Crawford Brick Wall Research

I've recently been going back thru my CRAWFORD research in Kentucky in hopes of finding a clue about the parents of James Crawford. This research involves at least four counties and several different families.

As I've been doing this research, I've been writing blog posts. Below is a chronological listing of those posts.

Moore Deeds

What's your 'go-to' record type to try and identify people? For me, that resource is land records.

I've recently been using land records to figure out the various Crawford families in the Garrard County, Kentucky area prior to 1820. One of those families is the widow, Mary Crawford who appears on the tax records for Madison County, Kentucky as early as 1787.

In 1793, a Mary Crawford married an Alexander Moore in Garrard County, Kentucky. I was able to use land records to show that the Mary Crawford who married Alexander Moore is the same Mary Crawford who purchased land from Richard Cave.

Now, I'm trying to track Alexander Moore in hopes of learning more about Mary Crawford. There are two deeds for the sale of land in 1811 that indicate that Alexander Moore was from Fleming County, Kentucky.

Engaged

Forty-six years

At the age of twenty, I was not looking forty-six years into my future. But it was forty-six years ago this Valentine's Day that I said yes - to Michael Philbrick.

Our engagement was announced a year later - forty-five years ago.

Miss Marcia Crawford
whose engagement to Mr. Mi-
chael Dean Philbrick has been
announced by her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Eugene Crawford,
2314 West Twenty-first Ave.
Miss Crawford is a snior stu-
dent at Kansas Stte Teachers
College, where she is major-
ing in chemistry and is a mem-
ber of Delta Zeta social sorori-
ety. She is the granddaughter
of Mrs. E. O. Briles, 609 West
Fifth Ave. Mr. Philbrick, the
son of Mr. and Mrs. Donald
Philbrick of Phillipsburg, also
is a senior student at KSTC.
He is majoring in physical sci-
ence.

Where Is the Sellers' Land?

Have you ever tried to document a piece of information and get frustrated because everywhere you look turns up nothing?

Well, that's how I feel right now regarding land owned by various members of the SELLERS family in early Kentucky.

My clue that they owned land comes from various tax lists. The Sellers family appears on the Lincoln County, Kentucky tax list in 1792 on images 234 and 235.

Image 234

• Sellers James - 1 male > 21; 6 horses, 10 cattle
• Sellers Samuel - 1 male > 21; 1 horse
• Sellers William - 1 male 16-21

Image 235

• Sellers Nathaniel - 1 male > 21, 1 horse, 4 cattle 100 acres
• Sellers, John 1 male over 21, 5 horses, 24 cattle, 100 acres

Where Are the Sparrows?

Does your genealogy desk sit in front of a window? Do you find yourself looking out that window watching the birds and squirrels?

If so, then welcome to the 'genealogy bird watching club'.

My computer sits in front of a window that overlooks two of our large trees. I have feeders in those trees and at various other places in the yard. We also have a water heater in our bird bath to provide fresh water for the birds (and other wildlife).

Over the years, I've participated in Project Feeder Watch to count the birds at my feeders. Below is a picture of my bird counting 'journal' from 2006.

Golden Legacy

Does your family throw a big parties? Have you had the good fortune to celebrate Golden Anniversaries in your family?

My first exposure to a Golden Anniversary celebration was for my grandparents: Leon and Winnie Crawford.