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Jun 02, 1772 Prince Edward County, Virginia, United States Died on 07 Jul 1833 (aged 61)
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About John Coffee
- John R.
- Coffee (June 2, 1772 – July 7, 1833) was an American planter and state militia general in Tennessee.
- He commanded troops under General Andrew Jackson during the Creek Wars (1813–14) and during the Battle of New Orleans in the War of 1812. During his presidency, Jackson appointed Coffee as his representative, along with Secretary of War John Eaton, to negotiate treaties with Southeast American Indian tribes to accomplish removal, a policy authorized by Congressional passage of the Indian Removal Act of 1830.
- Coffee negotiated the Treaty of Dancing Rabbit Creek of 1830 with the Choctaw by which they ceded their lands, and started negotiations with the Chickasaw, but they did not conclude a treaty until after his death.
