John, Could this family be connected with the Hezekiah ALLEN who md Martha LAWSON they were both born about 1775 in SC, but they had several children who died around 1880's . Andrew Blakely, Elizabeth Betsy, and Andrew? Have a great day! Cathy SWITZER CONN RE: SWITZER, MANES, CHADWICK, SHIVERS, FRENCH, TAYLOR, ROBERTSON, HAMILTON, DOUTHARD, BAKER. [email protected] My name is John Crawford. I've been researching my family tree for a number >of years. My Grandfather, Craven Allen Crofford, was born in 1972 in TN. >He had a sister who died of TB in her 20's and a brother named >John who was older than he. > >My grandfather told my father and aunt that his parents died when he was 6. >This would have been circa 1878, the year of the yellow fever epidemic. >He said that the neighbors took he and his siblings and raised them. The >neighbors who took his brother, John, moved away and he never saw John >again. I recently found my grandfather in the 1880 DeKalb County, TN >census. He was with the following family; > >Chas. Crofford 62 b. VA >Elizabeth Crofford wife 54 b. TN >Rachel Crofford dau. 14 b. TN >Margaret A. Crofford dau. 12 b. TN >Craven A. Crofford son 8 b. TN > >I noticed that the last two children have the middle initial of the A, while >Rachel did not have a middle initial. > >If my Grandfather is correct about his age when his parents died this is the >family that raised him. There is a four year span between Margaret A. >Crofford and Craven A. Crofford... which would allow for an older >brother named John, as my Grandfather mentioned. > >I have another cousin, who's relative died around the same era. She finally >found his wife and children in KY where the children had assumed the step- >father's name. Their true last name was used as their middle name. > >Does anyone have a couple named Allen who died around 1878? > >Thanks, >John > >Subject: [TNDEKALB] Caney Fork > > >> Does anyone know where the name Caney Fork came from? I'm trying to find >out >> information about an Elizabeth Allen who married a Caney (first name >unknown) >> and is found in the 1870 DeKalb County census living with her parents and >> daughter. >> Thanks, >> Claudia Allen > > > >==== TNDEKALB Mailing List ==== >Checkout the other lists being watched over by your List Mom; >http://mailing_lists.homestead.com/lists.html > >============================== >To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: >http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >