Maxine, et al, Thanks for sharing this information with us. The Moses Crawford mentioned was my gr gr,gr, grandfather. He came to Ark. from Tenn. about 1820, settling on Spring River where he died in 1832. His wife, Milly, died in 1835. The document you cited, was filed in the old Lawrence County courthouse (now a museum) in Powhatan , Ark. The first recordings I have seen in the Powhatan courthouse were dated 1814. This was before Lawrence County was formed in 1815, and Arkansas territory, formed in 1819. My gr, gr, grandfather, Colby Crawford’s, marriage certificate was also recorded there in 1830. The area where these Crawfords settled is now in Sharp county. Incidentally, we still have an original land patent (on sheepskin) that was signed by President James Monroe. for a part of the Crawford land. The document you cited lists the other children of Moses & Milly (with misspellings). My lineage was through Colby , Moses S., Wann Moses, & Kermit . Colby Crawford(2-15-1807-10-13-1843) married Leticia English (Fryer) 11-4-1830 Their children were: David Orr Crawford(9-24-1831- Probably died in Eastland County, Texas around 1918) Moses S. Crawford (1-17-1836—4-16-1884) Rhoda Margaret Crawford(9-15-1833-died???) Lawrence C. Crawford (10-21-1838-11-7-1874) Colby (Jr.) Crawford (10-14-1841—8-13-1851) I LISTED THE ABOVE BECAUSE: I have seen some misinformation posted about this family and I believe from my records the above is correct. I am also looking for more information about David Orr Crawford in Texas during his later years. Can anyone help? He may have served in the Texas Rangers for a brief time. Both David O. and Moses S. served in the Confederacy during the Civil War, But I have no records about David’s service. We have some letters written during the Civil War, Moses’s discharge papers from Freemen’s Missouri Cavalry. and the 1851 Navy Colt he carried during the war., but nothing about David’s service except family stories that he did serve. Thanks. Lawrence H. Crawford Lubbock, Texas >From: Maxine Hornaday <hornaday@sat-co.net> >Reply-To: hornaday@sat-co.net >To: CRAWFORD-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: Moses Crawford >Date: Mon, 03 May 1999 18:31:19 -0400 > >I ran across this some time ago at the Library. I am sorry that I did >not list the place that I found it. >The Info is as follows" >Lawrence County, 1830-1838 ( I assume it is Lawrence County, Arkansas) > >Crawford, Moses, LA, Milly Crawford, Apr. 1834, La, Coleby Crawford, >Samuel Miller, Oct 1835, (Milly Crawford having recently died). >Partition petition 1836: Coleby Crawford, admr, vs Salathial M >Crawford, Olly Crawford, Vineyare Crawford & Salathiel M Crawford as gdn >of Russell Crawford. Heirs 1837 : (decedent left no widow, according to >petition) >Coleby, Salathiel M, Olla, Viniana, Russell Crawford, over 14 heir ( >Salathiel M Crawford, 1835) >Not sure if this will help any one or not but good hunting anyway. I >am at a standstill Max. > > _______________________________________________________________ Get Free Email and Do More On The Web. Visit http://www.msn.com