John Crawford (abt. 1855)

Born about Apr 1855 in Manor, Travis County, Texas, United States

Husband of Fannie (Black) Crawford — married 18 Dec 1877 in Sprinkle, Travis, Texas, United States

Biography

John Crawford is a part of US Black heritage.

John Crawford was interviewed in Austin, Texas about 1937 about his life, and his time as an enslaved person.

"John Crawford am me. It am 81 years since I's borned and dat's on de old Manor plantation were Manor am now. It wasn't dere den. I knowed the man it was named after. Ma's name was Viney Rector and the old judge brung her from Alabama. She milked all the cows two times a day and I had to turn out all de calves. Sometimes dey'd git purty rough and go right to dere mammies. Pap's name was Tom Townes, 'cause he 'longed on de Townes place. He was my step-pap and when I's growed I tooken my own pap's name, what was Crawford. I never seed him, though, and didn't know nothin' much 'bout him. He's sold away 'fore I's borned."

"In 1877 I marries Fannie Black at de town of Sprinkle. It wasn't sech a town, jes a li'l place. Me and her stayed married fifty-two years and four months. She died and left me eight year ago. We had seven chillen and dey is all livin'. Four is here in Austin and two in California and one in Ohio. I gits a li'l pension, $9.00 de month, and my gal, Susie, takes care of me. I ain't got long to go now 'fore de Lawd gwine call me."

Slave Owner

1. Judge Manor

Interview: John Crawford was interviewed in Austin, Texas as part of the Federal Writer's Project of the Works Progress Administration (WPA). The results are made available by the Library of Congress. ^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ [1] Library of Congress - WPA - Slave Narrative - John Crawford - Vol. 16, Part 1, Texas, pages 257-259, images 264-266 of 315.

• "Texas, County Marriage Records, 1837-1965," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2ZY-1WY9 : 28 November 2018), John Crawford and Fannie Black, 18 Dec 1877; citing Marriage, citing Austin, Travis, Texas, United States, Texas State Library, Archives Division, and various Texas county clerks; FHL microfilm 978,165.

"United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M35L-JTW : accessed 24 June 2021), Louis Crawford in household of Mo Crawford, Austin city Ward 7, Travis, Texas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 93, sheet 6A, family 125, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,241,673.

"United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M2Q8-MRL : accessed 24 June 2021), John Crawford, Austin Ward 5, Travis, Texas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 78, sheet 6B, family 136, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1595; FHL microfilm 1,375,608.

"United States Census, 1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MH15-ZY9 : 3 February 2021), John Crawford, 1920.

"United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K43B-D9Q : 28 January 2020), John Crawford in household of Mitchell Haden, Tract 8, Austin, Justice Precinct 3, Travis, Texas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 227-40, sheet 6A, line 18, family 121, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 4149.

Daughter's death record names parents: "Texas Deaths, 1890-1976," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KS14-7RH : 20 February 2021), John Crawford in entry for Beatrice Collins, 14 May 1968; citing certificate number 45727, State Registrar Office, Austin; FHL microfilm 2,137,106.