Estill County Court Records, Page 520 is the following account. On June 27, 1856, Robert Herd, Barnett Sparks, Silas Gray and Nancy Crawford committed assault on Joseph Crawford by cutting and stabbing him with intent to kill on 28 July 1856. Joseph Crawford was Nancy Gray Crawford husband marrying in 1829 Estill Co. Nancy divorced Joseph in 1856 for "creulty".
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