GWINNETT COUNTY, GA FAMILIES 1818-1968 Edited by Alice Smythe McCabe Compiled by Gwinnett Historical Society, Inc, Lawrenceville, Georgia (I found this under John Cofer by Guinette Angle and felt it might help someone with a lost Brown. Also, remember that Gwinnett Co., GA was formed out of Jackson County, GA in 1818; therefore some records could be listed under that county-Chocy Brown) JOHN COFER By Guinette Angle Joh Cofer, believed b in SC, was construction foreman on railroad from Chattanooga to Atlanta. About 1837 he married Sarah Ann Dalton (1818-1866, Floyd Co., GA), bur. sardis Cemeter, Hwy 20 between Rome, GA and the Alabama line. John Cofer was listed in Gwinnett in the 1840 Census but d before the 1850 census. It is not known when he d or where he is buried. Issue of Joh and Sarah Ann: I Girl d in infancy II Marcenah Cofer (1839-1896) m Alvin Cone and had: Bulalh, Edna and Homer Cone. III James Alfred Cofer b 1842 in Gwinnett, served in the Sardis Volunteers which became Co G 6th GA Regt. He married 1867 Mary Jane Vann of Floyd Co. and had: John, Dannie, William, Alfonz, Paul Homer, Fred Alfred, Charles Ernest, and Raymond Hudon Cofer. Sarah Ann (Dalton) Cofer m#2 1847 LARKIN BROWN, a widower. They were in Gwinnett in the 1850 census, but soon moved to Floyd Co. There they lived on GA Hwy 20 about two miles from where they are buried. Larkin evedently had children, ALLEN, BILL, AND ELIZABETH BROWN, whose names were found in old papers. After he m Sarah Ann they had a son, JOHN W. BROWN, b 1848, Gwinnett. It is told that when Larkin and Sarah Ann Brown moved to Floyd County, Larkin's brother, CABE or CALEB BROWN, went with them. Sarah Ann's mother and brother, James Randolph Dalton, who were in Gwinnett, left at the same time and went to Trenton, TN.