Have you ever gone back thru your sources for a person to discover that the source contains more information about your family and their FAN club than you originally realized? That's the situation as I'm updating sources for Henry Duggins. Henry Duggins [KGM3-TX3] is the stepson of my 4th great-grandfather, James Crawford. Because of this …
Category: Madison County
New Connection
In your genealogy research, do you have a FAN (Family Associates, Neighbors) club? If so, do you ever see a name and question whether to add him/her to your FAN club? If so, that's how I felt about Moses Dooley. It was like that name, Moses Dooley, kept cropping up in different places and times. …
DNA JOY!
My mind is 'jumping up and down' with joy this morning. Another CRAWFORD researcher contacted me this morning to let me know he had found out his haplogroup: R-Y88686. That is the SAME haplogroup as my brother. We FINALLY have some evidence that we are related! We both descend from James Crawford of Preble County, …
Re-Visiting Tax Lists
Do you ever find yourself retracing your research steps because you learn about a new family connection? Yep, that's me. I'm going back thru the early tax lists for Madison County, KY. I wrote about my journey with suspected CRAWFORD family members in my January 2019 post, Tax Man Cometh. At the time, I mentioned finding …
Samuel Anderson Will
Madison County, KentuckyFamily SearchMixed Probate Records, Vols. A-B 1787-1819FS Film 183266 DGS 007553082 WillVol. Apage 351 (Image 184) In the name of God AmenI Samuel Anderson being a low state ofhealth and knowing the uncertainty of Humane existence although inmy propoer sence and memory for which I bless God do make [co?]and appoint this to …
Crawford to Rice Deed
Madison County KentuckyDeed book Bpage 269-270 page 269 Crawford to Rice This Indenture made this twenty sixth day of August in the year of our Lord oneThousand Seven Hundred and eighty eightBetween James Crawford of the County of Madison of the one part and David Riceof the county aforesaid on the other partwitnesseth that the said …
John Anderson Deed
Madison County Kentucky Deed Book Dpage 712 and 713FamilySearch Film #183285 This indenture made this third day of October one thousand seven hundred and ninety eight between Samuel Campbell and Mary his wife of the County of Madison, Bez' l Maxwell and Margret his wife, James Crawford and Rebeca his wife of the County of …
Dooley
Have you ever seen a name in a deed or court document and thought to yourself, 'Hey, I've seen that name before?' Well that was my situation when I was looking at tax records for Barren County, Kentucky. Since I found James Crawford with 200 acres of land on the Marrowbone listed on the 1800 tax …
Crawford vs. Cox
Gowns, Petticoats and Silver Spoons Have you ever seen a court case ordering the sale of the household goods -- including the gowns and petticoats -- to pay a debt? I admit I haven't looked at a lot of court records - but this one is new to me. I found the court case when …
Venture into Court Records
Do you try and find every record you could on an ancestor? I used to think that I did. However, I have to admit that I haven't always researched all available records for a community. I often stop with the indexed records and often avoid those non-indexed records. It turns out I likely need to …