Mary (Scott) Crawford (abt. 1800 - 1891)

Born about 1800 in Scotland

Ancestors

Wife of Andrew Crawford Jr. — married 1823 in South Carolina United States

Descendants

Died 1891 at about age 91 in Panola, Texas, USA

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Biography

Mary was born about 1800, the daughter of Joseph Scott and Margaret Scot in Scotland.

In 1801 Joseph brought Mary and her sister Joicy to the United States. ^[1]

She married Andrew Crawford around 1823 ^[2]

From Memoir of William Howard Crawford:

My grandmothers, Mary and Joicy, were sisters, daughters of Joseph Scott who was born and raised in Abbotsford on the Tweed River in Scotland and who emigrated to America in 1801 and settled in South Carolina, near Charleston. Mary married Andrew Crawford and Joicy married John Laird.

Mary died in Texas in 1891 and is buried with her husband at the old Crawford plantation near Beckville, Panola County, Texas.

Sources

1. ↑ Ancestry Record 7486 #3810237 Original data: Filby, P. William, ed. Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s. Farmington Hills, MI, USA: Gale Research, 2012. Place: South Carolina; Year: 1801; Page Number: 391

   Name: Mary Scott

   Arrival year: 1801

   Arrival Place: South Carolina

   Primary Immigrant: Scott, Mary

   Family Members: Father Joseph

   Source Publication Code: 9760

   Annotation: Covers era prior to 1855. Compiled from correspondence and monument inscriptions, 17th and, mainly, 18th century. Prepared for the Scottish Genealogical Society. 6,470 emigrants.

   Source Bibliography: WHYTE, DONALD. A Dictionary of Scottish Emigrants to the USA. Vol. 1. Baltimore: Magna Carta Book Co., 1972. 504p. 2nd pr., 1981.

   Household Members:

   Mary Scott

   Joseph Scott

2. ↑ "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MZYC-Q7T : 12 April 2016), Mary Crawford in household of Andrew Crawford, Pike county, Pike, Georgia, United States; citing family 344, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

See also:

• Find A Grave: Memorial #44015669 F : accessed 24 February 2019), memorial page for Mary Scott Crawford (1800–1891), citing Andrew Crawford Cemetery, Panola County, Texas, USA ; Maintained by Eleanor Colson (contributor 46550010)

Acknowledgements

WikiTree profile Scott-4222 created through the import of crawford.GED on Jan 2, 2012 by Rae Ball. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Rae and others.