May 20, 1875 Winnie Coffee (ca. 1855-1933) married Richard Jackson (ca. 1850-1916) in Lauderdale County. According to her 1933 death certificate (death certificates are not always reliable in this regard) Winnie was the daughter of "Jimmy Coffee" and "Rebecca Birdon" [sic].

Richard was enumerated in his extant federal census enumerations as a "mulatto" indicating mixed white and black ancestry however we don't know who his parents were. There is a 16 year-old "Dick" Jackson in 1870 living in the house of Casey (1830-) and Adline (1831-) Jackson in the Oakland Beat (T2SR11W) near the old Forks of Cypress Plantation; Dick had a brother named Simon and Richard Jackson named one of his sons "Simon." James Jackson Sr's (1782-1840) estate inventory recorded a slave named "Dick," valued at $800 which may be this Dick. So this Dick may or may not be the same Richard Jackson who was the husband of Winnie Coffee and died in 1916.

Winnie, also was enumerated as a mulatto in her 1910 census enumeration.

Richard's wife Winnie's 1910 census enumeration says she was the mother of 5 children, three still living. The known Jackson children were:

1. Cornelious Jackson (ca. 1872-)

2. Emily Jackson (ca. 1876-)

3. Sallie Jackson (ca. 1878-)

4. Simon Jackson (ca. 1886-1933)

5. Unnkown Jackson

Richard Coffee was a farmer who in 1910 was living on Cloverdale Road, about 3 miles north of Florence very near the old John Coffee Hickory Hill Plantation. Richard was also apparently something of a barbecue chef, "who did the barbecuing to such perfection" for "so many delightful barbecues at the Pumping Station, for the past few years."

In June of 1916 Richard became ill and prominent white residents Frank Irvine and Judge JJ Mitchell started a relief fund for Jackson. Sadly, Richard Jackson died on July 6, 1916. As his death certificate records his place of burial as "Petersville," we take this to indicate his burial in the John Coffee Servants' Cemetery in Petersville on the Cloverdale Road. His widow Winnie and at least one of his children, Simon, are also buried there.

Winnie Coffee Jackson died on February 9, 1933 at her current residence of 151 Wildwood Avenue in Florence. At the time of her death her occupation was as a midwife.

According to her death certificate the causes of death were "Influenza - age - weak heart." According to her death certificate she was 73 years old (she was probably five years older than that). Her death certificate records her place of burial as the "Bill Coffee Cemetery," which is a description for the Hickory Hill Plantation Slave Cemetery on Cloverdale Road, as the General's son William "Bill" (1830-1902) Coffee owned the property for a while before his death. It was known by locals as the "Bill Coffee Cemetery."

Sources:

James Jackson's Estate, Lauderdale County Inventory Record A-4, 1840-1844, p 190.

Lauderdale County, Alabama Marriage Record A, p. 433.

1880 US census, Lauderdale County, Alabama, p. 99 D.

1910 US Census, Lauderdale Co., AL, p. 16 B

"The Barbecue Chef," Florence Times, Friday, June 30, 1916, p. 4.

Richard Jackson's death notice from "Personal and Local News Items," Florence Times, Friday, July 14, 1916, p. 1.

Richard Jackson's death certificate from Familysearch.

Winnie Jackson's death certificate from Familysearch.