Alexander Crews was the forefather of most of the large CREWS family of the Wiregrass Georgia and Northern Florida.
He was a native of Charleston District, SC in the portion of Colleton County and a son of John Crews.

Alex was married two times (unknown) who the first wife was; by her was 5 children :
(1) Stephen Crews (1795) m. Elizabeth Larrisy
(2) William Crews (1797) m. Sarah --
(3) Alexander Crews (1802) m. Sarah --
(4) John Crews (1804) m. Catherine --
(5) Sophia P. Crews(1805-1895) m. Maxfield Whiddon (s/o James)

Alex second married Lucy DuBois and by her was 8 children:
(1) Dempsey Dubois Crews (1806) m. (1st) Piety Collier (d/o John)
... m. (2nd) Melaha Hair (d/o Calvin)
(2) Micajah Crews (1810) m. Emaliza Robinson (d/o James)
(3) Lavina Crews (1815)
(4) James Crews (1819) m. Susan Crews (d/o Isham)
(5) Samuel Crews (1820) m. Mary Jones
(6) Archibald Crews (1821) m. Lucretia Purdom (d/o Thomas)
(7) Bryant Crews (1824) m. Nancy Jones (d/o Robert)
(8) Penelope Crews (1826-1893) m. Irvin Locklear

Of the above sons, William, Alexander and John moved to Columbia, Florida
Dempsey moved to Manatee County, Fla. and Samuel moved to Bradford County, Fla.

Alexander Crews moved to Camden County in 1819 from South Carolina.
He served in CAPT. Daniel N. Cone's Company of Camden County Militia in the Indian War, in 1838.
The Crews homestead was originally in Camden County near Winokur but was placed in Charlton County in 1854 when it was created out of Camden. Since 1923 it has been in Brantley County.
Alex and Lucy were buried on a " buffalo " west of where Winokur now is : back of the Jim Hickox place , according to a grandson; the late Bryant Crews of Ware County, Ga.

CENSUS: Camden County (1820-1840)
Some Information is provided by Mrs. Stella Crews Romano of Miami, Florida (a grand daughter of Penelope and Sophie)∼Alexander Crews was married to Lucy DuBois. They came to Georgia around 1819 and settled in the Camden County, GA area. It later became Wayne County, GA ., then Charlton County, GA. Alexander Crews is said to have died March 1850 according to the 1850 Wayne County, GA Mortality Schedule. The homestead that Alexander and Lucy lived on change from Camden County to Wayne County then to Charlton County. Both are said to be buried in a family plot on the old "Crews homestead" place near Winokur, Charlton County, GA.∼Alexander Crews was born in Charleston Dist in 1770 to John Crews and Nancy Collins. Alexander married Lucy Dubois (1785-1848) and had 13 children. He passed away on Mar 1845 in Winokur, Georgia, USA.

Children

Mary Crews

Stephen Crews
1795-1846

William Crews
1797-Unknown

Alexander Crews
1802-Unknown

Sophia P Crews
1806-1895

Dempsey Dubois Crews
1824-1892

Micajah Crews
1816-1823

Lavina Crews
1815-Unknown

James Crews
1823-1890

Samuel Crews
1813-1873

Archibald Crews
1821-1864

Bryant Crews
1824-Unknown

Penelope Crews
1826-1893