Samuel Crockett

A Patriot of the American Revolution for VIRGINIA. DAR Ancestor Number A027956

m1. Jane Steele
m2. Elizabeth Long, widow of James Young

Samuel Crockettt, born 1735, in Prince Edward County, Virginia, died 1795 in Sullivan County, Tennessee, was first married to Jane Steele (1737-1775), and his second was to Elizabeth Young, widow of James Young, of Sullivan County. Elizabeth had two sons, James and Joseph, who sold land to Samuel Crockett. Samuel and Elizabeth Young-Crockett had only one son, Silas, who married Jane Offield, daughter of neighbor, Lewis Offield. They apparently had no children that lived to maturity, although William, age 7, was living in the household of Silas, age 61, and Jane, age 49, in the 1850 census.

Silas was dead before 1860 and the census shows Jane, aged 59, living with Daniel Offield, age 23. The census shows no Howard family in 1850 or 1860, but the 1870 census lists one Howard family in Sullivan County, which were black, living near Jane Crockett. In 1870, Jane Crockett is 65 and living with William Offield, age 50, George Kets, age 16, and James Howard, age 33 (black).

Jane Offield Crockett left 1/3 interest in 213 acres left her by her late husband, Silas, and 1/3 of 434 acres conveyed to her by her father, Lewis Offield, to James Offield and James Howard.

Presumably the Howard family were slaves, since they were not listed in the census of 1850 and 1860, and Melvina may have been the wife of James Howard. The other graves in the cemetery may have been of the Howard family.

Research by Alethia Haynes & Wilma McGarry Smith www.brentwood-tn.org/library/Families/Crockett.pdf

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The graveyard is on property which came through Crockett-Offield.

Samuel Crockettt, born 1735, in Prince Edward County, Virginia, died 1795 in Sullivan County, Tennessee, was first married to Jane Steele (1737-1775), and his second was to Elizabeth Young, widow of James Young, of Sullivan County. Elizabeth had two sons, James and Joseph, who sold land to Samuel Crockett. Samuel and Elizabeth Young-Crockett had only one son, Silas, who married Jane Offield, daughter of neighbor, Lewis Offield. They apparently had no children that lived to maturity, although William, age 7, was living in the household of Silas, age 61, and Jane, age 49, in the 1850 census.

Silas was dead before 1860 and the census shows Jane, aged 59, living with Daniel Offield, age 23. The census shows no Howard family in 1850 or 1860, but the 1870 census lists one Howard family in Sullivan County, which were black, living near Jane Crockett. In 1870, Jane Crockett is 65 and living with William Offield, age 50, George Kets, age 16, and James Howard, age 33 (black).

Jane Offield Crockett left 1/3 interest in 213 acres left her by her late husband, Silas, and 1/3 of 434 acres conveyed to her by her father, Lewis Offield, to James Offield and James Howard.

Presumably the Howard family were slaves, since they were not listed in the census of 1850 and 1860, and Melvina may have been the wife of James Howard. The other graves in the cemetery may have been of the Howard family.

Research by Alethia Haynes & Wilma McGarry Smith
www.brentwood-tn.org/library/Families/Crockett.pdf

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