Person:Kessiah Dearman (1)

KESSIAH DEARMAN CRUTHIRDS, daughter of Thomas Monroe Dearman, Sr. and Susanna Mims, married Robert Cruthirds and moved from South Carolina in 1812 and settled in Madison County, Mississippi Territory.

    Robert and Kessiah moved from Madison County to Greene County, Mississippi, living in that part which was changed to Perry Count in 1820.  By 1850 they had moved to Harrison County, Mississippi December 17, 1850 in Harrison County, Mississippi,

Robert Cruthrids applied for bounty land on his Service in the war of 1812.  He stated in the application that he was living in Madison County,Mississippi Territory.
    When he enlisted he stated that he was in the company of Capt. Wm. Johnson  and served

under Peter Perkins; that he volunteered on June 18, 1812, and left for duty on September 25, 1814 and continued to serve until March 25, 1815. He was granted 80 acres of land. The application was filed as "Robert Carothers".

    A deed is recorded in Harrison County dated, April 28, 1855 conveying land from Robert

Cruthirds to is son Henry Cruthirds, Witnessed by Edwin Forrest and J. S. Cruthirds .

    After Robert died in l855, his widow filed an application for pension based on Robert's service

in the War of 1812. In her application she stated that her maiden name was Kessiah Dearman and that she married Robert Cruthirds on May 9, 1804 in Darlingtom District, South Carolina; that her residence was Handshaw, Harrison County, Mississippi, that they lived in Harrison County Since 1839. She also stated that a son, Henry Cruthirds, died in 1870 in Jackson County, Mississippi, and another son Nathaniel Cruthirds, died in Perry County, Mississippi. The application for pension was denied on January 23, 1884. This was probably due to the different spelling of the name. Cruthirds - Carothers.

    Source:  Ancestors and Descendents of the Dearman-Deerman and Related Families:

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