I too would like information on these Crawfords. I've traced my George Crawford to S Carolina and Virginia. Reba McMillan BLOG: http://marydexter.blogspot.com/ lylereba@msn.com > To: crawford@rootsweb.com; CRAWFORD-L@rootsweb.com > From: juneinca@aol.com > Date: Sat, 22 Oct 2011 18:57:24 -0400 > Subject: Re: [CRAWFORD] Research concerning early Crawfords in South Carolina > > > Yes, please, would love to see your material. My g.g.g. grandfather was a Thomas Crawford b. VA about 1785. > Thank you. > June Crawford Sanders > juneinca@aol.com > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Dale M Crawford <dalemcrawford@comcast.net> > To: 'Crawford Genealogy Rootsweb List' <CRAWFORD-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Sat, Oct 22, 2011 2:14 pm > Subject: [CRAWFORD] Research concerning early Crawfords in South Carolina > > > The earliest Crawford in my line that I have identified is Thomas Crawford, > ho lived near what is now Georgetown, South Carolina in the 1740s and > 750s. Some published material identifies the parents of this Thomas > rawford as John Crawford and Mary Duke of Hanover County, Virginia. This > inkage is also repeated as correct by Ancestry.com and in the Mormon church > ecords. I have never believed that this John and Mary were the parents > ecause John's birth year was given as 1737, which makes him too young to be > he father of a man with an 11 year old child in 1753, which Thomas Crawford > as. > I have some material, written and researched by Helen Imrey, that comes to > he same conclusion as I do but from a different direction, by meticulously > tudying the land records around Georgetown. She identifies three different > nd distinct Crawford families, one of which is my ancestor Thomas Crawford, > nd another of which is the family of John and Mary Duke Crawford. While > here may be some connection, which I doubt, between my Thomas and this John > nd Mary, it is not that of parent and child. The family of John Crawford > f Hanover County, Virginia, is a prominent, well-documented family and I > on't think that Thomas was closely related to that family. > In any event, I thought this well-written and -researched material might be > f interest to some of you on this list. I will be happy to send this > aterial in a Word document to anyone who is interested (it is too large to > irculate via Rootsweb) if you send me your direct email address. In > articular, if any of you are researching my Thomas Crawford, I would very > uch appreciate hearing from you. > > ale M Crawford > alemcrawford@comcast.net > > > ------------------------------ > o unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to CRAWFORD-request@rootsweb.com > ith the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of > he message > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to CRAWFORD-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message