Christopher Coy Born: 1761 Died: 12 Oct 1839 Plot:
Revolutionary War veteran (monument in Melton Family Cem) Where born: Somerset MD Where died: Bridgeport IL Son of: John & Sarah Coy Married: Elizabeth Tucker (1754 MD-1847 Bridgeport) Children: - Samuel (1777 MD-1846 MO) -
Elizabeth (1792 MD-1892; m1: Benjamin F Melton; m2: Richard Fowler) -
John II (1793 MD-1865 Greene IN) -
Charles (1775 MD Where died: Lawrence Co IL) -
Anna Maria -
Jerusha (1789 MD-1800 Madison KY); "He enlisted in 1779 under Capt. Henry Gaither, and Col. William Smallwood, serving to the close of the war. He was in the siege of Yorktown. He removed to Kentucky and from there to Lawrence county, Illinois, where he died October 12, 1839. He was pensioned." "Illinois Revolutionary War Veteran Burials", 1917
