William Crow

The first written record of William Crow in Augusta County, Virginia was in 1755. he was one of the first Crows in Virginia of whom there is an official record. He became a man of considerable means. In the Archives there are records that William Crow was a Captain in the Virginia Militia under Colonel Preston- in the Revolution- 1783. He was noted in the Augusta County court records order Book #VIII, page 212, 21 Feb 1763: William Crow Qualified Captain of Militia. He also furnished beef to the forces

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A copy of the will of Walter Crow. Fee, 70 cents, paid in the office by W. Roalston. H. J. Gambrill. I, Walter Crow, of Rockingham County. To wife, Ann. To eight children, viz : Mary Harnsberry, James, John, Wil liam, Benjamin, Jacob Crow, Nancy Gregg, Rachel Harnett. Executors, wife Ann, and William Crow, third son of testator. "A certain obligation which John Crow obtained from William Crow at Lewis (Levines) Ferry, on James River, which John assigned to his father, Walter Crow, amounting to £20 principle, interest from August, 1784, if John shall pay some to Anne, etc.," otherwise the amount is to be deducted from John's share. Signed, sealed, etc., 6th August, 1789. Test: William Dunlap, Hannah (mark) Roadecap and lie for, etc. (Signed) William Ewen, C. R. C. Proved in clerk. 28th September, 1789, Rockingham County. Proved by Hannah Roadecap and lie for. etc. Signed) William Ewen, C. R. C. Proved in Rockingham, 26th October, 1789, by Elizabeth Roadecap. Administration granted widow, Anne; other executor failed to appear. By the Court ( Signed) William Ewen, C. R. C. A copy. Test : H. J. Gambill, D. C. R C

Chronicles of the Scotch-Irish Settlement in Virginia, Extracted from the Original Court Records of Augusta County, 1745-1800 – Augusta County (Va.), Lyman Chalkley Page 500

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In 1761, Margaret Long, widow, married William Crow, a captain of militia. Afterwards William Crow was a tavern-keeper in Staunton. His name appears very frequently in the records. He was close to the courthouse, the building which had been broken into by the Indians. And he was often called upon to witness signatures, appraise estates, and act the useful citizen generally. He was a typical tavern-keeper of a county-seat town, and a man to be reckoned with. He became a wealthy man. Had a suit with a county man about whether the Crow cattle droves increased too fast on the road, the old Captain declaring that he did not want to be made out a. cow-thief. From deeds signed as late as 1766, his wife Margaret is identified, but from a deed in 1768, where his wife1 s name is Mary, it may be presumed that the daughter of Colonel John Lewis departed this life in the seventeen-sixties.

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