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From: Tom Valentine <>
Subject: RE: [CRAWFORD] CRAWFORDS, HEDGES,FITZGERALDS VA, TN, KY, IN
Date: Wed, 12 Feb 2003 19:37:54 -0800
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From: Suzanne [mailto:]
Sent: Wednesday, February 12, 2003 4:22 PM
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Subject: Re: [CRAWFORD] CRAWFORDS, HEDGES,FITZGERALDS VA, TN, KY, IN


There is a record of the marriage of Solomon Crawford and Susannah Hackler
on January 26, 1840 in McMinn Co., TN.

Wills and Estate Records...Court Records...Book 5...page 546
6 Aug 1849
Susan Crawford was appointed guardian of minor heirs of Solomon Crawford
dec'd..

There is a record of the marriage of James Crawford and Susan Crawford on
November 6, 1848.

1860 Census ..McMinn Co., TN
21-215
James W. Crawford 26
Susan 36
Malinda C. 18
Andrew J. 17
Nancy A. 15
George W. 14
Solomon K. 12
Jonathan C. 11
William A. 10
James W. 7
Hill (?) H. 6
Henry T. 4
David C. 3
Sarah E. 1

Would you like to have anything else ? I have journeyed to McMinn Co. twice
and spent many days in the court house there researching the Crawford
families there.

Regards,
Suzanne Crawford
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Linda Murray wrote:

> Hey, Suzanne, and thanks for jumping in.
>
> These are not mine, and I have no reason for asking other than curiosity
and
> a desire to help.
>
> Is there a marriage record in McMinn County for Solomon and Susan?
> You say that "the older children in the 1850 census were the children of
> Susannah's first marriage to Solomon Crawford". I don't see a gap to
> indicate any period of "widowhood plus maternity" for Susan, but does
> everybody think that James, because he is enumerated as an 18-year-old
"head
> of household", is a second husband? He would, of course, have to be the
> husband to be designated in that particular order. If he were merely a
> brother-in-law living in the family after the death of the first husband,
he
> would be listed last, after the children.
>
> I have no index for 1860 McMinn County, Tennessee, and don't have that
> county on microfilm. I have thus far not been able to find this family
in
> a page-by-page online search. If you have that year's census for this
> family, would you please pass that along so I can make things tidy?
>
> Thanks,
> Linda
>
> Linda in Georgia
> Genealogy is my ONLY business.

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