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Alexander Crawford (abt. 1767 - abt. 1823)

Pvt Alexander Crawford
Born about in Pennsylvaniamap
Husband of — married about 1786 in Washington County, Pennsylvania, United Statesmap
Descendants descendants
Died about at about age 56 in Paint Township, Highland, Ohio, United Statesmap
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Biography

Alexander was born in 1767. He was the son of Thomas C Crawford and Margaret Shearer.

Alexander Crawford is mentioned in the Williams brothers History of Ross and Highland Counties, Ohio (1880). He is said to be a brother of the Indian captives Oliver and Thomas Crawford, and was thought to have been born in Pennsylvania in 1767. Some give his birth as early as 1758, probably in Maryland, but he may have been born during the migration from Maryland to western Pennsylvania. The history reports, probably mistakenly on the dates, that the two brothers were captured by the Indians about the year 1760, and were prisoners in Ohio until surrendered to General Bouquet at the famous treaty of 1764. [1]
Alexander Crawford was the first of the family to gain a foothold in the Scioto Valley. He married Anna Pigman and with her and four children left Pennsylvania in the fall of 1795, floated down the Ohio River on a small flatboat to the mouth of the Scioto, and ascended that stream in a canoe to the vicinity of Chillicothe. He was a millwright and helped to build the floating mill famous in Chillicothe history, commonly supposed to have been the first mill of any kind upon the Scioto River. In 1807, he built on the Highland County bank of Paint Creek a grist-mill. Here he lived and carried on his work until 1823, when he was drowned while attempting to cross the creek in a canoe. His children were as follows: Jesse, Alexander, Mary ( Mrs. Nathan Thomas), Sarah (Mrs. James Greenfield), Elizabeth (Mrs. William Greenfield), Susan (Mrs. John McElwaine) and Elsie (Mrs. Joseph Estle) of Indiana.
U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900[2]

U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900:

Name:Alexander Crawford
Gender:Male
Birth Place:MD
Birth Year:1767
Spouse Name:Anna Pigman
Spouse Birth Place:MD
Spouse Birth Year:1769
Number Pages:1
Alexander Crawford Jr. was associated with his father in the management of the mill and after the latter's death took charge and conducted the business alone for some years. In 1825, he sold the property to Mr. Barrett and removed to Plum Run, a mile or more southwest of his former location, and there built a saw and grist mill which he conducted until 1850 when his sons assumed charge of the business. Alexander Crawford was a man of most excellent traits and very interesting as a companion on account of the experiences of his early life. He was a companion of the Indian boys, with whom he played and hunted, and he personally knew many of the warriors who became famous in history. Among his acquaintances were such celebrated characters as Logan and Tecumseh, and Captain John, a Shawnee chief who taught young Crawford how to hunt deer. He often went with his father to visit Waw-wil-a-way, the old Indian chief who resided on Rattlesnake Creek, and whose base murder by Wolff has been much reprehended by all the historians of the pioneer days. Mr. Crawford was present at Old Town (now Frankfort), Ross County, when the ceremonies establishing peace between the murderer and his victim's sons were celebrated, and often during his life spoke of the impressiveness of the scene which there ensued. Alexander Crawford Jr., who was a fine millwright, erected many mills on various Ohio streams and was widely known as well as highly esteemed for his cheerful and sociable disposition. He married Elizabeth, daughter of Benoni Brown, who came to Ross County from Virginia, and as a result of this union there were eight children: Jemima, Jackson, John, Mary Catherine, Alexander, Jesse and Anna.

Alexander died at the age of about 56 in 1823.[3]

U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900[4]

Historical Notes

  • Historian Howard L. Leckey writes that it is probable that Alexander Crawford, whose history is written in the History of Ross and Highland Counties, Ohio, published by the Williams Brothers in 1880 (page 531), was the brother of Oliver and Thomas Crawford, as reported by these and other authors. This history says that Alexander was born "during the progress of the Revolution," and in 1796, left Greene County, Pennsylvania, with his wife and four children, floating down the Ohio on a flat boat until they came to the mouth of the Scioto River, then continued up the Scioto to make a landing near Chillicothe. We cannot agree with the statement concerning his birth period, for he is known to have been the father of several children prior to 1790. In addition, he was probably the Alexander Crawford who served in Captain William Crawford's company during the Revolution. Then there is the record of Evan Shelby's company in Col. Henry Boquet's army in 1759, showing Alexander and Oliver Crawford members of that company. Alexander Crawford is also mentioned in the Muddy Creek Ledger, showing him to be an adult before 1796. Finally the article in this Ohio history practically explodes the period of birth given for Alexander Crawford, when it says he was accompanied on his journey by his wife, Anna Pigman, and four children. It would seem therefore, that Alexander Crawford was most likely born before 1745, and married during the Revolution, to Anna, daughter of Captain Jesse Pigman, a neighbor north of Muddy Creek.[7]

Sources

  1. The History of Highland County, Ohio, Rev. J. W. Klise, Madison, Wisconsin, Northwestern Historical Association, 1902 - Page 272
  2. U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900: Source number: 1235.155; Source type: Family group sheet, FGSE, listed as parents; Number of Pages: 1 Ancestry Record 7836 #291465
  3. Death: Title: One World Tree (sm) Author: Ancestry.com Publication: Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., n.d. Note: Source Medium: Ancestry.com.
    Online publication - Ancestry.com. OneWorldTree [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc..
  4. U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900: Source number: 1235.155; Source type: Family group sheet, FGSE, listed as parents; Number of Pages: 1 Ancestry Record 7836 #291465
  5. Ohio, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1786-1998: Court and Probate Records, 1816-1919; General Index, 1801-1933; Probate Place: Ross, Ohio Ancestry Record 8801 #13025464
  6. Ohio, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1786-1998:
    Name:Alexander Crawford
    Probate Date:1823
    Probate Place:Ross, Ohio, USA
    Inferred Death Date:1823
    Inferred Death Place:Ohio, USA
    Case Number:1321
    Item Description:General Index, Vol 1-2, A-Z, 1801-1887
    Others Listed:Others Listed
    Others Listed:Others Listed
    Others Listed:Alexander Crawford
  7. The Tenmile Creek Country and its Pioneer Families, Howard L. Leckey, Waynesburg, Pennsylvania, 1977.






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Crawford-20875 and Crawford-5023 appear to represent the same person because: Potential duplicate
posted by Hans Hofmann
I have added a few more sources that I found to each profile, I hope this will help.

Also there are three of them married to Anna Pigman.

Crawford-18653 and Crawford-5023 are not ready to be merged because: Further investigation is needed, it looks like one has the wrong spouse attached.
I approved the merger of Alexander Crawford and Alexander Crawford on the condition that the spouse be Anna Pigman. Following the evidence of Howard L. Leckey (The Tenmile Country and its Pioneer Families, 1977) and The History of Highland County, Ohio, Rev. J. W. Klise, Northwestern Historical Association, Madison, Wis., 1902, and other sources, I've concluded that Alexander Crawford is the brother of the Indian captives Oliver and Thomas Crawford. Their mother would be Margaret Shearer who was the widow of Thomas Crawford (still trying to confirm his identity) of Kenick's Gig, Maryland. I am also still trying to confirm the location of Kenick's Gig. Also based on the evidence, Anna Pigman's birth could be a decade earlier.
posted on Crawford-20875 (merged) by Robert Adams
edited by Robert Adams
I have added a few more sources that I found to each profile, I hope this will help. Deb
posted on Crawford-20875 (merged) by Debbie (Johnson) Ferguson
Crawford-18653 and Crawford-5023 appear to represent the same person because: I was working the Data Doctor Spread Sheet with the error code of Hint 409: Marriage to duplicate person and found this duplicate. Names, dates, locations, and relationships appear to be the same.

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