Turner Crump (1741 - 1792)

Born 1741 in New Kent county, Virginia

Ancestors

Husband of Mary Eleanor (Halley) Smith — married about 1768 in Virginia

Descendants

Died 1792 at about age 51 in Fayette, Kentucky, United States

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Biography

Turner Crump who married Mary Halley was a carpenter from New Kent County, Virginia. He was hired by George Washington at Mount Vernon in December, 1760 to oversee Washington's slave carpenters. He may have been living with William Crump, who lived in Clifton's Neck, across Little Hunting Creek from Mount Vernon, until Washington purchased Clifton's Neck in April of that same year. William moved shortly thereafter, and Turner later lived on the Mount Vernon estate. Circumstantial evidence leaves no doubt that Turner was the son of Richard and Lucy Crump of New Kent County. The Harllees are descendants of Rev. Richard Buck, which makes them cousins to the Crumps of Jamestown.) Turner named his first two children Richard and Lucy.

Washington sent a letter with Turner in July of 1763 to his friend, Burwell Bassett of New Kent County, writing "So good an opportunity as Turner Crump on a visit to his father affords, I could not omit of asking how you do." That placed Turner's origin in New Kent and established that his father was still living. A later find was that Richard Crump's wife was Lucy Hunt, and that she had a brother named Turner.Thus, Turner was undoubtedly named for his uncle. For yet another tie-in, one of Richard Crump's sons was named Benedict, and Turner named one of his sons Benedict. Washington cut a deal with Turner, allowing him to use the slaves to construct and repair buildings for Washington's neighbors, and giving Turner a percentage of the profit.

After leaving Mount Vernon, Turner lived and pursued his trade for some time in the vicinity of Fairfax. He was himself a slaveowner. Meantime, William Crump (I believe the same one who was in Clifton's neck) left Fairfax County for Kentucky, Turner followed sometime in the 1780's. He was a founding member of Boone's Creek Baptist Church, where some of the Boones were members. He also saw service against the Indians (under Logan), finally settling in the area of Mount Sterling.^[1][2]

Sources

1. ↑ J. Griffin Crump February 22, 1999 at 05:22:15 In reply to: Re: Robert Francis Crump, VA. 1/23/99 (http://www.genealogy.com/forum/surnames/topics/crump/189/)
2. ↑ Collection of Washington's Letter. (http://www.mountvernon.org/research-collections/digital-encyclopedia/article/turner-crump/)

• "United States Census, 1840," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHTF-S7Q : accessed 30 July 2015), Turner B Crump, Fulton, Callaway, Missouri; citing p. 218, NARA microfilm publication M704, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 221; FHL microfilm 14,855.

See also:

• Source: S122 Repository: #REPO1 Title: World Family Tree Vol. 3, Ed. 1 Author: Brøderbund Software, Inc. Abbreviation: Brøderbund Software, Inc. Publication: Release date: February 9, 1996 Abbreviation: World Family Tree Vol. 3, Ed. 1 Note: Customer pedigree. CONT CONT Source Media Type: Family Archive CD Page: Tree #0699 Data: Text: Date of Import: Dec 2, 2000
• The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "Ancestral File," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/2:1:MZCB-MB2 : accessed 2015-08-08), entry for Turner CRUMP.

Acknowledgments

• Thank you to Gordon Golden for creating WikiTree profile Crump-340 through the import of AliceKing ancestors for wikitree201312.ged on Dec 19, 2013.
• Blackmon-171 16:55, 8 August 2015 (EDT)