I'm sure you've heard the saying, "all roads lead to Rome." In terms of my Crawford family research, it seems like right or wrong, 'all Crawford trees lead to Alexander, David or Col. William'. For my Crawfords in early Kentucky, many trees try to connect the Kentucky Crawford families to the Augusta county, Virginia family …
Category: Virginia
1792 Will of William Crawford
Crawford, Amanda, Arbogast Forbes and Lucetta Crawford Sammis. Descendants of Alexander & Mary McPheeters Crawford: Pioneer Settlers of Augusta County, Virginia. Baltimore, MD: Gateway Press, 1980. William Crawford will Page 63 William Crawford of Augusta County and State of Va. being weak inbody, but of sound & perfect mind & understanding & knowing that itis …
John Crawford
Below is a transcription of the entry for John Crawford in the book, Descendants of Alexander & Mary McPheeters Crawford. Crawford, Amanda, Arbogast Forbes and Lucetta Crawford Sammis. Descendants of Alexander & Mary McPheeters Crawford: Pioneer Settlers of Augusta County, Virginia. Baltimore, MD: Gateway Press, 1980. (available on microfiche at Midwest Genealogy Center). page 175 …
Friday Find
Bland Marriages Do you have photocopies from books that you hope provide information on one of the brances in your tree? Today's Friday Find is such a set of records. It is marriage records from early Virginia for the BLAND surname. While my BLAND line likely goes back to Virginia, I hven't found a connection …
Friday Finds
Do you remember turning the handle of a microfilm reader to view copies of land records? If so, did you photocopy any of those records? And, would those photocopies still occupy space in a notebook or file folder? I have to admit to having such photocopies in my files. Fortunately, I copied the details of …
Virginia Scotch-Irish
Do you have Scottish ancestry? For those of us whose ancestral line leads back to Augusta County, Virginia with hints of Scottish ancestry, the Lyman Chalkey books are a goldmine. While most of the entries in volume one just put a person in a particular place and time, some entries actually help figure out the …
Crawford Immigration
We're all pretty familiar with the term, "Fake News." But, have you thought of that term in relation to your genealogy research? While digging thru my genealogy bookshelf, I came across a book that I purchased quite a few years ago called Crawford Family History. This book was published in 1973 by the American Genealogical …
Revolutionary Pension
Do you have multiple people in your file with the same names? If so, were they born in the same year and died in the same year? Well, I have TWO men named James Crawford who were born about 1758 and died in 1836. Over the years, I have seen records for one man attached …
County Boundaries
How adventurous were your ancestors? Would they be considered pioneers? Did they seek out new homes in the territories formed as the United States expanded westward? If so, have you paid attention to the changing boundary lines for the counties? Since my genealogy research started in Kansas where it wasn't impacted by changes in county …
Leech – Crawford Connection
Do you ever feel like your tracing after a bright shiny object to find yourself in the middle of a tangled web? That's how I felt when I stumbled across the reference to the book History of the House of Olichteree of Ayrshire, Scotland while researching the family of John Finley Seller and his wife, …