SAMUEL CRAWFORD & JENNET MASON by Linda Sparks Starr 1/93 He the son of William per Bedford Co. Deed Book C-3, page 420-1; she the daughter of John per Augusta Co. Will Book III, p. 52. Their marriage per Botetourt Co. Marriage Bond dated 23 MAR 1771 with security John Mills Jr. Since husbands were usually older than wives, I position his birth as ca.1745-1750 for she "of law ful age" on the bond--thus at least 21 in 1771. I position her birth specifically as spring 1750. She does not appear in the Rev. John Craig's baptismal records (which ends in 1749); however, her elder brother John was baptized 7 MAR 1749. There fore she was born after MAR 1749 but by MAR 1750 to be "of legal age" MAR of 1771. She was born in then Augusta Co. VA; Samuel's birthplace is yet to be determined. Samuel and his brother James first appear in the VA valley records ca1770. Together they purchased 212 acres on Goose Creek in what was then thought to be or was Bedford Co. 27 MAR 1770. Apparently no one has systematically located all the land Samuel acquired in VA; neither has anyone located all the references to him in various records. The following may only be a sampling. from Annals of SW VA 1769-1800 by Lewis Preston Summers: 10 OCT 1770 Alexander Evans sold to Samuel 103 acres for L20 26 DEC 1770 Samuel and James Crawford witnesses to property transaction--John Wills to John Wills. [see above marriage bond--should this read "Mills"?] 12 AUG 1778 Samuel was ordered to view road; same order was given again in OCT; 11 FEB 1779 report was returned. In the same session he was again ordered to view another road; this report was returned 13 MAY 1779. 8 NOV 1785 Samuel was ordered to view road 10 FEB 1789 Samuel Crawford (Roan Oak) was appointed Valuer of Property. [This the first use of the designation "Roan Oak" suggesting another Samuel Crawford (there are six on the 1787 tax rolls) is beginning to appear in court records. [Mrs. Coulter says there was an older Samuel who died 1790's whose probate records are under "Andrew".] "Our" Samuel is possibly the one appointed Processioner in 14 AUG 1795. VA Land Deeds from Margaret Elgin: 9 SEP 1772 Samuel and Jennet sold 103 acres to John Johnson Jr. [This the land they purchased from Alex. Evans in OCT 1770- see above.] 15 SEP 1779 Samuel purchased 245 acres from Thomas Akens 9 SEP 1788 Samuel & Jennet sold 170 acres to Matthew Wilson 1793 transaction of 191 acres [unspecified] 1793 they sold land to Jeremiah Pate APR 1798 they sold 300 acres to Jeremiah Pate from Burton's Botetourt Co. VA: It's Men 1770-1777 "our" Samuel Crawford appears on the tax list in 1772 and 1775 from "Stone House at Cloverdale to South Roanoke River". Fothergill & Naugh VA Taxpayers 1782-1787 shows one Samuel in Botetourt Co. taxed with one poll (white male over 21) plus one slave and the other Samuel with just one poll. Per Kegley's VA Frontiers the 1783 tax roll for Capt. Neely's Co. (all residents east of Peter's Creek near the Great Lick) includes Samuel Crawford Sr. who was taxed with 10 horses, 12 cattle and had no slaves. This is probably "ours" for Jennet's brother Joseph Mason was in the same tax district; he had 1 horse and 1 cow. Yantis's 1787 VA Tax Payers from Botetourt Co. shows three Samuel Crawfords as heads of households. One Samuel is taxed for 0 white males between 16 and 21; 2 Blacks above 16; 0 Blacks under 16; 7 horses and 12 cattle and another with 1 white male above 16; no Blacks; 10 horses and 23 cattle. "Our" Samuel is one of those for the other "head of household" is taxed for only 4 horses. Three other Samuels appear on the rolls--two over 21 and one between 16 and 21--who were all living in other CRAWFORD households. Per Robert Stoner A Seed-Bed of the Republic: Early Botetourt "our" Samuel was registered for recruitment in the Revolutionary War in the 15th District along with Jennet's brothers Joseph and James. Another Samuel Crawford was registered in the 10th dis- trict. Kentucky I suspect Samuel or his agent chose the land he desired in KY during 1796 or as late as the summer of 1797. We learn from Old Kentucky Surveys & Grants that he was granted 1000 acres in (then) Hardin Co. on Rock Lick Creek 6 AUG 1798; this land was surveyed for him 18 NOV 1797. Samuel and Jennet purchased several additional tracts of land in the areas that became Breckinridge and Ohio Counties; much of this was given to their children. They resided in what became Ohio Co. for he appears on the 1810 and 1820 Ohio Co. KY census per Ohio County, Kentucky 1810-1840 Censuses transcribed by Rowena Lawson. His household in 1810 consisted of one male 16 26 and Samuel and Jennet--both over 45. His 1820 household showed just Samuel and his then wife Elizabeth plus 18 slaves. This Samuel reportedly served as either a Commissioned Officer from Breckinridge Co. in the War of 1812 or as a private in Capt. Kincheloe's Co. of Mounted Volunteer Militia summer 1813; I suspect the reporter is mistaking his son for him for this Samuel would have been nearing 70 years of age and resided in Ohio Co. at the time. Jennet's name last appears on an Ohio Co. Deed 11 JUL 1810; she died sometime between this date and 11 FEB 1818 when Samuel wrote his will naming his then wife Mary Elizabeth (Blacklock). Samuel died shortly before 12 NOV 1821 (date of probate) in Ohio Co. KY. He had 18 slaves at the time of his death; he have already given most of his children their portions, so left his second wife Elizabeth the bulk of his estate including the plantation on which he lived. Children from will of Jennet's brother James Mason located in Botetourt Co. VA Will Book B, p. 183; James identifies these as his neices and nephews and children of Samuel and Jennet Craw- ford. Jennet, his sister and best friend, received his mulatto "Nelly". Samuel was named as one of his executors. [Children are verified as heirs of Samuel in Ohio Co. KY Deed Book Q, page 134-37.] from Kentucky Ancestors vol. 17, No. 2, OCT 1981 (1) William was first son b. 1771 died 1845 in Illinois. He married 1798 Malinda Harden (1780-ca.1826 KY) in Kentucky. from copy of manuscript sent by Nellie Fern Baker: (1) William b. DEC 1771 married Malinda Harden 15 FEB 1798 in Hardin Co. KY. (2) Mary "Polly" b. 18 NOV 1771 married 6 APR 1789 Edward Pate in Botetourt Co. VA. She died before 1857. (3) Jane "Jenny" b. AUG 1773 m. 20 OCT 1792 John Pate in Botetourt Co. VA. She died before 1857. (4) Eleanor "Ellen" b. 6 FEB 1777 d. 19 AUG 1817. She married 12 SEP 1799 James Jennings (5) Margaret "Peggy" b. 4 FEB 1779 d. 20 FEB 1862. She married Joseph Allen 11 JUN 1803 in Breckinridge Co. KY. [Exchange, vol II No. 2 p26 AUG 1989 gives the date of her death as 2 FEB 1862. It also gives Joseph the rank of "Capt."] (6) Samuel Jr. b. 25 JAN 1781 d. 23 MAY 1824. He married Theodocia Earl Compton 16 FEB 1806. (7) [from Margaret Elgin]: Mason b. 15 JAN 1783 Botetourt co. VA d. 25 MAR 1865 in Ursa, Adams Co. Illinois. He married first Mary Jane McCreery 10 FEB 1805 at Hartford, Ohio Co. KY and second Susan Allenthorpe. He had 13 children with Mary Jane and 7 with Susan. [Hildy Crawford exchange p58 says Mary Jane (McCreery) Crawford died 7 JUL 1826.] William, son of Susan, b. 10 MAY 1829 Jane, dau Mary Jane b. 9 MAY 1808 (8) Sarah "Sally" b. ca. 1784 married George Jackson 20 DEC 1802 in Breckinridge Co. KY.