Revolutionary War Years Part 3 • Cleveland Family

Let's find out about our 6X Great Grandmother Jane Cleveland Coffey and her centenarian parents. Her husband was Joel Coffey, featured in Part 2 of this series.

Jane Cleveland

c1725 born Blue Run, Virginia

1750 married Joel Coffey North Carolina

c1760 died Rowan County North Carolina

Jane and Joel had seven sons and two daughters. Their son Salathiel (Part 1 of this series) is the person whose line continues into our Revis family when his granddaughter Martha (nicknamed Patsy) marries John Revis in Filmore, Illinois 1821.

Family Names

In Colonial America I find that family surnames are often passed on to sons as given names. I'll try to point that out as I come across it in the records.

Jane Cleveland's grandfather was named Alexander Cleveland (his mother's maiden name). Her father was also named Alexander.

Revolutionary War service

Her brother John (a Colonel in the Revolutionary Army) also married into the Coffey family when he wed Martha Coffey. Four of their sons served as officers along with their father. One of them (Larkin) was shot in the leg on the way to King's Mountain, severely crippling him for life.

Story of her nephew Larkin from a DAR/SAR submission

More detail of the battle for King's Mountain is told in an earlier Tale, Quite a Feisty Scots-Irish Wife. That Tale links to us through our Oswald family.

Death of Parents

Jane's parents, Alexander and Milley (nee Presley) Cleveland, died within 3 days of one another in August of 1770. They were living with their son John at his Blue Ridge Plantation on Blue Run in Orange County, Virginia. Alexander was one hundred eleven years old. Milley was one hundred three. Jane had died in North Carolina ten years before.

Family Land

The Cleveland land is within this area. History says it was along Blue Run, about 6-8 miles from the Rapidan River. Not sure how many acres that they had. At least 100. The outline shows 1000.

The eight mile mark is at Latitude 38.1783647 and Longitude -78.2444213.

Their neighbors to the northeast were the Madison family. The families would have known each other. Our fourth President, James Madison was born at Mount Pleasant plantation in 1751. The Madisons later renamed the plantation Montpelier. James inherited that land in 1801.

Portrait of James Madison.

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