Nathaniel Peona Crockett (1908 - 1985)

Born 13 Jul 1908 in Franklin, Mississippi, United States

Ancestors

Died 17 Feb 1985 at age 76 in Cook, Illinois, United States

Biography

Nathaniel Crockett is a part of US Black heritage.

Nathaniel was born in 1908 in Mississippi. He was the son of John Crockett and Willie Crockett. In 1920 he was living with his parents and siblings in Franklin County, Mississippi.^[1]

In 1930 Nathaniel was living with wife Evie and grandmother Harriett Crockett in Franklin County, Mississippi where he was working in a saw mill.^[2]

Nathaniel served in the U.S. Army during World War II from January to June of 1943.^[3]

In 1950 Nathaniel and Eva were living with one son in Chicago, Illinois where he worked for a railway car manufacturer.^[4]

He passed away in 1985 in Cook County, Illinois.^[5]

Sources

1. ↑ 1920 Census: "1920 United States Federal Census"
   Year: 1920; Census Place: Beat 4, Franklin, Mississippi; Roll: T625_875; Page: 10A; Enumeration District: 71
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 6061 #50995529 (accessed 12 October 2023)
   Peonie Crockett (11), single son, in household of John Crockett (36) in Beat 4, Franklin, Mississippi. Born in Mississippi.
2. ↑ 1930 Census: "1930 United States Federal Census"
   Year: 1930; Census Place: Beat 4, Franklin, Mississippi; Page: 14B; Enumeration District: 0011; FHL microfilm: 2340878
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 6224 #36631018 (accessed 12 October 2023)
   Nathaniel Chrocket (20), married, Laborer, head of household in Beat 4, Franklin, Mississippi, USA. Born in Mississippi.
3. ↑ Military: "U.S., Department of Veterans Affairs BIRLS Death File, 1850-2010"
   Original data: Beneficiary Identification Records Locator Subsystem (BIRLS) Death File. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs; Page number: 1
   Ancestry Record 2441 #3364500 (accessed 12 October 2023)
   Name: Nathaniel P Crockett; Birth Date: 13 Jul 1908; Death Date: 17 Feb 1985; Enlistment Date: 18 Jan 1943; Discharge Date: 22 Jun 1943.
4. ↑ 1950 Census: "1950 United States Federal Census"
   National Archives at Washington, DC; Washington, D.C.; Seventeenth Census of the United States, 1950; Year: 1950; Census Place: Chicago, Cook, Illinois; Roll: 5820; Page: 3; Enumeration District: 103-1016
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 62308 #227843753 (accessed 12 October 2023)
   Nathaniel P Crockett (41), married, Painter, head of household in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA. Born in Mississippi.
5. ↑ Death: "Cook County, Illinois Death Index, 1908-1988"
   Cook County Clerk; Chicago, IL; Cook County Genealogy Records (Deaths)
   Ancestry Record 1501 #3310555 (accessed 12 October 2023)
   Nathaniel P Crockett death 17 Feb 1985 in Cook, Illinois, USA.