Heartland Genealogy

Cynthia Crawford was the child of  James Crawford and Rebecca Anderson Maxwell Crawford. She was born about 1802. Cynthia lived as a 50 year old female born in Kentucky who was listed as Cynthia Crafton in Clay Township, Decatur, Indiana, United States on 11 Sep 1850. 3 Cynthia Crawford and John Crafton 4 were married on 1 Apr 1823 in Jefferson, Indiana, United States. 2 , 5 – 11 John Crafton 2 was buried in 1836 at Nauvoo Cemetery in Milford, Decatur, Indiana, United States. 12 He died on 12 Dec 1836. 12

Do you ever go off on tangents with your genealogy research? If so, welcome to the club! I often go off on tangents with my FAN club. For the past several months, I've been on one of those tangents -- researching the descendants of James Crawford and Rebecca Anderson Maxwell Crawford. My most recent quest involves the descendants of Cynthia Crawford and John Crafton. This family is elusive! Born between 1824 and 1832, their children include John S., Barzilla, Patrick H, Rachel and Mary I. Even though I have approximate birth dates for all of the children, I only have a death date for John S. Crafton. This past week, I've been investigating the family of Mary I Crafton who married Jacob Cole in Indiana in 1865. According to Find a Grave, Jacob Cole died in 1893 in Ouachita County Arkansas. In an attempt to learn more about Mary Crafton Cole, I started investigating the Arkansas branch of the family thru their son James Franklin Cole. Since I didn't know a lot about t...

In your genealogical research, have you researched people of the same name? Have you found it challenging to separate those individuals of the same name? I know that in my research, I have encountered a lot of 'same names'. This experience has helped me look at my current research and question whether I'm working with records for the same person. Yesterday while working Ancestry hints for William Crawford , son of the William Crawford who was in Madison County Kentucky prior to 1800, Since I didn't have much information on the son, William, I wasn't sure the will was for the correct William. Thus, I wanted to see whether the family in the will matched what other researchers had for William Crawford. So, I turned to the tree on FamilySearch.

Arkansas Wills and Probate Records, 1818-1998 Ancestry.com Image 124 Page 103 William Crawford's Will Pope County State of Arkansas Feb 8th 1855