Mary Etta Crawford

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Civil War - Confederate Army

James joined the Confederate Army, 38th Alabama Infantry Compan y F with his brothers - Samuel, and William. He held the ran k of private, and was an ambulance driver. His service record s show he enlisted on May 1, 1862 in Fayette County, Alabama fo r a period of 3 years or until the end of the war. He receive d $50 upon enlistment. During his tour of duty, his pay was $1 1.00 a month. His records also include the following:

From Dec. 1, 1862 to Dec. 31, 1862 he received $0.25 for being a n ambulance driver for 31 days.
From Jan 1, 1863 to Jan. 31, 1863 he received $0.25 for being a n ambulance driver for 31 days.
From Mar. 1, 1863 to Apr. 30, 1863, he received $22.00 in pay. P ayment made June 11, 1863.
3rd Quarter 1863, there is a recipt for clothing. Date of issu e - July 24, 1863. (No details given)

State of Alabama
Mobile County

Personally appeared before me Serg. Geromey Owens James D. Crawf ord Co. F 38th Ala vols. He being sworn says that the annexed ac count - acquit the Confederate States is accurate & just that h e is not in renew with the Confederate States in any account wha tsoever.

James D. Crawford

Submitted & sworn before me Geromey Owens Sergeant the 10th da y of June 1863.
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Civil War - Union

Then in 1863 the brothers, and possible some cousins, joined th e ranks of the 1st Alabama Calvary Union Regiment - Company H . National Archives Records show the following:

Crawford, Samuel A., Pvt. Co H, age 25 EN & MI 10/17/63, Glend ale, MS, MO 10/24/64, Rome, GA.

Crawford, John F. (this is John Thomas)., Pvt. , Corp., Co. H. a ge 19, EN & MI 9/14/63, Glendale, MS, MO 9/24/64, Rome, GA.

Crawford, James D. Sr., Pvt., Co H age 22, EN & MI 10/17/63, Gl endale, MS, MO 10/24/64, Rome, GA.

Crawford, James D. Jr., Pvt., Co. H. age 19, EN & MI 10/17/63 , Glendale, MS, MO 10/24/64, Rome, GA.

Crawford, William L. Pvt., Co H., age 22, EN & MI 10/17/63, Glen dale, MS, POW 10/26/63 (probably at Vincent's Cross Roads.)
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From 1870 Sanford CO Alabama (later Lamar Co AL)

#6 Crawford, James D. Sr. 28 white SC farmer $300 $3 00
Harriett A. 24 white SC
Jennetta A. 1 white AL

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1900 Census Franklin County, AL
James P. Crawford Head W M April 1841 58 M 32 SC SC SC
Harriett A. Crawford Wife W F April 1846 53 M 32 8 7 SC SC SC
Sarah E. Crawford Daug W F Mar 1881 19 S AL SC SC
Nancy M. Crawford Daug W F Jan 1883 17 S AL SC SC
Margarett V. Crawford Daug W F Jan 1886 14 S AL SC SC

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District 120 Beat 3 Liberty & Ruteledge Precinct, William Claun ch was in Liberty and so is James Crawford

1910 Census Page 6 B
James D. Crawford Head W M 65 SC SC SC
Harriet A. Crawford Wife W F 62 SC SC SC
Sarah E. Crawford Daug W F 31 AL SC SC
Nancy M. Crawford Daug W F 25 AL SC SC
Margarette Crawford Daug W F 24 AL SC SC



1920 Tishomingo County Mississippi Census page 78 A

113 120 Crawford, James D Head 4 F MW 78 M NYY SC S C SC
Harriett A. wife FW 74 M NYY SC SC SC
Sarah E. dau FW 40 S NYY Al SC SC


From "The Tishomingo County History Book"

"Between 1876-1879 the James Dobbins Crawford family moved nort h for 70-80 miles and settled near Belgreen, Franklin County, AL.

"Then, James settled 1 1/2 miles north of South Crossroads Churc h. Some of the family still live on the land today. (This is i n Tishoming County Mississippi near Midway.)

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Death Certificate
State of Mississippi
Tishomingo County

State file no. 5748

Registration District No. 9516

vvvvnnnnxxxxx

James married Harriet Adeline Johnson on 27 Feb 1868 in Sanford (Lamar) County, Alabama U.S.A.. Harriet (daughter of William M. Johnson and Sarah A. Ward) was born on 24 Apr 1846 in South Carolina U.S.A.; died on 02 Apr 1923 in Tishomingo County, Mississippi U.S.A.; was buried in South Crossroads Baptist Church, Tishomingo County, Mississippi U.S.A.. [Group Sheet]

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MARRIAGES OF JONES AND SANFORD COUNTY 1867-1877, Vol. 1, and MAR RIAGES OF LAMAR
COUNTY, ALABAMA 1877-1885, Vol. 2 --- compiled by Ann Cantrell.

Crawford, James D., Sr., to Harriet A. Johnson
at the house of Wm. Johnson by Peter McGee, MG
February 27, 1868
Page 28

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840 Abbeville District South Carolina Census

Crawford, WA 1 Male age 20-30
2 Males under 5
1 Female age 20-30

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Alabama Land Patent dated 1 June 1858

William A. Crawford TSP16-S, Range 15-W.

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1850 Fayette Co Alabama Census (later Lamar Co) in Pleasant Rid ge area north of Fernbank, Alabama. Millport post office.

Name age occupatio n place of birth
#330 Crawford, William A. 33 Farme r SC
Emeline S. 31 SC
Samuel A. 13 SC
William L. 11 SC
James D. 9 SC
Margaret E. 7 SC
John T. 5 SC
Joseph W. 3 AL
Nancy M. 1 AL

1860 Fayette Co AL Census - East District p. 430 Millpost

name age place of birth
#348 Crawford, William 44 SC
Susannah 43 SC
William 20 SC
James 19 SC
Margaret 18 SC
John 15 SC
Joseph 13 AL
Nancy 11 AL
Thompsn 9 AL
Ebenizer 6 AL
Mary 4 AL


1870 Dunklin County Missouri Census

Crawford, William age 53 born in South Carolina Farmer
Emilina age 51 born in South Carolina keeping house
Ebenezer age 16 born in Alabama works on Farm
Mary age 14 born in Alabama



1880 Dunklin County Missouri Census - Union area
Place of Birth
Self Father Mother
Crawford, William A. age 65 Farmer S C SC SC
Susan E. age 63 S C SC SC
Morris, Mary J. age 25 (widowed daughter) A L SC SC
Cintha A. ag e 5 MO TN AL
Mary C. age 3 M O TN AL
Ponder, Dewitt age 28 servant/labo r AL SC SC


1880 Agricultural Schedule - P16SD2ED41

William A. Crawford

25 Tilled Acres
$200 Farm Value
$100 Livestock Value
$200 Est Value of Farm Production 1879
2 Milch Cows
2 Other
2 Purchased
11 Swine
25 Poultry
Producted in 1879
8 Acres Indian Corn - 250 bushels
6 Acres Wheat - 65 bushels
6 Acres Cotton - 3 bales

William married Susannah Emeline Dobbins about 1836 in Abbeville District, South Carolina U.S.A.. Susannah (daughter of James Dobbins and Elizabeth Porter) was born in Mar 1818 in Anderson County, South Carolina U.S.A.; died in 1900 in Campbell, Missouri U.S.A.; was buried in Elder Cemetery, Dunklin County, Missouri U.S.A.. [Group Sheet]

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From Diane Hopman (DSHopmann@aol.com) on 27 Jan 2000


I think that there is a good chance that Susannah's mother, Eliz abeth A.
Porter Dobbins, died giving birth to Susannah. So she probabl y never knew
her mother. Elizabeth seems to already be gone by 1820 (see m y census
theories below).

My deathdate for Susannah's father, James Dobbins Jr., came fro m the files of
Bobby Dobbins Title. She had that he died "about 1836". I thin k he was dead
by 1830. (see below). There is a James Dobbins enumerated in 1 830, but I
think I looked at it and I didn't think it was him. There are s ome other
Dobbins that I believe are cousins in Pendleton, at the same tim e. Jesse
Dobbins, etc. I have been meaning to look at those Pendleton ce nsuses a
little closer.

In any event, I think Susannah was living with her Porter grandp arents,
probably from near birth if not birth. Maybe her father didn' t want much to
do with the new baby if his wife died giving birth to her, and h er maternal
grandparents took her in. They probably were glad to do so in r emembrance of
their daughter. Then Grandma Dobbins moved in with James to hel p with the
other kids. Susannah's father probably died by the time she wa s eleven, but
she hadn't been living with him anyway. I think they refered t o people back
then as orphans if their parents were dead even if there was som eone to take
care of them. My Paternal grandfather always refered to his fat her as an
orphan. I was wondering how in the world he could have been a n orphan since
he had a brother. That has been a real chore to research, but i t turns out
that he had quite a few siblings. His father died when he was a bout one, and
his mother died before he was ten.

There are several more things that supports the theory that sh e lived her
whole life with her Porter grandparents. Samuel Porter left he r a double
share of his estate, even bigger than some of his daughters, an d he left her
siblings one share to divide among them. Also, Samuel Porter, f rom at least
1820, lived very close to William L. Crawford. She probably gre w up as a
neighbor to her future husband, William A.

Aah...we could make a movie of it!!! I just finished reading "An gela's Ashes".

I am going to pull out all of that stuff you sent me, and try t o refresh my
memory about all of it. I think you Aunt has left us some goo d clues!


1820 PENDLETON DIST. SC P.207 ALPHABETIZED ONLY DOBBINS LISTED

(names and date have been added by me. DH)

JAMES DOBBINS
MALE 26-45 (1775-1794)

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1860 Fayette County Census.

William Johnson age 37 male born South Carolina
Sarah Johnson age 37 female born South Carolina
HARRIET Johnson age 14 female born South Carolina
Mary Johnson age 11 female born South Carolina
Emily Johnson age 9 female born South Carolina
Francis Johnson age 8 female born South Carolina
Nancy Johnson age 3 female born Alabama
John Johnson age 6 mos. male born Alabama


1870 Sanford (Lamar) County Alabama census

Precinct #11, PO Big Pond, 22 June 1870

#8 Johnson, William 47 white SC farmer $60 0 $400
Sarah A. 44 white SC keeping house
Emily E. 19 white SC at home
Francis M. 16 white SC works on farm
Nancy C. 13 white AL at home
John J. 10 white Al works on farm
Sarah M. 7 white AL
Samuel Grant 5 white AL

William married Sarah A. Ward. Sarah was born on 19 Sep 1824 in South Carolina U.S.A.; died on 21 Jan 1908 in Lamar County, Alabama U.S.A.; was buried in Walnut Grove Cemetery, Millport, Lamar, Alabama U.S.A.. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

1820 Abbeville County South Carolina Census

p. 10 William Crawford

Males 1 26-45 years old ; 2 10-16 years old; 2 <10 years old
Females 1 16-26 years old; 2<10 years old

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1830 Abbeville County South Carolina Census

p. 92 William Crowferd

Males 1 50-60 years old; 2 20-30 years old; 1 10-15 years o ld ; 1 5-10 years old
Females 1 30-40 years old; 1 15-20 years old ; 1 5-10 years o ld; 1 under 5 years old

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1840 Abbeville County South Carolina Census

p. 19 William Crawford

Males 1 60- 70 years old; 1 30-40 years old; 1 15-20 year s old;
Females 1 40-50 years old; 1 20-30 years old; 1 15-20 years o ld;

Died in South Carolina or Alabama

William married Elizabeth about 1808 in South Carolina U.S.A.. Elizabeth was born about 1785 in South Carolina; died after 1860. [Group Sheet]

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1850 Fayette Division AL p. 24 Millpost

#330 Crawford, Thomas 40 SC
Elizabeth 26 SC
Margret L. 25 SC
Elizabeth 70 SC
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1860 Fayette County, Al census - East District AL p. 430 Millpos t

#349 Crawford, Elizabeth 75 SC
Thomas 54 SC
Elizabeth 47 SC
Samuel 33 SC
Martha 21 SC

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From "Roster of South Carolina Patriots in the American Revoluti on" by Bobby Gilmer Moss
page 258

Dobbins, James
He served in the miltia alternately on foot and on horseback und er Capt. Samuel Rosamond from February 1779 to May 1783.



From Diane ... 19 Jun 2001

It helped me quite a bit, because it mentioned neighbors to ou r Samuel
Porter. I have copies of his census records including two page s either side
of him. Plus, I have the probate records for Agnes Crawford, wh ich mentions
some of the other Lowndesville folks. This group lived near th e David
Pressley who owned the post office. His daughter, was a witnes s to Agnes
Crawford, my ancestor, who lived near Samuel Porter. Samuel Por ter's pension
file mentions Dr. A. B. Arnold.

From Traditions and History of Anderson County, by Louise Ayer V andiver....

"Before Anderson county was made Varennes Church and school wer e points of
interest in Pendleton District. Very early in the history of th e county Rev.
Thomas Baird established an academy about where Mr. Jule Anderso n's home is,
and religious services were held in the school, the preacher sta nding on a
platform and the congregation seated on hewn logs to listen to h im. In 1813
Rev. Richard Cater had a log house of worship erected near the s chool
building. Mr. Cater preached at the new church once a month, gi ving the
other Sundays to Broadway, Good Hope and Roberts. The origina l elders were
Mr. John Hillhouse, MR. JAMES DOBBINS, Colonel Patrick Norris, a nd Captain
James Thompson."

Diane

James married Elizabeth Porter. Elizabeth (daughter of Samuel Andrew Porter and Susannah Middleton) was born about 1790 in Anderson County, South Carolina; died about 1825 in Anderson County, South Carolina U.S.A.. [Group Sheet]