ROBERT FLETCHER7 COE (Rev. Isaac6, Rev. John Jr.5, Capt. John4, Daniel3, Timothy2, Timothy1) was born May 29, 1829, in Guilford County, NC. In 1850 he was living as a single man in the home of Hugh and Elizabeth Lewis in Henry County, VA (Henry County, VA, borders Rockingham County, NC). He was named co-administrator of the estate of Eliza D. Coe in Randolph County, NC, February 8, 1859. Listed next to his brother Alson and his father Isaac in the 1860 census of Randolph County, he later lived in Alamance, Orange and Rockingham Counties, NC.
He was commissioned from the Julian District of Randolph County, May 3, 1862, as a first lieutenant with Company G, 64th Regiment, North Carolina State Militia. Used as a reserve force against Federal invasion, the militia saw most of its action maintaining internal order. By early 1863 most of the militia had been incorporated into the Confederate army, except officers who were exempt. Afterward made up of a corps of officers only, their duties consisted of hunting down draft-dodgers, deserters and disloyal Unionists, and delivering them to Confederate military authorities. They also administered state laws pertaining to the conscription of slaves and free Blacks for work on state and Confederate military installations. Hazardous duty, militia officers became targets of militant Unionists, deserters and others who threatened, tortured and even killed a few. It was not uncommon for their homes and crops to be destroyed, their livestock stolen or their barns burned.
After the war he was a trustee of Midway Methodist Protestant Episcopal Church, located just across the Guilford/Rockingham County line, in Rockingham County. On October 19, 1866, James T. Whitsett sold two and one half acres, located on Lindsey Street, Midway, to Robert Coe, Levi W. Shaw, James T. Whitsett, Alfred M. Whitsett, and Jack Roach, trustees of the Methodist Church, for $.50. He and his sons William and Benjamin registered to vote in High Point Township, Guilford County, in 1902. A farmer, he died January 1, 1905, in Rockingham County.
He married (1) Martha E. Griffeth, born 1835, daughter of Willis and Agnes (Jones) Griffeth of Henry County, VA. He married (2) July 27, 1873, in Henry County, Susan E. Cross, born June 30, 1848, died December 8, 1925, at Reidsville, NC, daughter of William and Cely (Sutton) Cross. Burial was at High Point Cemetery.
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He was commissioned from the Julian District of Randolph County, May 3, 1862, as a first lieutenant with Company G, 64th Regiment, North Carolina State Militia. Used as a reserve force against Federal invasion, the militia saw most of its action maintaining internal order. By early 1863 most of the militia had been incorporated into the Confederate army, except officers who were exempt. Afterward made up of a corps of officers only, their duties consisted of hunting down draft-dodgers, deserters and disloyal Unionists, and delivering them to Confederate military authorities. They also administered state laws pertaining to the conscription of slaves and free Blacks for work on state and Confederate military installations. Hazardous duty, militia officers became targets of militant Unionists, deserters and others who threatened, tortured and even killed a few. It was not uncommon for their homes and crops to be destroyed, their livestock stolen or their barns burned.
After the war he was a trustee of Midway Methodist Protestant Episcopal Church, located just across the Guilford/Rockingham County line, in Rockingham County. On October 19, 1866, James T. Whitsett sold two and one half acres, located on Lindsey Street, Midway, to Robert Coe, Levi W. Shaw, James T. Whitsett, Alfred M. Whitsett, and Jack Roach, trustees of the Methodist Church, for $.50. He and his sons William and Benjamin registered to vote in High Point Township, Guilford County, in 1902. A farmer, he died January 1, 1905, in Rockingham County.
He married (1) Martha E. Griffeth, born 1835, daughter of Willis and Agnes (Jones) Griffeth of Henry County, VA. He married (2) July 27, 1873, in Henry County, Susan E. Cross, born June 30, 1848, died December 8, 1925, at Reidsville, NC, daughter of William and Cely (Sutton) Cross. Burial was at High Point Cemetery.
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ROBERT FLETCHER7 COE (Rev. Isaac6, Rev. John Jr.5, Capt. John4, Daniel3, Timothy2, Timothy1) was born May 29, 1829, in Guilford County, NC. In 1850 he was living as a single man in the home of Hugh and Elizabeth Lewis in Henry County, VA (Henry County, VA, borders Rockingham County, NC). He was named co-administrator of the estate of Eliza D. Coe in Randolph County, NC, February 8, 1859. Listed next to his brother Alson and his father Isaac in the 1860 census of Randolph County, he later lived in Alamance, Orange and Rockingham Counties, NC.
He was commissioned from the Julian District of Randolph County, May 3, 1862, as a first lieutenant with Company G, 64th Regiment, North Carolina State Militia. Used as a reserve force against Federal invasion, the militia saw most of its action maintaining internal order. By early 1863 most of the militia had been incorporated into the Confederate army, except officers who were exempt. Afterward made up of a corps of officers only, their duties consisted of hunting down draft-dodgers, deserters and disloyal Unionists, and delivering them to Confederate military authorities. They also administered state laws pertaining to the conscription of slaves and free Blacks for work on state and Confederate military installations. Hazardous duty, militia officers became targets of militant Unionists, deserters and others who threatened, tortured and even killed a few. It was not uncommon for their homes and crops to be destroyed, their livestock stolen or their barns burned.
After the war he was a trustee of Midway Methodist Protestant Episcopal Church, located just across the Guilford/Rockingham County line, in Rockingham County. On October 19, 1866, James T. Whitsett sold two and one half acres, located on Lindsey Street, Midway, to Robert Coe, Levi W. Shaw, James T. Whitsett, Alfred M. Whitsett, and Jack Roach, trustees of the Methodist Church, for $.50. He and his sons William and Benjamin registered to vote in High Point Township, Guilford County, in 1902. A farmer, he died January 1, 1905, in Rockingham County.
He married (1) Martha E. Griffeth, born 1835, daughter of Willis and Agnes (Jones) Griffeth of Henry County, VA. He married (2) July 27, 1873, in Henry County, Susan E. Cross, born June 30, 1848, died December 8, 1925, at Reidsville, NC, daughter of William and Cely (Sutton) Cross. Burial was at High Point Cemetery.
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He was commissioned from the Julian District of Randolph County, May 3, 1862, as a first lieutenant with Company G, 64th Regiment, North Carolina State Militia. Used as a reserve force against Federal invasion, the militia saw most of its action maintaining internal order. By early 1863 most of the militia had been incorporated into the Confederate army, except officers who were exempt. Afterward made up of a corps of officers only, their duties consisted of hunting down draft-dodgers, deserters and disloyal Unionists, and delivering them to Confederate military authorities. They also administered state laws pertaining to the conscription of slaves and free Blacks for work on state and Confederate military installations. Hazardous duty, militia officers became targets of militant Unionists, deserters and others who threatened, tortured and even killed a few. It was not uncommon for their homes and crops to be destroyed, their livestock stolen or their barns burned.
After the war he was a trustee of Midway Methodist Protestant Episcopal Church, located just across the Guilford/Rockingham County line, in Rockingham County. On October 19, 1866, James T. Whitsett sold two and one half acres, located on Lindsey Street, Midway, to Robert Coe, Levi W. Shaw, James T. Whitsett, Alfred M. Whitsett, and Jack Roach, trustees of the Methodist Church, for $.50. He and his sons William and Benjamin registered to vote in High Point Township, Guilford County, in 1902. A farmer, he died January 1, 1905, in Rockingham County.
He married (1) Martha E. Griffeth, born 1835, daughter of Willis and Agnes (Jones) Griffeth of Henry County, VA. He married (2) July 27, 1873, in Henry County, Susan E. Cross, born June 30, 1848, died December 8, 1925, at Reidsville, NC, daughter of William and Cely (Sutton) Cross. Burial was at High Point Cemetery.
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