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Names Included: Cleveland and Coffey
Generation No. 1

1. ALEXANDER2 CLEVELAND (ALEXANDER1) was born July 1687 in Yorkshire, England, and died 1771 in Blue Run, Orange County, VA. He married MILLIE PRESLEY 1710, daughter of PETER PRESLEY and ELIZABETH THOMPSON. She was born 1675 in Bull Run Orange County, VA, and died 1770 in Blue Run, Orange County, VA.

Notes for ALEXANDER CLEVELAND:
Alexander migrated to the famous Bull Run, Virginia.

Note: Alexander and Millie died at the home of their son John, on Blue Run around 1770 within three days of each other at the remarkable ages of 111 and 103. this is confirmed in a letter from Oliver dated May 10 1859. He writes "My father and grandfather were both named Alexander. My grandfather lived to be 111 and my grandmother to be 103 years old. My grandfather was by birth an Englishman."

More About ALEXANDER CLEVELAND:
Christening: July 31, 1687, Abington Parish, Gloucester, VA

Children of ALEXANDER CLEVELAND and MILLIE PRESLEY are:
2. i. MICAJAH3 CLEVELAND, b. 1702, Prince William / Blue Run, Orange, Va..
ii. JEREMIAH CLEVELAND, b. 1711, Prince William / Blue Run, Orange, Va.; d. Prince William Co. Va.; m. NANCY HELEN CLARK.

More About JEREMIAH CLEVELAND:
Christening: Prince William Co. Va.

3. iii. ALEXANDER CLEVELAND, b. May 25, 1712, Blue Run, Orange County, Va.; d. 1776, Albemarle County, VA.
4. iv. JOHN CLEVELAND, b. July 31, 1714, Gloucester Co. / Orange Co., VA; d. November 01, 1778, Prince William / Blue Run, Orange, VA.
5. v. GRACE CLEVELAND, b. September 01, 1716, Gloucester Co., VA.
6. vi. WILLIAM CLEVELAND, b. February 23, 1717/18, Blue Run, Orange County, Va.; d. May 29, 1788, Loudon Co., VA.
vii. BENJAMIN CLEVELAND, b. November 21, 1721, Gloucester Co., VA.

More About BENJAMIN CLEVELAND:
Christening: November 28, 1721, Abington Parish, Gloucester, VA

7. viii. JANE CLEVELAND, b. 1725, Prince William / Blue Run, Orange, Va.; d. 1760, Wilkes County, NC.
8. ix. ELIZABETH CLEVELAND, b. February 1726/27, Prince William / Blue Run, Orange, Va.; d. 1827, Nr. Wartrace, Bedford Co. Tn..

Generation No. 2

2. MICAJAH3 CLEVELAND (ALEXANDER2, ALEXANDER1) was born 1702 in Prince William / Blue Run, Orange, Va..

Notes for MICAJAH CLEVELAND:
Micajah Cleveland lived in VA, and was troubled by Indians, who stole his son. John, afterward Jack Cleveland, was stolen by Indians. His mother, mourning for him as dead, named her next child John. But the first John returned home in several years, and then his name was changed to Jack, and familiarly called Indian Jack. He accompanied his mother to TN, and went with Mr. Hurly to Clinch Mountain where he shouldered his gun and went away; not since heard from.

Children of MICAJAH CLEVELAND are:
i. MICAJAH4 CLEVELAND JR..
ii. JACK CLEVELAND.
iii. JOHN CLEVELAND.
iv. SALLY CLEVELAND.
v. NANCY CLEVELAND.

3. ALEXANDER3 CLEVELAND (ALEXANDER2, ALEXANDER1) was born May 25, 1712 in Blue Run, Orange County, Va., and died 1776 in Albemarle County, VA. He married MARGARET DOOLITTLE 1730 in Blue Run, Orange County, Va.. She was born in Prince William / Blue Run, Orange, Va..

More About ALEXANDER CLEVELAND:
Christening: May 25, 1712, Abington Parish, Gloucester, VA

Children of ALEXANDER CLEVELAND and MARGARET DOOLITTLE are:
i. ELI4 CLEVELAND, b. Bef. 1734, Spotsylvania County, VA..
ii. MARY CLEVELAND, b. Bef. 1736, Prob. Spotsylvaniz County, Va; d. Bef. 1839; m. UNKNOWN JOHNSON.
iii. ANKA "ANKEY" CLEVELAND, b. 1738.

Notes for ANKA "ANKEY" CLEVELAND:
Married Unknown WOOD.

iv. MILLIE CLEVELAND, b. 1744; d. 1825; m. UNKNOWN HENRY.
v. ALEXANDER CLEVELAND, b. 1744; d. 1825; m. SARA ANN UNKNOWN.
vi. JOHN CLEVELAND, b. 1746; d. 1839.
vii OLIVER CLEVELAND, b. 1748; d. February 1844, Madison, Hopkins County, KY; m. (1) ELIZABETH MCWILLIAMS; m. (2) JANE BUCKNER, December 19, 1792.
viii. ANNA CLEVELAND, b. 1751; d. January 17, 1838, Montgomery County, KY; m. JOHN HAZELRIGG.
ix. JAMES CLEVELAND, b. 1753; d. 1782; m. FRANCIS UNKNOWN.
x. ELIZABETH CLEVELAND, b. 1755; d. 1846; m. (1) JOHN MCWILLIAMS; m. (2) BENNET GILLUM.
xi. WILLIAM CLEVELAND, b. December 24, 1757, Albemarle County, VA; d. June 18, 1842, Pendleton County, KY; m. MARGARET WILSON.
xii. MARTHA "PATSY" CLEVELAND, b. June 09, 1764; m. BERNARD FRANKLIN, March 14, 1793.

4. JOHN3 CLEVELAND (ALEXANDER2, ALEXANDER1) was born July 31, 1714 in Gloucester Co. / Orange Co., VA, and died November 01, 1778 in Prince William / Blue Run, Orange, VA. He married MARTHA ELIZABETH COFFEY April 24, 1734, daughter of EDWARD COFFEY and ANN POWELL. She was born 1700 in Essex County, VA.

Notes for JOHN CLEVELAND:
He came of an old and fine English family, whose tract, named Cleveland, lay in North Riding of Yorkshire, England. The Clevelands derive their name from a tract of country in the north Riding of Yorkshire England, still called Cleveland. John Cleveland was one of the early migrants to Virginia. He settled on the since famous Bull Run, and his occupation was that of house joiner. His son, Benjamin Cleveland, the subject of this sketch was born there on the 26th day of May, 1738; and while yet very young his father moved some sixty miles to the south-west, located in a border settlement on Blue Run, some six or eight miles above its junction with the Rapidan near the line of Albemarle.

John Cleveland died on his estate on Blue Run. He and his parents removed, prior to 1734 or 1738, to Orange County, and located on Blue Run, house joiner or builder. Records of County Court Office, Orange County Deeds: - 1734, Prince Curtis conveys to John Cleveland about 600 acres of land.

More About JOHN CLEVELAND:
Christening: August 24, 1714, Abington Parish, Gloucester, VA
Occupation: Builder

Children of JOHN CLEVELAND and MARTHA COFFEY are:
i. MARY4 CLEVELAND.
ii. BETTY CLEVELAND, b. 1734, Blue Run, Orange County, Va.; m. DAVID GILLASPY, 1754, VA.
iii. JOHN CLEVELAND REV., b. 1738, Blue Run, Orange County, Va.; d. March 25, 1825, Tugaloo River S.C.; m. MARY (MOLLIE) MCCANN, 1759, VA.

More About JOHN CLEVELAND REV.:
Burial: Tugaloo Baptist Church, S.C.
Occupation: Reverend

9. iv. BENJAMIN CLEVELAND COL, b. March 26, 1738, Orange County, Va. Near Bull Run; d. October 1806, Tugalo Balley Oconee, S.C..
10. v. ROBERT CLEVELAND, b. January 08, 1743/44, Blue Run, Orange County, Va.; d. April 26, 1812, Wilkes County, NC.
11. vi. JEREMIAH CLEVELAND, b. December 10, 1746, Blue Run, Orange County, Va.; d. 1806, Albemarle County, VA.
vii LARKIN CLEVELAND, b. April 06, 1748, Blue Run, Orange County, Va.; d. July 09, 1814, Ocanee Giles Cty, Tn.; m. FRANCIS (FANNY) WRIGHT, February 1773.
viii. REUBEN CLEVELAND, b. 1750, Blue Run, Orange County, Va.; d. February 09, 1792, Orange County, VA.
12. ix. MARTHA "PATTY" CLEVELAND, b. 1752, Blue Run, Orange County, Va..

5. GRACE3 CLEVELAND (ALEXANDER2, ALEXANDER1) was born September 01, 1716 in Gloucester Co., VA. She married EDWARD JOSHUA COFFEY Abt. 1738 in Orange, VA, son of EDWARD COFFEY and ANN POWELL. He was born Abt. 1700 in Essex, VA, and died Aft. 1774 in Albemarle County, Colony of VA.

More About GRACE CLEVELAND:
Christening: September 30, 1716, Abington Parish, Gloucester, VA

Notes for EDWARD JOSHUA COFFEY:
Moved ot Orange County, VA.

Children of GRACE CLEVELAND and EDWARD COFFEY are:
i. CLEVELAND4 COFFEY.
ii. JOEL COFFEY.
iii. WILLIAM COFFEY.
iv. ISAAC COFFEY.
v. JESSY CLEVELAND COFFEY.
vi. BENJAMIN COFFEY.
vii. JAMES COFFEY.

6. WILLIAM3 CLEVELAND (ALEXANDER2, ALEXANDER1) was born February 23, 1717/18 in Blue Run, Orange County, Va., and died May 29, 1788 in Loudon Co., VA. He married MARY OR NANCY UNKNOWN 1739.

More About WILLIAM CLEVELAND:
Christening: March 23, 1717/18, Abington Parish, Gloucester, VA

Child of WILLIAM CLEVELAND and MARY UNKNOWN is:
i. DORCAS4 CLEVELAND.

7. JANE3 CLEVELAND (ALEXANDER2, ALEXANDER1) was born 1725 in Prince William / Blue Run, Orange, Va., and died 1760 in Wilkes County, NC. She married CHESLEY COFFEY, son of EDWARD COFFEY and UNKNOWN MARTIN. He was born 1720 in VA, and died Aft. 1760 in Caswell County, North Carolina.

Notes for CHESLEY COFFEY:
"The Chesley Coffey Family", an essay by Timothy E. Peterson, December 1981, page as 11-13.

Children of JANE CLEVELAND and CHESLEY COFFEY are:
13. i. NEBUZARADON4 COFFEY.
14. ii. JOEL COFFEY, d. 1789, Wilkes County, NC.
iii. SALATHIEL COFFEY.
iv. CHESLEY COFFEY.
v. NATHAN COFFEY.
vi. CLEVELAND COFFEY.
vii. JESSE COFFEY.
viii. MARY COFFEY.

8. ELIZABETH3 CLEVELAND (ALEXANDER2, ALEXANDER1) was born February 1726/27 in Prince William / Blue Run, Orange, Va., and died 1827 in Nr. Wartrace, Bedford Co. Tn.. She married JAMES COFFEY REV. August 30, 1750 in Orange/Albemarle Co., Va., son of JOHN COFFEY and JANE GRAVES. He was born July 04, 1729 in Essex County, VA, and died October 26, 1786 in Wilkes County, NC.

More About ELIZABETH CLEVELAND:
Burial: Belt Buckle, TN

Notes for JAMES COFFEY REV.:
1790 Census lists James and John Coffey in Stokes County, NC.

Will probated 1786 - mentions wife, Elizabeth: sons, John, James, Reubin, Abious, Eli and Reve: daughters, Martha Durham and Betty Whitesides.

W.R. Jillson in his "Kentucky Land Grants says: "The small and unique group of grants from 1803 to 1853 were given upon warrants from the Register of the Land Office. These grants in Wayne..."
These included...... James Coffey.... James Coffey, who had obtained land in Wayne County, returned to North Carolina, exchanging his Wayne County land for Lewis' North Carolina tract....James Coffey (b. 1755) moved to Wayne County KY with other members of his family in the early 1800s. Because he was "dissatisfied" with the country, he traded his land grant to Lewis Russell for a plot of land he had remaining in NC and returned to Wilkes Co, NC.

Researched by Anthony W. Clayton - Colorado Springs, CO - 1998
Simple Book "Wayne County, Kentucky" by Bork.

From book "Leaves from the Family Tree", Southern Historical Press by The Rev. Silas Emmett Lucas, Jr. #929.3768 A428L.

...On August 30, 1750, James Coffey entered 115 acres of land in Norh Garden, Albemarle county, adjoining John Coffey. On December 13, 1764, James Coffey bought from Thomas Jefferson, Gent., of Albemarle county, colony of Virginia, 300 acres in Amherst county, near Tye river, for a consideration of 300 pounds; witnesses, John Harvey, Wamuel Woods, William Coffey and James Glen. James Coffey and his family made their home in Amherst county, Virginia, from 1764 to 1776, when he sold his plantation on Tye river and moved to North Carolina, settling in that part of Surry county which was formed into Wilkes.

James Coffey was an early convert to the Baptist faith and became a missionary about 1757. He is said to have been the founder of the old Mulberry Fields Baptist church, which was located at the present site of Wilkesboro, NC. On March 8, 1782, James Coffey sold to Robert Whiteside for a consideration of 400 pounds a tract of forty acres at the mouth of Warrior creek in Wilkes county, NC. (Book C. page 27,deed records of Wilkes county, NC. James Coffey died in Wilkes county, NC, in 1786, where his will is recorded in Book 1, page 202 (wills of Wilkes county, NC). James Coffey was a patriot during the Revolutionary war and all of his sons that were old enough served in Col. Cleveland's regiment.

Elizabeth (Cleveland) Coffey lived for many years after the death of her husband. She moved to Tennessee with her son, Rice Coffey, and is said to have died in Bedford county, near Wartrace, in 1827, aged almost 100 years.

From Web site - Wilkes County, NC
James Coffey and his wife, Elizabeth, bought 115 acres of land in North Garden of Albemarle County, Virginia in 1750. This land was held until 1764, when James bought 300 acres of land along the Tye River in Amherst County for 300 pounds. He lived there until about 1770. He moved to Surry County NC and founded a church in the Mulberry Field sector of what is now Wilkes County. The church was commonly called "Coffey's Meeting House" and although this church was built and operated by the Baptist association, it was attended by many of other beliefs from the area.

No. 209, Jan Term 1787, INVENTORY, James Coffee, Senr. decd by John Coffey, 620 acres of land, Melatto wench and 2 children (not named) money due estate: One note on Samuel Slone, Rice Coffey, Benjamin Stroder, Cleveland Coffey, John Townson, Thomas Coffey, James Coffey, Junr. -- Wilkes County, North Carolina Will Abstracts, Book One, 1778-1799, Published by Wilkes County Genealogical Society, Inc., PO Box 1629, North Wilkesboro, NC 28659.

Rev. James Coffey served in the American Revolution War and his brother-in-law, Benjamin Cleveland was a Colonel, commanding a regiment known as "Wilkes County Bull Dogs."

ACCORDING TO " THE CHESLEY COFFEY FAMILY" BY Timothy E. Peterman, December, 1981.
James Coffey was born around 1728. He died September 1786. He married Elizabeth Cleveland in the late 1740's. They were from Orange County, Virginia. In 1750. they moved to Albemarle County, Virginia. In 1764, they moved to Amherst County, Virginia. In 1776, James and his brother, Thomas, moved to Wilkes County, North Carolina. That same year their brother, Benjamin Coffey, moved to the area that became Burke County, North Carolina in 1777. James Coffey became a Baptist missionary in 1757.

Children of ELIZABETH CLEVELAND and JAMES COFFEY are:
i. ARENSIAUS4 COFFEY.
15. ii. ELIZABETH "BETSY" COFFEY, b. 1751, Spottsylvania, Ambemerle, Va.; d. 1812, Wayne County, KY.
16. iii. JOHN COFFEY, b. 1753, Spottsylvania, Ambemerle, Va.; d. December 27, 1825, Wilkes County, NC.
17. iv. ARCHELAUS COFFEY, b. 1755, Albemarle County, VA; d. 1784, Wilkes County, NC.
v. JAMES COFFEY JR., b. 1757, Albemarle County, VA; d. 1794, NC Or Tn; m. MARY MOORE.
vi. MARTHA COFFEY, b. 1758, Albemarle County, VA; d. 1826, Wayne County, KY; m. MASTIN DURHAM, 1774, Hanover, Goochland, Va.; b. 1755, Hanover, Goochland, Va.; d. 1844, Wayne Co., IL.

More About MARTHA COFFEY:
Burial: 1826, Near Coffey Settlement - Wayne County, KY

Notes for MASTIN DURHAM:
Written: 9 November 1802 - Burk County, North Carolina
Proved: January 1803
I, John Durham of the County of Burk and State of North Carolina
being very weak, but of perfect mind...Make this my last Will and
Testament...
I give to my beloved wife Mable full and uninterrupted persession
of my hole estate that is not herways disposed of and freely to enjoy
it during her natural life or widowhood and at her deth or mariage for
the hol of it to be my daughter Mabel if she shall take food care of
her mother and serporte and mantane her during her life of widowhood
and at her deth or mariage for to pay to Nelley Dock the sum of 41
pounds, 11 shillings and 9 pence in hold money also to Mastin Durham
my rifel gun also my waring apparel to be divided between Mastin and
William Durham also to Betsy Ceiby (?) children - half dollar also I
apoint Isaak Sheril to be my Executor of this my last will and
testiment and I do hereby uterly disavow, revoke and disanual all and
every other form of will made by me ... this 9th day of November 1802.
John (X)
Durham
Witnessed by: John Baley (X), Elbnoy Baley, Lewis Carlton

State of North Carolina Court of Pleas and Quarter Session
Burke County - January term 1803
A paper writing purporting to be the last will and testament of
John Durham dec'd was presented in Court by Isaac Sherrill who duly
qualifies as Executor and proven in jue form by the oath of John Baily
and Mary Baily...

(John Durham married Molly Hawkins; he served in the Revolutionary
War; his son, Mastin Durham married Martha Coffey, daughter of James
Coffey and Elizabeth Cleveland, and married 2/ Mary Dockery in Wayne
County.

Contributed by Nell Fairchild Marsh, box 82, Monticello, Kentucky.

Wayne Co. Court Order Book, page 437: August 1844 - Proof was this day
made in open court by the oaths of William P. Gooding and Nelson
Ramsey that Mastin Durham, a Revolutionary Soldier - Pensioner,
departed this life 1 August 1844, leaving his Widow named Polly Durham
(see Mary Dockery).
Researched by Anthony W. Clayton - Colorado Springs, Co - 1998
Simple Book :" Wayne County, KY", BORK

18. vii. REUBEN COFFEY, b. September 16, 1759, Albemarle County, VA; d. March 24, 1842, Wayne County, KY.
19. viii. AMBROSE COFFEY, b. 1762, Albemarle County, VA; d. 1818, Pualski County, KY.
ix. ELI COFFEY, b. March 01, 1763, Albemarle County, VA; d. September 05, 1847, Johnson/Pettis, MO; m. HANNAH ALLEN, Bef. 1814.

Notes for ELI COFFEY:
From Book "Leaves from the Family Tree", Southern Historical Press.
...In 1814 (Eli) moved to Wayne county, Kentucky, where his son, Col. Asbury Madison Coffey, was reared. Col. Coffey was born January 25, 1804 in Wilkes county, NC; his wife was Mary Bradford, whom he married July 22, 1828. In 1826 he moved to McMinn county, TN, where he resided until 1842,...In 1850 he was appointed Indian agent by President Fillmore and for several years was located among the Peories in Kansas. Coffey county as well as Coffeyville, Kansas were named in his honor. In 1859 he made his home at Knobnoster, MO, where he died.

...children were Rufus Coffey, Mary Coffey (unmarried), Rachel (Walker) Coffey, Lauretta (Olds) Coffey, Henry Coffey, Ellen (Corum) Coffey, Alexander B. Coffey who married, first, Mary Brainered, and
served as lieutenant in the Confederate army and was killed nine days after the surrender and is buried at Stateville, NC.

More About ELI COFFEY:
Individual Note: Coffeyville, Kansas
Military service: Colonel
Occupation: Indian agent, Kansas

20. x. JOEL COFFEY, b. 1770, Amherst County, VA; d. December 1826, Wayne County, KY.
21. xi. LEWIS RUSSELL COFFEY, b. November 18, 1772, Amherst County, VA; d. September 29, 1850, Wayne County, KY.
22. xii. RICE COFFEY, b. April 17, 1776, Amherst County, VA; d. July 24, 1853, Wartrace, Bedford County, TN.

Generation No. 3

9. BENJAMIN4 CLEVELAND COL (JOHN3, ALEXANDER2, ALEXANDER1) was born March 26, 1738 in Orange County, Va. Near Bull Run, and died October 1806 in Tugalo Balley Oconee, S.C.. He married MARY GRAVES Bef. 1764, daughter of JAMES GRAVES. She was born 1738, and died 1800.

Notes for BENJAMIN CLEVELAND COL:
Research by: Anthony Wayne Clayton. Colorado Springs, Co. 1998
From simple book "Encyclopedia of Virginia Biography", Prominent Persons. Lyon Gardiner Tyler.

Averse to farm work, Benjamin became a hunter for pelts, and was fond of horse-racing. He married Mary Graves, of a well-to-do family, and fought in the French and Indian war. About 1769 he moved with his wife's father to North Carolina, near the Blue Ridge, on Roarin Creek, an arm of the Yadlkin, in Rowan, then Surry (now Wilkes) county, and later move to "Round-About", fifteen miles below Wilesboro.

From Daniel Boone he learned of the Kentucky hunting grounds, and in 1771 went there, but the Cherokees drove him back without horses, and he ate dog meat to escape starving. When the revolution began in 1775, refusing to be ensign, be served in the militia. In February, 1776, as Capt. Cleveland, with riflemen by broke up the Highland tories, and did good service against them and the Indians. In 1777 he was active in forming the new Wilkes county, and in 1778 was head of the justices' commission, militia colonel, commissioner of confiscated estates, election superintendent, county ranger, or stray master, and member of the house o

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