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Facts and Events
John Crawford was one of the Early Settlers of Augusta County, Virginia
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Land Records
- Page 26. February 5, 1770. William Preston and Susannah his wife to John Crawford, Jr. 77 acres on Patterson Creek, a branch of Craigs Creek. [Source: Botetourt County, Virginia Deed Book 1].
Will Extract
- Crawford, John (son of John), Will probate June 1796.
- Names wife Margaret and children: John, William, Andrew, James, Samuel, Margaret. Also his brother William.
- [Source: Early Marriages, Wills and some Revolutionary War Records, Botetourt County, Virginia, Compiled by Anne Lowry Worrell, pg. 54].
Will Transcript:
- In the name of God Amen. I JOHN CRAWFORD of Botetourt County in Virginia being of Sound mind and memory. Tho weak in Body and Knowing the great uncertainty of this life do make and Ordain this my last Will and Testament in manner following to Wit;
- In the first place I commend my Soul to its great author earnestly imploring his mercy through the merrits of his dear Son Jesus Christ. my Body I desire to be decently Buried at the descretion of my Ext. hereafter named And as to my worldly Estate I do dispose of it in manner following my Will is that my loving WIFE MARGARET CRAWFORD have her living on my plantation until it is Sold and if my Said Wife Should Survive the Sale of Said Land that She Shall then live with one of my three Son's JOHN CRAWFORD, WILLIAM CRAWFORD OR ANDREW CRAWFORD. Which She Shall choose and the other Two to be at an equal Share of Expence in mantaining her during her natural Life. And whereas MY FATHER JOHN CRAWFORD Dec'd did will that the Land I and my BROTHER WILLIAM CRAWFORD now lives on Should be equeally divided between me and my Said BROTHER WILLIAM. My will is and I do hereby authorise and direct my Son JAMES CRAWFORD to divide this Land equeally to my Said Fathers Will And to make a Deed to my Said Brother WILLIAM for his half of Said Land.
- I give and bequeath to my Son SAMUEL CRAWFORD my young black mare.
- I give to my Son JOHN CRAWFORD my Bala Horse.
- I give to my Son ANDREW CRAWFORD my Horse called Martin.
- I give to my Loving wife MARGARET and my Son WILLIAM the Sorrel Mare between them.
- I give my DAUGHTER MARGARET CRAWFORD my young ___ Mare and the Cows that are called Him and her, Bed and furniture.
- My will further is that my Old mare be Sold to pay funeral Charges My will further is that the Cows Called Johns Should be Equilly divided between my three Sons JOHN, ANDREW & WILLIAM, I also will that the Waggon Be Kep for the Use of the Plantation My will further is that my Daughter MARGARET Shall be maintained by her Brothers JOHN, ANDREW & WILLIAM till She marries I also give to my Said Daughter MARGARET a Saddle.
- I give Also to my wife my Bell cow there are three Young Steers I disire should be killed for the use of the family My sheep my Wife may divide as She pleases among my Children and the hogs for the use of the family.
- I also give my Negro Woman KATE to my Wife and my Rifle give to my Son JAMES CRAWFORD.
- I give to my Son JOHN my Family Bible, my Will further is that my three youngest Sons JOHN, ANDREW & WILLIAM CRAWFORD live on my Said Plantation untill WILLIAM comes to the age of Twenty One Years and then all my lands to be Equilly divided between my Said Sons JOHN CRAWFORD, ANDREW CRAWFORD & WILLIAM CRAWFORD to them their Heirs and assigees for Ever.
- I also will that my Said Sons JOHN, ANDREW & WILLIAM CRAWFORD pay to thier BROTHER JAMES fifteen pounds Currant Money as soon as they can procure it on the Land.
- I also give to my three Sons JOHN, ANDREW & WILLIAM all my farming utensils? and the Balance of the Bond due from JOHN MOORE to purchase them Saddles and I do hereby Appoint my Sons JAMES CRAWFORD AND JOHN CRAWFORD Executors of this my last will and Testament hereby revoking all other wills in Testimony Whereof I have hereunto Set my hand and Seal the Twenty Fourth Day of September 1796.
- (signed) JOHN CRAWFORD (Seal)
- his mark
- Signed Seald and delivered
- in presence of ....................
- Edward Mitchell
- John Eager
- John Crawford Jur.
- At December Botetourt Court 1796
- This Instrument of writing purporting to be the Last Will and Testament of John Crawford dec.d was _____ in Court and proved by the Oathes of John Eager and John Crawford Witness thereto
Citations
- http://boards.ancestry.netscape.com/surnames.crawford/4885.1.2.1.1.1.1.2.1.1.1.1/mb.ashx
References
- Rootsweb Message Boards.
John Crawford of Botetourt County, Virginia had a son John Crawford, Jr. of Virginia who married his first cousin, Margaret Crawford.
They were parents of at least six children, John III, William, Andrew, James, Samuel and Margaret. The will of John Crawford, Jr. is found in Botetourt County, Virginia dated September 24, 1796, page 438. His wife, Margaret, is named. He names sons, John, William, Andrew, James and Samuel. And he names his daughter Margaret, and his brother, William. His executors were his sons James and John. The will was recorded September 1796. The appraisal of the estate and lands is on page 447, April 1797.
Samuel Crawford married Janet Mason, the daughter of John Mason and their children were: Eleanor, Mary, Janet, Peggy, Mason, Samuel Jr., William, and Sallie.
Records for this family can be confusing because two Samuel Crawford, Srs. lived in Botetourt County, Virginia, an older man and a younger man. The older Samuel was contemporary with the younger Samuel Crawford's parents, John and Margaret Crawford, and he died in Botetourt County, VA. The Circuit Court document in the Botetourt County books (on pages 296 and 297) records that the court settled this older Samuel's estate about the same time as the appraisal of John Crawford's estate. There are no heirs named on the Samuel Crawford, Sr's document, whereas John names his wife and children. One of his children was Samuel Crawford who married Janet Mason, moved to Kentucky and died in Ohio County, Kentucky.... The Kentucky Samuel Crawford who married Janet Mason was also later identified as Sr. p 265 because he had a son, Samuel Crawford, Jr.
The records on pages 296 and 297 for the Botetourt Circuit Court settlement mentioned above, is confusing because there is a note on page 297 which states that in the Order Book Samuel Crawford, Sr. (the older man) is also identified as Andrew? Crawford.....
We learn about the parents of Samuel's wife, Jane (Mason) Crawford (John Mason and Leah McKeachey of Botetourt County, Virginia) from documents regarding Major James Mason, who made several references to his sister Janet who married Samuel Crawford.
Bertha Louise Angle Nicholson Kishi, a Crawford-Mason descendant, researched
Samuel Crawford's estate matters and presented her work for publication in the Kentucky Ancestors Quarterly of the Kentucky Historical Society, Spring 1985, Volume 20, Number 4, pages 202 and 203. This documentation names eight heirs of Samuel and Janet. They were: Eleanor, Mary, Jannet (Janett), Peggy, Mason, Samuel, William, and Sarah.
http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/CRAWFORD/1999-03/0922416466
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