Hannah (Revels) Crosby (1728 - 1785)

Born 1728 in Chester, Chester, Colony of South Carolina

Wife of Dennis Crosby — married 1748 in Chester, Chester, South Carolina

Descendants

Died 12 Aug 1785 at about age 57 in Crosbyville, Fairfield, South Carolina, United States

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Biography

Hannah (Revels) Crosby was a South Carolina colonist.

Hannah (Revels) Crosby performed Patriotic Service in South Carolina in the American Revolution.

Hannah (Revels) Crosby is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A028073.

Hannah (Revels) Crosby is an NSSAR Patriot Ancestor.
NSSAR Ancestor #: 141541
Rank: Patriotic Service

Hannah Revels was born about 1728 in Chester, Chester County, South Carolina, the daughter of Thomas Revels and Elizabeth Houseman.^[1]

Hannah (19) married Dennis Crosby (23) in 1748 in Chester, Chester County, South Carolina. Their known children were:

1. Richard Crosby was born about 1749 in Chester County.
2. Lydia Crosby was born about 1753 in Chester County.
3. Thomas Crosby was born about 1757 in Chester County.
4. Mary Polly Crosby was born about 1757 in Fairfield County.
5. John Crosby was born about 1760 in South Carolina.
6. Mary Polly Crosby was born about 1768 in Chester County.

Her husband Dennis died in about 1771. She inherited two enslaved people from him.^[2]

• Charles
• Amey

Hannah provided Patriotic Service during the American Revolution by furnishing supplies.^[3]

In 1785, Hannah was paid for "forage for continental and militia use in 1781" during the US Revolutionary War.^[4]

Hannah died on August 12, 1785 in Fairfield County, South Carolina. She is buried in the Dennis Crosby Cemetery in Fairfield County, South Carolina.^[1]

Her gravestone reads "Revolutionary War Patriot buried Chester, South Carolina, wife of Dennis Crosby."

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/54095329/hannah-crosby: accessed 29 July 2023), memorial page for Hannah Revels Crosby (1728–12 Aug 1785), Find a Grave Memorial ID Find A Grave: Memorial #54095329, citing Dennis Crosby Cemetery, Fairfield County, South Carolina, USA; Maintained by Wanda Dove Sheller (contributor 47259430).
2. ↑ Wills and miscellaneous probate records, 1671-1868: "South Carolina Probate Re... Bound Volumes, 1671-1977"
   Catalog: Wills and miscellaneous probate records, 1671-1868 Wills v. 14-16 1771-1779
   Image path: South Carolina Probate Records, Bound Volumes, 1671-1977 > Charleston > Wills, 1771-1779, Vol. 014 > image 108 of 1276; citing Department of Archives and History, Columbia.
   FamilySearch Image: 939L-N4SJ-W (accessed 23 July 2022), South Carolina wills, Bk p.95. Notes: Dennis Crosby Will, probated 11 October 1771, St. Marks Parish, Craven County, South Carolina, and recorded in Colonial Wills of Charleston, South Carolina, Deed Book 0, 1771-74, page 49. Children named were Richard, Thomas, Lydia, John Mary, and William.
3. ↑ Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed 29 November 2023), "Record of Hannah Crosby", Ancestor # A028073.
4. ↑ "United States Rosters of Revolutionary War Soldiers and Sailors, 1775-1783," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:7ZQT-ZWW2 : 1 March 2021), Hanah Crosby, 20 May 1785; citing Military Service, United States, Citing various published state rosters, United States; FHL microfilm 103140764.

Acknowledgments

WikiTree profile Revels-17 created through the import of Crosby Family Tree.ged on Jan 17, 2013 by H Simpson. See the Changes page for the details of edits by H and others.