Richard Crawley/Crowley, lived in Laurel Creek, 1880 ( I do not know when he arrived there) to 1888, when he went to Kansas. While in Laurel Creek he married Melissa Hallyburton, they had Galinas b 1874, Nora b. 1875, Sally b. 1880, Mary (Lula) 1878, Robbie b. 1882 and Johnnie, about 1882. All but Nora and Lula, died from a fever that went through there in 1882-1883. Melissa died the next year in childbirth. Nora and Lula stayed with Ms. Mast until their father sent for first Nora, then Lula. Richard then married Sarah Elizabeth James, also from Watauga Co. Her will listed her half brother, Joe James of Watauga. Richard died in 1899, in Kansas. any information would be appreciated, as to checking on school records of that time, church records, or where Melissa and children might be buried. Lena