William Crabtree (1758 - 1836)

Born 25 Dec 1758 in Baltimore, Baltimore, Maryland

Ancestors

Descendants

Died 10 Dec 1836 at age 77 in Hillsboro, Orange, North Carolina, United States

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Biography

William was born in Baltimore, Maryland in 1758 ^[1]. He married Mary Spearman (1759-1845) ^[1] with whom he had thirteen children ^{[2] [3] [4]}:

1. William (1774-1846)
2. Margaret (1776-1835)
3. Calvin A. (1778-1879)
4. Elizabeth (1779-1832)
5. Samuel (1780-1844)
6. Luraney (1782-1853)
7. Jhaynes (1784-1844)
8. Martha (1787-1870)
9. Hiram (1789-1865)
10. John (1790-1791)
11. Littleton (1790-1849)
12. Anderson W. (1794-1852)
13. Abraham (1800-1879)

Revolutionary War Patriot

Revolutionary War Patriot

Private, William Crabtree served with North Carolina Militia during the American Revolution.

William Crabtree is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A027141.

William served as a Private in the American Revolution, fighting in the North Carolina Militia under Captains Thomas Farmer and William Cummings and Colonels Hugh Tinning and Stephen Moore ^{[1] [5]}. DAR Patriot record: ^[6]

William received a military pension of $20.00 annually beginning in June 1833 ^[7]. His wife Mary continued to receive a widow's pension after his death ^[8].

In 1779, he received a land grant of 100 acres on the head of Motes Creek in Orange County, North Carolina ^[9].

William died in Hillsborough, North Carolina in 1836 ^[1].

Research Notes

The 1820 Census shows that William Crabtree was a slaveholder, with 17 enslaved persons living on his Orange County, North Carolina estate at that time ^[10]:

• 9 enslaved females - 2 >45 years old, 1 age 26-44, 2 age 14-25, 4 <14 years old
• 8 enslaved males - 1 >45 years old, 6 age 14-25, 1 <14 years old.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3} Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, "Record of William Crabtree", Ancestor # A027141. [1]
2. ↑ Year: 1790; Census Place: Orange, North Carolina; Series: M637; Roll: 7; Page: 93; Family History Library Film: 0568147.
3. ↑ Year: 1800; Census Place: Hillsborough, Orange, North Carolina; Series: M32; Roll: 34; Page: 614; Image: 261; Family History Library Film: 337910.
4. ↑ Year: 1810; Census Place: Hillsborough, Orange, North Carolina; Roll: 41; Page: 948; Image: 00324; Family History Library Film: 0337914.
5. ↑ Roster of Soldiers from North Carolina in the American Revolution. Durham, NC, USA: The North Carolina Daughters of the American Revolution, 1932. [2]
6. ↑ Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/), "Record of William Crabtree", Ancestor # A027141.
7. ↑ Ancestry.com. U.S., The Pension Roll of 1835 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014. Original data:United States Senate.The Pension Roll of 1835.4 vols. 1968 Reprint, with index. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1992. [3]
8. ↑ The National Archives; Washington, D.C.; Ledgers of Payments, 1818-1872, to U.S. Pensioners Under Acts of 1818 Through 1858 From Records of the Office of the Third Auditor of the Treasury; Record Group Title: Records of the Accounting Officers of the Department of the Treasury; Record Group Number: 217; Series Number: T718; Roll Number: 15. [4]
9. ↑ North Carolina Land Grants. Microfilm publication, 770 rolls. North Carolina State Archives, Raleigh, North Carolina. [5]
10. ↑ 1820 U S Census; Census Place: Orange, North Carolina; Page: 290; NARA Roll: M33_82; Image: 169. [6]

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Acknowledgments

Thank you to Kena Nicholson for creating WikiTree profile Crabtree-605 through the import of KP1.ged on Nov 11, 2013. Click to the Changes page for the details of edits by Kena and others.