Individual Details
Mathias Crow Gross
(1750 - Oct 1833)
Mathias Crow/Gray was the son of Mathias Groh and Anna Grove of Lancaster County, Pennyslvania, Bethel Twp. (now Lebanon County, Pennsylvania). He was raised on a farm near Fredericksburg, Pennsylvania. He migrated to Franklin County, Pennsylvania. Part of his farm was in Washington County, Maryland as well. Most of their children were born on this farm that straddled the Mason-Dixon Line.
The family sold out in 1797/98 and migrated to Hamilton County, Ohio and located in Sycamore Twp. near the Cooper, Plainfield Road intersection in current Blue Ash. A deed found in Franklin County, Pennsylvania lists a power of attorney given by Mathias (whose last name appears as Crow) to "his brother Michael Groh of Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. Lebanon County was part of Dauphin at this time. In 1808, Mathias migrated one more time to SW quarter of Section 8, Township 3, Range 7 of the Symmes Purchase. This is in Beavercreek Township,, Greene County, Ohio. The property lies along the west side of Hilltop Road just north of crossing Ludlow Creek.
Mathias lived until the fall of 1833 when his will was proven in Greene County, Ohio under both names Mathias Crow and Gray. The Chancery Court case found in the Greene County records lays out his entire family and grandchildren of deceased children. Mathias had worded his will just like his father. No child will obtain anything until my youngest has reached age of maturity. His living children and grandchildren of his deceased children are all accounted for in the estate case.
The family cemetery has not survived to this date. It did however still exist during the 1930's when the WPA did a cemetery search for Greene County. The record, located in the Greene County Recorder's office shows the cemetery (now in the Greene County Archives). It is listed as the Andrew's cemetery. Andrews was a subsequent owner of the property. A diagram shows two rows of graves. One row of two and a second row of five graves. No stones were recorded but sunken graves were noted. The book states the cemetery is 1 mile north of the old Trebein Rd (Harlow Lane) Hilltop Road intersection. Twenty feet to the right of the road. This appears to be farmed today.
Robinson's History of Greene County lists the names of Mathias Crow, Henry Crow, Abraham Crow and Jane Crow and states they were buried on Samuel Andrew's farm.
Children and their location:
Barbary McCumsey-Urbana Champaign County, Ohio
Nancy Pearce-Laporte, Laporte County, Indiana
Mary Hull- Wisconsin
Susannah Denman- Sycamore Township, Hamilton County, Ohio
Samuel Gray-Schuyler County, Illinois
Abraham Gray- Beavercreek Township, Greene County, Ohio
Henry Gray- Beavercreek Township, Greene County, Ohio
Elizabeth Burrous-Beavercreek Township., Greene County, Ohio
The family sold out in 1797/98 and migrated to Hamilton County, Ohio and located in Sycamore Twp. near the Cooper, Plainfield Road intersection in current Blue Ash. A deed found in Franklin County, Pennsylvania lists a power of attorney given by Mathias (whose last name appears as Crow) to "his brother Michael Groh of Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. Lebanon County was part of Dauphin at this time. In 1808, Mathias migrated one more time to SW quarter of Section 8, Township 3, Range 7 of the Symmes Purchase. This is in Beavercreek Township,, Greene County, Ohio. The property lies along the west side of Hilltop Road just north of crossing Ludlow Creek.
Mathias lived until the fall of 1833 when his will was proven in Greene County, Ohio under both names Mathias Crow and Gray. The Chancery Court case found in the Greene County records lays out his entire family and grandchildren of deceased children. Mathias had worded his will just like his father. No child will obtain anything until my youngest has reached age of maturity. His living children and grandchildren of his deceased children are all accounted for in the estate case.
The family cemetery has not survived to this date. It did however still exist during the 1930's when the WPA did a cemetery search for Greene County. The record, located in the Greene County Recorder's office shows the cemetery (now in the Greene County Archives). It is listed as the Andrew's cemetery. Andrews was a subsequent owner of the property. A diagram shows two rows of graves. One row of two and a second row of five graves. No stones were recorded but sunken graves were noted. The book states the cemetery is 1 mile north of the old Trebein Rd (Harlow Lane) Hilltop Road intersection. Twenty feet to the right of the road. This appears to be farmed today.
Robinson's History of Greene County lists the names of Mathias Crow, Henry Crow, Abraham Crow and Jane Crow and states they were buried on Samuel Andrew's farm.
Children and their location:
Barbary McCumsey-Urbana Champaign County, Ohio
Nancy Pearce-Laporte, Laporte County, Indiana
Mary Hull- Wisconsin
Susannah Denman- Sycamore Township, Hamilton County, Ohio
Samuel Gray-Schuyler County, Illinois
Abraham Gray- Beavercreek Township, Greene County, Ohio
Henry Gray- Beavercreek Township, Greene County, Ohio
Elizabeth Burrous-Beavercreek Township., Greene County, Ohio
Events
| Birth | 1750 | Lancaster County, British America |  | ||
| Death | Oct 1833 | Greene County, Ohio, USA | | ||
| Marriage | Anna Crow Gray | ||||
| Burial | Andrews Farn Cemetery, Xenia, Greene County, Ohio, USA | |
Families
| Spouse | Anna Crow Gray (1750 - 1833) |
| Father | Mathias Gross (1710 - 1771) |
| Mother | Anna Maria Mayer (1700 - 1782) |
| Sibling | Johann Jacob Gross (1734 - 1792) |
| Sibling | Magdalena Gross (1758 - 1822) |
Endnotes
1. U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current.
2. U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current.
3. U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current.