Hi Mary, I got your earlier message too, about being in the process of moving. Thank you for sending the information below. I have seen copies of the Will ( or some document) that listed my Gemima McCoy Wolfe with David McCoy as one of his heirs. Archibald McCoy is the name that my family's tradition has had listed. There was a woman that passed away last year at the age of 99 named Janie Ramsey. She was a 1st cousin to my Grandfather, James Madison (Jim Matt) Coffey. Janie was a member of the DAR and had collected and researched some of our family's ancestry. She had asked her Grandmother, my GreatGreatgrandmother, Lydia Wolfe Coffey, daughter of Gemima McCoy and Adam Wolfe, WHO her Grandfather was and Lydia (Ma Lydie as she was refered to) replied, in Janie's words, strongly, that her Grandfather was Arch McCoy. I believe that many have went by this when listing Arch as the father of Gemima. BUT, also, Lydia (Ma Lydie) suffered from Alzhemiers in her later years. She lived to be about 94 (1836-1930), so she would have been "up there" in years of age, probably, when Janie Ramsey (1899 - 1998) asked her these questions. This is how I got my information.....at the beginning. Back in the early 80's, there was a Newsletter (consisting of about 50 pages each issue, only lasted 7 issues) put out focusing on the families of Eastern Tennessee. I was lucky enough to meet someone living near me and just so happened to be a distant cousin who lowned me these issues. There was much info regarding the Surnames: COFFEY, WOLFE, RUCKER, DALTON, MCCOY, and many many more. These are a few of my connection with the area. This Newsletter's name was THE WAGON WHEEL. People / researchers, would send in information, queries, family lines, Wills, Deeds, and other documents to pertainging to the Eastern TN area. I would be interested to know if there are any copies of Donald McCoy's book left. Would you know ? Or, how I could get in touch with him ? The information I have on my WOLFE line is that Adam Wolfe was the son of John Wolfe and Catherine Bare (Barr). I have some of the brothers of John Wolfe (b. abt 1752). I got this information from the book by Dr. David Trimble, AMERICAN ORIGINS. Not sure who the parents of John was. I haven't spent alot of time on this line yet. I am not familiar with Lemmie and Clarence Coffey. Thanks again for the information. Jessie -----Original Message----- From: HLJMLJ@aol.com <HLJMLJ@aol.com> To: TNGRAING-L@rootsweb.com <TNGRAING-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Friday, December 10, 1999 11:12 AM Subject: Re: [TNGRAING-L] McCoy >I found my MCCoy book it's about 13 pages but I'll type one page. > >"It finally narrowed down to about five, either brothers or close relatives, >who came to TN. They were Archibald, David, William, Joel and John, sons of >John McCoy, a Revolutionary war veteran born in 1752 in North Carolina. Now >Archibald was not our immediate ancestor as I had thought. David Sr. was. >Here's his family as listed in a newspaper clipping that Bill Grohse, >historian of Hancock County, had attached to his copy of the 1850 census: " >David Sr. married Kate Wolfe (Catherine Wolfe) >Children: >Jamima- married Adam Wolfe >Linda - married Charles Wolfe >Margaret - married George Wolfe >Polly - married William Hipshire >Betty - married Ewel Jordan >Claiborne - married Elizabeth Day >This is from Donald McCoy book there are other family's listed. I believe >the Jamima is your Gemima. The Charles and George Wolfe are sons of Charles >Wolfe who was born 1746 in Pa. who is my 4gt grandfather his granddaughter >married Nicholas Antrican. >Are you related to Lemmie and Clarence Coffey? >Mary Antrican Jones >