James Maxwell Crawford1 was born on 3 Mar 1790 in Garrard,
Kentucky, United States.1–4
He was the child of .5
He signed a petition asking for a division of roads on 14 Oct 1811 in Jefferson, Indiana Territory, United States.6
James purchased land being of the NE qr of section 29 in township no 4 north of range no ten east on 7 Apr 1826 in Jefferson, Indiana, United States.7 He lived in Jefferson, Indiana, United States on 1 Jul 1830.8
He sold land being 136 acres to the county for the purpose of creating an asylum for the poor on 25 Feb 1833 in Jefferson, Indiana, United States.9
James purchased land being O T Madison Lot 51 for $1800 from Chas W. Basnett on 30 Oct 1846 in Jefferson, Indiana, United States.10
He lived as a 60 year old male born in Kentucky who was listed as James M Crawford in Clay Township, Decatur, Indiana, United States on 11 Sep 1850.11
He died on 13 Oct 1856 at the age of 66.4 James was an Elder and Lay Preacher for the Indiana Conference of the Methodist Church in Indiana, United States.4
He signed a petition asking for a division of roads on 14 Oct 1811 in Jefferson, Indiana Territory, United States.6
James purchased land being of the NE qr of section 29 in township no 4 north of range no ten east on 7 Apr 1826 in Jefferson, Indiana, United States.7 He lived in Jefferson, Indiana, United States on 1 Jul 1830.8
He sold land being 136 acres to the county for the purpose of creating an asylum for the poor on 25 Feb 1833 in Jefferson, Indiana, United States.9
James purchased land being O T Madison Lot 51 for $1800 from Chas W. Basnett on 30 Oct 1846 in Jefferson, Indiana, United States.10
He lived as a 60 year old male born in Kentucky who was listed as James M Crawford in Clay Township, Decatur, Indiana, United States on 11 Sep 1850.11
He died on 13 Oct 1856 at the age of 66.4 James was an Elder and Lay Preacher for the Indiana Conference of the Methodist Church in Indiana, United States.4
She died in 1832 at the age of 40 in Bartholomew, Indiana, United States.12 She was also known as Lucy Crawford. James Maxwell Crawford and Lucy Vawter had the following children:
11. _____ Crawford was born (date
unknown).
12. _____ Crawford was born (date unknown).
13. Ann Crawford was born (date unknown).
14. Philemon Vawter
Crawford13 was born on 14
Sep 1814 in Madison, Indiana, United States.3,14–16
He lived in North Madison, Jefferson, Indiana, United States on 21 Aug 1850.17 He started for Oregon on 28 Mar 1851 .3,18–19 Philemon lived in Oregon, United States on 20 Sep 1851.16,18,20
He filed took up a Donation Land Claim in section 22 about 3 miles East in Brownsville, Linn, Oregon, United States about 1852.3 He filed land entry papers about 1855 in Linn, Oregon, United States.16 About 1859 Philemon owned a flour mill in Shedd.3
He purchased 10 acres of land from Timothy Riggs in 1860 in Crawfordsville, Linn, Oregon, United States.3 He lived in Linn, Oregon, United States on 18 Jun 1860.21
In 1870 Philemon was appointed postmaster in Crawfordsville, Linn, Oregon, United States.22 He lived in Linn, Oregon, United States on 20 Sep 1870.23 He lived in Waitsburg, Washington Territory in 1871.3
Philemon lived as a 66 year old mill right born in Indiana who was listed as P. V. Crawford in Crawfordsville, Linn, Oregon, United States on 5 Jun 1880.24
He died on 2 Feb 1901 at the age of 86 in Eugene, Lane, Oregon, United States.3,14–16,25 He was buried in Crawfordsville, Linn, Oregon, United States.3,14
He lived in North Madison, Jefferson, Indiana, United States on 21 Aug 1850.17 He started for Oregon on 28 Mar 1851 .3,18–19 Philemon lived in Oregon, United States on 20 Sep 1851.16,18,20
He filed took up a Donation Land Claim in section 22 about 3 miles East in Brownsville, Linn, Oregon, United States about 1852.3 He filed land entry papers about 1855 in Linn, Oregon, United States.16 About 1859 Philemon owned a flour mill in Shedd.3
He purchased 10 acres of land from Timothy Riggs in 1860 in Crawfordsville, Linn, Oregon, United States.3 He lived in Linn, Oregon, United States on 18 Jun 1860.21
In 1870 Philemon was appointed postmaster in Crawfordsville, Linn, Oregon, United States.22 He lived in Linn, Oregon, United States on 20 Sep 1870.23 He lived in Waitsburg, Washington Territory in 1871.3
Philemon lived as a 66 year old mill right born in Indiana who was listed as P. V. Crawford in Crawfordsville, Linn, Oregon, United States on 5 Jun 1880.24
He died on 2 Feb 1901 at the age of 86 in Eugene, Lane, Oregon, United States.3,14–16,25 He was buried in Crawfordsville, Linn, Oregon, United States.3,14
Philemon Vawter Crawford and
Letitia Smith3 were married on 19
Dec 1833 in Jefferson, Indiana, United States.14,16,18,26–30
Letitia Smith was born on 28 Aug 1817.16
She lived in North Madison, Jefferson, Indiana, United States on 21 Aug 1850.17 She lived in Linn, Oregon, United States on 18 Jun 1860.21 Letitia lived in Linn, Oregon, United States on 7 Sep 1870.23 She lived as a 63 year old female born in Indiana who was listed as L. S. Crawford in Crawfordsville, Linn, Oregon, United States on 16 Jun 1880.24
She died on 13 Jun 1896 at the age of 78 in Oregon, United States.3 Letitia was buried in Crawfordsville, Linn, Oregon, United States.3,31 She was also known as Letitia Crawford.
She lived in North Madison, Jefferson, Indiana, United States on 21 Aug 1850.17 She lived in Linn, Oregon, United States on 18 Jun 1860.21 Letitia lived in Linn, Oregon, United States on 7 Sep 1870.23 She lived as a 63 year old female born in Indiana who was listed as L. S. Crawford in Crawfordsville, Linn, Oregon, United States on 16 Jun 1880.24
She died on 13 Jun 1896 at the age of 78 in Oregon, United States.3 Letitia was buried in Crawfordsville, Linn, Oregon, United States.3,31 She was also known as Letitia Crawford.
15. _____ Crawford was born (date
unknown).
16. Rachel Crawford was
born on 4 Mar 1822 in Jennings, Indiana, United States.32
She sold land being part of the SE quarter of section 34 Township 4 Range 10 by quit claim deed for $1.00 to David Vawter on 27 Feb 1846 in Jefferson, Indiana, United States.33
She lived in Portland, Multnomah, Oregon, United States on 27 Jun 1860.34 Rachel lived as a 58 year old female born in Indiana who was listed as Rachel Smith in Dairy Creek, Washington County, Oregon on 11 Jun 1880.35
She died on 22 May 1891 at the age of 69 in Washington, Oregon, United States.32 She was buried at Mountain View Memorial Gardens in Washington, Oregon, United States.32
She sold land being part of the SE quarter of section 34 Township 4 Range 10 by quit claim deed for $1.00 to David Vawter on 27 Feb 1846 in Jefferson, Indiana, United States.33
She lived in Portland, Multnomah, Oregon, United States on 27 Jun 1860.34 Rachel lived as a 58 year old female born in Indiana who was listed as Rachel Smith in Dairy Creek, Washington County, Oregon on 11 Jun 1880.35
She died on 22 May 1891 at the age of 69 in Washington, Oregon, United States.32 She was buried at Mountain View Memorial Gardens in Washington, Oregon, United States.32
Rachel Crawford and Peter
Smith were married on 5 Dec 1850 in Jefferson, Indiana, United States.36 Peter Smith37 was born on 22 Apr 1810 in Greenbrier,
West Virginia, United States.38
He lived in Portland, Multnomah, Oregon, United States on 27 Jun 1860.34 He lived as a 70 year old male farmer born in Virginia who was listed as Peter Smith in Dairy Creek, Washington County, Oregon on 11 Jun 1880.35
Peter died on 13 Jun 1889 at the age of 79 in Forest Grove, Washington, Oregon, United States.38 He was buried at Mountain View Memorial Gardens in Forest Grove, Washington, Oregon, United States.38
He lived in Portland, Multnomah, Oregon, United States on 27 Jun 1860.34 He lived as a 70 year old male farmer born in Virginia who was listed as Peter Smith in Dairy Creek, Washington County, Oregon on 11 Jun 1880.35
Peter died on 13 Jun 1889 at the age of 79 in Forest Grove, Washington, Oregon, United States.38 He was buried at Mountain View Memorial Gardens in Forest Grove, Washington, Oregon, United States.38
17. _____ Crawford was born (date
unknown).
18. Rebecca Crawford
was also known as Rebecca Smith on 23 Feb 1832.26
Rebecca Crawford and Jacob
Smith were married on 23 Feb 1832 in Jefferson, Indiana, United States.26,39–41 Jacob Smith26 was born (date unknown).
19. _____ Crawford was born (date
unknown).
1A. Robert Crawford was born (date
unknown).
James Maxwell Crawford and Susan Lanning were married on
11 Jun 1833 in Indiana, United States.42
Susan Lanning1 was born (date
unknown).
James Maxwell Crawford and Frances Wooden were married
on 27 May 1852 in Indiana, United States.42
Frances Wooden1 was born (date
unknown).
1. Mary Hedges
Reiner, compiler, Oregon State Roster of Ancestor DAR 1963 (Portland,
Oregon: 1929), p. 84; digital image, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com :
viewed online April 2017.
2. Grace Vawter Bicknell, Vawter Family in America:
with the Allied Families of Branham, Crawford,Wise, Lewis, Stribling, Glover,
Moncrief (Indianapolis: The Hollenbeck Press, 1905), ; digital images, Internet
Archive (us.archive.org : accessed .
3. Interview with James Vawter Crawford and his mother
Mary F. Cowgill (Crawford) Coon ([address
for private use], Shedd, Oregon), by WPA Interviews for Linn County
Oregon and transcribed by Patricia Dunn, transcribed 2000. transcription held
by WPA Interviews, http://www.lgsoregon.org/lgstng/showmedia.php?mediaID=22398).
4. Find a Grave, database and images, Find a Grave
(www.findagrave.com : viewed online June 2019), memorial for James Maxwell
Crawford (1790-1856), Find a Grave Memorial no. #197112488, created by William
C. Dunlap, citing unknown, Hartsville, Bartholomew County, Indiana;, James
Maxwell Crawford.
5. Florence Wilson Houston, Maxwell History and
Genealogy (Indianapolis, IN: Press of C. E. Pauley & Co., 1916), p.
255; digitized copy, Internet Archive (https://archive.org/details/maxwellhistoryge00hous
: downloaded copy May 2019.
7. Indiana, Jefferson. Deed Records, 1812-1891. Film ##1310268 GDS 8059613. James Crawford, 7
Apr 1826 Book D: page 307-308; digitized images, FamilySearch www.familysearch.org
: viewed online May 2019.
8. 1830 U.S. Census, Jefferson County, Indiana, population
schedule, Jefferson County, Indiana, page 89 (image 11 of 118), James M.
Crawford; digital image, Ancestry.com (ancestry.com : viewed online
August 2016); NARA Microfilm Publication M19.
11. 1850 U.S. Census, Decatur County, Indiana, population
schedule, Clay Township, Decatur County, Indiana, image 44, household 318,
Cynthia Crafton; digital image, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : viewed
online April 2017); NARA microfilm publication M432.
12. Find a Grave, database and images, Find a Grave
(www.findagrave.com : viewed online June 2019), memorial for Lucy Vawter
Crawford (1792-1832), Find a Grave Memorial no. #166574858,
13. U.S. Family Photo Collection, c1850-2000, Philemon
Crawford, digital image, Ancestry.com www.ancestry.com : viewed online
July 2017.
14. Find a Grave, database and images, Find a Grave
(www.findagrave.com : viewed online July 2017), memorial for Philemon Vawter
Crawford (1814-1901), Find a Grave Memorial no. #27056165,
15. "Oregon, Early Oregonians Index,
1800-1860,"Ancestry.com,
(www.ancestry.com : July 2017 (viewed online), Philemon Vawter Crawford;
Oregon State Archives.
16. Oregon State Archives, Early Oregonian Search
(https://secure.sos.state.or.us/prs/personProfileSearch.do?earlyOregonian=true&searchReset=true
: viewed online July 2017), Crawford, Philemon Vawter.
17. 1850 U.S. Census, Jefferson County, Indiana,
population schedule, North Madison, Jefferson County, Indiana, page 29,
household 42, Philomon V. Crawford; digital image, Ancestry.com
(www.ancestry.com : viewed online July 2017); NARA microfilm publication M432.
18. Oregon, Biographical and Other Index Card File,
1700s-1900s, Philemon Vawter Crawford, database with images, Ancestry.com www.ancestry.com
: viewed online July 2017. Original Source: Pioneer Index, Oregon Historical
Society.
19. Kermit C. Robinson, The Vawter Family in Oregon
(1998), ; digital images, (: viewed
online August 2019.
20. Everett Earke Stabard, "Pen Pictures of Pioneers
of Linn County," Albany Daily Democrat (Albany, Oregon), 29 January
1922; Newspapers.com (http://www.newspaprs.com : viewed online July
2017).
21. 1860 U.S. Census, Linn County, Oregon, population
schedule, Linn County, Oregon, image 14 of 156, household 105, Philomel Crawford;
digital image, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : viewed online July
2017); NARA microfilm publication M653.
23. 1870 U.S. Census, Linn, Oregon, population schedule,
Coal Cree Precinct, Linn County, Oregon, page 2, household 8, Philemon
Crawford; digital image, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : viewed online
July 2017).
24. 1840 U. S. Census, Linn County, Oregon, population
schedule, Crawfordsville, Linn County, Oregon, ED 74, page 18, household 146,
P. V. Crawford; digital image, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : viewed
online October 2016); NARA microfilm publication T9.
25. Oregon Pioneer Obituaries
(https://sites.google.com/site/oregonpioneerobituaries : viewed online August
2019), Philemon Vawter Crawford.
26. "Jefferson County (Indiana) Marriage
Records" Vol. 14 p. 90 (Crawford.IN.065); based on TMG Source
27. "Indiana, Marriages, 1810-2001," database,
Ancestry, (www.ancestry.com : viewed online July 2017), Philemon Crawford -
Letitia Smith.
28. "Indiana, Marriage Index,
1800-1941,"Ancestry.com, (www.ancestry.com : viewed online (July 2017),
Philemon Crawford - Letitia Smith.
29. "Indiana, Compiled Marriages, 1802-1850,"
database, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : viewed online July 2017),
Philemon Crawford - Letitia Smith.
30. Dodd, Jordan, "Indiana, Compiled Marriage Index,
1802-1892,"Ancestry.com,
(www.ancestry.com : viewed online (July 2017), Letitia Smith - Philemon
Crawford.
31. Find a Grave, database and images, Find a Grave
(www.findagrave.com : viewed online July 2017), memorial for Letitia S Smith
Crawford (1817-1896), Find a Grave Memorial no. #27056164,
32. Find a Grave, database and images, Find a Grave
(www.findagrave.com : viewed online October 2016), memorial for Rachel W.
"Ruby" Crawford Smith (1822-1891), Find a Grave Memorial no.
#24637763,
34. 1860 U.S. Census, Linn County, Oregon, population
schedule, Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon, page 70, household 593, Peter
Smith.
35. 1880 U.S. Census, Washington County, Oregon,
population schedule, Dairy Creek, Washington County, Oregon, SD 110, ED 127,
page 11, household 104, Peter Smith; digital image, Ancestry.com
(www.ancestry.com : viewed online October 2016); NARA microfilm publication T9.
37. Dodd, Jordan, "Indiana Marriages to
150,"Ancestry.com,
(www.ancestry.com : Jefferson County, Indiana, viewed online (Oct 2016),
Rachel Crawford.
38. Find a Grave, database and images, Find a Grave
(www.findagrave.com : viewed online October 2016), memorial for Peter Smith
(1810-1889), Find a Grave Memorial no. #24637761,
Thank you for your wonderful and thorough work in tying together the information on this Crawford line.
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