James was a Captain who commanded Co. Reg. A, CSA and was a Mason. He is burried in the Taylor Cemetery, five miles from Hawkingsville, Gerogia. No tombstone. In the Hawkinsville Dispatch V. 17, No. 22, May 1883 was found the folling : James R. Coley of Cochran died Tues. May 29, 1883 age 45, brother of the late G. (?) R. Coley and Messrs John A. D. Coley of Cochran, Georgia and A. Coley of Coley's Station.