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William CRAWFORD

William CRAWFORD

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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  William CRAWFORD was born in 1815 (son of William CRAWFORD and Nancy DENBO).

    William married Prudence SMITH on 26 Aug 1835 in Harrison Co., IN. Prudence was born about 1810 in KY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  William CRAWFORD was born about 1773 in PA (son of Robert CRAWFORD and Mary Ann UNKNOWN); died in 1852 in Harrison Co., IN; was buried in Denbo Cemetery, Corydon, Harrison, IN.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Census: 1830, Harrison Township, Harrison, IN
    • Census: 21 Nov 1850, District 45, Harrison, IN
    • Will: 11 Feb 1852, Harrison Co., IN

    Notes:

    DNA:
    MKM

    Census:
    Free White Persons - Males - 10 thru 14 - 1 : Jonathan
    Free White Persons - Males - 15 thru 19 - 2 : William & Lewis
    Free White Persons - Males - 50 thru 59 - 1 : William
    Free White Persons - Females - 10 thru 14 - 1 : Nancy
    Free White Persons - Females - 50 thru 59 - 1 : Nancy

    Census:
    1850 census at District 45, Harrison Co., IN shows Wm Crawford, 77, farmer, b. PA and Nancy, 77, b. PA. They are enumerated immediately before Jonathan Crawford and his wife Hettie.

    Will:
    The will of William Crawford was written in February of 1852 and proved on November 16, 1852. The provisions of the will are as follows:
    All of his home farm (followed by legal description) to son Johnathan Crawford and his children and their heirs. Johnathan, in consideration of this is to keep and maintain his mother in a comfortable manner during her life and to bury her without charge after her death.
    To the children of his son Lewis he directs the executor to purchase land in the sum of three hundred dollars to be held by them and their heirs. Money to come from the sale of his personal property.
    To his son William he gives two hundred pounds of bacon.
    The residual of his personal estate is divided between his daughters Nancy Eckard and Rebecca Flanagan equally.

    Not mentioned in this will are the children of his deceased son John, our ancester being a 12 year old orphan at the time.
    Son Josiah and daughter Elizabeth are not mentioned either.
    I had assumed that Lewis Crawford was dead, given the mention of his children but I find him in the 1860 census in Taylor, Harrison, IN with his wife Catherine and two children.

    Buried:
    Find A Grave e-Memorial

    William married Nancy DENBO on 22 Sep 1796 in Shelby Co., KY. Nancy (daughter of Soloman DENBO and Ann WOODFORD) was born about 1773 in PA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Nancy DENBO was born about 1773 in PA (daughter of Soloman DENBO and Ann WOODFORD).
    Children:
    1. John CRAWFORD was born in 1797; died in 1841.
    2. Josiah Cyrus CRAWFORD was born in 1802.
    3. Elizabeth CRAWFORD was born in 1803; died in 1840; was buried in Highfill Chapel Cemetery, Taswell, Crawford, IN.
    4. Rebecca CRAWFORD was born about 1806 in KY; died on 11 Feb 1864 in Crawford Co., IN.
    5. Priscilla CRAWFORD was born in 1810; died in 1870 in Harrison Co., IN.
    6. Lewis CRAWFORD was born in 1811; died after 1860.
    7. 1. William CRAWFORD was born in 1815.
    8. Nancy CRAWFORD was born in 1816 in IN.
    9. Jonathan CRAWFORD was born on 10 May 1820 in Corydon, Harrison, IN; died on 1 Jul 1854; was buried in Denbo Cemetery, Corydon, Harrison, IN.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Robert CRAWFORD was born about 1749 in PA; died in 1803 in Hardin Co., KY.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Probate: 4 May 1803

    Notes:

    Note:
    Sons of George and Elizabeth Crawford: George and Elizabeth Crawford apparently had two sons, Robert and William. William was a veteran of the American Revolution and received a land grant in Kentucky for his service after the war. Apparently, both brothers moved to Shelby County, KY. Many family trees I have found list William Crawford (the veteran) as the father of William Crawford (born in 1769 and died in 1852) who married Nancy Denbo. However, I believe that Robert was the father of the second William. Reasons: (1) The will of Robert Crawford (died about 1803-1804, Hardin County, KY) lists a William Crawford married to Nancy Denbow as an heir. If Robert had children of his own, it seems unlikely that he would name a nephew as an heir. From Diaspora-Vol.-3-No.-3-1996.pdf: "Deed “heirs of Robert Crawford”, included Robert and Marion Denbow, William Crawford and wife (Nancy Denbow), John Crawford and wife (Polly, daughter of Solomon Denbow), and William and Peggy Highfield. (2) The William Crawford who was a veteran of the American Revolution is listed as having been born in 1762 (d. 1839, Shelby County, KY) on an application for the Sons of the American Revolution, which would make him too young to have been the father of the other William Crawford. I found reference to the birth year of Robert Crawford as being 1750, so he was older and old enough to father the second William.

    Probate:
    Heirs of Robert Crawford included Robert and Marion (Crawford) Denbow; William and Nancy (Denbo) Crawford; John and Polly/Sally (Denbo) Crawford and William and Peggy Highfield.

    Robert married Mary Ann UNKNOWNBaltimore, Baltimore, MD. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 5.  Mary Ann UNKNOWN
    Children:
    1. John CRAWFORD was born in 1768 in Shelby Co., KY; died about 1860.
    2. 2. William CRAWFORD was born about 1773 in PA; died in 1852 in Harrison Co., IN; was buried in Denbo Cemetery, Corydon, Harrison, IN.
    3. Mary Ann Marion CRAWFORD was born on 20 Jan 1774 in PA; died on 24 Feb 1856 in Harrison Co., IN; was buried in Denbo Cemetery, Corydon, Harrison, IN.
    4. Peggy CRAWFORD

  3. 6.  Soloman DENBO was born in 1750 in PA (son of John DENBOW); died after 1795 in KY.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Census: 1795, Shelby Co., KY

    Notes:

    DNA:
    MKM

    Census:
    Soloman Denboe is listed on the Tax list in Shelby Co.

    Soloman married Ann WOODFORD in 1770 in Shelby Co., KY. Ann was born in 1752 in VA; died after 1793. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 7.  Ann WOODFORD was born in 1752 in VA; died after 1793.

    Notes:

    DNA:
    MKM

    Children:
    1. Sally Polly DENBO was born in 1771 in Shelby Co., KY; died in 1832 in IN.
    2. Joseph DENBO was born in 1772 in KY.
    3. 3. Nancy DENBO was born about 1773 in PA.
    4. Mary Ann DENBO was born about 1773 in KY; died about 1795 in KY.
    5. Betsy DENBO was born in 1774 in VA; died about 1850 in Crawford Co., IN.
    6. James DENBO was born about 1777 in KY; died after 1850 in KY.


Generation: 4

  1. 12.  John DENBOW was born in 1692 (son of John DENBOW and Jane WOODFIELD).
    Children:
    1. 6. Soloman DENBO was born in 1750 in PA; died after 1795 in KY.