Person:Crawford Felts (1)

1850 census

Carroll County VA census 230 Andrew Latizer 43 m Keeper of Poor House

    Lydia                       41 f
    Edmiston                  20 m   Farmer

P Mary A. 18 f O Emmy 16 m Farmer O Joseph 14 m R Martha M. 10 f

   Sparrell                      7 m

H Simon P. 5 m O Andrew P. 2 m U Crofford Felts+ 80 m none *Pauper S Elizabeth Davis 60 f *Pauper E Nancy Hawks 48 f *Pauper & Blind

    William  Spence       60 m   none  *Pauper & Idiot
    Elizabeth Jackson      25 f   *Pauper
    Joseph Hawkes         16 m   none  *Pauper & Idiot

+[annotation: Crawford Felts, b. 1770, father of Jordan, Joshua and Randolph Felts: moved to Knox County Tennessee late 1820s, returned to VA in 1830s; listed in 1840 census in western district of Grayson]

Biography

Crawford Felts11 Carroll 1765-1815: The Settlements, By John Perry Alderman; Published by Alderman Books, 1985, p. 214 Crawford was born about 1770 in Virginia, according to the 1850 Carroll Census (Household #230). The census records also show that his children were born in North Carolina, which is probably the place from which he moved to Crooked Creek in 1809. He had a tract of land surveyed on Crooked Creek in 1809 (Grayson, Survey 1- 354) and later bought another 100 acres from Hiram Wills (Grayson, D.B. 4-138). He lived on Crooked Creek probably until the late 1820s at which time he moved to Knox County, Tennessee. He was living in Tennessee at the time he sold both of his Crooked Creek tracts (Grayson, D.B. 6-128; D.B. 7-123). Sometime during the 1830s he returned to Virginia and in 1840 he is found in the western district of Grayson in the census; he had not acquired any more land and it is not clear where he was living. By 1850 he was in the county home in Carroll, aged 80, and the local death register indicates that he died in 1858 but does not give any more information. He is known to be the father of Randolph Felts and is thought to be the father of Joshua and Jordan Felts as well. In 1854, just a few years before he died, he made an affidavit that he saw service in the War of 1812 in the same unit with Howell Dean (File #OW 25016, Pension Application of Howell Dean). He would have been in his forties at the time he went to Norfolk with the county militia, but there is no reason to question his service.

1. ↑ Compiled by: John P. Alderman. 1850 Census: Annotated Carroll County, Virginia. (John P. Alderman & Peggy R. Reece, Copyrighted 1979)
   26, 12/28/06.
2. ↑ John Perry Alderman. Carroll 1765-1815: The Settlements. (Alderman Books, Second Printing, Copyrighted 1985)
   214, 12/28/06.
3. ↑ John Perry Alderman. Carroll 1765-1815: The Settlements. (Alderman Books, Second Printing, Copyrighted 1985)
   214, 12/28/06.