Monteville P. and Melie (Pierce) Coley       Monteville Patton Coley was born August 9, 1833 in Georgia.  He married in Lumpkin County on October 5, 1856 to Mahaley Parmelia Pierce, who was born September 22, 1839 in Hall County, GA, the daughter of Wilson Pierce and Nancy Barton.  They had eleven children and lived in Lumpkin, Hall, Banks and Habersham Counties.  Monteville enlisted on August 31, 1861 in Co. G. 23rd Regiment, Georgia Volunteer Infantry for Cherokee County.  He was hospitalized on December 10, 1861 at Richmond, VA and discharged at Yorktown VA on January 2, 1862.  Monteville died July 5, 1902 in Habersham County, and Melie died January 22, 1917 in Ocilla, Irwin County, GA, where she had recently moved to live with her son. Their children were: Wilson Jasper b. 1857 Nancy Ann b. 1860 William Andrew b. 1862 Monteville Jackson b. 1864 Armanda Janie b. 1866 Washington Wiley b. 1868 Samuel Balem b. 1871 Rachel Aveliane b. 1873 Harete Julyan Frances b. 1875 Henry Perry b. 1877 Margaret Malindy Elizabeth b. 1880   Photo courtesy of Gwen Coley Ivester Submitted by: