Wow, what a find! I wish I could find something like that on the Crawford loyalist soldiers who fought for the crown and ended up in Canada. My ancestor, David Crawford, (traditionally from Long Island) was granted land along with land for his adult sons in Ontario for his loyal service in the Revolutionary War, but that is all that I can find on him. I would love to verify his wife's name, his date of birth and death, etc. Any suggestions would be appreciated Sylvia ----- Original Message ----- From: <crawford-request@rootsweb.com> To: <crawford@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, August 23, 2011 3:00 AM Subject: CRAWFORD Digest, Vol 6, Issue 51 > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Extracts from Rev. War Files (Marilyn Conner) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Mon, 22 Aug 2011 08:29:05 -0700 (PDT) > From: Marilyn Conner <istillsearch@yahoo.com> > Subject: [CRAWFORD] Extracts from Rev. War Files > To: CRAWFORD@rootsweb.com > Message-ID: > <1314026945.671.YahooMailClassic@web110613.mail.gq1.yahoo.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 > > In looking for my Thomas Crawford's father, I came across the Rev. War > Pension > files of several Crawfords.? I am posting extracts of some below.? > There is much more info in the files because the soldier or his widow > had to prove his service.?? They give their dates of birth, place of > birth, describe when and where they served, certain battles they > participated in, where they lived, and often times the names of > children.? Also, the children sometimes testified to stories their dad > told, etc.? There is a wealth of information in these files.?? > Unfortunately, none of these appear to be mine, but I thought they might > help someone. > > David Crawford SC, File No. W76 > > Married to Margaret Guthrie on July 8, 1790 in Abbeville SC.? He died May > 23, 1815. > > Children:? Ginnie (not sure of this name), born May 22, 1793; Robert > born Feb. 28, 1795; Joseph born Dec. 9, 1797; David born June 12, 1800; > and Margaret born July 6, 1804 - died Nov. 24, 1806. > > John Crawford VA NC, File No. R2472 > John was born in Mecklenberg Co. NC or Augusta Co. VA.? He married Sarah > (Sally) Newman on Feb. 24, 1797.? John died January 13, 1832 at the age of > 91 years.? They had six children, but only three are mentioned:? Nancy R. > Crawford Newman, born May 25, 1800; James E. born October 25, 1802; > William born Aug. 30, 1807.? John was a member of the Presbyterian > church.? He was wounded in the leg at the battle of Cowpens.?? He kept his > sword to prove his service.? Edmund F. Brown had the sword.? Relationship > of Brown not stated.? Sally's sister is Catherine Newman Wallace.? She was > married to James Wallace. > > John Crawford, GA, File ______ > John was married to Rebecca > Snider.? She died May 25 in 1846 or 1847.? John died October 19, 1836 in > Pike or Monroe Co. Georgia.? They had several children: > David, born Jan 24 1782; Rhoda born Oct 3 1783; Elizabeth b October 3 > 1785; William born Jan 17 1788; Susannah born Jan 8 1790; Charles born May > 30 1793; Jean born July 3 1795; John born Oct 2 1797; Anderson born Oct 3 > 1799; Ambros born May 19 1803 and Thomas, no dob, living in Lincoln Co. GA > in 1855. > > John Crawford VA NC TN, File S3226 > John was born Oct. 29 1762 in Virginia.? He lived in Surry Co. NC in > 1778.? He received his pension in 1833 while living in Rhea Co. TN.? He > died Jan 31 1841.? Wife and children not mentioned. > > Moses Crawford, VA TN GA, File No. W910 - Interesting details > Married to Nancy Dorsey, his second wife, in March 1790, Burke Co.? Moses > died Dec. 17, 1826 in Bledsoe Co. TN.? Nancy received his pension while > living in Hamilton Co. TN. > > Moses had a son by his first wife, William T. P. Crawford, who was living > in DeKalb Co. GA when he testified to his father's service.? William said > Moses and Nancy were married when he was very small.? Moses and Nancy had > the following children:? Delilah, Betsey, John, Elijah, Elisha and James.? > Ages are given in the file. > > > Marilyn Griffin Conner > > > ------------------------------ > > To contact the CRAWFORD list administrator, send an email to > CRAWFORD-admin@rootsweb.com. > > To post a message to the CRAWFORD mailing list, send an email to > CRAWFORD@rootsweb.com. > > __________________________________________________________ > 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 > email with no additional text. > > > End of CRAWFORD Digest, Vol 6, Issue 51 > ***************************************