Name derivation:Named in honor of General John Coffee, who built the "Coffee Road" that helped get supplies to the men fighting the First Seminole War, and oversaw federal troops in Chereokee Georgia from 1830-1832, prior to the Trail of Tears. He was a friend and close associate of Andrew Jackson. Served as state senator, 1819-1827, elected to the U.S. House three times (he only served 2 terms because of his death prior to his third election.
Acquisition: Creek cession of Aug. 9, 1814
Taken from: Clinch County, Georgia, Irwin County, Georgia, Telfair County, Georgia, Ware County, Georgia
Counties created from: Atkinson County, Georgia, Berrien County, Georgia, Jeff Davis County, Georgia
Cities: Douglas (county seat), Ambrose, Broxton, Nicholls


Web sites:National Register of Historic Places in Coffee County, Georgia
Coffee County, Georgia, links