Isaac Crabtree (1757 - 1849)

Born 1757 in Baltimore, Maryland

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Died 7 Sep 1849 at about age 92 in Wayne County, Kentucky, United States

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Biography

Isaac Crabtree was a Maryland colonist.

Private Isaac Crabtree served with Washington County Militia, Virginia Militia during the American Revolution.

Isaac Crabtree is an NSSAR Patriot Ancestor.
NSSAR Ancestor #: P140124
Rank: Private

Isaac Crabtree is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A027137.

Isaac Crabtree was born 1757 in Baltimore County, Maryland.^[1]

In October 1773 Daniel Boone was leading a party of settlers from North Carolina to Kentucky. While the party reached Abingdon, Virginia, Boone sent his 16 year old son James and two brothers John and Richard Mendenhall to Castlewood, Virginia to collect another group of settlers led by Captain William Russell and some supplies. Russell's settlers weren't ready to depart, so James and the Mendenhall brothers were sent with 16 year old Isaac Crabtree, Russell's 17 year old son Henry, and two of Russell's slaves Adam and Charles to take the supplies back to his father's group. The small party camped overnight and were attacked the next morning.^[2]

From a marker on Highway 58, Stickleyville, VA:^[3]

"In this valley, on 10 Oct 1773, Delaware, Shawnee and Cherokee Indians killed Daniel Boone's eldest son, James, and five others in their group of eight settlers en route to Kentucky. Seperated from Daniel Boone's main party, the men had set up camp near Wallen's Creek. At dawn the Indians attacked and killed James Boone, Henry Russell, John and Richard Mendendall (brothers), a youth whose last name was Drake, and Charles (one of two slaves in the party). Isaac Crabtree and Adam, a slave, escaped. This event prompted Boone and his party to abandon their first attempt to settle Kentucky."

In June or July 1775, while residing in Washington Country, Virginia, Isaac volunteered for service and was sent to Fort Blackmore under Captain Aaron Lewis where he spent two months "scouting through the mountains driving out the hostile Indians who had committed great depredations upon the frontiers of Virginia".^[1]

On 30 June 1776 he again volunteered and was sent to Rye Cove under Captain John Montgomery scouting through the mountains to protect the frontier.^[1] After the summer they returned to Washington County and then marched on to Fort Henry from which they burnt a number of British-allied Cherokee towns including Chota and Toqua under the command of Colonel William Russell as part of the Christian campaign (named for Colonel William Christian). He returned home just a few days after Christmas.^[1]

From the start of June to the end of September 1777 he volunteered again, this time under Captain James Crabtree where he was appointed as a spy, and together with Benjamin Robertson, ranged through the Clinch Mountain range and the frontiers of Western Virginia.^[1]

In 1778 he volunteered as a ranger under Captain John Kincaid at Elk Garden Fort from end of May to end of September. During this service he and nine men were recruited by Colonel Daniel Smith to travel west to Glade Hollow Fort. On this journey they were attacked by a number of Indians who killed Burton Litten and William Priest.^[1]

At the end of the Revolutionary War (1775–1783), Isaac moved to Davidson County, Tennessee, then "the old settlements of Kentucky", then Wayne County, Kentucky, then Overton County, Tennessee.^[1]

Isaac Crabtree (from Maryland) married Sally Pike in Kentucky.^[4]

Isaac was elected to the Kentucky House of Representatives for Wayne County in 1806.^[5][1]

On 27 September 1832, Isaac appeared before Judge Nathaniel W Williams in the Circuit Court of Overton Country, Tennessee to give a statement declaring his right to a pension for his role in the Revolutionary Army under the 1832 1832 Pension Act. Details of his statement were confirmed by fellow pension applicant Walter Greer, and much later by Harmon Wynn of Clinton County, Kentucky.^[1]

Isaac was in the Pension Roll of 1835 in Overton, Tennessee, United States.^[6]

In the 1840 census Isaac (age 82) was in Wayne County, Kentucky.^[7][8]

Isaac was mentioned on a memorial in Crabtree Cemetery, Wayne County, Kentucky, United States with a death date of 7 September 1849.^[9]

Research Notes

Service Description from the Daughters of the American Revolution:^[10]

1) Capts Aaron Lewis, John Montgomery, James Crabtree, John Kincaid, James Thompson

2) Cols Russell, Daniel Smith; also spy

"William Crabtree IV was a private and later lieutenant in Colonel Campbell's King's Mountain volunteers, 1780. He volunteered from Washington County, Virginia, and at that time was living at the Salt Works, which is now Saltville, Smyth County. His brothers James, Isaac, and Abraham were also in the Continental forces at King's Mountain."

Long hunter with Daniel Boone expedition in 1773; veteran of the Revolutionary War; elected to the Kentucky state legislature in 1806. In 1815 he farmed 50 acres near the headwaters of Powell River, Lee Co., Virginia; member of U.S. House of Representatives.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8} Transcription of Pension Application of Isaac Crabtree S30972 - 27 September 1832
2. ↑ Addington, Robert M. History of Scott County, Virginia, 1932, Pages 14-16
3. ↑ The Historical Marker Database Death of Boone's Son
4. ↑ Marriage: "U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900". Source number: 5687.006; Source type: Family group sheet, FGSE, listed as parents; Number of Pages: 1. Ancestry uk Record 7836 #288210 (accessed 14 January 2024)
   Isaac Crabtree marriage to Sally Pike in of KY.
5. ↑ Book: Collins, Lewis, 1797-1870; Collins, Richard H., 1824-1889, Collins' historical sketches of Kentucky : history of Kentucky. Covington, KY : Published by Collins & Co; 1878; page: 754. Internet Archive (accessed 15 January 2024)
6. ↑ Pension: "U.S., The Pension Roll of 1835". Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry uk Record 60514 #48377 (accessed 14 January 2024). Service Description: Virginia Line; Birth Year: abt 1755; Rank: Private; Pension Enrollment Date: 4 Mar 1831; Name: Isaac Crabtree; Residence Place: Overton, Tennessee, USA; Age: 76.
7. ↑ 1840 Census: "1840 United States Federal Census". Year: 1840; Census Place: Wayne, Kentucky; Roll: 126; Page: 158; Family History Library Film: 0007832. Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry uk Record 8057 #2061256 (accessed 14 January 2024)
   Isaac Crabtree (82) in Wayne, Kentucky.
8. ↑ 1840 Census: "Kentucky, U.S., Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Index, 1787-1890". Original data: Jackson, Ron V., Accelerated Indexing Systems, comp.. Kentucky Census, 1810-1890. Compiled and digitized by Mr. Jackson and AIS from microfilmed schedules of the U.S. Federal Decennial Census, territorial/state censuses, and/or census substitutes
   Ancestry uk Record 3549 #9111744 (accessed 14 January 2024)
   Isaac Crabtree (age 82) in Wayne, Kentucky.
9. ↑ Memorial: Find a Grave (has image). Find A Grave: Memorial #204877088 (accessed 14 January 2024)
   Memorial page for Isaac Crabtree (21 Aug 1757-7 Sep 1849), citing Crabtree Cemetery, Wayne County, Kentucky, USA; Maintained by CMWJR (contributor 50059520).
10. ↑ Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed January 14, 2024), "Record of Isaac Crabtree", Ancestor # A027137.

• The Crabtrees of Southwest Virginia, p. 51-52. Fritz, Arah Miller andMcProud, Margaret Annie Milam, creators. Pecos, Texas: Hawks Printing Co.,1965. FamilySearch International.OwnedbyClaytonLibraryhttp://www2.houstonlibrary.org/clayton/. (Accessed June 23, 2019)

Acknowledgements

• WikiTree profile Crabtree-490 created through the import of RodneyTree12232012.ged on Dec 23, 2012 by Rodney Gross.
• WikiTree profile Crabtree-401 created through the import of stacy murr family tree.ged on Oct 4, 2012 by Stacy Krout.