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Hi, Mary!
Dear,there are several Greshams mixed up or out of place in your outline and I'd love to help clear that up. What I've done is to re-paste your letter,and then in parentheses, I've made the corrections necessary to get the lines straight. Keep in mind that nothing you see on Ancestry.com is accurate on these families if it contains any entries from OneWorldTree, as that tree and all trees which have merged it, are all drastically erroneous. Here are the correct facts on the persons you listed:
"Dr. Gary Cofield,
I too am from Gresham Cofield. [WHICH ONE? THERE WERE ELEVEN.]
Gresham father was Benjamin Cofield B. Nassemaul Co. Va.
D. 1770 Twiggs Co. Ga,[NO. INCORRECT. THE BENJAMIN WHO WAS FATHER TO GRESHAM DID NOT DIE IN TWIGGS. HE DIED IN EDGECOMBE COUNTY, NC. "about" 1770. NO. HE DID NOT MARRY ANYONE NAMED ROSEANNAH. THAT IS A MYTH.]
Married Roseanah she was born in Edgecombe co, NC
Both buried in Edgecombe Co.[INCORRECT.THE BENJAMIN WHO HAD A SON NAMED GRESHAM IS BURIED THERE, BUT HIS SON, GRESHAM WAS BURIED NEAR HIS HOME IN KENTUCKY, NOT NORTH CAROLINA,AND HE WAS NEVER IN GEORGIA. THE GEORGIA GRESHAM IS ANOTHER MAN ALTOGETHER.]
They Had Three Children
Gresham b. 1763 nc. d. 1872 Twiggs Co.Ga. [INCORRECT. THERE IS NO GRESHAM OF THAT ERA WHO LIVED UNTIL 1872. GRESHAM FROM EDGECOMBE DIED IN KENTUCKY. GRESHAM OF GEORGIA DIED IN TWIGGS, but NOT IN 1872. THE GEORGIA GRESHAM'S ESTATE WAS SETTLED BY KELLY GLOVER IN TWIGGS GA. IN 1826. HAVE COPIES IF YOU WANT TO SEE IT. WE ALSO HAVE THE TENNESSEE/KENTUCKY WILL OF THE OTHER GRESHAM, SON OF BENJAMIN, WHO IS NOT THE SAME AS THE GEORGIA GRESHAM.]
Benjamin Cofield
Ann Cofield Married a Jones [THESE ARE NOT THE ONLY THREE KIDS, but YES, ANN MARRIED JOHN JONES, WENT TO GEORGIA. WE HAVE THEIR ENTIRE LINE LAID OUT FROM EDGECOMBE TO GEORGIA IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE IT, DOWN TO MODERN DAY DESCENDANTS.]
Gresham Cofield M. Patience Sessums Daughter of Richard Sessums [THIS IS THE GRESHAM, SON OF BENJAMIN, WHO MOVED TO TENNESSEE COUNTY, NC {what Tennessee was called before it became a state} AND THEN KENTUCKY. HE WAS MARRIED TO PAITENCE AND NAMES HER IN HIS WILL,WHICH WE HAVE. THIS iS NOT THE GRESHAM OF GEORGIA/TWIGGS. TOTALLY DIFFERENT MAN.]
Gresham Cofield is Buried at Liberty Cemetery Randolph Co. Al.[THERE IS NO GRESHAM OF THAT ERA BURIED AT LIBERTY. GRESHAM OF GEORGIA iS BELIEVED TO HAVE BEEN BURIED ON THE FAMILY FARM AT MARION,TWIGGS, GA, in 1826, but THERE IS NO RECORD AND NO EVIDENCE OF THIS. AT ANY RATE, HE DIED IN TWIGGS CO., GA in 1826 between JAN.AND JUNE.]
He Serviced in the Revolutionary War [BOTH OF THESE GRESHAMS SERVED IN THE REVOLUTION. THE TN/KY GRESHAM, SON OF BENJAMIN, WAS A LIFELONG PATRIOT WHO FOUGHT TORIES ALL OVER NC AND SC. THE OTHER GRESHAM, THE ONE FROM TWIGGS, WAS 15 WHEN THE REVOLUTION STARTED, BUT WAS LATER GRANTED LAND IN APPLING AND TWIGGS FOR REV.SERVICE, AND OUR TEAM'S BEST ESTIMATE IS THAT HE EARNED HIS REV.SERVICE GRANT WHILE FIGHTING ALONGSIDE SOLOMON SLATTER AT THE BURNING OF SUFFOLK {VIRGINIA}]
Children :
Thomas Nathan Cofield B. 1790 Edgecombe Co. NC
D. 1872 Randolph Co. Al.
Willis Cofield B. 03-10-1778 D. 11-09-1850 Troup Co. Ga.
[YES, YOU HAVE THE CHILDREN PARTIALLY CORRECT. THOMAS NATHAN IS MY FOREBEAR, WILLIS IS ALSO "PROBABLY" A SON OF GRESHAM. HOWEVER, NEITHER GOT THE LAND FROM THE REV. SERVICE WAR GRANT. THE DAUGHTER, STILL LIVING WITH GRESHAM'S WIDOW, SARAH,GOT THAT LAND. WE HAVE COPIES OF ALL THESE DOCUMENTS IF YOU'D LIKE TO SEE THEM.]
[THERE IS SO MUCH CONFUSION ON THE GRESHAMS THAT I UNDERSTAND HOW EASY IT IS TO GET CONFUSED. IF YOU WOULD LIKE ANY MATTERS ON GRESHAM OF GEORGIA CLEARED UP, LET ME KNOW. WE HAVE THE DOCUMENTS, PHOTOGRAPHED THEM OURSELVES OVER THREE STATES, ALL SHOWING THE TRUE FACTS ABOUT GRESHAM OF TWIGGS, GA, AND SHOWING WHY IT IS IMPOSSIBLE THAT ANYTHING ABOUT HIM IN ANYONE'S TREE ON ANCESTRY.COM IS CORRECT. MARY, NONE OF THOSE TREES ARE REMOTELY ACCURATE, AS THEY ARE ALMAGAMATIONS OF TWO DIFFERENT MEN WHO WERE SIMPLY DISTANT COUSINS WITH THE SAME NAME. NOW, WHICH GRESHAM ARE YOU DESCENDED FROM? THE SON OF BENJAMIN, OR THE GRESHAM OF GEORGIA? INCIDENTALLY, THE ONE FROM GEORGIA WAS THE SON OF DANIEL COFFIELD OF NANSEMOND VIRGINIA. THAT'S THE LINE THAT LEADS TO THOMAS NATHAN. HOPE THIS HELPS AND I LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING FROM YOU.]
Thomas is buried at Liberty Church of Christ Cemetery.
Rondolph Co, Al.
Census 1830 Carroll Co. Ca.
Found in War of 1812
He Married Nancy Hughes 12-22-1814 Morgam Co, Ga
Nancy was b. 1795 Putman Co, Ga, D. 1850 Troup Co. Ga. Then M. Martha Fowler 1844 B. 1817 Ga,
Nancy is Buried at Harmony Congrigational Methodist Church
Son James Gillum Cofield 03-16-1822 Ga, D. 03-27-1908
and six other children.
Hope this helps I have been to most of the cemeterys in al.
Have a Blessed Day
Mary
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