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Frances “Fanny” Harris Crawford

Birth
Louisa County, Virginia, USA
Death
May 1814 (aged 67)
Lexington, Oglethorpe County, Georgia, USA
Burial
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Fanny was the daughter of Maj. Robert Overton Harris and Mourning Gleason Glenn. She married Joel Crawford c. 1760. She wrote her Will on Feb. 5, 1814 and it was recorded May 12, 1814 in Olethorpe County, Georgia, Will Book B. She names all the children except, Nathan, who had died several years prior.

Children
1.Ann Crawford m. Joel Barnett (a cousin)
2.Robert Crawford m. Elizabeth Maxwell
3.Joel Crawford m. Ann Barnett (a cousin)
4.David Crawford m. Mary Lee Wood
5.Lucy Crawford m. James Tinsley
6.William Harris Crawford m. Susanna Gerardin
7.Elizabeth Crawford m. William Glenn; # 2 William Rhymes
8.Charles Crawford died unmarried
9.Frances Crawford m David Crawford (cousin ?)
10.Nathan Crawford died 1789, unmarried
11.Bennet Crawford m. Nancy Crawford, #2 Martha Crawford(sisters of David who married Frances). His father-in-law was Thomas Crawford.

Note: Fanny must have gone to live with son, William Harris Crawford in Lexington, Georgia, where she died. See son, William Harris Crawford on findagrave at Crawford Cemetery, Oglethorpe County, GA. See Fanny's Will on Ancestry.

Names of Children in Book: Giant Days, or The Life and Times of William H. Crawford by J.E.D. Shipp, 1909. Book at Amazon.com or google and read online.
Fanny was the daughter of Maj. Robert Overton Harris and Mourning Gleason Glenn. She married Joel Crawford c. 1760. She wrote her Will on Feb. 5, 1814 and it was recorded May 12, 1814 in Olethorpe County, Georgia, Will Book B. She names all the children except, Nathan, who had died several years prior.

Children
1.Ann Crawford m. Joel Barnett (a cousin)
2.Robert Crawford m. Elizabeth Maxwell
3.Joel Crawford m. Ann Barnett (a cousin)
4.David Crawford m. Mary Lee Wood
5.Lucy Crawford m. James Tinsley
6.William Harris Crawford m. Susanna Gerardin
7.Elizabeth Crawford m. William Glenn; # 2 William Rhymes
8.Charles Crawford died unmarried
9.Frances Crawford m David Crawford (cousin ?)
10.Nathan Crawford died 1789, unmarried
11.Bennet Crawford m. Nancy Crawford, #2 Martha Crawford(sisters of David who married Frances). His father-in-law was Thomas Crawford.

Note: Fanny must have gone to live with son, William Harris Crawford in Lexington, Georgia, where she died. See son, William Harris Crawford on findagrave at Crawford Cemetery, Oglethorpe County, GA. See Fanny's Will on Ancestry.

Names of Children in Book: Giant Days, or The Life and Times of William H. Crawford by J.E.D. Shipp, 1909. Book at Amazon.com or google and read online.


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