Person:Joseph Crockett (11)
Col. Joseph Crockett
b.7 May 1739 Albemarle County, Virginia
d.7 Nov 1829 Georgetown, Scott, Kentucky, United States
Parents and Siblings
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m. Bet 1728 and 1729
  1. Col. Hugh Crockett1730 - Bef 1817
  2. Col. Walter Crockett1732 - 1811
  3. Elizabeth Crockett1734 -
  4. Col. Joseph Crockett1739 - 1829
  5. Maj. Samuel Crockett, of the Cowpasture, Augusta County, VA1740/41 - Bef 1773
  6. Mary Crockett1740/41 - 1826
  7. Nancy Agnes Crockett1742 -
  8. Robert Crockett1744 - 1766
  9. Martha Crockett1747 - Bet 1803 & 1805
Spouse and Children
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m. Abt 1782
  1. _____ Crockett
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Facts and Events
Name Col. Joseph Crockett
Gender Male
Birth[1][2] 7 May 1739 Albemarle County, Virginia
Alt Birth[3] Abt 1742 Botetourt County, Virginia
Military? 10 Oct 1774 Battle of Point Pleasant
Marriage Abt 1782 to Elizabeth Moore
Death[1][3] 7 Nov 1829 Georgetown, Scott, Kentucky, United States87yrs
Burial[3] Woodson and Crockett Cemetery, Nicholasville, Jessamine, Kentucky, United States
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Records in Augusta County, VA

From Chalkley’s Augusta County Records:


  • Page 506.--12th January, [1767?]. Joseph Crockett's will, farmer--Executors, sons Walter and Joseph; wife, Jean, one-third of land he lives on on South Fork of Roanoke joining Mr. Matteson's line; son, Hugh; son, Walter; son, Joseph; son, Samuel, survey on Cedar Run above Willey's plantation; son, Robert, tract on head of Peak Creek, and a tract on head of Camp Run above Saml. Mountgomery's; to Walter and Joseph and Robert, tract on head of South Fork of Holston River; to daughter, Martha; daughter, Elizabeth; daughter, Agness; daughter, Mary. Teste: Phil Love, James Bryan, Joseph Colven. Proved, 17th March, 1767, by Love and Bryan. Walter Crockett qualifies (Joseph refuses), with Wm. Christian. David Looney, Thos. Barnes.
  • Page 483.--26th May, 1767. William ( ) McCurry, of Roan County, North Carolina, to Samuel Crocket, £130, 248 acres on south branch of Rone Oak. Teste: Walter and Joseph Crocket, Andrew Boyd.
References
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Armstrong, Zella. Southern Genealogies number 1, Historical Southern Families 1600's - 1800's. (Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc, 1974)
    205.
  2. ↑ Simpson-Poffenbarger, Livia Nye. The Battle of Point Pleasant, a battle of the Revolution, October 10th, 1774: biographical sketches of the men who participated. (Point Pleasant, West Virginia: The State Gazette, c1909)
    50, 51.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Col Joseph Crockett, in Find A Grave.
  4.   Johnson, E. Polk. A History of Kentucky and Kentuckians: The Leaders and Representative Men in Commerce, Industry and Modern Activities. (Chicago; New York: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1912)
    3:1497.

    ... Mrs. Mary (Price) Shanklin is still living and has attained to the venerable age of eighty years. Her maternal grandfather was Colonel Joseph Crockett, who served in the Revolutionary war and who was an early and influential pioneer of the Bluegrass state. A fairly complete history of this soldier and pioneer is given in a foot-note by Thomas M. Green in his "Spanish Conspiracy." ...

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