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On April 13, 2000 Dr. Marvin Coffey notified Coffey Cousins' that Vol 2 of his Coffey book is now sold out, and no longer available. It will not be reprinted. He does still have copies of the supplement to that book for sale. Dr. Coffey wrote: "I will continue to respond to questions that could be answered from the book or other knowledge I might have and in some cases may xerox pages from the book for someone not having access to the material."
NOTE: Dr. Coffey passed away June 26, 2001.
James Bluford Coffey
His Ancestors and Descendants
in America
Together with Information on Related and Some Unrelated Coffey Lines
And the Related Families of
Powell, Stapp, Graves, Mayfield, Cleveland, Wade, Lane,
Dabney and Others
By
MARVIN D. COFFEY
Comments by the Author, Extracted from the Preface

In Volume I of this work a history of James Bluford Coffey (my great grandfather) was given.  All of his descendants, as far as known, were also listed and discussed.  This volume deals with his ancestors, not only on the Coffey line but also to some extent on the collateral lines of Lane, Dabney, Wade, Cleveland, Graves, Powell and others.  In addition, I have felt it advisable to include some collateral Coffey lines and considerable data on other and unplaced Coffey lines in Colonial and early post-Revolutionary times.  There is much yet unknown about the relationships of the latter, and it is hoped that the inclusions of the data I have accumulated may help some other researchers to find their ancestral lines.  The purpose of this volume is thus two fold:  first, to provide information for my family (descendants of James Bluford Coffey) about their ancestry, and second, to make the data I have accumulated during the past 20-odd years available to other Coffey researchers.

Reviewer Comments

This is a "must have", fully indexed book for any serious Coffee/Coffey researcher.  Not only is it a nearly complete source of information on James Bluford,  it also contains page after page of meticilously source documented information on many of those early and elusive Coffee/y ancestors (see index below) that all of us are looking for.  It contains 227 pages with another 67 pages of the recently released Supplement to Vol. II.

The book also contains numerous illustrations including a full color illustration of the Coffey Coat of Arms, a map of Virginia showing moves of the Coffey families, a map of Wayne County, Kentucky and, a map of the Oregon Trail.

Index

Preface

Chapter 1 Overview

Chapter 2 Ancient Origins of the Coffey Family

Chapter 3 The Early Coffey Ancestors in America

Chapter 4 Colonial Virginia Planters - John Coffey and Jane Graves

Chapter 5 Virginia to North Carolina - James Coffey and Elizabeth Cleveland

Chapter 6 The Cleveland Family

Chapter 7 Kissin' Cousins - Other Coffeys in Virginia and North Carolina

Chapter 8 Frontier Families - Archelaus Coffey and Eleanor Wade

Chapter 9 The Wade Family

Chapter 10 On the Wilderness Trail - James Coffey and Frances Lane

Chapter 11 The Lane Family

Chapter 12 The Dabney Family

Chapter 13 On the Oregon Trail - John Coffey and Nancy Snyder

Appendix A

Appendix B

Appendix C

Index

1. Coffey names

2. Surnames other than Coffey