Florence in Lauderdale County, Alabama — The American South (East South Central)

General John Coffee

Home Site and Grave

Photographed by Sandra Hughes, June 23, 2009

1. General John Coffee Marker

Inscription.
Cavalry Commander under Andrew Jackson throughout War of 1812:
(Creek War, Pensacola, New Orleans).
Negotiated many treaties ceding Indian lands to U.S. Made original surveys of Tennessee Valley.

Erected by Alabama Historical Association.

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Indigenous Peoples and Communities • Settlements & Settlers • War of 1812. In addition, it is included in the Alabama Historical Association, and the Former U.S. Presidents: #07 Andrew Jackson series lists. A significant historical year for this entry is 1812.

Location. 34° 50.457′ N, 87° 41.295′ W. Marker is in Florence, Alabama, in Lauderdale County. It is on Cloverdale Road (Alabama Route 157) north of Cox Creek Parkway ( Route 133). Just off N. Cox Creek Pkwy head East past CVS Pharmacy on left. The Coffee home burn down but family cemetery is still there and is on private property. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Florence AL 35630, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in North Alabama

and in the Shoals.

It is also in the American

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South,

specifically in the Deep South,

in Appalachia,

and specifically in Southern Appalachia. Globally, it is in North America,

a Gulf of Mexico state,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

one of the Confederate States of America,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: John Coffee: 1772-1833 (approx. 0.2 miles away); Hickory Hill Plantation Slave Cemetery (approx. ¼ mile away); Florence's Early Water Tower 1890 (approx. 1.1 miles away); Governor Hugh McVay Home Site and Cemetery (approx. 1.6 miles away); Ante-Bellum Cotton Mills 1840 (approx. 1.6 miles away); Larimore Home (approx. 1.7 miles away); Homer Givens (approx. 1.7 miles away); North Wood United Methodist Church (approx. 1.7 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Florence.

Regarding General John Coffee. Cemetery Wall
The cemetery is completely surrounded with a brick wall about 4 or 5 ft tall with a set of steps on the inside of

General John Coffee Cemetery image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Sandra Hughes, September 8, 2010

2. General John Coffee Cemetery

the wall none on the outside. One can peer over the solid brick wall to see the tombstones. The cemetery is accessible to the public from the Walmart parking lot at 2701 Cloverdale Rd, Florence, AL. To the west of the family cemetery is the Coffee slave cemetery, which has only one existing tombstone. Walmart takes care of both of these Coffee cemeteries.

Also see . . . Findagrave John Coffee. General John R Coffee son of Captain Joshua and Elizabeth (Graves) Coffee married Mary Donalson, 3 Oct 1809 in Davidson Co., TN. (Submitted on September 3, 2010, by Sandra Hughes Tidwell of Killen, Alabama, USA.)

General John Coffee Marker (the tall one) image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Sandra Hughes, September 8, 2010

3. General John Coffee Marker (the tall one)

General John Coffee Cemetery showing the inside steps image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Sandra Hughes, September 8, 2010

4. General John Coffee Cemetery showing the inside steps

Path leading to Cemetery image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Sandra Hughes, September 8, 2010

5. Path leading to Cemetery

Internet Archive

6. John Coffee

From Harper's Encyclopædia of United States History from 458 A.D. to 1905 by Benson John Lossing and Woodrow Wilson 1905, Vol. 2, page 230.

Credits. This page was last revised on June 29, 2026. It was originally submitted on September 3, 2010, by Sandra Hughes Tidwell of Killen, Alabama, USA. This page has been viewed 2,550 times since then and 76 times this year. Last updated on June 28, 2026, by Rebecca Lew of Oak Ridge, Tennessee. Photos: 1. submitted on September 3, 2010, by Sandra Hughes Tidwell of Killen, Alabama, USA. 2, 3, 4, 5. submitted on September 8, 2010, by Sandra Hughes Tidwell of Killen, Alabama, USA. 6. submitted on January 24, 2024, by Allen C. Browne of Silver Spring, Maryland. • Devry Becker Jones was the editor who published this page.