Since I’ve been going back thru my Warren County Indiana research, I decided to update my research on the family of James Crawford and Martha Knight Crawford, starting with the family of their daughter, Sarah Crawford Shankland.


Sources for this family:
- Find a Grave, database and images, Find a Grave (www.findagrave.com : viewed online 2 February 2022), memorial for David Shankland (1795-1872), Find a Grave Memorial no. #126472341, created by Alan L. Fisher, citing Shanklin Hill Cemetery, Warren County, Indiana; accompanying photograph by Shirley Benham, David Shankland.
- 1820 U.S. Census, Preble County Ohio, population schedule, Washington Township, Preble County, Ohio, page 105 Image 2 of 6, David Shankland; digital image, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : viewed online 2 February 2022); NARA microfilm publication M33
- Counties of Warren, Benton, Jasper and Newton Indiana. Historical and Biographical (Chicago: F. A. Battey & Co., 1883)
- Cowen, Janet C., Crawfordsville Indiana Land Entries 1820-1830 (Indianapolis, IN: Janet C. Cowen, 1985), (Crawford.IN.088).
- A History of Warren County, Indiana (Williamsport, IN: Warren County Historical Society, 1966), p. 70 (Crawford.IN.002)
- Warren County Centennial 1827 1927 (Williamsport, IN: Warren Graphics, 1982)
- 1830 U.S. Census, Warren County Indiana, population schedule, Warren County, Indiana, page 179, line 10, David Shankland; digital image, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : viewed online 4 February 2022).
- “Washington, Select Death Certificates, 1907-1960,”Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : viewed online (November 2019), David Shankland.
- “Washington, Death Records, 1883-1960,” database, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : viewed online 4 February 2022), David Shankland.
- Counties of Warren, Benton, Jasper and Newton Indiana. Historical and Biographical (Chicago: F. A. Battey & Co., 1883), p. 50 “Voters of Washington Township, 1836” (Crawford.IN.024)
- 1840 U.S. Census, Warren County, Indiana, population schedule, Warren County, Indiana, page 144 Image 33 of 80, line 6, David Shankland; digital image, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : viewed online 4 February 2022); NARA microfilm publication M704
- Counties of Warren, Benton, Jasper and Newton Indiana. Historical and Biographical (Chicago: F. A. Battey & Co., 1883), p. 78 (Crawford.IN.024)
- 1850, Warren County Indiana, Population Schedule, Steuben Township, Warren, Indiana, page 23 Image 7 of 18, family 39, David Shanklin; digital image, Ancestry (www.ancestry.com : viewed online 2 February 2022); NARA microfilm publication M432
- 1860 U.S. Census, Warren County, Indiana, population schedule, Steuben Township, Warren County, Indiana, page 55 Image 25 of 25, family 389, David Shankland; digital image, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : viewed online 2 February 2022); NARA microfilm publication M653
- 1870 U.S. Census, Warren County, Indiana, population schedule, Steuben Township, Warren County, Indiana, page 61 Image 4 of 27, family 466, Smith Parmenna; digital image, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : viewed online November 2019); NARA microfilm publication T132
- Short, Anita, Preble County Ohio Marriage Records (Greenville, Ohio: Anita Short, 1966), Vol. 1 p. 53 (Crawford.OH.002).
- “Ohio, Compiled Marriage Index, 1803-1900,” , Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : viewed online October 2019), Sally Crawford.
- “Ohio, County Marriages, 1774-1993,” database, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : viewed online November 2019), Sally Crawford.
- Find a Grave, database and images, Find a Grave (www.findagrave.com : viewed online November 2019), memorial for Sallie Crawford Shankland (11795-1875), Find a Grave Memorial no. #126472360, created by Alan L. Fisher, citing Shanklin Hill Cemetery, Warren County, Indiana;, Sallie Crawford Shankland.
- Sellers, William David, William Sellers, his Bible, bought of David McDill (: , ); Linda Sellers Foster, , email from Mary Baker dated June 2001 (Sellers.OH.010)
- Indiana, Wills and Probate Records, 1789-1999, James Crawford, February 1834; database with images, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : viewed online December 2019).
- Indiana, Death Certificates, 1899-2011, Eliza M Smith, 22 April 1907; database with images, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : viewed online November 2019).
- Find a Grave, database and images, Find a Grave (www.findagrave.com : viewed online 2 February 2022), memorial for Eliza M. Shankland Smith (1818-1907), Find a Grave Memorial no. 326856358,
- Indiana, Death Certificates, 1899-2011, Amanda M Cronkhite, 21 March 1936; .
- Indiana, Death Certificates, 1899-2011, Sarah Julia Whitten, 5 December 1930; .
- 1850, Warren County Indiana, Population Schedule, Steuben Township, Warren County, Indiana, page 2, family 28, Permenis Smith.
- 1860 U.S. Census, Warren County, Indiana, population schedule, Steuben Township, warren County, Indiana, page 37, family 262, Parmean Smith.
- 1880 U.S. Census, Warren, Indiana, population schedule, Steuben Township, Warren County, Indiana, Ed 59, Page 3 Image 3 of 12, family 18, P G Smith; digital image, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : viewed online 2 February 2022); NARA microfilm publication T9
- 1900 U.S. Census, Warren County, Indiana, population schedule, Pike Township, Warren County, Indiana, Ed 10, Sheet 3B Image 6 of 24, family 76, Permelius Smith; digital image, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : viewed online 2 February 2022); NARA T623
- “Indiana, WPA Death Index 1882-1920,”Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : Warren County, Indiana, viewed online (2 February 2022), Eliza M Smith.
- “Indiana, Compiled Marriage Index, 1802-1892,”Ancestry.com, (www.ancestry.com : Dodd, JOrdan. Indiana Marriages 1802-1892, Warren County, Indiana, viewed online (2 February 2022), Eliza M Shankland.
- “Indiana, Compiled Marriages, 1802-1850,” database, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : viewed online 2 February 2022), Eliza M Shankland.
- “Indiana, Marriage Index, 1800-1941,”Ancestry.com, (www.ancestry.com : County Court Records at Williamsport, IN, viewed online (2 February 2022), Eliza M Shankland.
- “Indiana, Marriage Index, 1800-1941,”Ancestry.com, (www.ancestry.com : County Court Records at Williamsport, IN, Warren County, Indiana, viewed online (3 February 2022), John Shankland.
- Find a Grave, database and images, Find a Grave (www.findagrave.com : viewed online 3 February 2022), memorial for James Crawford Shankland (1822-1861), Find a Grave Memorial no. #65037994, created by Renae Burgess Linn, citing Shanklin Hill Cemetery, Warren County, Indiana; accompanying photograph by Alan L. Fisher, James Crawford Shankland.
- 1850, Warren County Indiana, Population Schedule, Steuben Township, Warren County, Indiana, page 23, family 38, James C Shanklin.
- 1860 U.S. Census, Warren County, Indiana, population schedule, Steuben township, Warren county, Indiana, page 55, family 391, Jas C Shankland.
- “Indiana, Compiled Marriage Index, 1802-1892,”Ancestry.com, (www.ancestry.com : Dodd, Jordan. Indiana Marriages 1802-1892, Boone County, Indiana, viewed online (3 February 2022), James C Shankland.
- “Indiana, Compiled Marriages, 1802-1850,” database James C Shankland.
- “Indiana, Marriage Index, 1800-1941,”Ancestry.com, (www.ancestry.com : County Court Records at Williamsport, IN, Boone County, Indiana, viewed online (3 February 2022), James C Shankland.
- “Indiana, Marriages, 1810-2001,” database, Ancestry, (www.ancestry.com : viewed online 3 February 2022), James C Shankland.
- “Web: Indiana, Marriage Index, 1806-1861,”State Library of Indiana, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : Boone, Indiana, viewed online (3 February 2022), James C Shankland.
- Find a Grave, database and images, Find a Grave (www.findagrave.com : viewed online 3 February 2022), memorial for Kendal Shankland (1825-1882), Find a Grave Memorial no. #44822382,
- 1850, Warren County Indiana, Population Schedule, Steuben Township, Warren County, Indiana, page 2, family 24, Kendall Shanklin.
- Indiana, Death Certificates, 1899-2011, David Shankland, 3 July 1941; .
- 1860 U.S. Census, Iroquois County Illinois, population schedule, Prairie Green, Iroquois County, Illinois, page 44, family 1758, Kendall Shankland; digital image, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : viewed onilne 4 February 2022).
- “U.S., Civil War Draft Registrations Records, 1863-1865,”Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com: accessed 4 February 2022), card for Kendall Shankland, Iroquois County, Illinois; citing Consolidated Lists of Civil War Draft Registrations, 1863-1865, NM-65.
- “Indiana, Marriages, 1810-2001,” database Laura Mabel Smalley.
- 1870 U.S. Census, Iroquois County Illinois, population schedule, Prairie Green Township, Iroquois County, Illinois, page 6, family 42, Kendel Shankland; digital image, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : viewed online 3 February 2022); NARA microfilm publication T132.
- 1870 U.S. Census, Iroquois County Illinois, Non-Population Schedule, Prairie Green township, Iroquois County, Illinois Image 2 of 3, line 1, Kendall Shankland; digital images, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : viewed online 4 February 2022); Archive collection number T1133
- 1880 U.S. Census, Iroquois County Illinois, population schedule, Prairie Green township, Iroquois County, Illinois, enumeration district (ED) Ed 7, page 11, family 97, Shankland Ken; digital image, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : viewed online 3 February 2022).
- “Indiana, Compiled Marriage Index, 1802-1892,”Ancestry.com, (www.ancestry.com : Dodd, Jordan. Indiana Marriages 1802-1892, Boone County, Indiana, viewed online (3 February 2022), Kendall Shankland.
- “Indiana, Compiled Marriages, 1802-1850,” database Kendall Shankland.
- “Web: Indiana, Marriage Index, 1806-1861,”State Library of Indiana, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : Boone County, Indiana, viewed online (3 February 2022), Kendall Shankland.
- “Indiana, Marriage Index, 1800-1941,”Ancestry.com, (www.ancestry.com : County Court Records at Williamsport, IN, Boone County, Indiana, viewed online (3 February 2022), Kendall Shankland.
- Find a Grave, database and images, Find a Grave (www.findagrave.com : viewed online 4 February 2022), memorial for David Shankland (1829-1908), Find a Grave Memorial no. #37559553, created by Reverand Larry, citing Grand Army of the Republic Cemetery, Snohomis, Snohomish county, Washington;, David Shankland.
- 1870 U.S. Census, Nevada County CA, population schedule, Meadow Lake Township, Nevada County, California, page 36 Image 36 of 50, family 461, David Shankland; digital images, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : viewed online 4 February 2022); NARA microfilm publication T132
- 1880 U.S. Census, Santa Cruz County California, population schedule, Pajora Township, Santa Cruz County, California, ED 91, page 46 Image 10 of 44, family 459, David Shankland; digital images, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : viewed online 4 February 2022); NARA microfilm publication T9
- 1900 U.S. Census, Snohomish County, Washington, population schedule, Snohomish, Snohomish County, Washington, ED 220, Sheet 14B Image 28 of 44, family 350, David Shankland; digital images, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : viewed online 4 February 2022); NARA microfilm publication T623
- Washington state Department of Health, “Washington Death Records Index, 1940-2017,” database, Washington State Archives, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : viewed online 2 February 2022), David Shankland.
- Oregon, Oregon, State Deaths, 1864-1968, William Shankland, 24 January 1926; database with images, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : viewed online 4 February 2022). Original Source: Oregon Death Records, 1864-1970; Oregon State Archives.
- Kentucky, County Marriages, 1783-1965, David Shankland, 7 October 1850; database with images, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : viewed online 4 February 2022).
- Find a Grave, database and images, Find a Grave (www.findagrave.com : viewed online 4 February 2022), memorial for Sarah A. Shankland Byers (1832-1908), Find a Grave Memorial no. 349525062,
- 1870 U.S. Census, Warren County, Indiana, population schedule, Steuben Township, Warren County, Indiana, page 64 Image 7 of 27, family 486, Elijah Byers; digital image, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : viewed online 4 February 2022); NARA microfilm publication T132
- 1880 U.S. Census, Warren, Indiana, population schedule, Steuben Township, Warren County, Indiana, ED 59, Page 1, family 1, Byres Elijah.
- 1900 U.S. Census, Warren County, Indiana, population schedule, Steuben Township, warren County, Indiana, ED 124, Sheet 6B, family 151, Sarah Byers.
- Missouri, Wills and Probate Records, 1766-1988, Sarah A Byers, 4 March 1907; digital iamges, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : viewed online 4 February 2022). Original Source: Missouri County District and Probate Courts.
- Indiana, Wills and Probate Records, 1789-1999, Sarah A Byers, 15 December 1908; .
- “Indiana, Marriage Index, 1806-1861,”Ancestry.com, (www.ancestry.com : Warren County, Indiana, viewed online (4 February 2022), Sarah Shankland; State library of Indiana.
- “Indiana, Marriage Index, 1800-1941,”Ancestry.com, (www.ancestry.com : County Court Records at Williamsport, IN, Warren County, Indiana, viewed online (4 February 2022), Sarah Shankland.