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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—GeorgiaJohn COFFEE
(1782-1836)
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.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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