Mary (Crenshaw) Cross (1792 - 1872)

Descendants

Died Aug 1872 at about age 80 in Ashland, Hanover, Virginia, United States

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Biography

Mary was born in 1792. She passed away in 1872.

Nathaniel Cross (age 66) was listed as head of a household in the 1850 census for Hanover Co., VA. Living with him were the following Crosses: Poley (age 58), Maria (age 35), Louisa (age 33), Amelia B. (age 27), Demetria F. (age 25), Haseltine (age 22), Edward Ellet (age 16), and Wm. H. R. (age 14). Nathaniel was a farmer.

1871 Lawsuit

Commissioners Office, Ashland, Va., November 4th, 1871. In Hanover Circuit court:

Mary Cross, widow and administratrix, with the will annexed, of Nathaniel Cross, deceased, Anderson C. Davis and Louisa A. his wife, Fleming Patman, Watson Patman and Amelia, his wife—Plaintiffs, Against W. H. Cross, Maria H. Ellett, widow of Richard Ellett, deceased, John Ellett and Demaira T. his wife, W. E. Saunders, Mary Saunders, (an infant under the age of 21 years,) by John H. Taylor, her guardian ad litem, Anderson C. Davis, Administrator of Maria L. Crenshaw, deceased, and Edward J. Crenshaw, administrator of Thomas B. Crenshaw, deceased—Defendants.

Research Note

In her death notice in Hanover Co., VA in 1872, her son-in-law, A. C. Davis, was listed as the source of information. This is likely the Anderson C. Davis listed in the lawsuit regarding the settlement of the estates of Hamilton A., Maria L. and Thomas B. Crenshaw in 1874 in Richmond, VA.

Sources

• 1850 United States Federal Census

MyHeritage.com [online database], MyHeritage Ltd. https://www.myheritage.com/research/collection-10126/1850-united-states-federal-census Original data: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Seventh Census of the United States, 1850. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration microfilm publication M432, 1,009 rolls.

Record: https://www.myheritage.com/research/record-10126-22687949/nathaniel-cross-in-1850-united-states-federal-census Nathaniel Cross Year: 1850; State: Virginia; County: Hanover; Township: Hanover county, part of; NARA Publication: M432; Page: 184

Citation: Nathaniel Cross Birth: Circa 1784 - Virginia, United States Residence: 1850 - Hanover county, part of, Hanover, Virginia, USA Schedule: Population Wife (implied): Poley Cross Children (implied): Maria Cross, Louisa Cross, Haseltine Cross, Amelia B Cross, Demetria F Cross, Edward Eliot Cross, William H R Cross

• The National Archives in Washington D.C.; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census; Record Group Number: 29; Series Number: M653; Residence Date: 1860; Home in 1860: St Pauls Parish, Hanover, Virginia; Roll: M653_1350; Page: 353; Family History Library Film: 805350 Source Information Ancestry.com. 1860 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009. Images reproduced by FamilySearch. Original data: 1860 U.S. census, population schedule. NARA microfilm publication M653, 1,438 rolls. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.

• Library of Virginia; Richmond, Virginia; Virginia Deaths and Burials, 1853-1912 Source Information Ancestry.com. Virginia, U.S., Death Registers, 1853-1911 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2022. Original data: Virginia, Death Registers, 1853–1911. Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia.

• Wills, Inventories, and Accounts in the Court of Quarterly Session and in the Court of Monthly Session, 1785-1836, 1886; 1862-1868; Author: Virginia. County Court (Hanover County); Probate Place: Hanover, Virginia Source Information Ancestry.com. Virginia, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1652-1900 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2021. Original data: Virginia County, District, and Probate Courts.