Person:James Crockett (34)

Watchers
James Anthony 'Asher' Crockett
m. 11 Sep 1800
  1. Peter Crockett1804 - 1863
  2. Margaret "Elizabeth" Crockett1808 -
  3. Charlotte CrockettAbt 1812 -
  4. Andrew Johnson Crockett1813 - 1907
Facts and Events
Name James Anthony 'Asher' Crockett
Alt Name James Anderson
Gender Male
Birth[1] Sep 1760 Hampshire County, Virginia
Marriage 11 Sep 1800 Christiansburg, Montgomery County, Virginiato Sarah Blankenship
Death[1] 16 Jan 1845 Millers Fork, Wayne County, Virginia

Military Service

American Revolutionary War Veteran

Revolutionary War Pension Information

Information from “Virginia/West Virginia Genealogical Data from Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Records”, Vol. 1, compiled by Patrick G. Wardell, Lt. Col. U.S. Army Ret. :

Anderson, James, alias Asher Crockett, entered service 1778 in Hampshire County, Virginia; born there 9/1760; granted Pension 1832 in Cabell County, Virginia; medical certificate from Montgomery County, Virginia, shows soldier used name of Asher Crockett when married there to Sarah Blankenship on 9/11/1800 & enlisted under the name of James Anderson; soldier died 1/16/1845 at Millers Fork, Wayne County, Virginia; widow granted Pension age 69, Wayne County, Virginia & died there 9/9/1862 leaving children: Andrew Crockett, Elizabeth (wife of Joseph Kelly), & Charlotte (wife of Edward Miller); son Andrew J. Crockett resided 1877 in Wayne County, West Virginia; query letter in file in 1900 from descendant Gertrude Crockett, Kansas City, Missouri. R56.

References
  1. 1.0 1.1 Ancestry.com. Public Member Trees: (Note: not considered a reliable primary source).