Person:John Crow (28)

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Date: Monday, August 17, 1998 19:13:41

> From: bing > To: MATHEW A PAGE > Subject: Re: ABRAHAM CROW > > Hi Mathew > I am sorry to say I can not bring up your attactment that you send I not > sure how to do everything on the computer this is all new to me. But all I > get is ( this file does not have a program associated with it.) > Now I 'll try another way if I knew how. But don't know what to do with it. > sorry!! The family I have is: > > Crow is of Scotch-Irish Extraction, coming to America from Scotland - a > Richardson Crow had this story > In the year 1628 John Crow from Scotland immigrated to Amierica. After > living here a few years, he liked America so well he went back to Scotland and > persuaded his three brothers, on his return to america, to come also. Now as > far as we have ever found out, the Crow Family sprung from these four brother. > the family took an active part in the Revolution. One lost his life in > the Battle of Brandywine. His descendants settled near New Castle Pa on > pension lands. One tunneled his way to safety from a British prison and later > lost his life by drowning in a well > Abraham enlisted in New Jersey according to the Roster of Revolutionary > Soldiers Buried in Ohio. > Abrahm was born in 1747. Berks co Pa he was married to Racherl Craven who > came from Holland b 1754 > Serval children were b. in Fayette co Pa in the year 1787 they moved > across the Allegheny mountains to Cross Roads, Washington co Pa. In 1814 > Abraham and his family of 9ch moved to Elkrun Twp. Columbiana co Oh. He > purchased the west half of section 15 and parceled it out amoung these > children. As this neighborhood was composed almost exclusively of persons > having the name Crow,m it was called Crowtown. > Abraham was blind for years before his death; and had to go on crutches on > account of an injury caused by running the point of a sickle into his ankle. > At the time of Abraham's death 8 oct 1844 his posterity numbered 4living ch. > and 9 ch dead 71 grandchildren living and 24dead 141 great grandchildren > living and 11 dead 3 g g grandchildren makeing in all 219 living and 44 dead. > Abraham Crow b. 1747 m 1777 Rachel Carvan b 1754 d 8 jan 1831 Elkson Oh > Their children are:

> Jesse ca 1777 m Hannah McCarter 2ndm Mahalia Crawford > John ca 178- > Abraham b10sept 1784/89 Washington co Pa d 25 dec 1843 m 14 nov 1811 Sarah > Thompson > William b ca 1786 Fayette co Pa d 25 july 1852 m 2 jan 1806 Margaret McClurg > 2ndm Hannah Stevenson > James b 5 dec 1791 Washington co Pa d 7 aug 1863 putman co oh m 3 oct > 1811Elizabeth Morland b. 23 nov 1792 Va d 21 aug 1873 they are buried in Crow > cem Greensburg twp. Putman co Oh > Thomas ca 1783 d 8 aug 1839 m 10 apr 1810 Mary McClurg > Anna(Amy) m James Moore > Martha m Randal Smith > Rachel m John Dorman > Jane Pattie ? m 27 aug 1829 John Adair > I am a descentdent of James Crow and Elizabeth Morland Crow have > information on Abraham and Thomas Crow > I have picture from the newspaper of a Crow reunion which you may like to have > would be glad to send you information on the family if I had your address. > I would like to have information on your family since I have no information on > these names. Do you have the information of the prisoner of war during the > revolution escaped. Do not have any infro on Rachel Craven so would > appreciate anything you have on her. We stop at the cem in Elkston Oh on > our way to Pa I took pictures of the stone if you Don't have any I can copy > them. let me know your address and will get a pkg out in the mail. I do > not have my information on a conputer program yet but hold to get thaT DONE > THIS WILL make exchangeing information alot easier. Thanks Janice Bingley > 4816 St Rt 634 Continental Ohio 45831 > bing@@bright.net > > ----------[JohnCrow.ftw]

See Map of Harford County Maryland in John's scrapbook.
 St. George's Parish Church is located in Perryman, which is near Aberdeen.
 Harford County was erected out of Baltimore County in 1774, and it is no longer  
 a state sponsored religion, since 1776.
 The Parish itself was subdivided into Havre de Grace, Deer Creek, Churchville 
  and a smaller St. George's.

1. ↑ Bill & Martha Reamy - St. George's Parish Register -1689-1793
   41.

   Then was John Crow married to Judith Magee, no date given

2. ↑ Maryland Marriages - 1634-1777
   44.

   John Crow on the Monday before Ash Wednesday married Jidith Magee (no date given).

3. ↑ Robert W. Barnes - Baltimore Marriages 1659-1759.

   John Crow married Mary Unick May 24, 1702 in Kent Co., Md.

4. ↑ Bill & Martha Reamy - St. George's Parish Register -1689-1793
   21.

   John Crow married Margaret Compton April 06, 1719 in St. George's Parish, Harford Co., Md.

5. ↑ Bonnie Crowe's generation report for Decendants of John Crow.

   Have copy of generation report on file

6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1 6.2} JohnCrow.ftw.

   Date of Import: Apr 10, 1999

7.   World Family Tree, Cd.