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John Crockett

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Aboard ship in North Atlantic, bound for Philadelphia
Death: December 16, 1800 (70)
Waxhaw, Lancaster District, South Carolina, United States
Place of Burial: Lancaster, Lancaster County, South Carolina, United States
Immediate Family:

Son of Capt. Robert Crockett, of the Great Calf Pasture and Margaret Ramsey
Husband of Margaret Crockett
Father of John Alexander Crockett; Robert Hugh Crockett; Elijah Crockett; Margaret Crockett; Archibald Crockett and 3 others
Brother of Archibald Crockett; Jean Crockett; Jane Thompson; Robert S. Crockett; Samuel Crockett and 2 others
Half brother of Richard Bartholomew Ramsey; Joel Ramsey and Reynolds Ramsey

Occupation: 1st Lt. in the french and Indian Wars and in the revolutionary War
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About Lt. John Crockett

A Patriot of the American Revolution for SOUTH CAROLINA. DAR Ancestor #: A027945

Birth: 1730 Death: Dec. 16, 1800

Family links:

Parents:
 Robert Crockett (____ - 1747)
 Margaret Alexander Davis Crockett (1713 - 1770)
Spouse:
 Margaret McCLANAHAN Crockett (1736 - 1796)*
Children:
 Robert Hugh Crockett (1755 - 1820)*
 Elijah  Crockett (1757 - 1798)*
 Margret Crockett (1760 - 1764)*
 Andrew Crockett (1769 - 1853)*
Siblings:
 John Crockett (1730 - 1800)
 Robert Crockett (1739 - 1801)*
 Alexander Crockett (1745 - 1781)*
 Andrew Crockett (1747 - 1835)*
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Inscription: [decoration: two branches with leaves over two doves, facing, each with small branch in mouth] In Memory of/ JOHN CROCKETT/ WHO DIED DECR. 16. 1800./ Aged 70 Years & 5 Months/ [back of stone: decoration: a three masted sailing vessel] Born in a fhip in the Year 1730/ Born upon fea near Pennfylvania fhore:/ Liv'd in America till almoft four fcore./ Happy the Man, who has his fins forgiven,/ By our Redeemer who now lives in Heav'n./

Burial: Old Waxhaw Presbyterian Church Cemetery Riverside (Lancaster County) Lancaster County South Carolina, USA Plot:

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Created by: Mary Clyde Reid Record added: Jan 04, 2005 Find A Grave Memorial# 10224733


Inscription: [decoration: two branches with leaves over two doves, facing, each with small branch in mouth] In Memory of/ JOHN CROCKETT/ WHO DIED DECR. 16. 1800./ Aged 70 Years & 5 Months/ [back of stone: decoration: a three masted sailing vessel] Born in a fhip in the Year 1730/ Born upon fea near Pennfylvania fhore:/ Liv'd in America till almoft four fcore./ Happy the Man, who has his fins forgiven,/ By our Redeemer who now lives in Heav'n./

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Was "a son of Robert Crockett of the Calfpasture." Likely met and married Margaret McClenahan in Virginia, later moved to North Carolina. [1. Kegley, pg 372]

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Supporting Documents:

1. "Kegley's Virginia Frontier: The Beginning of the Southwest, the Roanoke of Colonial Days 1740-1783," by F. B. Kegley [Genealogical Publishing Com, 2003].



Birth: 1730 Death: Dec. 16, 1800

Family links:

Parents:
 Robert Crockett (____ - 1747)
 Margaret Alexander Davis Crockett (1713 - 1770)
Spouse:
 Margaret McClanahan Crockett (1736 - 1796)*
Children:
 John Alexander Crockett (1754 - 1776)*
 Robert Hugh Crockett (1755 - 1820)*
 Elijah Crockett (1757 - 1798)*
 Margaret Crockett (1760 - 1764)*
 Archibald Crockett (1764 - 1797)*
 Andrew Crockett (1769 - 1853)*
 William John Crockett (1776 - 1806)*
Siblings:
 John Crockett (1730 - 1800)
 Robert Crockett (1739 - 1801)*
 Alexander Crockett (1745 - 1781)*
 Andrew Crockett (1747 - 1835)*
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Inscription: [decoration: two branches with leaves over two doves, facing, each with small branch in mouth] In Memory of/ JOHN CROCKETT/ WHO DIED DECR. 16. 1800./ Aged 70 Years & 5 Months/ [back of stone: decoration: a three masted sailing vessel] Born in a fhip in the Year 1730/ Born upon fea near Pennfylvania fhore:/ Liv'd in America till almoft four fcore./ Happy the Man, who has his fins forgiven,/ By our Redeemer who now lives in Heav'n./

Burial: Old Waxhaw Presbyterian Church Cemetery Riverside Lancaster County South Carolina, USA Plot:

Created by: Mary Clyde Reid Record added: Jan 04, 2005 Find A Grave Memorial# 10224733

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Lt. John Crockett's Timeline

1730
August 16, 1730
Aboard ship in North Atlantic, bound for Philadelphia
1754
August 10, 1754
Mecklenburg County, North Carolina
1755
August 12, 1755
1757
October 6, 1757
Anson, Lancaster, South Carolina, USA
1760
January 17, 1760
Lancaster County, South Carolina, United States of America
1763
1763
Mecklenburg County, North Carolina
1764
1764
Mecklenburg County, North Carolina
1766
November 24, 1766
Camden Dist.,Craven Co.,SC
1769
May 23, 1769
Mecklenburg County, North Carolina