*William Crawford...In an old graveyard on a high hill overlooking Middle River, on the farm of the late Ephraim Geeding, is an ancient sand-stone, flat on the ground and broken in two. The inscription upon it, which is nearly illegible is as follows; ""William Crawford, departed this life October 15, 1792, aged 48 years.""
He was twenty years old when his parents were massacred..."
The location of this cemetery appears to be the same as in the description provided in this excerpt. It originally was called the Sawyer/Sayer Cemetery and later the Allen Cemetery
His parents were believed killed on same Indian Raid that also claimed the life of Thomas Gardiner whose will was proved 19 June 1764. Information supplied in the same source quoted above.
Parents;
Father: Alexander Crawford believed d. **Oct 1764
Mother: Mary McPheeters Crawford believed d. **Oct 1764
From "Annals of Augusta County." Jos. A. Waddell, 1902.
*Pg. 205.
**Pg. 191.
"Alexander Crawford and his wife were murdered by Indians, in October, 1764, it is believed...and that he was dead by November Court, 1764 when his administrators qualified."
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He was twenty years old when his parents were massacred..."
The location of this cemetery appears to be the same as in the description provided in this excerpt. It originally was called the Sawyer/Sayer Cemetery and later the Allen Cemetery
His parents were believed killed on same Indian Raid that also claimed the life of Thomas Gardiner whose will was proved 19 June 1764. Information supplied in the same source quoted above.
Parents;
Father: Alexander Crawford believed d. **Oct 1764
Mother: Mary McPheeters Crawford believed d. **Oct 1764
From "Annals of Augusta County." Jos. A. Waddell, 1902.
*Pg. 205.
**Pg. 191.
"Alexander Crawford and his wife were murdered by Indians, in October, 1764, it is believed...and that he was dead by November Court, 1764 when his administrators qualified."
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*William Crawford...In an old graveyard on a high hill overlooking Middle River, on the farm of the late Ephraim Geeding, is an ancient sand-stone, flat on the ground and broken in two. The inscription upon it, which is nearly illegible is as follows; ""William Crawford, departed this life October 15, 1792, aged 48 years.""
He was twenty years old when his parents were massacred..."
The location of this cemetery appears to be the same as in the description provided in this excerpt. It originally was called the Sawyer/Sayer Cemetery and later the Allen Cemetery
His parents were believed killed on same Indian Raid that also claimed the life of Thomas Gardiner whose will was proved 19 June 1764. Information supplied in the same source quoted above.
Parents;
Father: Alexander Crawford believed d. **Oct 1764
Mother: Mary McPheeters Crawford believed d. **Oct 1764
From "Annals of Augusta County." Jos. A. Waddell, 1902.
*Pg. 205.
**Pg. 191.
"Alexander Crawford and his wife were murdered by Indians, in October, 1764, it is believed...and that he was dead by November Court, 1764 when his administrators qualified."
(Link to Spouse provided by CU.)
He was twenty years old when his parents were massacred..."
The location of this cemetery appears to be the same as in the description provided in this excerpt. It originally was called the Sawyer/Sayer Cemetery and later the Allen Cemetery
His parents were believed killed on same Indian Raid that also claimed the life of Thomas Gardiner whose will was proved 19 June 1764. Information supplied in the same source quoted above.
Parents;
Father: Alexander Crawford believed d. **Oct 1764
Mother: Mary McPheeters Crawford believed d. **Oct 1764
From "Annals of Augusta County." Jos. A. Waddell, 1902.
*Pg. 205.
**Pg. 191.
"Alexander Crawford and his wife were murdered by Indians, in October, 1764, it is believed...and that he was dead by November Court, 1764 when his administrators qualified."
(Link to Spouse provided by CU.)
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