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John Coffee
John R. Coffee (June 2, 1772 – July 7, 1833) was an American planter and a state militia brigadier general in Tennessee. He commanded troops under General Andrew Jackson during the Creek War of 1813–14 and the Battle of New Orleans in the War of 1812.
While president, Jackson appointed Coffee as his representative, along with Secretary of War John Eaton, to negotiate treaties with Southeast American Indian tribes to accomplish removal to the west of the Mississippi River and extinguish their land claims. This policy was authorized by Congressional passage of the Indian Removal Act of 1830. Coffee negotiated the Treaty of Dancing Rabbit Creek of 1830 with the Choctaw, by which they ceded their lands. He started negotiations with the Chickasaw, but they did not conclude a treaty with the United States until after his death.
Born in Prince Edward County, Virginia, Coffee was the son of Joshua Coffee (January 26, 1745 – September 8, 1797) and Elizabeth Graves (January 28, 1742 – December 13, 1804). They were both of English descent.
Coffee's immigrant ancestor, also Joshua Coffee, was released from the Old Bailey in London and "transported" in 1730 as an indentured servant to Virginia. He worked in the tobacco fields for 14 years, finally gaining freedom in 1744. He later served as a captain in the colonial militia.
John Coffee married Mary Donelson on October 3, 1809. She was the daughter of Captain John Donelson III and Mary Purnell. One of her paternal aunts was Rachel Jackson, who had married Andrew Jackson in 1794 as a young divorcee of Robards. He was elected President of the United States in 1828.
Coffee and Andrew Jackson were in business together. Before Coffee's marriage, Jackson sold his partnership in their joint merchandising business to Coffee. He took promissory notes for the sale. After Coffee married, Jackson gave Coffee the notes as his wedding present to the couple.[citation needed]
Coffee was a merchant, land speculator, and surveyor. He was considered the most even-tempered and least selfish of Jackson's lifelong friends. Described as a big, awkward man, careless of dress, and slow of speech, Coffee was also said to be kindly, tactful, and wise.[citation needed] In 1800, he traded a 14-year-old enslaved girl named Susana for 175 pecks of salt in Ste. Genevieve, Missouri.
In early 1806, Coffee challenged Nathaniel A. McNairy to a duel for publishing derogatory statements about Jackson. The duel occurred on March 1, 1806, over the Tennessee line in Kentucky. McNairy unintentionally fired before the "word", wounding Coffee in the thigh. In return, McNairy offered to lay down his pistol and give Coffee an extra shot. The weapons used in this duel were also used in the Jackson-Dickinson duel on May 30, 1806.[citation needed]
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John Coffee
John R. Coffee (June 2, 1772 – July 7, 1833) was an American planter and a state militia brigadier general in Tennessee. He commanded troops under General Andrew Jackson during the Creek War of 1813–14 and the Battle of New Orleans in the War of 1812.
While president, Jackson appointed Coffee as his representative, along with Secretary of War John Eaton, to negotiate treaties with Southeast American Indian tribes to accomplish removal to the west of the Mississippi River and extinguish their land claims. This policy was authorized by Congressional passage of the Indian Removal Act of 1830. Coffee negotiated the Treaty of Dancing Rabbit Creek of 1830 with the Choctaw, by which they ceded their lands. He started negotiations with the Chickasaw, but they did not conclude a treaty with the United States until after his death.
Born in Prince Edward County, Virginia, Coffee was the son of Joshua Coffee (January 26, 1745 – September 8, 1797) and Elizabeth Graves (January 28, 1742 – December 13, 1804). They were both of English descent.
Coffee's immigrant ancestor, also Joshua Coffee, was released from the Old Bailey in London and "transported" in 1730 as an indentured servant to Virginia. He worked in the tobacco fields for 14 years, finally gaining freedom in 1744. He later served as a captain in the colonial militia.
John Coffee married Mary Donelson on October 3, 1809. She was the daughter of Captain John Donelson III and Mary Purnell. One of her paternal aunts was Rachel Jackson, who had married Andrew Jackson in 1794 as a young divorcee of Robards. He was elected President of the United States in 1828.
Coffee and Andrew Jackson were in business together. Before Coffee's marriage, Jackson sold his partnership in their joint merchandising business to Coffee. He took promissory notes for the sale. After Coffee married, Jackson gave Coffee the notes as his wedding present to the couple.[citation needed]
Coffee was a merchant, land speculator, and surveyor. He was considered the most even-tempered and least selfish of Jackson's lifelong friends. Described as a big, awkward man, careless of dress, and slow of speech, Coffee was also said to be kindly, tactful, and wise.[citation needed] In 1800, he traded a 14-year-old enslaved girl named Susana for 175 pecks of salt in Ste. Genevieve, Missouri.
In early 1806, Coffee challenged Nathaniel A. McNairy to a duel for publishing derogatory statements about Jackson. The duel occurred on March 1, 1806, over the Tennessee line in Kentucky. McNairy unintentionally fired before the "word", wounding Coffee in the thigh. In return, McNairy offered to lay down his pistol and give Coffee an extra shot. The weapons used in this duel were also used in the Jackson-Dickinson duel on May 30, 1806.[citation needed]
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