Salena Coffey/Coffee^{[1, 2]}

1820 - 1845  (25 years)

• Name	Salena Coffey/Coffee
  	This family was already migrating westward from their ancestor's origins in Culpeper Co., Virginia
  Born	1820	Thornhill, Grainger Co., Tennessee
  Gender	Female
  Died	4 Mar 1845	Jackson Co., Alabama
  Buried	Coffeytown Cemetery Langston, Jackson County, Alabama
  Person ID	I16588	My Reynolds Line | Descendants of Giles Carter of Henrico
  Last Modified	11 Dec 2019

  
  

  DNA Tests	2 people have linked a DNA test to Salena Coffey/Coffee
  	Test Type	Taken by	Haplogroup	Test Information
  	Y-DNA-	Diane Carter Giles	I1-12
  	Y-DNA-	John McCoy dna Carter	I1-12

  
  

  Father	John Coffey/Coffee,   b. Abt 1776, Rowan Co., North Carolina ,   d. 15 Mar 1845, Thorn Hill, Grainger Co., Tennessee  (Age 69 years)
  Mother	Elizabeth Rucker,   b. 6 Jan 1777, Wilkes County, North Carolina ,   d. 1844, Thorn Hill, Grainger Co., Tennessee  (Age 66 years)
  Married	1 Mar 1804	Wilkes Co., North Carolina   [3]
  Notes	John Coffee may have been married more than once; daughter, Salena is shown on FAG as d/o Pollyann with no maiden name shown. Salena names her son, John Coffee Carter; [2nd son, wife's name of father] Or she Elizabeth Rucker, may have been named Mary Elizabeth or Mary Ann Elizabeth Rucker.??
  Family ID	F6558	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Joseph Motley dna Carter,   b. 7 Feb 1811, Franklin Co., Tennessee ,   d. 8 Sep 1888, Marshall Co., Alabama  (Age 77 years)
  Married	30 Nov 1834
  Children	1. Captain Arthur Beard dna Carter,   b. 1837,   d. 20 Jul 1864, Peach Tree Creek, Georgia  (Age 27 years)   2. Frances Elizabeth Carter,   b. 12 Jan 1844, Alabama ,   d. 18 Oct 1873, Lincoln County, Tennessee  (Age 29 years) + 3. Virginia Caledonia Carter,   b. 30 Jun 1847, Alabama ,   d. 2 Mar 1913, Texas  (Age 65 years) + 4. John Coffee dna Carter,   b. 5 Jul 1849, Marshall County, Alabama ,   d. 4 Jul 1919, Marshall County, Alabama  (Age 69 years)   5. Martha Ellen Carter,   b. 1850, Marshall County, Alabama ,   d. 23 Apr 1923, Albertville, Marshall County, Alabama  (Age 73 years)
  Last Modified	6 May 2019
  Family ID	F5853	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  I believe this is the correct placement for Salena Coffee, based on the naming patterns [2nd son, named for wife's father] and the associations of the other known members of this family. Brother, Benjamin is also found in Tennessee.

  
  

• Sources

  [S32] Find-A-Grave.com, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=122217095. Selena Carter (nee Coffee) Birth: 1820 Death: Mar. 4, 1845, Alabama PROJECT NAME Guntersville Reservoir ORIGINAL GRAVE # 23-24 Grave not moved Selena m. Joseph Motley Carter 30 Nov 1834 I am kin thru Joseph Motley Carter and 2nd wife (after Selena died) Mary Jane Doran their daughter Dorcas Lutitia Carter FAG: 62473998 whom married my 1st cousin Walter J Johnson FAG: 30569845 Mary and Joseph married Jan 22, 1846 Parents: Pollyann LNU Coffee [S204] Sherrel Carter Cavedo. Her line of descendancy. [S82] Wikitree, https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Coffey-805. John Coffey (1776 - 1845) Married 1 Mar 1804 in Wilkes Co., NC [Elizabeth Rucker] Father of George Coffey, Jesse T Coffey, Ausburn Osborn Coffey, Colby Coffey, Benjamin Coffey, Nancy Coffey, John Jackson Coffey, Elizabeth (Coffey) Hayes, Sarah Lucinda Coffey, Margaret E Coffey, Catherine Coffey and William M Coffey