Unknown Crawford (abt. 1800 - bef. 1842)

Born about 1800 in Richmond, North Carolina, United States [uncertain]

Wife of Arthur Nathaniel Powers — married about 1824 in Richmond, North Carolina, United States

Descendants

Died before 2 Feb 1842 before about age 42 in Montgomery, Tennessee, United States [uncertain]

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Biography

Unknown Crawford was born 1802 to 1808. ^[1][2]

Research Notes

Some ancestry trees believe Unknown Crawford and A.N. Powers had a son John Powers, born in 1820 in Tennessee. No source hs been found to support this child.

Ancestry Trees say John Powers was the son of Arthur Nathaniel Powers and Lucinda L.T. Dowdy (obviously wrong mother since she married A.N. Powers in 1845).

Ancestry trees say John Powers: Married Elizabeth Knight 11 Feb 1839, in Stewart County, Tennessee: "Tennessee, County Marriages, 1790-1950," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q281-XP2B : 2 May 2023), John Powers and Elizabeth Knight, 11 Feb 1839; citing Stewart, Tennessee, United States, Marriage, p. , Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville and county clerk offices from various counties; FHL microfilm 24,834.

NOTE: Arthur Nathaniel Power's family was in Stewart and Montgomery County during the time of this marriage. In fact, A.N. Powers' married his second wife in Stewart County in 1842.

1820 Richmond CO NC Census

Does the 1820 Census Record leave room for the attached "Unknown Crawford" daughter of Masten Duke Crawford, who may have married Arthur Nathaniel Powers? Current WikiTree records say yes. More facts are needed McReynolds-216 02:01, 9 May 2024 (UTC)

M.D. Crawford household in 1820 Census, Richmond County North Carolina

• Number of free White males aged:

2 under 10 years of age
2 of 10 years but under 16 years
0 of 16 years but under 18 years (for males only)
0 of 16 years but under 26 years (for males only)
1 of 26 years but under 45 years
0 45 years and upward

• Number of free White females aged:

3 under 10 years of age
2 of 10 years but under 16 years
0 of 16 years but under 26 years (for females)
1 of 26 years but under 45 years
0 45 years and upward

• • 2 daughters under 10 are Julia Benton Crawford b 1814 and Mary Duke Crawford Holmes b 1816

• • 2 daughters 10 to 16 are Ann P Crawford born 1803 and Elizabeth Sands Crawford Rush b 1809

• • Have not found the missing 5th daughter shown in 1820 census as born 1810 – 1820 NOTE: If Elizabeth Sands Crawford Rush was born in 1810 instead of 1809, the missing 5th daughter would be born 1804-1810.

• • Ancestry trees say M.D. Crawford also had a daughter Mary Elizabeth Betty Crawford (1799 – 1883) who is likely Mary Elizabeth (Crawford) Parsons who married in 1816 and moved to SC shortly after her marriage.

DOB for the Unknown Crawford daugher

The missing 5th daughter in the 1820 Census of M.D. Crawford and Charlotte Covington could have been in the census birth year categories 1804-1810 or 1810-1820. (see discussion above) Some have establised her DOB as early as 1800 because they assumed she had a son named John Powers in 1820. However, I've found no reliable sources for this son.

NC Records from early 1800s that tie Crawfords to Powers

• Arthur Powers, brother of Barnabas Powers, and uncle to Arthur N Powers, served on a Jury with Mastin Crawford. in 1806, as shown by in Minutes of Richmond County Court, NC, 1804 – 1808, Microfilmed by NC Department of Archives and History, Raleigh, NC; Also listed on those pages are Ana, Rachel, Peter and Benjamin Covington. Family Search - North Carolina, County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions (Richmond County). Film #008189348, Image 741, June 11, 1806. Upper left page. https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSLZ-BSWF-Z?i=740&cat=163832

• 1790 US Census shows widow Rebecca (Covington) Crawford on the same census page as William Newberry Jr., brother-in-law of Barnabus Powers, who is the father of Arthur Nathaniel Powers. "United States Census, 1790", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHK1-L8N : Sun Mar 10 21:58:40 UTC 2024), Entry for Rebecca Crawford, 1790. Household has 4 white males under 16 years, 1 white male over 16 years, 2 white females with 12 total.

Sources

1. ↑ See Research Notes:Possible son named John Powers born circa 1820. FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q281-XP2B : 2 May 2023), John Powers and Elizabeth Knight, 11 Feb 1839; citing Stewart, Tennessee, United States, Marriage, p. , Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville and county clerk offices from various counties; FHL microfilm 24,834.
2. ↑ More on John Powers as a potential possible son: Arthur Nathaniel Power's family was in Stewart and Montgomery County during the time of this 1839 marriage of John Powers. In fact, A.N. Powers married his second wife in Stewart County in 1842.

• Name of Unknown Wife of Arthur Powers - Mastin Duke Crawford, father of this unknown wife, had several daughters. Julia was the oldest and the least known about, that is why I chose her to be Arthur's first wife. DNA proves that the mother of Arthur's children was a daughter of Mastin Duke Crawford and Charlotte Covington, and the granddaughter of Thomas Crawford Sr and Rebecca Covington, and the great granddaughter of John Crawford and Margaret Mastin.

[Julia Benton Crawford is well documented and known to have married Walter Raleigh Leak, another well documented profile and line. DNA cannot make the proofs asserted by the manager of this profile as written.]

• Birth - On the 1830 and 1840 US Census, she was listed 30-39, on both census. The 1830 census for 30-39 would put her birth between 1791 and 1800. The 1840 census would put her birth between 1801-1810. If it was not a recording error, then her birth was probably around 1800-1801, and depending on the month that the census was taken, she could be correctly recorded as being 30-39 on both census records. Considering, she gave birth to her first child in Nov 1825, she was probably born closer to 1800 than 1810.

• Marriage - Her first child, Mary Ann, was born on 24 Nov 1825, according to the family bible, which would put the conception in Feb 1825.

• Death and Death Location - Arthur remarried on 2 Feb 1842. Arthur was living in Montgomery County TN on the 1840 Census and he remarried in Stewart Co Tn in 1842. Her death location was either Montgomery or Stewart Co TN.