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From: "Steve & Ruth Ann Coffman" <>
Subject: [COFFMAN-L] War of 1812
Date: Sat, 28 Oct 2000 09:21:51 -0400

Got this from another list.

Hi Folks,
Sierra is offering a free search of their War of 1812
database for a limited time at:
http://www.sierrahome.com/familytree/records/

There is a Joseph Coffman, Rhinehart Coffman, and a Robert Coffman, all
members of Bunch's Regiment (1814), East Tennessee Militia.
Can anyone shed any light on these Coffman's?


More on Bunch's Regiment:

Colonel Samuel Bunch, 2nd Regiment of East Tennessee Militia, Jan - May
1814. Men mostly from Clairborne, Grainger, Washington, Jefferson, Knox,
Blount, Cocke, Greene, Hawkins, Rhea, and Sevier Counties.

Andrew Jackson's official report of the Battle of Horseshoe Bend (Mar 27,
1814) mentions that "a few companies" of Colonel Bunch were part of the
right line of the American forces at this engagement. Men from this
regiment remained at Fort Williams prior to Horseshoe Bend to guard the
post - provision returns indicate that there were 283 men from Bunch's
regiment in the fort at the time of the battle. This regiment was in
General George Doherty's Brigade and many of the men stayed after the
enlistment expiration of May 1814 to guard the posts at Fort Strother and
Fort Williams until June/July 1814. The line of march went through Camp
Ross (near present-day Chattanooga), Fort Armstrong, and Fort Jackson.

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