Margaret Coffey (1771 - 1795)

Born 1771 in Waxhaw Community, Lancaster, South Carolina

Ancestors

Died 22 Aug 1795 at about age 24 in Lancaster County, South Carolina

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Biography

According to Klayder, Henry Coffey and his wife Mary are believed to have had a daughter named Mary and they are known to have had a daughter namedMargaret. Burial records show she was buried in grave No. 165 in the Waxhaw Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Lancaster Co., S.C. She married a Mr. McMean and they had one child, a son, born 5 May 1792, died 10 May 1792, who is buried in the same cemetery with his mother. Inscriptions on their tombstones read: In Memory of Margaret M'Mean, daughter of Henry Coffey, who died 22 Aug 1795, aged 24 years. Also her son died, May 10, 1792, age V days.'

Sources

• Memorial: Find a Grave (has image)
  Find A Grave: Memorial #11704575 (accessed 26 December 2022)
  Memorial page for Margaret Coffey McMeen (unknown-22 Aug 1795), citing Old Waxhaw Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Riverside, Lancaster County, South Carolina, USA; Maintained by Mary Clyde Reid (contributor 46772562).
• Annie Velma Urquhart Klayder. Urquhart, Coffey, Boland, and Allied Families of the South: Genealogy and Family History with Photographs, Sketches, and Maps (Phenix City, Alabama: Columbus Productions, Inc, 1991), p 199-200, Henry Coffey (1748 - ) C-1, and Family.