Peter Crawford was born November 17, 1785 in Virginia. In the late 1700's, he moved with his family…

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Peter Crawford was born November 17, 1785 in Virginia. In the late 1700's, he moved with his family to South Carolina where he met and married Elizabeth Loveless in Greenville County.

Peter and Elizabeth moved to Georgia before 1817 and appeared on the 1820 census in Clarke County, Georgia. He was a farmer in Clarke County. He bought and sold property there between 1822 and 1824. He resided between 1824 and 1846 in Jefferson County, Alabama.

Peter and Elizabeth had eight known children - Davis Terry, Eliza, Parthenia, Caroline, William H., Elizabeth, Catherine and Sarah Ann. They also adopted Mary Elizabeth prior to 1850.

By the 1840 census, the Peter Crawford household had moved to Winston County, Mississippi where Elizabeth died October 13, 1853. Peter died a short time later on September 15, 1854. Peter and Elizabeth are both buried at the Blackwood Cemetery in Winston County.

Peter Crawford at his death owned 1400 acres in Winston and adjoining Choctaw Counties. The 1850 census indicates that he owned 38 slaves. In his will, he referred to his holdings as "my plantation". Peter Crawford's will and the probate of his estate are included in the probate section of the Winston Co. MSGenWeb site. These documents provide a view of an early Winston County plantation.

Peter Crawford appeared on the census in 1820 in Clarke Co. GA. He was a farmer in Clarke Co. He bought and sold property there between 1822 and 1824. He resided between 1824 and 1835 in Jefferson Co. AL. He appeared on the census in 1850 in Winston Co. MS. He died there in 1854.

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Mary Crawford, age 4 is living in the Peter Crawford household in the 1850 census. She is identified as an adopted child in Peter Crawford's will.

Susanna Terry, age 76, is also living in the Peter Crawford household in the 1850 census. Susanna Terry was Susanna Bagwell, sister of Frederick Bagwell who married Margaret Ann Crawford. Susanna Bagwell married William Terry.

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Sources: 1850 census Winston Co. AL, William Ward Butler obituary.

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