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Sunday, June 9, 2019

Crawford Research Project Part 3: Summary of Known Facts

I'm continuing on with my latest research project using the Research Like A Pro method developed by Diana Elder and Nicole Dyer of Family Locket.

In my last post, I stated my research objective. In a nutshell, it is to determine if my ancestor Elizabeth Crawford Torr is the daughter of Alexander and Mary (McPheeters) Crawford of Augusta County, Virginia.

The next step in the process is to create a summary of known facts. I'm not a big fan of spreadsheets, so I put my information into a table, arranged chronologically. In it, I included what I know to be true about Elizabeth Crawford Torr. I also included the death date for her proposed parents.

The second table is a summary of possible DNA connections to Alexander and Mary Crawford. 

The next step of my research project is to create a locality guide for Augusta County, Virginina.


CRAWFORD RESEARCH PROJECT SUMMARY OF KNOWN FACTS

DATE
ITEM
PLACE
SOURCE
NOTES
Est. 1752
Birth of Elizabeth Crawford
Unknown

Best guess based on her being about 21 at the birth of her first child, estimated to be in 1773
29 Sep 1764
Death of Alexander and Mary McPheeters Crawford
Buffalo Gap, Augusta County, Virginia
The Pennsylvania Gazette, published 15 Nov 1764; available online at newspapers.com
“In a Letter from Stanton, in Virginia, dated October 26, it is said, that on the 29th of September the Indians killed one Crawford and his Wife, and burnt their House and Barn, with a great Quantity of Grain in it.”
29 Oct 1792
Tax List
Elizabeth Tar
Fayette County, KY
Tax Rolls of Fayette County, Kentucky, Fayette County, Kentucky, Oct. 29, 1792, DGS #7834426, Film #7957, Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah. accessed on FamilySearch.org
Oct. 29, 1792
Person's Names Charged With the Tax: Tar, Elizabeth
Horses, Mares etc: 2
Cattle: 2
25 Oct 1793
Tax List
Elizabeth Tore
Fayette County, KY
Ibid
Oct. 25, 1793
Person's Names: Elizabeth TORE
White males 16-21: 2
Horses, mares, etc: 1
Cattle: 4
24 Aug 1795
Tax List
Elizabeth Tore
Fayette County, KY
Ibid
Aug. 25, 1795
Person's Names: Elizabeth TORE
White males 16-21: 1
Horses, mares, etc.: 1
Cattle: 9
8 Jun 1796
Tax List
Betty Toor
Fayette County, KY
Ibid
Jun 8, 1796
Person's Names: Betty TOOR
White males above 21: 1
White males above 16: 1
Horses, mares, etc.: 4
Cattle: 8
16 Jun 1797
Tax List
Elizabeth Tore
Fayette County, KY
Ibid
Jun 16, 1797
Person's Names: Elizabeth TORE
White males over 21: 1
Horses, mares, etc: 4
2 Nov 1807
Permission for daughter to marry
Elisabeth Tarr
Shelby County, KY
Shelby County, Kentucky Marriage Bonds, loose paper, Phillip Pearce and Else Tarr, 2 November 1807; Shelby County Courthouse, Shelbyville, Kentucky
"Sir
You have my consent to issue Licance of marriage betwen my Daughter and Philip perce. my Daughter is of full age, and her father is dead.
I am Sir yours
Elisabeth her X mark Tarr
To the Cleark of Shelbey County
Test
A.M. Gaughey"




SUMMARY OF POSSIBLE CRAWFORD DNA MATCHES

Using Ancestry DNA’s ThruLines feature, these are possible connections to Alexander and Mary McPheeters Crawford. The kits belong to my mother and uncle.

Through Which Child
Match on Which Kit
Ancestry User
Predicted Relationship

John
RH, WM
CC
6th cousin


RH, WM
LS
6th cousin






William
RH, WM
RP
6th cousin


RH
RB
6th cousin


RH
JN
6th cousin


RH, WM
MN
6th cousin


RH
JB
6th cousin


RH
RR
6th cousin


WM
JLK
6th cousin






Edward
RH, WM
GKW
6th cousin


RH, WM
JDF
6th cousin






Alexander
RH, WM
AS
6th cousin


RH, WM
DN
6th cousin






Rebecca
RH
GA
6th cousin






Mary
RH, WM
RB
6th cousin






Samuel
RH, WM
RH
6th cousin


RH, WM
SFC
6th cousin


RH
CH
6th cousin


RH, WM
JuH
5th c 1 rem


RH, WM
JoH
6th cousin


RH
MW
5th c 1 rem


WM
SR
6th cousin






Robert
RH, WM
JI
6th cousin


RH, WM
NL
6th cousin


RH
BR
6th cousin


RH
KR
6th cousin


WM
CB
6th cousin






James
RH, WM
GW
6th cousin


RH, WM
RP
6th cousin


RH, WM
PJ
6th cousin


RH
JG
6th cousin


WM
DT
6th cousin


WM
GH
6th cousin


WM
IL
6th cousin








4 comments:

  1. Wgo is the Alexander and Samuel listed above? The others listed are William's children?

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    1. All of the people listed in the table are the children of the original couple, Alexander and Mary (McPheeters) Crawford.

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  2. Vonda,
    William Torr and Elizabeth Crawford are my 5th great-grandparents too. I am very interested in what you are researching. Like you said, the Torr line is a mess at this point. I have a William Tarr (1724-1760) and Mary Troxell (1723-1795) as the parents of William Torr. There is no evidence of this except for other people's trees (which have no evidence of this). This has been bothering me and I sure would like to figure it out or at least get a better idea of what is correct. Please publish Part 4 if and when you get it done. I am on Ancestry and have linked my DNA test to my tree.
    Thank you,
    Gregory E. Lyon

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    1. Hi Greg, I believe we communicated through Ancestry once. I need to pick up this project again. With what I've found so far, I can't link Elizabeth, so my momentum slowed considerably. I did find one more clue I need to post about, I will try to do that one ASAP. Thanks for writing!

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