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From: "GT" <>
Subject: Re: [MADKY] 1823-1824: war? epidemic? something else?
Date: Sun, 4 Mar 2007 15:33:18 -0500
References: <360522.25420.qm@web51414.mail.yahoo.com>
Rita, there are Crews, Cruse, Cruwes in Madison Co., KY in 1787, perhaps
earlier listed in Lincoln Co.
Jeremiah Cruse, David Cruwes, Thomas Cruwes.
Jeremiah - (two ?'s under horses & cattle. John Miller tax commissioner
David - 1 white male above 16 and under 21; 2 blacks above 16; 9 horses,
mares, colts, mules; 25 cattle. Andrew Kennedy tax commissioner.
Thomas - 2 horse,etc.; 1 cattle. Andrew Kennedy commissioner.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Rita Gibson" <>
To: <>
Sent: Sunday, March 04, 2007 2:35 PM
Subject: Re: [MADKY] 1823-1824: war? epidemic? something else?
> Gerald and everyone,
>
> I wondered because I find it interesting that in reading through the
> microfilm of the Madison County Court Order books for the year 1824, I'm
> seeing court orders in three Crews cases of death: William, Anderson and
> David Sr. (at least "Sr." was mentioned once, the other times he's
> referred to only as "David Crews" but it does seem to be the same man...).
> Of course it takes months for the results of a death to be sorted out, but
> I thought it was strange that there were 3 Crews men who had recently
> died....
>
> I haven't been able to discern much about William and David yet (altho
> William may be the Rev War William who died in 1821), but according to the
> 1820 census, Anderson would have between the age of 30 and 49 when he
> died...kinda young, in spite of those times. His youngest child was my
> grandma, age 3; his oldest was Barton age about 14, so I imagine Anderson
> was probably closer in age to 30 than to 49....
>
> I did find that David Sr had young children when he died: "On motion of
> Jacob S. White, Guardian for Andrew, Temple, Sophia and China Crews
> orphans of David Crews, Sr., Decd. It is ordered" (Jan 1, 1826 page 434).
> This has made me decide to attempt to begin figuring out exactly who all
> these Crews were and how they're related to each other...
>
> To do this, I've begun by using the census (no Crews in KY in 1790
> naturally; only in MD, and both Carolinas; 1800: no Crews in KY yet; only
> in NC and one woman in PA; 1810: I need to get the index off Ancestry or
> Heritage Quest, but on the page I have Anderson also listed are: David Jr,
> Sarah and David [Sr?]; 1820: Matthew in Barren county; Nancy also in
> Barren county; James CRUSE and Ledy CRUSE in Madison county; 1830 there
> are 9 CREWS in Madison county: Andrew, Charles, Edward, James, Joseph,
> Richard, Robert, "Sddy" [sic], and David), and the index of Madison county
> marriages 1787-1844 (knowing about at least one error!), and the microfim
> reading of Madison county court order books 1800-1840, the list of 9 court
> records my Anderson was involved with, and the Elijah Crews v Crews Heirs
> court doc, to begin placing people within families....this is going to
> drive me crazy (short drive, I know!)...
>
> I'm finding it extremely useful, not to mention really exciting, to
> read these 1824 court order documents...names are popping up frequently
> that when I put together the marriage list in chronological order last
> night, connected to the Crews by more than just neighbors. For instance, I
> have a court case between Anderson and John Newland, who must have been a
> relative of Patsy who married one of the David Crews in 1812; Sappington
> and Moberly have appeared in the court order books; and Anderson's 2nd
> wife Nancy's sister married a Blackwell and there was a Thomas and Dicey
> Blackwell married in 1801...
>
> More later if anyone's interested....
>
> Rita
>
>
>
>
>
> GT <> wrote:
> Rita, I must not have read any of your earlier posts, but wonder why you
> ask
> about the years 1823-1824. The Cholera epidemics mostly occurred in the
> 1830's, late '40's and abt. 1866. In 1849, abt. 50 people died of Cholera
> in Richmond. Others in neighboring counties in various yrs. As to wars,
> none read about. Indians as someone suggests, no, the last concerted
> attack, and by only a few Indians was on the Stephenson Station in 1792.
> Indians were not inhabitants of Madison Co. anytime during the period you
> ask about. Only some of possible Indian blood, may have lived in the
> eastern mountains, by some family traditions. Some may have moved from GA,
> TN, and NC before or during the removal of the Cherokees to OK. This would
> have most likely occured in the mid 1830's. The time you speak of may have
> been a prime time for families going west via IN, IL, MO, KS, and
> elsewhere.
> Why do you wonder?
> Gerald Tudor
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Rita Gibson"
> To: "Madisoncounty"
> Sent: Tuesday, February 27, 2007 6:32 PM
> Subject: [MADKY] 1823-1824: war? epidemic? something else?
>
>
>>I must now admit a sad lacking in Kentucky history....can you folks tell
>>me
>>if there was a war or an epidemic or something that was going on in
>>Madison
>>county during the period of 1823-24? Thanks! ~ Rita
>>
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