Stone shows birth date as 09 April 1830, family researcher shows date as 09 April 1832.(Nancy Jane Faulk White Adams)
"GEORGE FRANKLIN4 COFFMAN (JOHN3, AMOS2, JACOB1) was born 09 April 1832 in Jasper County, Georgia, and died 18 October 1898 in Kopperl, Bosque County, Texas. He married (2) SARAH E. KELLETT 17 October 1861 in Shelby County, Alabama. She was born Bef. 1844, and died Aft. 1870. He married (3) HESTER ANN CREASEY HELTON 26 June 1877 in Hill County, Texas. She was born 18 June 1839 in Blowing Green, Kentucky, and died 08 April 1919 in Cleburne, Johnson County, Texas.
Notes for GEORGE FRANKLIN COFFMAN"
UPDATE; 15 Feb 1997
{COMPILER:Harold R. Coffman; Raymond & Loma Coffman, both deceased. Raymond was a son of David Hill Coffman Sr., and grandson of George Franklin Coffman;
{SOURCE: CENSUS HISTORIES NOTEBOOK compiled by Harold R. Coffman;"The family of George Franklin Coffman" by Raymond & Loma Coffman; FGS compiled by Raymond Coffman; "Genealogy & History of a Southern Coffman Family" by Harold R. Coffman, 1995; Family tradition and interviews with descendants during 1970's; 1870 Census, Lafayette County, Mississippi; Civil War Record of George Franklin Coffman; 1880 Census, Bosque County, Texas, ED-13, page 12; Grave marker at Kopperl, Bosque County, Texas; 1860 Census, Shelby Co., Ala., family 450; various deed and tax records in Alabama, Mississippi and Texas; Shelby County, Alabama, Marriage Records;
NOTE: George served in Company B, 1st (Beall"s) Battalion, Alabama Cavalry, enlisting 5 Feb. 1862 at Cassetta, Alabama, in Chamber County (county east of Tallapoosa County. The unit later became the 8th (Wade's Regiment Confederate Cavalry. He was discharged in April 1865. Family tradition and official records list him as a teamster for the Regimental Quartermaster wagon train.
He lived in Jasper County, GA, Troup County, GA; Tallapossa County and Shelby County, AL; Lafayette County, MS; Trinity County, Texas; and Bosque County near Kopperl, Texas. The family moved for a time in about 1890 to Matador in Motley County in West Texas, where he homestead a half section of land, but returned to
Bosque County when a hail storm destroyed his cotton crop.
More about GEORGE FRANKLIN COFFMAN:
Burial: Kopperl Cemetery, Bosque County, Texas.
Gen. Code No.: Coffman - <113>
Lived: GA > AL > MS > TX
Military service: 05 February 1862, Civil War - 8th Reg. Confederate Cavalry
Occupation: Farmer."
(Above information furnished by NANCY JANE FAULK WHITE ADAMS 04 Jan 2008)
"GEORGE FRANKLIN4 COFFMAN (JOHN3, AMOS2, JACOB1) was born 09 April 1832 in Jasper County, Georgia, and died 18 October 1898 in Kopperl, Bosque County, Texas. He married (2) SARAH E. KELLETT 17 October 1861 in Shelby County, Alabama. She was born Bef. 1844, and died Aft. 1870. He married (3) HESTER ANN CREASEY HELTON 26 June 1877 in Hill County, Texas. She was born 18 June 1839 in Blowing Green, Kentucky, and died 08 April 1919 in Cleburne, Johnson County, Texas.
Notes for GEORGE FRANKLIN COFFMAN"
UPDATE; 15 Feb 1997
{COMPILER:Harold R. Coffman; Raymond & Loma Coffman, both deceased. Raymond was a son of David Hill Coffman Sr., and grandson of George Franklin Coffman;
{SOURCE: CENSUS HISTORIES NOTEBOOK compiled by Harold R. Coffman;"The family of George Franklin Coffman" by Raymond & Loma Coffman; FGS compiled by Raymond Coffman; "Genealogy & History of a Southern Coffman Family" by Harold R. Coffman, 1995; Family tradition and interviews with descendants during 1970's; 1870 Census, Lafayette County, Mississippi; Civil War Record of George Franklin Coffman; 1880 Census, Bosque County, Texas, ED-13, page 12; Grave marker at Kopperl, Bosque County, Texas; 1860 Census, Shelby Co., Ala., family 450; various deed and tax records in Alabama, Mississippi and Texas; Shelby County, Alabama, Marriage Records;
NOTE: George served in Company B, 1st (Beall"s) Battalion, Alabama Cavalry, enlisting 5 Feb. 1862 at Cassetta, Alabama, in Chamber County (county east of Tallapoosa County. The unit later became the 8th (Wade's Regiment Confederate Cavalry. He was discharged in April 1865. Family tradition and official records list him as a teamster for the Regimental Quartermaster wagon train.
He lived in Jasper County, GA, Troup County, GA; Tallapossa County and Shelby County, AL; Lafayette County, MS; Trinity County, Texas; and Bosque County near Kopperl, Texas. The family moved for a time in about 1890 to Matador in Motley County in West Texas, where he homestead a half section of land, but returned to
Bosque County when a hail storm destroyed his cotton crop.
More about GEORGE FRANKLIN COFFMAN:
Burial: Kopperl Cemetery, Bosque County, Texas.
Gen. Code No.: Coffman - <113>
Lived: GA > AL > MS > TX
Military service: 05 February 1862, Civil War - 8th Reg. Confederate Cavalry
Occupation: Farmer."
(Above information furnished by NANCY JANE FAULK WHITE ADAMS 04 Jan 2008)
Stone shows birth date as 09 April 1830, family researcher shows date as 09 April 1832.(Nancy Jane Faulk White Adams)
"GEORGE FRANKLIN4 COFFMAN (JOHN3, AMOS2, JACOB1) was born 09 April 1832 in Jasper County, Georgia, and died 18 October 1898 in Kopperl, Bosque County, Texas. He married (2) SARAH E. KELLETT 17 October 1861 in Shelby County, Alabama. She was born Bef. 1844, and died Aft. 1870. He married (3) HESTER ANN CREASEY HELTON 26 June 1877 in Hill County, Texas. She was born 18 June 1839 in Blowing Green, Kentucky, and died 08 April 1919 in Cleburne, Johnson County, Texas.
Notes for GEORGE FRANKLIN COFFMAN"
UPDATE; 15 Feb 1997
{COMPILER:Harold R. Coffman; Raymond & Loma Coffman, both deceased. Raymond was a son of David Hill Coffman Sr., and grandson of George Franklin Coffman;
{SOURCE: CENSUS HISTORIES NOTEBOOK compiled by Harold R. Coffman;"The family of George Franklin Coffman" by Raymond & Loma Coffman; FGS compiled by Raymond Coffman; "Genealogy & History of a Southern Coffman Family" by Harold R. Coffman, 1995; Family tradition and interviews with descendants during 1970's; 1870 Census, Lafayette County, Mississippi; Civil War Record of George Franklin Coffman; 1880 Census, Bosque County, Texas, ED-13, page 12; Grave marker at Kopperl, Bosque County, Texas; 1860 Census, Shelby Co., Ala., family 450; various deed and tax records in Alabama, Mississippi and Texas; Shelby County, Alabama, Marriage Records;
NOTE: George served in Company B, 1st (Beall"s) Battalion, Alabama Cavalry, enlisting 5 Feb. 1862 at Cassetta, Alabama, in Chamber County (county east of Tallapoosa County. The unit later became the 8th (Wade's Regiment Confederate Cavalry. He was discharged in April 1865. Family tradition and official records list him as a teamster for the Regimental Quartermaster wagon train.
He lived in Jasper County, GA, Troup County, GA; Tallapossa County and Shelby County, AL; Lafayette County, MS; Trinity County, Texas; and Bosque County near Kopperl, Texas. The family moved for a time in about 1890 to Matador in Motley County in West Texas, where he homestead a half section of land, but returned to
Bosque County when a hail storm destroyed his cotton crop.
More about GEORGE FRANKLIN COFFMAN:
Burial: Kopperl Cemetery, Bosque County, Texas.
Gen. Code No.: Coffman - <113>
Lived: GA > AL > MS > TX
Military service: 05 February 1862, Civil War - 8th Reg. Confederate Cavalry
Occupation: Farmer."
(Above information furnished by NANCY JANE FAULK WHITE ADAMS 04 Jan 2008)
"GEORGE FRANKLIN4 COFFMAN (JOHN3, AMOS2, JACOB1) was born 09 April 1832 in Jasper County, Georgia, and died 18 October 1898 in Kopperl, Bosque County, Texas. He married (2) SARAH E. KELLETT 17 October 1861 in Shelby County, Alabama. She was born Bef. 1844, and died Aft. 1870. He married (3) HESTER ANN CREASEY HELTON 26 June 1877 in Hill County, Texas. She was born 18 June 1839 in Blowing Green, Kentucky, and died 08 April 1919 in Cleburne, Johnson County, Texas.
Notes for GEORGE FRANKLIN COFFMAN"
UPDATE; 15 Feb 1997
{COMPILER:Harold R. Coffman; Raymond & Loma Coffman, both deceased. Raymond was a son of David Hill Coffman Sr., and grandson of George Franklin Coffman;
{SOURCE: CENSUS HISTORIES NOTEBOOK compiled by Harold R. Coffman;"The family of George Franklin Coffman" by Raymond & Loma Coffman; FGS compiled by Raymond Coffman; "Genealogy & History of a Southern Coffman Family" by Harold R. Coffman, 1995; Family tradition and interviews with descendants during 1970's; 1870 Census, Lafayette County, Mississippi; Civil War Record of George Franklin Coffman; 1880 Census, Bosque County, Texas, ED-13, page 12; Grave marker at Kopperl, Bosque County, Texas; 1860 Census, Shelby Co., Ala., family 450; various deed and tax records in Alabama, Mississippi and Texas; Shelby County, Alabama, Marriage Records;
NOTE: George served in Company B, 1st (Beall"s) Battalion, Alabama Cavalry, enlisting 5 Feb. 1862 at Cassetta, Alabama, in Chamber County (county east of Tallapoosa County. The unit later became the 8th (Wade's Regiment Confederate Cavalry. He was discharged in April 1865. Family tradition and official records list him as a teamster for the Regimental Quartermaster wagon train.
He lived in Jasper County, GA, Troup County, GA; Tallapossa County and Shelby County, AL; Lafayette County, MS; Trinity County, Texas; and Bosque County near Kopperl, Texas. The family moved for a time in about 1890 to Matador in Motley County in West Texas, where he homestead a half section of land, but returned to
Bosque County when a hail storm destroyed his cotton crop.
More about GEORGE FRANKLIN COFFMAN:
Burial: Kopperl Cemetery, Bosque County, Texas.
Gen. Code No.: Coffman - <113>
Lived: GA > AL > MS > TX
Military service: 05 February 1862, Civil War - 8th Reg. Confederate Cavalry
Occupation: Farmer."
(Above information furnished by NANCY JANE FAULK WHITE ADAMS 04 Jan 2008)
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