Person:Sarah Fornelson (1)

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Sarah Fornelson
b.Bef 1764 Virginia
m. Bef 1750
  1. Charles Fornelson, Jr.1750 - Bef 1803
  2. Elisha FornelsonBef 1758 -
  3. John FornelsonBef 1758 -
  4. Sarah FornelsonBef 1764 -
  5. Mary Fornelson
m. Bef 1782
  1. David Crouch1782 - 1858
  2. Joseph Crouch1784 -
  3. Mary Crouch1784 - 1866
  4. William Crouch1785 - 1870
  5. Martha Crouch1787 - 1870
  6. Ambrose Dudley Crouch1792 - 1870
  7. Elizabeth Crouch1793 - Bet 1840 & 1850
  8. Bales Bayless Crouch1796 - Aft 1880
  9. Noah Crouch1798 - Bet 1860 & 1880
  10. Mahlon Crouch1800 - Aft 1860
  11. Anne Crouch1803 -
Facts and Events
Name Sarah Fornelson
Alt Name[1] _____ Nelson
Married Name[1] _____ Crouch
Gender Female
Birth? Bef 1764 Virginia
Marriage Bef 1782 to John Crouch, Jr.
Residence[1] 1787 Fayette County, Kentuckyat Bryan's Station
Death? Nicholas County, Kentuckyon Hinkston

Perrin 1 names Jacob Nelson as the father of Sarah. More research needed.

Research Tasks

  • Supposedly, Sarah is named as a wife of John Crouch in Charles Fornelson's 1795 Will in Randolph County, Virginia (now WV). Followup needed.
References
  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Family Recorded, in Perrin, William Henry, ed. History of Bourbon, Scott, Harrison and Nicholas Counties, Kentucky. (Chicago, IL, USA: O. L. Baskin, 1882)
    527.

    ... The early Crouch ancestry of our subject were of English-Welsh descent; came to this country at a very early date, and were among the prominent families near Richmond, Va. His great-grandfather, John Crouch, with his son, John, and his wife, Sarah (Nelson), she a daughter of Jacob Nelson of German descent, came to Bryant's Station, in Fayette County, in 1787, soon afterward moving to Nicholas County, on Hinkston. He raised a family of seven sons and four daughters, Ambrose, the father of B. F. Crouch, being one of that number, ...