John Crawford Deed Bartholomew County

Section 14 Township 9 North Range 5 East
Section 13 Township 9 North Range 5 East

Bartholomew County, Indiana
Land and Property

Deeds, vols. E (cont.) - G (to p. 351) 1837-1840

Book G
page 337

James A Crawford Deed Bartholomew County

Section 14 Township 9 North Range 5 East
Section 13 Township 9 North Range 5 East

Bartholomew County Indiana
Land and Property


Deeds, vols, K (cont.) - M (to p.83), 1846-1848
Family Search Film 1301781 DGS 8059761

Book L
Page 215

Isaac Crawford Bartholomew County Deed

Section 14 Township 9 North Range 5 East

Bartholomew County Indiana
Deeds 1822-1887

Deeds Vol. A, 1822-1827
FamilySearch Film 1301775 item 2, DGS 8059756
Starts on page 340

Page 340

No. 273

Isaac Crawford Deed Bartholomew County

Section 13 Township 9 North Range 5 East

Bartholomew County Indiana
Deeds 1822-1887

Deeds Vol. A, 1822-1827
FamilySearch Film 1301775 item 2, DGS 8059756
Starts on page 337 - image 186

Page 337

Missing Child

Do you ever feel like you are going in circles when it comes to records? That's how I'm feeling with my research of Isaac Crawford whom I believe to be the son of James and Rebecca (Anderson) Crawford.

I recently found an obituary for George Whitley Crawford who died in 1889 in Gentry County, Missouri. According to the obituary in the 20 Sept 1889 issue of the Albany Ledger of Albany Missouri, George was born in Bartholomew County, Indiana.

The biography of George W. Crawford, found on page 421 of The History of Gentry and Worth Counties, Missouri (St. Joseph, Missouri: National Historical Co., 1882), provides some more information about George's early life.

Mr. Crawford the son of Isaac and Nancy (Miller) Crawford, both Kentuckians by birth.
During his infancy his parents died, and he was reared by his grand
parents. At the age of two years he was taken to Garrard County, Ken-
tucky, where he remained until ten years of age. In 1833, he moved
to Clay County, Missouri, continuing to reside there until about the year
1838, when he came to Gentry County.

Which James Is the Son of Alexander?

Do you ever look at someone else's tree? Do you trust other trees? Do the number of sources attached to the tree matter? Do you trust Ancestry public member trees more than the global tree on FamilySearch?

For the most part, I look at trees and I use them for hints. I prefer trees with sources other than other trees but will look at any tree that seems to match what I know about a family. I also use the tree on FamilySearch for hints.

Recently, I've been frustrated when looking at trees for any of the James Crawford families with roots in early Kentucky. For some reason, many of them seem to lead back to Alexander Crawford and Mary McPheeters as parents.

To see if my impression was wrong, I decided to do a search of Ancestry's public member trees for a James Crawford with parents of Alexander Crawford and Mary McPheeters. My search turned up 50 trees.

Assuming I counted correctly, I found the following:

• 12 trees showing a James Crawford who died in 1803 in Fayette County, KY
• 3 trees showing a James Crawford born in 1752 and dying in 1753
• 3 trees showing a James Crawford who married Jean and died in 1791
• 1 tree showing a James Crawford who married a Llewellyn and died in 1847
• 9 trees showing a James Crawford who married Rebecca Anderson and died in 1836
• 1 tree showing a James Crawford who married a Vansandt and died in 1836
• 6 trees showing a James Crawford who married a Frazier and died in 1811
• 2 trees showing a James Crawford born in 1748
• 3 trees showing a James Crawford born in 1735 and dying in 1825