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Sarah Springer (Crawford)

Also Known As: "Sallay", "Sally", "“Granny Springer", "”’widow of William Harrison"
Birthdate:
Birthplace: Fayette County Pennsylvania, United States
Death: November 10, 1838 (85-94)
Uniontown, Fayette County, Pennsylvania, United States
Place of Burial: 247 Morgantown Road, Uniontown, Fayette County, PA, 15401, United States
Immediate Family:

Daughter of Colonel William Crawford, IV and Hannah P Crawford
Wife of Colonel William Harrison and Lt. Colonel Uriah Springer, II
Mother of Sally Crawford Journey; Nancy McKinnon; Battell / battaile Harrison; Mary Harrison; John Harrison and 7 others
Sister of Lt. John Vance Crawford; Ophelia McCormick and Rachel Thornburg
Half sister of Nancy Crawford and Ann Crawford

Managed by: Gwyneth Potter McNeil
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About Sarah Springer

Biography

From “HANNAH VANCE” By Bill Coup

Sarah Crawford married William Harrison and had six children with him before he was killed by the Indians in Ohio on Crawford's Sandusky Expedition. Later after the Revolutionary War, Sarah married a neighbor, Uriah Springer, and they had five more children. Uriah Springer was a farmer.
William Crawford's daughters need to be remembered for their mettle and perseverance, as well. Sarah, the eldest and a great beauty, was married to Major William Harrison, who along with her father Colonel Crawford, was killed by Indians in the ill-fated Sandusky Expedition (1782). Sarah later married Captain Uriah Springer and lived in a small house a top New Haven (West Side) Hill. Sh e adored children, and in her golden years, the youngsters in the area affectionately christened her "Granny Springer.'

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Sarah Springer's Timeline

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1748
Fayette County Pennsylvania, United States
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December 30, 1772
Westmoreland Co., PA
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Fayette Co., PA
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Fayette Co., PA
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Fayette Co., PA
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Fayette Co., PA