Sarah Coffey 
Sarah was born on May 1st, 1779 in Of, Wilkes, North Carolina. Sarah's father was John COFFEY and her mother was Mary BUCHANAN. Her paternal grandparents were James COFFEY and Elizabeth CLEVELAND; her maternal grandfather is John BUCHANAN. She had eleven brothers and five sisters, named Levi, Lewis, William, Thomas, John, Lindsey, Charles, Hooper, Michael, John, Henry, Elizabeth, Celia, Nancy, Eleanor and Polly. She died at the age of 63 on August 26th, 1842 in Buncombe County, Nc. She was buried in 1810 in Avery's Creek, Buncombe County, Nc.General Notes
Ancestral File Number:<AFN> MVGD-47
BIOGRAPHY: Sarah Graves (1) was probably born about 1736-40, based on the age of her husband. She may have been a sister of Mary Graves who married Col. Benjamin Cleveland and was a daughter of Joseph Graves who died in 1774. Joseph Graves was a brother of Thomas Graves who married Ann Davenport, and both Joseph and Thomas were 5th generation descendants of Capt. Thomas Graves of VA.
Sarah married Michael Israel. He was born about 1736 and died in early 1820. His father was Solomon Israel and his mother was probably an Owenshire. He is assumed to have been at least 21 years of age in 1758 when he obtained an original grant, number 32, of 82 acres in Albemarle Co., VA.
In the midst of the Revolutionary War, in 1778 or 1779, Michael and Sarah Israel left Albemarle Co., VA and settled in Wilkes Co., NC. In 1805, when Michael was close to 70 years of age, he moved to Buncombe Co., NC.
Michael Israel died intestate, so the courts were involved in the settlement of his estate. In April of 1820, the court appointed Michael Israel, Jr., a son of Michael Israel, and William Israel, a grandson of Michael Israel, as administrators of his estate. Since the courts met quarterly, Michael Israel would have died between January 1820 and April 1820.
Sarah did not live long after 1822. It is not known exactly when she died, but it was before 11 Sept. 1824, when her legatees signed a bill of sale for Sarah's slaves, Hannah and her child Trudy.
Both Michael and Sarah were buried in a family graveyard on a rolling hillside above the French Broad River on their plantation at Avery's Creek, Buncombe Co., NC. All their children were born in Albemarle Co., VA, with the possible exception of the last, who may have been born in Wilkes Co., NC.
The similarity of this family to that of John Graves and Margery Harvey of Randolph Co., NC, is striking. The Gilliam and Watkins name are in both, and many members of both families moved to Missouri and Indiana. See also the comments with the record of Sarah Israel (3).
-
Ancestor Pedigree Chart
-
- b.1700/1704 in , Essex, Virginia d.31 Mar 1774 in St. Annes Par., Albamarle, Virginia
- b.04 Jul 1729 in , Essex Co., Va d.1786 in , Wilkes, North Carolina
- b.1710/1714 in , Essex, Virginia d.1775 in , Wilkes, Nc
- b.1753 in , Spottsylvania, Va d.27 Dec 1825 in Montgomery, Montgomery, Alabama
- b.31 Jul 1667 in Of Blue Run, Orange, Virginia d.1770/1775 in Blue Run, Orange, County, Virginia
- b.1722/1728 in Blue Run, Orange, Va d.1826/1827 in Nr. Wartrace, Bedford Co., Tn.
- b.1675 in Bull Run, Orange, Virginia d.1770 in Blue Run, Orange, County, Virginia
- b.01 May 1779 in Of, Wilkes, North Carolina d.26 Aug 1842 in Buncombe County, Nc
- b.~ 1708 in <, Co Donegal, Ireland>
- b.~ 1734 in , Co Donegal, Ireland
- b.18 Dec 1755 in , , Of Virginia d.1837
-
Sarah and Michael were married in a religious ceremony on February 26th, 1800 in Wilkes County, Nc. They had five sons and six daughters, named James, UNKNOWN, John C., UNKNOWN, UNKNOWN, Mary, Elizabeth, Celia, Sarah, Caroline and Arminta.
Family Notes
_UIDA5E732F068DD4F4FADE3246784A474074F64
-
Children
Sarah ISREAL
Sarah was born on March 27th, 1814 in Buncombe County, Nc. She died at the age of 84 on November 21st, 1898 in Buncombe Co, Nc. She was buried in Buncombe Co, Nc.
Source/Citation
Ancestral File (R)
Ancestral File (R)