Lt.-Col. Joseph Louis Crockett

Not the son of William David Crockett, III & Elizabeth Crockett

DAR# A027948

Children listed in DAR record:

John Watkins m. Louisa Ann Bullock
Eliza/Elizabeth m. Daniel Branch Price
Polly Davina m. Bennett Henderson
Martha m. Gustavus Miller Bower

PROBLEMS HAVE BEEN DISCOVERED WITH AT LEAST ONE PREVIOUSLY VERIFIED PAPER - SEE ANCESTOR’S FULL RECORD:

1) EL - PATRIOT'S GRANDSON SAMUEL CROCKETT HENDERSON WAS NOT THE HUSBAND OF HANNAH LEWIS GAULT
Created: 2022-03-17 10:31:45.687, Updated: 2022-03-17 10:31:45.687, By:
2) OR FATHER OF ROBERT L HENDERSON. SEE DATACF 3/2022.

Biography

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Crockett-246

Joseph Louis Crockett was born about 1742 in Augusta County, Virginia,[1] the son of Joseph Crockett Jr. and Jeanne de Vigne.[2]

1776 Project Lieutenant Colonel Joseph Crockett served with 7th Virginia Regiment (1777), Continental Army during the American Revolution.
Daughters of the American Revolution
Joseph Crockett is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A027948.
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Joseph Crockett is an NSSAR Patriot Ancestor.
NSSAR Ancestor #: P141301
Rank: Lt. Col.

He was a soldier and a leader in the American Revolution. He began his military service as a private in 1774 under General Andrew Lewis, engaged in the battle of Point Pleasant. In 1775, he continued to serve as a lieutenant in William Russell's 7th Regiment in defense of Virginia along the western frontier. On 5 May 1776 he was appointed to captain, later rising to Lieutenant Colonel. He took part in battles at Monmouth, Burgoyne, Lexington, Brandywine, Princeton, and Trenton. He was at Valley Forge with General George Washington. In 1779, he raised a regiment for the state of Virginia and proceeded toward the Ohio River, where he assisted George Rogers Clark in Kentucky and Illinois.[3]

In 1782, in Charlottesville, Albemarle County, Virginia, Joseph married the widow Elizabeth Moore Woodson. Two years later, in 1784, they left Charlottesville with her son, Samuel Woodson, for Fayette County, to the west, in what was to become Kentucky.

They located in Jessamine County, but Col. Crockett’s figure was familiar and he was as well known in Woodford as in his home being just over the Woodford county line, near Keene. He was a civil engineer and Col. Thomas Marshall engaged his services in assisting him to straighten out the careless surveying that had been done in Fayette County, from which Woodford had not yet been separated.[4][5]

Together, they had seven children.

1. Polly Divina Crockett (1782-1820)
2. Robert Crockett (1786-1834)
3. Joseph Crockett (1788-1823)
4. Hugh Crockett (1789- )
5. John Watkins Crockett (1790-1852)
6. Martha Moore (Crockett) Bower (1792-1830)
7. Elizabeth (Crockett) Price (1794-1833)

Joseph died 7 Nov 1829 at age 87 in Georgetown, Scott County, Kentucky, at the home of his son-in-law, and is buried with his wife at Woodson and Crockett Cemetery, Nicholasville, Jessamine County, Kentucky.[6] Of his burial, it is said:

There were present more than a thousand persons with carriages and horses. ... At the close of the ceremonies, the Rev. John Hudson delivered a brief address touching the high character of Col. Crockett as a citizen, a neighbor and friend—a model of virtue and morality, cherished in the affections of all who knew him.[7]

References

• The Commentator, Frankfort, Kentucky, Dec. 1, 1829: In Jessamine county, a few weeks since, at an advanced age, Col. JOSEPH CROCKETT, one of the patriots of the Revolutionary War, and formerly Marshal of Kentucky [Obituary provided courtesy of Barbara Haines (#47313090)]
• Reference: Find A Grave Memorial - SmartCopy: Aug 21 2022, 18:56:33 UTC

1. Reference: Ancestry Genealogy - SmartCopy: Aug 6 2022, 14:11:04 UTC
2. Reference: Find A Grave Memorial - SmartCopy: Oct 13 2022, 12:55:48 UTC
3. https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Crockett-246
   1. Later to become Botetourt County, when that county was created in Jan 1770.
   2. Joseph's Find a Grave memorial presents his date of birth as 7 May 1742, as found on a memorial stone pictured on the site. It is also possible to encounter the undocumented date 1739 (e.g. this FamilySearch Person page).
   3. Shadrach Bond DAR Chapter recognizes Joseph Crockett (accessed 11 Feb 2022)
   4. Railey & Railey, 1928, p. 286.
   5. In 1784, this whole region belonged to Fayette County, Virginia. Woodford County was created from the northern part of Fayette in Apr 1789. That was the situation when Kentucky became a state in May 1792. In Jan 1799, Jessamine County was created from the southwestern part of Fayette, abutting Woodford County to the northwest.
   6. Joseph's Find a Grave memorial provides photographs of two memorial stones. One of them gives the date of death as 7 Nov 1829; the other says 19 Nov 1829,
   7. Young, 1898, p. 27. This is from a letter written by an friend of Col. Crockett's cited in full in the extensive biography found in Young, p. 23-29.
   8. DAR Genealogy Research online record of Joseph Crockett (Ancestor #: A027948). Service: Viginia; rank: Lieutenant Colonel; birth: 7 May 1742; death: 7 Nov 1829, Jessamine Co., Kentucky. Spouse: Elizabeth Moore Woodson.
   9. Find A Grave: Memorial #100766160 for Col. Joseph Crockett (1742-1829).
   10. Railey, William E., and William Edward Railey. History of Woodford County, Kentucky. Frankfort, KY: Roberts Printing Co., 1928.
   11. Young, Bennet H. A History of Jessamine County, Kentucky, from its earliest settlement to 1898. Louisville, KY: Courier-Journal Job Printing Co., 1898.