David Crum Sr. (abt. 1753 - abt. 1797)

Born about 1753 in Orangeburg, Orangeburg, South Carolina

Ancestors

Descendants

Died about 1797 at about age 44 in Orangeburg, South Carolina, United States

Biography

David was born in 1753 and died in 1797.

Family

Parents: Henry Crum Magdalene Zorn

Spouse: Ann Berry^[1]

Children:

1. James Harmon Crum (1774-1818)
2. David Crum, Jr. (b. 1775)
3. Frederick John Crum (b. 1777)

Research Notes

David Crum was born in 1753, a birth date supported by Rowesville , SC area resident B. C. Crum Jr.’s (1952) letter to Mrs. Cate copied from files of Huxford-Spear Genealogical Library of Homerville, GA, The letter reported with confidence that David Crum’s birth to Henry Crum and Magdalene Zorn was one of the illegible entries in the Gissendanner Book of Record. David’s parents, Henry Herman (1731) and Magdalene’s (1733) marriage was recorded in the Book of Record for June 9, 1752. Other contributing sources to Magdalene as David’s mother were found in other B.C. Crum Jr. research and the Dwight Crum Family Bible [ES original sources need reviewed & insert]. A 1752 birth date was set forth by the B. Hartness’ (1990) work and Gelee Corley Hendrix, a certified genealogist, and therefore Magdalene could not be David’s mother. At this time the author E. Sullivan has listed Magdalene Zorn as the mother. Note: Researching David Crum is more tedious due to at least one other contemporary David Crum son of John Harmon Crum, Henry’s brother. And the other Davids would not be David Jr. as he appeared on Glynn Co., GA records by 1795.

David Crum was on the 1778-79 petit juror lists for Below Orangeburgh (Hendrix and Lindsay, 1980). His name appeared in the “Heads of Families, First Census of the United States 1790, State of South Carolina.” In the 1790 census Thomas Edwards and David Crum owned land near that of Abraham Hazelwood, about 2 miles south of Rowesville, SC.

David married Ann Berry, a fact supported by research reported in the Orangeburg German Swiss Geneological Society [Dec 1994, v. 5, #5, p. 90] that there was a John Crum, son of David Crum and Ann Barry [Berry]. Additionally, David and Ann lived in the same areas as indicated by the information of Shuler in 1998 that "The Crums, Berrys and Edwards were neighbors near Cowcastle and Crum's Creek. Henry CRUM who lived in the same area of Crum's Creek . . . ." (Shuler, 1998).

The David Crum land plat described the location to be at the head of Cattle Creek, and was originally part of 1772 Henry Crum land grant. In 1793 David owned a majority of the original 1772 Henry Crum land as shown in Plat 2 [ES attach insert Plat] (Hendrix, 1990). The South Carolina’s primogeniture law existed until 1791 entitling land ownership to pass to the oldest son, David. The Orangeburgh Land Records by the Orangeburg German Swiss Genealogical Society for the Crums provided the following recorded descriptions and archives reference numbers: David CRUM 30 Mar 1773 400 R.S. File 1669. .....Twp. Lot ___ Ref: 0009 003 0014 00276 01; David CRUM 10 Dec 1774 400 Willow Swamp. [Henry Crum] Signed Hoeman Crum. .....Twp. Lot ___ Ref: 0030 002 0013 00147 03. Henry CRUM 16 Mar 1772 400 [Crume] .....Twp. Lot ___ Ref: 0009 003 0014 00256 01.

David seems to have accumulated more wealth than others as he did not fight in the Revolution but furnished supplies as noted in the records of the S.C. Historical Commission in Columbia, SC. However records show his participation as a Loyalist then as a Patriot. There is much to be unraveled about David’s military service. Some state he was too young to have fought, and use this to prove Magdalene could not be his mother. Yet based on the commonly accepted Revolutionary War start date of 1775 and end date of 1783 he would have been in his 20s, old enough to fight. Even 16 year olds fought in our early wars. Another fact to add to the mix was David Crum appeared as a Loyalist in the Southern Campaign as a private in the Orangeburg militia with Colonel John Fisher's Regiment from June 14 and December 14 of 1780, and received pay on November 30, 1781. Sometime afterwards David Crum switched sides and became a revolutionary soldier as evidenced by his land claims falling between August 20, 1783 and August 31, 1786. David Crum was recognized as an American Patriot of the S.C. Militia (SAR National No. 97141). Many of the Orangeburgh and areas west started out as Loyalists, switching sides after the fall of Charleston and war acts of the British Loyalist. Shuler’s (1998) research supported that David and the others did not actively participate until switching sides.

David died around 1797 in Orangeburg County. Further research needs to be done on death and burial. He and Ann from the time of arriving at Orangeburg lived the rest of their lives there. However, all of their children migrated to other frontier areas: Glynn Co. and Effingham, Georgia; Lowndes and Butler Cos., Alabama, and possibly Texas. (OGSGS Migrations; Crum, 1952).

• Crum, B. C. Jr. (1952). Letter to Ms. Cate.
• Crum, Dwight. Family Bible
• Hartness, George B. (October 1991) Research Letter presented to the German-Swiss Genealogical Society, Orangeburg, SC.
• Hendrix, Gelee Corley and Lindsay, Morn McKoy Compilers. (1980). 1778-1779 Jury List South Carolina. Baltimore Genealogical Publishing Co. Transcribed for South Carolina Genealogy Trails by Dena Whitesell

Sources

1. ↑ U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970 - https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/2204/32596_242396-00431/1053626?backurl=https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/166307389/person/372184275364/facts/citation/1042259536805/edit/record

• 1790 United States Federal Census, South Carolina, Orangeburg, Not Stated - https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/5058/4185996_00247/389034?backurl=https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/166307389/person/372184275364/facts/citation/1042259537011/edit/record

• 1800 United States Federal Census, South Carolina, Orangeburg District, Orange - https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/7590/4440836_00137/493581?backurl=https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/166307389/person/372184275364/facts

• Heads of Families at the First Census of the United States Taken in the Year 1790: South Carolina - https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/48301/USCensusSC-001221-97/283371?backurl=https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/166307389/person/372184275364/facts/citation/1042259537129/edit/record

• Loyalists in the Southern Campaign of the Revolutionary War, Vol. I - Index to This Section - https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/48291/SouthLoyalistsI-001278-585/280116?backurl=https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/166307389/person/372184275364/facts

• https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LC8L-3V8

• http://myweb.fsu.edu/rthompson2/genealogy/crum.html