Fabulous Find

Do you use Ancestry.com in your genealogy research? If so, have you checked out one of their newest sources of shaky leaf hints: Newspapers.com Obituary Index, 1800s-current? Randy Searver’s instructions on how to access just the hints from this one source in his Using the ‘Mining Ancestry.com Hints from a Specific Collection’ Tool makes it easy to pull these hints. 

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I’ve been using this tool with great success — but have gone one step further: filtering by name. Since my recent research has centered on the descendants of James and Rebecca (Anderson) Crawford, I entered one of the descendant’s surname: Guthrie.

By using the mining tool for the obituary index and filtering the results by the surname Guthrie, I found a fabulous obituary for William Anderson Guthrie:
William GuthriePark Leader, Dies
Former Senator Recently Honored at Clifty Falls Ceremony on 85th Birthday

Dupont, Ind., August 6 (spl.) — William A. Guthrie, age eighty-five, for many years a member of the Indiana conservation commission and a former state senator, died at his home here last night.He was one of the early leaders in forming the state park system and because of his activity in establishing Clifty Falls state park near Madison, a plaque was placed on the new south gateway of the park in his honor. It was unveiled with ceremonies on his eighty-fifth birthday anniversary, with Governor Paul V. McNutt as principal speaker.Mr. Guthrie was born in Dupont, May 13, 1851, the son of Anderson Crawford and Anne Wilson Guthrie. He received his education at College Hill and Moore’s Hill College, which is now Evansville College. He married Sarah Lewis on October 28, 1875. Mrs. Guthrie died in 1925 in Cairo, Egypt.Lifetime RepublicanMr. Guthrie, a lifetime Republican, was active in the affairs of councils in Indiana and was one of the small coterie of state senators who brought about the first election of Albert J Beveridge to the United State senate. During this session, Mr. Guthrie devoted much time to obtaining passage of the pure food bill. In 1908, he was a delegate to the Republican national convention and a presidential elector in 1916 and 1928. During the world war, he served as vice-president of food production in Indiana and a short time later was vice-president of the deep waterway commission of Indiana.Mr. Guthrie was a Baptist. He was a member of the Academy of Science, an honorary member of the Nature Study Club of Indiana and of the Rotary Club of Madison.Mr. Guthrie was a thirty-second degree Scottish Rite Mason, a member of the Odd Fellows, Mystic Shrine, Audubon Society, Columbia Club, Pioneer Society of Indiana and an honorary member of the Historical Society of Jefferson County.He served as vice-president of the Belt Railroad and Stock Yards Company and a member of the executive Committee. He held positions in the Fletcher Avenue Savings and Loan Association, the Guthrie-Thompson Company, the Federal Timber Company, and the Florida Orchard Company. He was president of the Freehold Company.For many years Mr. Guthrie had come to Dupont to spend the summer months at the family home here. He spent the greater part of the year at the Columbia Club in Indianapolis, where he had lived many years. He is survived by a daughter, Mrs. Lucy Guthrie Crecraft of Akron, O., five grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. W. B. Guthrie, a grandson is proprietor of Turkey Run hotel at Turkey Run state park.
“William Guthrie, Park Leader, Dies,” The Indianapolis News (Indianapolis, IN), 6 August 1936, page 8; digital images, Newspapers.com (www.newspapers.com : viewed online October 2019). 

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 See what fabulous find you can make!

Elusive David Hall Family

Jane Crawford, daughter of James and Rebecca (Anderson) Crawford married David Hall. Unfortunately, I haven’t been able to find much information on David and Jane Hall.David Hall¹ lived in Jefferson, Indiana, United States in 1820.²

He filed land entry papers for land being the East half of the Southwest quarter of section 25 Township 10 of Range 5 containing 80 acres on 24 Apr 1820 in Indiana, United States.³

He  purchased land being lot 104 in Columbus in 1823 in Bartholomew, Indiana, United States.⁴

David  purchased land being lot 63 in Columbus in 1823 in Bartholomew, Indiana, United States.⁵

He filed land entry papers for land being the West half of the Southwest quarter of Section 25 Township 10 of Range 5 containing 80 acres on 1 Jan 1823 in Indiana, United States.⁶

David Hall of Dearborn County, Indiana made full payment for the south West quarter of the North East quarter of Section seventeen in township six of Range two West in the District of lands subject to sale at Cincinnati, Ohio (lying in Indiana) containing 40 acres on 7 Nov 1837 in Cincinnati, Hamilton, Ohio, United States.⁷

David sold land being lot number 104 in Columbus on 1 Dec 1838 in Bartholomew, Indiana, United States.⁸

He sold land land being lot number 63 in Columbus on 2 Oct 1839 in Bartholomew, Indiana, United States.⁹

David Hall and Jane Crawford¹⁰ were married on 5 Jan 1814 in Jefferson, Indiana, United States.^1,11–17

Jane Crawford, daughter of James Crawford and Rebecca Anderson, was born about 1796.

She was the child of James Crawford and Rebecca Anderson.¹⁶

She was also known as Jane Hall on 5 Jan 1814.¹

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        1. Jefferson County Indiana Early Marriage Records 1811-1828 (: , 1981), (Crawford.IN.035). Found online at [WebAddress].        

2. 1820 U.S. Census, Jefferson County, Indiana, population schedule, Jefferson County, Indiana, image 23, James Crawford; digital image, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : viewed online October 2016); NARA microfilm publication M33.        

3. Indiana, Bartholomew County. Deeds, vols. M (cont.)-N, 1848-1849.  Film ##1301782 DGS 8059762. David Hall, 18 Sept 1849 Vol. N: page 327; digitized images, FamilySearch http://www.familysearch.org : viewed online September 2019.       

4. Indiana, Bartholomew. Deeds, Vol. A, 1822-1827.  Film ##1301775 DGS 8059756. David Hall, 1823 Vol. A: page 153-154; digitized images, FamilySearch http://www.familysearch.org : viewed online September 2019.        

5. Indiana, Bartholomew. Deeds, Vol. A, 1822-1827, David Hall, Vol. A; .        

6. Indiana, Bartholomew County. Deeds, vols. M (cont.)-N, 1848-1849, David Hall, 18 Sep 1849; .        

7. United States Bureau of Land Management, “General Land Office Records,” database with images, BLM.Gov (http://glorecords.blm.gov : viewed online April 2019), David Hall.        

8. Indiana, Barthlomew County. Deed Record Volume F.  Film ##1301778 DGS 8059758. David Hall to Solomon Shell, 1 Dec 1838 Vol. F: page 358; digital images, FamilySearch http://www.familysearch.org : viewed online February 2019.        

9. Indiana, Barthlomew County. Deed Record Volume F, David Hall, 2 Oct 1839; .        

10. 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.        

11. “Indiana, Compiled Marriages, 1802-1850,” database, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : viewed online April 2019), Jane Crawford / David Hall].        

12. “Indiana, Marriage Index, 1800-1941,”Ancestry.com,  (www.ancestry.com : viewed online (April 2019), Jane Crawford – David Hall.].        

13. “Indiana, Marraiges, 1810-2001,” database, Ancestry,  (www.ancestry.com : viewed online April 2019), Jane Crawford – David Hall.].        

14. Dodd, Jordan, “Indiana, Compiled Marriage Index, 1802-1892,”Ancestry.com,  (www.ancestry.com : viewed online (April 2019), Jane Crawford – David Hall.].        

15. “Indiana, Marriage Index, 1806-1861,”Ancestry.com,  (www.ancestry.com : viewed online (April 2019), Jane Crawford – David Hall; State library of Indiana.].        

16. 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.        

17. Betty M Ritchie, Compiler, Jefferson County Indiana Marriage Records 1811-1831: 1820 heads of household listed, Ripley County Historical Society, sponsor (Madison, IN: Ripley County Historical Society, n.d.), page 1 and 10.

Shhh! It’s a Secret!

As a genealogist, do you do most of your research online? I have to admit that I tend to concentrate on sources that are online and don’t take the time to see what I’m missing by relying on online sources.

Since I happen to live a few hours from the Midwest Genealogy Center and since my husband is also hooked on the genealogy habit, we try to visit this fabulous genealogy library at least once a year. Usually, my pre-trip plans center around creating a list of localities I want to research and not a specific list of sources.

This time, I had a book that I wanted to find: Descendants of Alexander and Mary McPheeters Crawford. According to WorldCat, this book was supposed be in the collection at the Midwest Genealogy Center. However, it wasn’t listed in their catalog. Thus, I knew I would need to ask for help to verify that they did not have the book.

I am SO GLAD I asked for help! The librarian verified that the print copy of the book was missing. However, she didn’t stop there. In our conversation, I told her that there was a copy on microfiche at the Family History Library. She immediately looked the book up on FamilySearch and then with some computer magic, told me they had the book on microfiche!

Not only did they have this book, but they had drawers full of microfiche and microfilm from the Family History Library.

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When the Family History Library stopped their loan program, they ended up with a lot of rolls of microfilm and a lot of microfiche that had been used in that program. Since this media duplicated what was in the Salt Lake library, they offered it to genealogy collections. And the Midwest Genealogy Center accepted all of this film.

The Midwest Genealogy Center does not have a copy of all of the film collection of the Family History Library — but they have a lot! Since some of the resources on FamilySearch have not been digitized and others are only available at a Family History Center, this collection of film and fiche will be very helpful to genealogists using the Midwest Genealogy Center.

To figure out whether the Midwest Genealogy Center has a desired resource, one must do a little of preparatory work. First, one has to locate the FILM number for the resource on the FamilySearch website.

The next step is to see of Midwest Genealogy Center has that particular film.

• Go to the RESOURCES page of their website
• Locate the BROWSE RESOURCES box and click on it

• On the Browse Resources page, scroll down a bit to locate the heading MGC Microforms Holding Guide

• Click on MGC Microfoms Holding Guide to expand the menu
• Locate Family History Library Microfilm on Indefinite Loan to MGC and click to open the PDF file

• The PDF is just a list of numbers — the FILM NUMBERS

• This is where one needs the film number from the FamilySearch website. Search the PDF file for the film number.

• Since my film number (6110842) was on the list, that meant that the microfiche of the book was in the Midwest Genealogy Center.

Midwest Genealogy Center has a room devoted to microfilm. Until yesterday, I assumed that a large share of this microfilm was the census microfilm that I used when first starting my genealogy research. Now, I know that there’s a who lot more hidden in these large cabinets of microfilm.

I had also assumed that the microfiche collection of the MGC were the UMI collection of genealogy resources. I had used some of this collection in the past, but was not aware of the quantity of resources available. 

In addition to the UMI microfiche, MGC has a collection of microfiche from the Family History Library. It was in these cabinets that I found the microfiche of the Crawford book.

Not only does the MGC have all of these resources, they have a wonderful room fully equipped with the technology to not only read the microfilm/microfiche but to also create a digital copy of the images.

Even though I’ve used this wonderful genealogy library several times over the past few years, I was not aware of all of these wonderful resources. 

Now, the secret is out! 

I wonder what secrets are hidden in other libraries. Let’s work together to discover and expose these wonderful gems in the collections of our libraries, historical societies, genealogy societies and archives!

John S Crafton Deed

FamilySearch
Bartholomew County, Indiana
Deeds, Vols. W (cont.) – X (to p.651), 1856-1858
FamilySearch Film 1301899 DGS 8059780

This is likely, John S. Crafton [KP3G-WHX], grandson of James and Rebecca Crawford.

Book W page 519 – Crafton Jno S heir

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Whereas heretofore Reason S Foster Administrator of the Estate of
John S Crafton late of that County of Bartholomew and State of Indiana
deceased filed in the Court of Common Pleas of said County by his petition
representing that said deceased in his life time towit on —— day of
AD 1851 executed to John W Hazelwood of Decatur County Indi-
ana his title bond or contract for the North East quarter of the North
East quarter of section eleven in township ten north of Range seven
east containing forty acres in consideration of the sum of two hundred
dollars to him in hand paid and two hundred and sixty five dollars
which was due and payable on on the 25th day of December 1852
which last sum of money remained due and unpaid and that
said decedent died without making any provision for the conveyance
of said tract of land so sold as aforesaid and that Louisiana
Crafton aged one year was the only child of said decedent and
whereas such such proceeding were had upon said petition in
said Court of Common Pleas that afterwards at the term thereof hol
den in April in the year one thousand eight hundred and fifty
three it was ordered adjudged and decreed by the said Court
that said defendant John W Hazelwood upon payment of the
purchase money due in accordance with the terms of the contract
exhibited herein is legally entitled to a deed in fee simple for
the North East quarter of the North East quarter of section eleven
in township ten north of Range seven East containing forty
acres and that the undersigned William Singleton be and is hereby ap
ppointed Commissioner herein to execute a Conveyance to said John
W Hazelwood his heirs and assigns for said tract of land.
Now therefore in pursuance of the said decree and in considera
tion of the sum of two hundred and sixty five dollars to him
in hand paid the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged and
in compliance with the trust refused in him as such doth
hereby grants alien and confirm to the said John W Hazelwood
and to his heirs and assigns forever all the right to and
interest of the said Louisiana Crafton of in and to the said
tract of land in the said petition and also herein above described
To have and to hold the same to him the said John W. Hazelwood
and his heirs and assigns forever. In testimony whereof the un
dersigned has hereunto affixed his seal and signature as such
Commissioner as aforesaid the fourth day of July in the year
of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and fifty three.
William Singleton
State of Indiana
Bartholomew County
I Isaac S Boardman, Clerk of the Court
of Common Pleas of said County hereby certify that at a term of
said Court held at the Court house in Columbus on the 5th

Book W page 520

day of July 1853 William Singleton personally appeared in open
Court and acknowledged the foregoing deed as appears from the
records of said Court remaining in my office.
In Testimony whereof I hereunto subscribe my name and
affix the seal of said Court at Columbus this 25
July 1853.
L S Boardman
Recorded January 20 1857
Wm C Abbott R B C

Possible Distant Cousins

Have you tested your DNA? If so, have you been able to break through a brick wall using your DNA results?
My main purpose for testing my DNA was to learn more about my Crawford ancestry. Since I already have identified my 4th great grandfather on my Crawford line, I was hoping to identify his siblings and parents via DNA. So far, my results have not helped me get thru that brick wall.
However, there is one DNA test that has puzzled me for quite some time. This is the sole test that shows up when I search my matches for ancestors born in Garrard County, Kentucky: i******. I share 23 cM across 2 segments with i****** and one of my brothers shares 24 cM across 2 segments with i******.
When I looked at shared matches with i******, I found two other matches that appear to have the same common ancestors: Isaac Crawford and Nancy Miller. In looking at matches shared with these two other matches, I discovered a fourth match who descends from a different Garrard County family.

I believe Isaac Crawford is the son of James Crawford and Rebecca Anderson. However, the trees for the I, D and J matches either don’t go back that far or have a different father for Isaac.
Based on my research of the records of Madison, Lincoln and Garrard Counties in Kentucky, I am theorizing that my ancestor James Crawford (md. Sally Duggins)  is somehow related to the other Crawford families in that area prior to 1800: Rebecca Crawford, Mary Crawford, James Crawford (md Rebecca Anderson) and/or William Crawford. It is believed that James (md Rebecca Anderson) and William are brothers and that Rebecca is the widow of a third brother. Because of the ages, my current theory is that my ancestor, James (md Sally Duggins) is the nephew of James (md Rebecca Anderson) and William Crawford. Thus, I would be a 7th cousin to I, D, and J IF Isaac is the son of James and Rebecca Crawford and IF my theory about the uncle/nephew relationship is correct.
To figure out whether these DNA shared matches support my being a 7th cousin to I, D, and J, I looked at the Shared Centimorgan Project to see if the amount of shared DNA was within the range for 7th cousins. Since one of my brothers doesn’t share any DNA with any of these individuals, our range of shared DNA is none to 34 cM. According to the shared cM project, we could share anywhere from 0 to 57 cM and be 7th cousins.

Thus, we are within the range to be 7th cousins. 
This does NOT prove that we are both related to James Crawford and Rebecca Anderson. We could easily be related on some other line that my bias is preventing me from recognizing. However, it does support the possibility of a relationship. Thus, I will continue researching the families of James and Rebecca Crawford as well as the families of William, Rebecca and Mary Crawford.

Crawford Ancestor DNA Project

Have you heard about Ancestor DNA Projects on GedMatch? Don’t feel bad if you haven’t. I first heard about them last month when a member of the Clan Crawford group on Facebook posted about it.

Several members of the Clan Crawford Facebook group are trying to get a Crawford Ancestor Project started. However, they need FIFTY Crawford researchers to agree to participate to get the project established.

If you are a Crawford researcher who has uploaded your DNA to GedMatch, then please consider participating in the project.

To join the project, one must first be a member of the Clan Crawford Association Ancestry & DNA Research Forum on Facebook. If you are on Facebook, then you may submit a request to join the Clan Crawford Association Ancestry & DNA Research Forum. This is a great group that discusses Crawford DNA and/or Crawford Research.

Once your membership in the Clan Crawford Association Ancestry & DNA Research Forum, you can use the search box on the right side of the screen to locate posts on a particular topic.

A search for ‘gedmatch’ will bring up the post about the Ancestor Project.

The post contains a link to a Google file where one can enter his/her gedmatch number if willing to be part of the project.

If you are a Crawford researcher, please consider participating in both the Facebook group and the Crawford Ancestor DNA Project.

Message Board Updates

Have you ever followed a hint that led you down the wrong path? That’s what I feel like I’m doing with the message I found on Genealogy.com.

“I am a Whitley researcher. I was sent the following: not my research. Jacob Miller (b1762) md Elizabeth Whitley, 13 May 1794 in Lincoln Co. NC. Elizabeth was the dau of George Whitley, son of Moses, son of Jonathan. They moved to Paint Lick, or Crab Orchard, Ky. There were 11 children. George, Nancy, Henry, Matilda, Moses, Mary, Tobias, Margaret, Isaac (Md Elizabeth Cope), Whitley, Elizabeth. After the death of Jacob (1825) many of the family moved to Clay Co, Mo and other MO counties (1832). Some moved to IN. Elizabeth Whitley Miller remarried to Humphrey Best. Clell was son of Moses and is buried in Muddy Fork Cem. in Clay Co., MO. At least there is a tombstone there. As I said, this is not my research and I cannot give proofs for this but it may serve as a map for Miller researchers. If anyone can prove any of this I would appreciate hearing from you.”

As stated in my previous blog post, Message Boards, I found a marriage record for Elizabeth Miller and Humphrey Best. 

My search of Ancestry member trees or FamilySearch has not turned up a Humphrey Best married in 1832 to an Elizabeth Miller. In the process, I did find a Humphrey Best (Senior) family in Madison County, KY. According to a story saved to a member tree for Humphrey Best Jr, Humphrey Best Sr died around 1816. According to the ‘story’ his will was filed in Madison County, Kentucky. 
Thus, it is highly unlikely that Humphrey Best Sr is the groom in the marriage record. I think I have found the original ‘author’ of the story and have sent a message thru Ancestry to obtain her thoughts on the 1832 marriage record.
Since Humphrey Best Sr had a son named Humphrey Best Jr, my focus turned to him. Again, no one has Humphrey Best, Jr married to an Elizabeth Miller.
So, my new theory is that Humphrey Best Jr had a second wife, Elizabeth Miller. I also think this Elizabeth Miller is the daughter of Jacob and Elizabeth Whitley Miller.
Now I need to do more research on this theory.

1823 Deed Luke Bonesteel and William Crawford

Bartholomew County IN
Land records

Deed Book A
page 212

This Indenture made this eleventh day of March one thousand
eight hundred and twenty three between Luke Boneste[el] and
Julia Bonste[el]his wife of the county of Bartholomew and
State of Indiana of the one part and William D Crawford

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page 213

of the county of Jefferson and State aforesaid of the other part
Witnesseth that the said Luke Bonesteel and Julia his wife for and
in consideration of the sum of one hundred dollars good and
lawful current money of the United State to them the said Luke
Bonesteel and Julia Bonesteel his wife as aforesaid in hand well
and truly paid by the said William D Crawford the receipt whereof
is hereby acknowledged hath granted bargained & sold aliened
[enscossed] conveyed and confirmed and by these presents doeth
grant bargain and sell convey and confirm unto the said William
D. Crawford his heirs and assigns one certain tract or parcel
of land with all the appurtenances lying and being in the
Town of Columbus and in the county of Bartholomew aforesaid
and state aforesaid and which one certain tract or parcel of
land is town lot no. one hundred and sixty nine and is situated
and corners on Vernon and Franklin streets and containing
seventy five feet in front on said Vernon Street and one hundred
and fifty feet in front on said Franklin street the whole
number in said lot containing being eleven thousand two
hundred and fifty square feet and all the estate right title
claim interest and fee of them the sd Luke Bonesteel and his
said wife Julia Bonesteel of in and to the same. To have and to
hold the said tract or parcel of land with all the appurtenances
unto the said William D. Crawford and to his heirs and assigns
to his and their own proper use benefit and behoof forever
and the said Luke Bonesteel covenant and agree with the said
William D Crawford his heirs and assigns that he the said
William D. Crawford his heirs and assigns that he the said
Luke Bonesteel is seized of a good sure perfect and indefeasible
estate in fee simple of in and to the said parcel or tract or parcel
of land with all the appurtenances that he hath full power and
lawful authority to sell and convey the same unto the said
William D Crawford and to his heirs and assigns forever and
that he the said Luke Boneseell will and his heirs exeuctors and
administrators shall warrant and forever defend the said
tract or parcel of land with all the appertenances unto the said
William D. Crawford and to his heirs and assigns against all and
every other person or persons whatsoever lawfully cliaming or to
claim the same. In virtues whereof the said Luke Bonesteel and
Julia his said wife hereunto set their hands and seals on the day
and year first written
Luke Bonesteel (seal)
Julia Bonesteel (seal)
Signed sealed and delivered
in presence of

page 214

State of Indiana
Bartholomew County
But
That this day personally appeared before
me the Justice of the peace the within
named grantor Luke Bonesteel and acknowledged his hand
and seal affixed to the within deed to be his voluntary act
and deed for the purposes therein mentioned above his wife Judith
Bonesteel and being examined separate and apart from her
husband acknowledged her hand and seal affixed to the
within deed to be her voluntary act and deed for the purposes
therein mentioned. Given under my hand and seal this 11th
day of March 1823.
Ebenzer Ward Justice of Peace 

1834 Deed John Crawford to Eli Guthrey

Bartholomew County, Indiana
Deeds, 1822-1887

Deeds, vols. D-E (to p.515), 1833-1837
FamilySearch Film 1301777 DGS 8059757

Book D page 406

Crawford to Guthrey

This indenture made this sixteenth day of March in the
year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty four between
John Crawford and Rebecca his wife of the first part of the county
of Bartholomew and State of Indiana and Eli Guthrey and William
Johnson of the County and State aforesaid of the second part
Witnesseth that the said party of the first part in consideration of the
sum of three hundred dollars lawful money to them in hand paid
by the said party of the second part the receipt whereof is hereby
acknowledged has granted bargained sold conveyed and confirmed and by
these presents doth grant bargain sell convey and confirm unto the
said Eli Guthery and William Johnson their heirs and assigns forever
all the certain tract or parcel of situated lying and being in Bartholomew
County and State aforesaid in the district of land sold at Indianapolis
being the West half of the South West quarter of section thirty four
in township no. Ten north of range No. five East containing eighty
acres together with all and singular the hereditaments & improvements and
appurtenances to the same belonging or in any wise appertaining together
with the rents issues and profits thereof To have and to hold the
premises hereby sold and conveyed together with the appurtenances to the
sole and only proper benefits use and behoof of the said Eli Guthrey
and William Johnson their heirs and assigns forever and the said John
Crawford and Rebecca his wife for themselves their heirs executors and
administrators and assigns the aforesaid tract of land with all and singul
ar the appurtenances thereunto belonging or unto Eli Guthrey and
William Johnson his heirs and assigns from the claim or claims of
every person whatever will warrant and forever defend
In Testimony whereof the said John Crawford and Rebecca his
wife have hereunto set their hands and seals the day and year first
above written.
John Crawford (seal)
Rebecca (her mark) Crawford (seal)
In presence of us
Witness
Corbley Guthrey
Samuel M Buckhanon

State of Indian
Bartholomew County
Before the undersigned a Justice of the
peace within and for said county personally
came John Crawford and Rebecca his wife the within grantors and
being examined agreeable to the act in such cases made and provided
acknowledged the above indenture to be their voluntary act and deed
for the uses and purposes therein contained
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal
the sixteenth of March one thousand eight hundred and thirty
five
John Pitcher Justice of (seal)
the peace
Recorded March the 17th 1835
Joseph McKinney RBC

Configuring Crawford FAN Club in My Tree

Do you have ‘floating’ or ‘orphan’ trees in your Ancestry tree? I know that I do have ‘floaters’ in my tree. I recently watched a Genealogy TV video by Constance Knox on how to make connections to link some of those ‘floaters’ to my big tree.

Today, I decided to get this set up for some of the members of my Crawford FAN Club:

• Nathaniel Sellers
• James Crawford (wife Sarah Vansant)
• Alexander Crawford (wife Mary McPheeters)
• James Crawford (wife Rebecca Anderson)
• James Crawford (wife Rebecca McPheeters)
• James Crawford (wife Martha Knight)
• Alexander Moore (wife Mary Crawford)
• Rebekah Crawford (Likely Rebekah Douglass Crawford) – mother of Mary Crawford Sellers and Sarah Crawford Sellers
• Alexander Duggins (wife Sally Smith — who married James Crawford)
• John Anderson (father of Rebecca Anderson Crawford)
• Bazeleel Maxwell (brother-in-law of James Crawford/Rebecca Anderson)
• Alexander Crawford (wife Margaret McElwee)
• Absalom Adams (grandfather of Margaret McElwee)
• James Crawford (wife Sally Duggins) — MY ANCESTOR
• Edward Crawford – yDNA connection
• Jacob Miller – father of Nancy / father-in-law of Isaac Crawford
• William Crawford – brother to the James Crawford married to Rebecca Anderson

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First, I created a ‘Custom Tag’ called FanClub Crawford and attached it to each member of the FAN club.

I also added comments:

• Explain FAN club membership
• Explain links located at bottom of page
• Provide link to my blog — particularly the Untangling James Crawford post when appropriate

Hopefully, this will not only help me ‘migrate’ around my tree, but also help others see potential connections among this group of people.
This process has been very helpful since it helped me put in writing the members of the fan club.