John Coffee Slave Cemetery

John Coffee Slave Cemetery

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

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.

Ashley Pentecost, University of North Alabama

University of North Alabama archives

Alabama cultural resource survey

Early nineteenth century