Mary Crawford

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From the book "Heads of Families, First Census of the United Sta tes - 1790 South Carolina"

Crawford, Jn.
1 Free white male of 16 and over - including head of household
1 Free white male under 16
4 Free white females
3 Slaves


From the book "Abstracts of old Ninety-Six and Abbeville Distric t Wills and Bonds" by Pauline Young

page 61

Crawford, Joseph - Box 19, Pcak 395;

Est. Admnr. June 11, 1798 by Agness Crawford wid. Archibald Scot t, Alexr. White, Jr., Jno Caldwell of Savannah River bound to th e Judges Abbeville Co. sum $10,000.00. Inv. made by Jno. Caldwel l, Robt. Davis, Jas. Steel.

Joseph married Agness Scott. Agness died in 1838 in Abbeville District, South Carolina U.S.A.. [Group Sheet]

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Estate of Agnes Crawford
Box 23 Pack 520
Probate office of Abbeville, South Carolina

The State of South Carolina

In the name of God, Amen. I, Agness Crawford of the District o f Abbeville, widdow, being sick and weak in body, but of sound m ind and memory, do make and declare this my last will and testam ent, in manner and form following.

1. I give, devise, and bequeath unto my two daughters Nancy an d Mary Crawford, their executors, administrators, and assigns, t he plantation on which I reside and my negro woman Lett, togethe r with my stock of hogs, cattle, horses, and household and kitch en furniture of what nature or kind soever, to belong to them eq ually and jointly and their assigns forever.

2. And whereas my daugher Margaret Harris, Isabella Allen, Eliz abeth Crawford, and son William L. Crawford have already receive d a distributive share of their fathers estate, I do therefore g ive to them and each of them the sum of one dollar each.

And I do constitute and appoint my daughter, Nancy Crawford an d my friend Stephen Jones, executors of this will, and allow the m to pay all my just debts, from the sale of such property as th ey may think can be best spared and on such terms as they my dee m expedient.

In witness whereof I the said Agness Crawford have here unto se t my hand and seal this 18th day of March in the year of our Lor d one thousand eight hundred and thirty eight (1838).

X (Agness Crawford's mark)

Signed, sealed, declared and published by the above named Agnes s Crawford as for her last will and testament, in the presence o f us, who at her request, and in her presence, have subscribed o ur names as witnesses thereto.

John Speer
Jane M. Pressly
Elizabeth Hutcheson

South Carolina, Abbeville District by David Lesly Ordinary. Per sonally appeared before me John Speer on of the subscribing witn ess to the foregoing instrument of writing, who made oath on th e Holy Evangelists of Almighty God, that he saw Agness Crawfor d sign seal publish pronounce and declare the same to be her las t will and testament, that she was then of sound and disposing m ind memore and understanding to the best of deponents knowledg e and belief and deponent together with Jane M. Pressley and Eli zabeth Hutchison signed their names as witnesses thereto at th e request of testor in his and in the presence of each other.

Given under my hand 22 of Marchone thousand eight hundred and fo urty two.

22 March 1842
David Lesly

O.A. D. John Spe er

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Notes from Diane Hopmann (DSHopmann@aol.com) on 27 Jan 2000)


I have Pauline Young's Abstract book and do recall wondering som e of the same
things that you mentioned in your letter. I too felt that Josep h's Agnes
might be a McCarter. Another possibility was that she was a Sco tt, Pressley
is another possibility.

I have several big problems that I have been unable to solve reg arding Agnes.
One is that I can't find her in a census in 1800 and 1810. Ther e is a good
possibility that she is in the household of her daughter, Margar et Harris,
and son-in-law. My theory is that this John Harris below was th e son-in-law.


1800 ABBEVILLE, SC P.15?
JOHN HARRIS (possible son-in-law of Agness)
MALE 26-45 (1755-1774) JOHN M. HARRIS? 1770-1780 o.k.

MALE 26-45 (1755-1774) MY WILLIAM CRAWFORD 1776-1780 close

MALE 26-45 (1755-1774) SON JOSEPH AND AGNESS SHOWN IN 1790 CENSU S? BEF.1790

FEMALE26-45 (1755-1774) AGNESS CRAWFORD? 1760-1770 o.k.

FEMALE16-26 (1774-1784) MARGARET CRAWFORD HARRIS ? 1780-1790 o.k .

FEMALE 10-16 (1784-1790) ISABELLE CRAWFORD BEF.1790 o.k.

MALE 10-16 (1784-1790) THIS COULD BE THE 1790 SON TOO.
FEMALE UNDER 10 (1790-1800) ELIZABETH CRAWFORD BEF.1790 CENSUS c lose
FEMALE UNDER 10 (1790-1800) NANCY CRAWFORD 1790-1800
FEMALE UNDER 10 (1790-1800) MARY CRAWFORD 1790-1800
MALE UNDER 10 (1790-1800) HARRIS SON


1820 ABBEVILLE, SC P.33A
AGNES CRAWFORD
FEMALE OVER 45 (BEFORE 1775) AGNESS
FEMALE 10-16 (1804-1810) NANCY
FEMALE 10-16 (1804-1810) MARY

next line
JOHN M. HARRIS need details

1830 ABBEVILLE, SC P.90/92

2 lines before my William Crawford b.1776-80

NANCY CRAWFORD (William's sister?)
FEMALE 60-70 (1760-1770) AGNESS
FEMALE 20-30 (1800-1810) NANCY
FEMALE 20-30 (1800-1810) MARY

1840 AGNESS DECEASED

P.18 J.SPEAR WITNESS TO AGNESS WILL
next line:
J.M Harris 60-70 female 50-60 (1780-90) Margaret ?

P.19 William Crawford/W.A.Crawford/J.L.Crawford (mine)

I know the area Agnes lived in when she died was the Lowndesvill e area in
northern Abbeville Co. Not sure if that was where she lived wit h Joseph.

Another problem. Cay Devin sent me an article taken from an Ala bama local
family history book, that pertained to our William Andrew Crawfo rd and some
of his descendents. This William Andrew Crawford would be a gra ndson of
Joseph. The author of the article wrote that William immigrate d from
Scotland, and married another Crawford who was not related to hi m on board
the ship. I am going to pull that article and reread it again to night. Now
Cay and I know that William Andrew b. 1816 in Abbeville was no t the
immigrant. William Andrew Crawford's 1880 census indicates tha t both of his
parents were born in SC, which matches what Cay and I have found . William
Andrew's father was William L.(Lindsey probably) Crawford b. 177 6-1780
roughly. We believe that William L. Crawford is the son of Jose ph Crawford
and maybe Agnes. She refers to William L. Crawford as her son i n her will,
but I have wondered if she would have called him that if she wa s his
step-mother?

One of the papers in the drawer (will try to reread that too ton ight) has a
ship list that lists James Crawford (older than Joseph), Josep h Crawford (age
I believe was about 21), and a Margaret Crawford age 14. I beli eve this was
a ship list for one of the 1760's ships that had poor Irish aboa rd. This
seems as though this would be our Joseph, who is found on tax li st in 1779 in
Old 96th Dist. This Margaret might be the Crawford that he marr ied.
Margaret was a name used among descendents quite often, whereas , we don't
have a single Agnes descendent. But we do have one that was nam ed Margaret
A. I have wondered if Margaret and Agnes could be one in the sa me, but
Agnes' census indicates that she was born from 1760-1770 on th e 1830 census.
Her daughters, Nancy and Mary have incorrect ages during that ce nsus so
perhaps Agnes' was recorded incorrectly also. On the other han d would a 14
year old in the mid 1760's have given birth in 1790-1794 to Nanc y and Mary?
That's getting pretty old. Agnes does mention in her will tha t the older
children (which she refers to as her children) had already recei ved their
share from their father's estate. Then she leaves everything t o the two
younger women, Nancy and Mary Crawford. At times I wondered i f she had
remarried and that they were from another father, but their age s in 1850
indicate that they were born before Joseph's death.

Unfortunately, after all of this longwinded explanation I stil l don't have
much of an answer to your question. I am very glad you wrote an d had
wondered at times if Samuel had married Agnes Crawford, widow o f Joseph. Do
you have an age for that Agnes?

Have you found the McCarter's on a ship list? Did they by chanc e live in the
Lowndesville area? Could you send me a list information about M oses, his
wife's name, and their children?

I will try to look through some of the papers I have and see i f anything else
come to mind. Be glad to share any information I have about th e Crawfords.

Diane Hopmann-MO

P. S. Cay at this point I am kind of leaning toward Margaret a s our ancestor
who probably gave birth to Margaret (Harris), Isabelle (Allen) , William L.,
and Elizabeth. Perhaps Agnes was the step-mother, who then gav e birth to
Nancy and Mary. She would have been a step-mother for about 5 2 years when
she died and maybe they just didn't use the "step" designation l ike we do
these days. The oldest child might have only been about 10-14 s o she would
have been quite involved in their upbringing.