John Coffee Slave Cemetery

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Title

John Coffee Slave Cemetery

Subject

African-American History; Lauderdale County, AL; Cemeteries; Florence, AL

Description

John Coffee was born in 1772 and served under Andrew Jackson in the War of 1812. John Coffee was one of the founding fathers of Florence and had a plantation northeast of Florence. Two acres were deeded separately to contain the family cemetery, as well as the slave cemetery. The slave cemetery has no original markers, but it has been determined that over 100 graves are present. The Florence Historical Board has marked the graves that could be located with stone markers.

Creator

Ashley Pentecost, University of North Alabama

Source

University of North Alabama archives

Publisher

Alabama cultural resource survey

Date

Early nineteenth century