Jacob Crabtree, Sr.

A Patriot of the American Revolution for VIRGINIA with the rank of PRIVATE. DAR Ancestor # A201522

Notes for Jacob Crabtree: JACOB CRABTREE, in March of 1775, went with a company of thirty men, led by Daniel Boone, and marked a path through the forest to the Kentucky River. They arrived on April 6, 1775 at Big Lick on the Kentucky River just below the mouth of Otter Creek. Here it was decided to build a town called Boonesborough. The men in the expedition were:

      Daniel Boone              John Kennedy              Squire Boone

      John King              Edward Bradley              William Miller

      James Bridges              William Moore              William Bush

      James Nall              Samual Coburn              James Peeke

      Coln. Richard Colloway       Bartlet Seary              Capt. Jacob Crabtree

      Rouben Seary              Benjamin Cutbuth              Michael Stoner

      David Gass              Samuel Tate              John Hart       

      Oswell Townes              William Hays              Capt. William Twitty

      William Hicks              John Vandeman              Edmund Jennings

      Felix Walker              Thomas Johnson 

Russell County, Virginia, Deed Book 3 (1798-1806)

• Page 137: Jacob and Mary Crabtree to Richard Price, 19 July 1800
• Page 347: Jacob and Mary Crabtree to James Bays, Joel Bays, John Bays, Joseph Bays, Mary Bays, Peter Bays, Susanna Bays, William Bays, and Henry Burk, 25 October 1802

Sources

• Russell County, VA Deed Book 3 Grantor Index

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• Reference: MyHeritage Family Trees - SmartCopy: May 2 2017, 6:04:03 UTC

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