Gen. John Coffee (1772-1833) was a soldier, plantation owner, and surveyor who served under Gen. Andrew Jackson during the War of 1812 and the Creek War of 1813-14 and was Alabama's first surveyor general. Coffee County is named in his honor.
John Coffee
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Courtesy of the Alabama Department of Archives and History
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