I have the same book on the CREWS family from Laura CREWS, it does not go back any farther than John CREWS and Elizabeth SAMPSON (I think that Johnson CREWS may be in error, as I have NEVER seen him referred to as Johnson in ANY records that I have for him). John and Elizabeth did have a son named William Johnson, which is where I suspect that name may have been extrapolated from. I am descended through John and Elizabeth's son James. I have sent queries to this list several times and though I have received a few responses, have never (that I recall) received any from other descendants of this line, so I'm just grateful to know there are others of us out there! :-) It is interesting to note however, that though Laura Crews' book covers the particular branch of that family that went to OK, there was an even greater number of them that went to the Crawford/Lawrence Co. area in IL. I have quite a bit of information on this branch should anyone wish to contact me regarding them. Finding the father of a John CREWS b. 1768 in Halifax Co., VA is like unto finding a needle in a haystack from what I can tell. I have recently seen records in Halifax however that appear to link the CREWS and SPRAGGINS families (William Johnson CREWS md. Amelia SPRAGGINS in IL), so there may be hope yet in being able to trace this particular CREWS line back farther than our John and Elizabeth. If anyone has any more information on this line, I would love to hear about it! And I'm willing to share whatever I have on descendants of James or others of John & Elizabeth's children who went to IL. Thanks! Mary Kathryn (Crews) Kozy -- Mary Kathryn Kozy mkozy@ibm.net http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~marykozy Dougherty Co., GA USGenWeb page: http://www.rootsweb.com/~gadoughe Monroe Co., GA USGenWeb page: http://www.rootsweb.com/~gamonroe South King Co. Genealogical Society web page: http://www.rootsweb.com/~waskcgs