairchild,Celia’shusband,Rev.EbenezerFairchild, and their five adult, unmarried children. Rev.Fairchildwaspastorof“OldBethel,”theBethelBaptistChurchinParmleysville,whichwasorganizedin�8�0.July2,�860WayneCo.,KYFairchild,“Eben”(Ebenezer)(75)NC,farmer,Celia(76)NC,Elizabeth(5�)NC,Sarah(45)KY,Louisa(42)KY,Nancy(29)KY,andCelia’ssister-Boon,Elizabeth(79)NC.Elizabeth“Betsy”DurhamBoondiedin�868,andwasburiedintheBigSpringsCemetery,inParmleysville,located2.�milesS/WofRd.92onBurfield Rd., in Wayne Co., KY. As entered in BigSpringsCemetery:“ELISABETHBOON1781-1868.”Atthiswritingin2008,IhavenotseenproofofthedateofdeathorburialofDanielBoon.Inthisno-longer-usedcemetery,agroupofladiesin 1977, identified 49 graves, while 71 graves were either not recorded or were unidentifiable. Theypostedcommentsastosomeidentitiesandrelationships,butdidnotmakeanyforElizabethBoon,suggestingthattheywereunawareofElizabeth’shusband,Daniel,orherrelationshipasdaughtertoMastinDurham(�755-�844),who
COFFEYCOUSINS'CLEARINGHOUSE page��wasalsoburiedthere.(Wayne County, Kentucky Cemeteries,p.687-689)Augustof2008,Icontacted“Add-A-Grave,WayneCounty,KentuckyCemeteryProject,”andgavethemidentifyinginformationforElizabethBoon,whichtheProjectacceptedandadded,identifyingmeasthecontributor,andcanbefoundontheinternetunder“WayneCounty,KentuckyCemeteries.”I,also,workedwithDorthyMackoftheBooneSociety,whoacceptedmyresearch,whichsheaddedtoherBooneSocietycollection.
--------------------JanetdelaPena,dlpstudios��@comcast.net,foundan online death certificate for Squire Coffey, son of MarvelCoffeyandRachelBoone.TheinformantwasJamesMossofDixon,MO,andhegaveSquire'sfatherasMARVELCoffey,bornin"Tennessee."HeputSquire'smotheras"unknown."Death Certificate has: Squire born on May 6, 1828, TN,anddiedonSept.�0,�9�2,inWeaubleau,HickoryCo.,MO,buriedinRobinsonCemetery.Hewaswidowed.(WeknowthatMarvelCoffeywasborninNorthCarolina.)
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RussellCo.KYTombstones(ListedinNorahMillerCemeteryBook)Iftheseareyourancestors,youmightwanttodoublecheckthesedatesastombstonesareveryhard to read and transcribing them is difficult as well.FirstcolumnisgivennameswithallsurnamesbeingCoffey.Secondcolumnisbirthdate,secondisdeathdateandlastcolumnisthenumbergiventotheparticularcemeterylistedinRussellCo.Cemeteriesinthelastissue���ofCCC.A.C. 0�-23-�88� 04-09-�957 52A.Lewis 04-�7-�884 04-04-�887 �28Albert �857 �929 60Ancil 06-�5-�887 08-2�-�935 56AncilG. 03-09-�872 �0-22-�963 209Andrew 02-�5-�824 04-08-�884 56
Albany,August18,1916Before the Commissioners of the Land OfficeIn the Matter of the Application of Caroline Coffey to the Commissioners of the Land Office for the ReleaseoftheState’sInterestinaNarrowStripofLandontheNorthSideofWestTwenty-fourthStreet,EastofTenthAvenue,intheCityofNewYork,AllegedtohaveEscheatedtotheState.To the Commissioners of the Land Office:
Gentlemen. – The verified petition herein and other proofs show that the petitioner is 73 years of ageandisthewidowofHughCoffey,towhomshewasmarriedinDecember,1863,inthecityofNewYork;thathesaidhusband,HughCoffey,wasanativeofIrelandandcametothiscountrypriorto1850andwassoonafterwarddulynaturalized;thatinMarch,1865,hepurchasedfromGeorgeWarnerthepremisesknownas445WestTwenty-fourthstreetinthecityofNewYork,wherethepetitionerhasresidedcontinuouslyforupwardsoffortyyearsuntilveryrecently. Inthedeedofthepetitioner’shusbandthesaidpremisesweredescribedasbeingpartsoflotsNos.77and78onmapofestateofT.B.Clark,beginningatapointonthenorthsideofTwenty-fourthstreet,245feetand10incheseastofTenthavenue;thenceeasterly22feetand10inchesby98feetand9inchesdeep;thatpetitioner’shusbandcontinuedtoholdthetitletosaidpremisesuntil1873,when,becomingenfebbledinhealth,heexpressedadesiretoconveysaidpremisestothepetitioner,hiswie,whohadcontributedtothepurchasepricethereof,andforthatpurposeemployedattorneys,nowdeceased,topreparedeedsofsaidpremisestoconveytitletohere;thatthroughinadvertencethestartingpointofsaiddeedswasincorrectlystatedat255feetand10inchesinsteadof245feetand10inches,leavingadifferenceof10feet;thatpetitioner’sattentionwasonlycalledtothiserrorrecentlywhensheplacedherpremisesinthemarketfor
page�4 March 2009sale,althoughshehasbeeninfullpossessionduringalltheseyearsofthepremisesbeginning245feetand10incheseastofTenthavenue. Shefurthershowsthathehusbanddidnotownanyinterestinanyotherpremiseson24thstreet,butthatthedeedtoherinadvertentlyoverlapsthelotofanadjoiningownerontheeastsidewhohadgoodtitlethereto. HughCoffeydiedinthecityofNewYorkMay3,1881,intestateandwithoutissue.Heleft,howevere,besidesthepetitioner,abrother,RobertCoffey,whocametothiscountryfromIrelandandwasnaturalizedin1855anddiedNovember3,1875,intestate,awidower,leavingonedaughter,Elizabeth,hisonlyheir-at-law,whosubsequentlymarriedoneRufusLisk.ElizabethLisk,bydeeddatedSeptember5,1912,quit-claimedallofherinterestinthis10-footstriptothepetitioner. Thepetitioner’shusband,HughCoffey,hadalsoanotherremainingbrothernamedAndrewCoffey,whoalwaysresidedinIreland,andwasanon-residentalien.Hediedtherein1881, having never filed his intention to become an American citizen. He died intestate, leaving him surviving his widow, Martha, and five children, all of whom still reside in Ireland, with the exception of one son, Robert James Coffey, who emigrated to Canada, and all of said five children havebeenatalltimesnon-residentaliens.RobertJamesCoffeydiedinCanadainDecember,1912,leavingawidowandthreeinfantchildren,allresidinginCanada.Thewidowofalloftheheirs-at-lawofAndrewCoffeyexceptionsaidRobertJamesCoffey,quit-claimedtheirinterestinsaidpremisestothepetitionerbydeeddatedOctober22,1912. Thepetitionerisadvisedbycounsel(andIthinkcorrectly)thatElizabethLiskastheonlychildofRobertCoffey,deceased,legallyinheritedanundividedone-halfinterestinsaidten-footstrip,butasAndrewCoffey,theotherbrother,isanon-residentalien,hischildrencouldnotinheritfromhim,anduponthedeathofsaidAndrewCoffeysaidAndrew’sundividedone-halfinterestinsaidten-footstrippassedbyescheattotheState. Thepetitionerhaspaidallthetaxesuponsaidpremisesandhaskeptthesameinrepairsince1874. Thepresentmarketvalueofthewholeofthepremises445WestTwenty-fourthstreetisabout$13,000,andtheundividedone-halfinterestinsaidten-footstripdoesntexceedtheamountof$2,120,subjecttothepetitioner’srightofdowertherein,whichwouldbeatherateof$624perfrontfoot.Thepetitionersaysshehasnopropertyorincomeoutsideofsaidpremises. TechnicallythereappearstohavebeenanescheattotheStateofanundividedone-halfoftheWesterlytenfeetofthehouseandlotNo.445WestTwenty-fourthstreet,butevidentlyitwastheintentionofthepetitioner’shusbandtoconveythesaidpremisestoher,andtheerrorinthedeedwasevidentlyanerroronthepartofthescriveneronly,anditisveryquestionablewhethertheStatecoulddispossessthepetitionerastosaidtenfeetundersaidtechnicalescheat.Theescheat,however,didnotoccuronthedeathofherhusband,butbyreasonofthefactthathehusband’sbrotherAndrewwasandremainedanon-residentalienanddiedsuch. Therefore, if your honorable body see fit to grant the prayer of the petition, I think $1.00 considerationshouldbepaid. Respectfullysubmitted
E,E.WOODBURY, Attorney-GeneralSource: Annual Report of the Attorney General of the State of New York, Egburt E. Woodbury, Attorney-GeneralMertonE.LewisFirstDeputy,printedatAlbanyNYbyJ.B.LyonCompany,Printers,1917,pp552-53
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Single or double rooms - $80.96
2 bedroom cottage/2 bath - $143.98
Campsites with electric - $22.00
(All have 10% tax.)
BANQUETThe banquet will be Saturday evening, with a great Hot Buffet with 2 entrees, plus. Really good price!
Bring something for the silent auction. It's fun!
COFFEY COUSINS CONVENTION 2009LAKE CUMBERLAND STATE PARK, RUSSELL CO., KY
APRIL 30 - MAY 2, 2009
FEATUREDPROGRAMS"How DNA affects our research", beginning at 1:30 Friday afternoon.
HOW DO I GET THERE??The convention will be in the Lake Cumberland State Park Lodge. The address is 5465 State Park Road, Jamestown, KY 42629."Google" told me to take U.S. Highway 127 from Russell Springs through Jamestown on through the village of Freedom to State Park Road. This road will lead us to the Park Lodge. If coming from the south, you will still have to enter the Park road from U.S.127.
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