Individual Details
James Maxwell CRAWFORD
(3 Mar 1790 - 13 Oct 1856)
Events
| Birth | 3 Mar 1790 | Garrard, Kentucky, United States |  | ||
| ChildParent | 4 Mar 1790 | | |||
| Witness | 14 Oct 1811 | signed a petition asking for a division of roads - Jefferson, Indiana Territory, United States |  | | |
| Marriage | 1812 | Lucy VAWTER | | ||
| Land-Purch | 7 Apr 1826 | land being of the NE qr of section 29 in township no 4 north of range no ten east - Jefferson, Indiana, United States | | ||
| Residence | 1 Jul 1830 | Jefferson, Indiana, United States | | | |
| Land-Sold | 25 Feb 1833 | being 136 acres to the county for the purpose of creating an asylum for the poor - Jefferson, Indiana, United States | | | |
| Marriage | 11 Jun 1833 | Indiana, United States - | | ||
| Land-Purch | 30 Oct 1846 | land being O T Madison Lot 51 for $1800 from Chas W. Basnett - Jefferson, Indiana, United States | | | |
| Residence | 11 Sep 1850 | as a 60 year old male born in Kentucky who was listed as James M Crawford - Clay Township, Decatur, Indiana, United States | | | |
| Marriage | 27 May 1852 | Indiana, United States - Frances WOODEN | | ||
| Death | 13 Oct 1856 | | |||
| Note | | ||||
| Occupation | Elder and Lay Preacher for the Indiana Conference of the Methodist Church - Indiana, United States | |
Families
| Spouse | Lucy VAWTER (1792 - 1832) |
| Child | _____ CRAWFORD ( - ) |
| Child | _____ CRAWFORD ( - ) |
| Child | Ann CRAWFORD ( - ) |
| Child | Philemon Vawter CRAWFORD (1814 - 1901) |
| Child | _____ CRAWFORD ( - ) |
| Child | Rachel CRAWFORD (1822 - 1891) |
| Child | _____ CRAWFORD ( - ) |
| Child | Rebecca CRAWFORD ( - ) |
| Child | _____ CRAWFORD ( - ) |
| Child | Robert CRAWFORD ( - ) |
| Spouse | Frances WOODEN ( - ) |
| Father | James CRAWFORD (1758 - 1836) |
| Mother | Rebecca ANDERSON (1761 - 1840) |
| Sibling | Anne CRAWFORD (1780 - ) |
| Sibling | William CRAWFORD (1784 - 1864) |
| Sibling | Mary "Polly" CRAWFORD (1786 - 1834) |
| Sibling | Isaac CRAWFORD (1790 - ) |
| Sibling | Elizabeth CRAWFORD (1792 - 1866) |
| Sibling | Jane CRAWFORD (1796 - ) |
| Sibling | Cynthia CRAWFORD (1802 - ) |
Notes
Witness
signed petition asking for a division of roadsResidence
with 1 male 5-9, 1 male 15-19, 1 male 40-49, 2 females under 5, 3 females 5-9, 2 females 10-14, 1 female 15-19, 1 female 30-39, 1 female 70-79 who was listed as James M. CrawfordLand-Sold
being 136 acres to the county for the purpose of creating an asylum for the poorHISTORY: A HISTORY OF JEFFERSON COUNTY, INDIANA; by Emery O. Muncie; 1932; p.26 James M. Crawford; sold 136 acres to county for poor farm. (Doc. #: CRAWFORD.IN.062)
Land-Purch
land being O T Madison Lot 51 for $1800 from Chas W. BasnettResidence
James M. Crawford was living in the household of his sister, Cynthia Crafton on the 1850 census.Note
CENSUS: 1820 U.S. Census; Jefferson County, IN; 1820; page 286; Kansas State Historical Society, Topeka, KS. NOTE: 1M under 10, 1M 16-26, 1M 26-45, 5F under 10, 1F 26-45, 1F 45 and over. (Doc. #: CRAWFORD.CEN.079)Endnotes
1. Mary Hedges Reiner, compiler, Oregon State Roster of Ancestor DAR 1963 (Portland, Oregon: 1929), p. 84; digital image, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : viewed online April 2017.
2. Grace Vawter Bicknell, Vawter Family in America: with the Allied Families of Branham, Crawford,Wise, Lewis, Stribling, Glover, Moncrief (Indianapolis: The Hollenbeck Press, 1905), ; digital images, Internet Archive (us.archive.org : accessed .
3. interview with James Vawter Crawford and his mother, Mary F. Cowgill (Crawford) Coon (, Shedd, Oregon), by WPA Interviews for Linn County, Oregon; transcribed by Patricia Dunn, transcribed 2000. transcription held by WPA Interviews (, http://www.lgsoregon.org/lgstng/showmedia.php?mediaID=22398).
4. Find a Grave, database and images, Find a Grave (www.findagrave.com : viewed online June 2019), memorial for James Maxwell Crawford (1790-1856), Find a Grave Memorial no. #197112488, created by William C. Dunlap, citing unknown, Hartsville, Bartholomew County, Indiana;, James Maxwell Crawford.
5. Florence Wilson Houston, Maxwell History and Genealogy (Indianapolis, IN: Press of C. E. Pauley & Co., 1916), p. 255; digitized copy, Internet Archive (https://archive.org/details/maxwellhistoryge00hous : downloaded copy May 2019.
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7. Mary Hedges Reiner, compiler, Oregon State Roster of Ancestor DAR 1963 (Portland, Oregon: 1929), p. 84; digital image, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : viewed online April 2017.
8. Florence Wilson Houston, Maxwell History and Genealogy (Indianapolis, IN: Press of C. E. Pauley & Co., 1916), p. 255; digitized copy, Internet Archive (https://archive.org/details/maxwellhistoryge00hous : downloaded copy May 2019.
9. Indiana, Jefferson. Deed Records, 1812-1891. Film ##1310268 GDS 8059613. James Crawford, 7 Apr 1826 Book D: page 307-308; digitized images, FamilySearch www.familysearch.org : viewed online May 2019.
10. 1830 U.S. Census, Jefferson County, Indiana, population schedule, Jefferson County, Indiana, page 89 (image 11 of 118), James M. Crawford; digital image, Ancestry.com (ancestry.com : viewed online August 2016); NARA Microfilm Publication M19.
11. A History of Jefferson County Indiana (: Indiana University, 1932)
12. "Indiana, Marriages, 1810-2001," database, Ancestry, (www.ancestry.com : viewed online August 2019), James M Crawford.
13. Jefferson County Indiana. Grantor/Grantee Index 1843-1848 (Crawford.IN.076).
14. 1850 U.S. Census, Decatur County, Indiana, population schedule, Clay Township, Decatur County, Indiana, image 44, household 318, Cynthia Crafton; digital image, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : viewed online April 2017); NARA microfilm publication M432.
15. "Indiana, Marriages, 1810-2001," database, Ancestry, (www.ancestry.com : viewed online August 2019), James M Crawford.
16. Find a Grave, database and images, Find a Grave (www.findagrave.com : viewed online June 2019), memorial for James Maxwell Crawford (1790-1856), Find a Grave Memorial no. #197112488, created by William C. Dunlap, citing unknown, Hartsville, Bartholomew County, Indiana;, James Maxwell Crawford.
17. Find a Grave, database and images, Find a Grave (www.findagrave.com : viewed online June 2019), memorial for James Maxwell Crawford (1790-1856), Find a Grave Memorial no. #197112488, created by William C. Dunlap, citing unknown, Hartsville, Bartholomew County, Indiana;, James Maxwell Crawford.