Husband Harley Alexander Crews
Born: 18 Jan 1868 - Putnam County, Florida
Christened:
Died: 12 Dec 1922 - Palm Beach County, Florida
Buried: 13 Dec 1922 - Fernhill Memorial Gardens and Mausoleum, Stuart, Palm Beach, Florida
Father: Harley J. Crews
Mother: Sarah McCall
Marriage: 16 Mar 1902 - Lowndes County, Georgia
Wife Rebecca Bennett
Born: 22 Jul 1876
Christened:
Died: 7 Jan 1955
Buried: - Fernhill Memorial Gardens and Mausoleum, Stuart, Palm Beach, Florida
Children
1 M Gladwin Clyde Crews
Born: 22 Dec 1902
Christened:
Died: 19 Nov 1982 - Palm City, Martin, Florida
Buried: - Fernhill Memorial Gardens and Mausoleum, Stuart, Palm Beach, Florida
Spouse: Clarine Morton
Marr: 11 Aug 1923 - St Lucie County, Florida
2 M Sylvanus Crews
Born: 1905
Christened:
Died:
Buried:
3 M Gaines Crews
Born: 1907
Christened:
Died:
Buried:
4 F Grace L. Crews
Born: 1909
Christened:
Died:
Buried:
General Notes: Husband - Harley Alexander Crews
Name Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/25563864/rebecca_jane-morton: accessed July 5, 2025), memorial page for Rebecca Jane Bennett Morton (22 Jul 1876\endash 7 Jan 1955), Find a Grave Memorial ID 25563864, citing Fernhill Memorial Gardens and Mausoleum, Stuart, Martin County, Florida, USA; Maintained by Shirley Bybee (contributor 46787619).
"Georgia, County Marriages, 1785-1950", FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKH8-9DKX : Fri Jul 05 20:47:57 UTC 2024), Entry for Harley Crews and Rebecca Bennett, 16 Mar 1902.
BENNETT, REDDING. BENNETT, RICHARD BENNETT, RICHARD A. Civil War BENNETT, William. Name: Jonas Sayre Van Duzer Revolutionary War - 1st Sgt. SC Militia Isaac Crews
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"Georgia, County Marriages, 1785-1950", FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKH8-9DKX : Fri Jul 05 20:47:57 UTC 2024), Entry for Harley Crews and Rebecca Bennett, 16 Mar 1902.
Harley A. Crews
Son
M
54 years
Florida
Harley A. Crews person details
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Stuart, Palm Beach, Florida, United States
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"Florida, Deaths, 1877-1939", FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FPSG-9MY : Thu Mar 07 05:19:13 UTC 2024), Entry for Harley A. Crews and Harley A. Crews, 12 December 1922.
Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/20199451/harley_alexander-crews: accessed July 5, 2025), memorial page for Harley Alexander Crews (18 Jan 1868\endash 12 Dec 1922), Find a Grave Memorial ID 20199451, citing Fernhill Memorial Gardens and Mausoleum, Stuart, Martin County, Florida, USA; Maintained by Shirley Bybee (contributor 46787619).
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42 years
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Boynton Beach, Palm Beach, Florida, United States
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Harley Crews's Spouses and Children
Sylvanus Crews
Son
M
5 years
Florida
Rebecca Crews
Wife
F
34 years
Georgia
Gladwin Crews
Son
M
6 years
Florida
Gains Crews
Son
M
3 years
Florida
Grace Crews
Daughter
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1 years
Florida
"United States, Census, 1910", FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MVKJ-G49 : Sun Mar 10 10:29:45 UTC 2024), Entry for Harley Crews and Rebecca Crews, 1910.
General Notes: Wife - Rebecca Bennett
Notes: Marriage (Rebecca Bennett):
Husband Redding Bennett
Born: 19 Jan 1829 - Lowndes (now Lanier) County, Georgia 3
Christened:
Died: 8 Feb 1905 - Clinch County, GA 3
Buried:
Father: John Bennett 50
Mother: Sarah Register
Marriage: 1854 3
Wife Anna Harnage
Born: 1834 - Lowndes Co., GA 23
Christened:
Died: 1926 3
Buried:
Father: George Harnage
Mother: Anna Shaw
Children
General Notes: Husband - Redding Bennett
1829-1905
CLINCH
Redding Bennett, a son of John and Sallie Register Bennett, was born in Lowndes (now Lanier) County, Jan 19, 1829. He was married in 1854 to Anna, born 1835, daughter of George Harnage (Vol. II). They had twelve children, viz:
1. Sarah
2. James Seward
3. Christina
4. Ambrose
5. Wiley
6. Mehala
7. Luraney
8. Bethany
9. Minerva
10. Levin H.
11. Emallne
12. Annie
Mr. Bennett's home-place was on lot of land 151, 12th district of Clinch County. He owned the north half of -this lot, deeded to him Dec. 20, 1858, by his brother, Abraham Bennett; and he owned it until he removed to Berrien County about 1895, when he sold out to J. J. Wideman who soon after sold the property to Samuel W. Register. The Bennett home-place in Berrien was about three miles south of Alapaha where he died Feb. 8, 1905. His wife died in Nashville in 1926. Their remains were brought back to the old home community and were buried at Wayfare Church.
Husband Richard Bennett
Born: 2 Jul 1816 - Bulloch County, GA 23
Christened:
Died: 27 Mar 1896 - Ware County, Georgia 23
Buried:
Father: John Bennett
Mother: Frances Harris 50
Marriage: Abt 1836 - Ware County, Georgia 23
Wife Mary McDonald
Born: 27 Oct 1818 - Tattnall Co., GA 23
Christened:
Died: 20 Nov 1897 - Ware County, GA 23
Buried:
Children
1 M James C. L. Bennett
Born: 17 Aug 1841 - Ware County, GA 3,23
Christened:
Died: 8 Apr 1930 - Ware County, GA
Buried:
Spouse: Matilda Beverly
Marr: 1859 - Atkinson County, Georgia 3
General Notes: Husband - Richard Bennett
1816-1896
Ware
Richard Bennett, the progenitor of a large Ware County connection, was born July 2, 1816, in Bulloch County, a son of John and Fannie (Harris) Bennett (see Vol. 1.). The elder Bennett moved with his family to Lowndes County where he died. The widow and children moved then to Ware County, and it was there that Richard Bennett, who had grown to manhood, met and married Miss Mary McDonald, a daughter of Dr. Randall McDonald (see Vol. 1.). She was born in Tattnall County, October 27, 1818, and died November 20, 1897. To them were born fourteen children:
1. Randal McD.
2. William Jackson
3. James C. L.
4. Daniel Hopps
5. Thomas Mills
6. David Miller
7. Walter LaFayette
8. Fannie Elizabeth
9. John Wesley
10. Mary Catherine
11. Infant twin son
12. Nancy
13. Amy
14. Serena Margaret
Soon after marriage Mr. Bennett acquired lands in the 7th district of Ware and cleared up a farm. With slave labor and some free labor, he built a long dam and formed a big lake of water on his lands, and installed a gristmill and other machinery which was run by water power. This property is now on the Pearson-Homerville highway and is known as Guest Millpond. About 1852 he sold this property out to Duncan Giddens and moved to a new location on Red Bluff Creek several miles north of his former home. Red Bluff Creek flows through this millpond northWardly and empties into the Satilla River. He cleared up a large plantation and installed a water mill on the creek close by his new residence. And there he lived and farmed and operated his water mill until his death March 27, 1896. The last six years of his life he leased most of his farm to C. Huxford who erected a turpentine still there. After Mr. Bennett's death, the Bennett holdings consisting of about 2,500 acres, passed to Mr. Huxford who bought it from J. C. L. Bennett, the Administrator of the Richard Bennett estate. **
The Brunswick & Western Railroad, now the A. C. L. Railroad, was built through the Bennett lands in 1870-1871, passing through his enclosed fields. The Bennett homestead was cut into Coffee County in 1854 and into Atkinson County, 1918, but most of the lands remained in Ware.
Mr. Bennett was a member of the Masonic order with his membership in Waresboro Lodge, No. 217, at Waresboro, in 1867. This lodge became defunct within a few years. No further record of his membership appears.
Mr. Bennett was a private in the Indian War, serving in Capt. David J. Miller's company of Ware County militia in 1838.
Mr. and Mrs. Bennett had an adopted daughter, Laura, who married James Higgs.
Census References: 1840, 1850, 1860, Ware.
Husband Richard A. Bennett
Born: 1803 - Bryan Co., GA 3
Christened:
Died:
Buried:
Father: William Bennett
Mother: Mary Sheffield 24
Marriage:
Wife Lavinia Newmans
Born: 1806 3
Christened:
Died: Abt 1845 3
Buried:
Children
General Notes: Husband - Richard A. Bennett
1803-1865
CLINCH
Richard A. Bennett was born in Bryan County in 1803, son of William Bennett and grandson of Richard Bennett, R. S., (Vol. I). The family moved to Appling County in his youth and he married Lavinia Newmans, born 1806, daughter of Thomas Newmans of Appling. She died about 1845 leaving four children, and Mr. Bennett then married Miss Tabiiha Brown, born 1810 in Bulloch County, daughter of Britton Brown and sister of William Brown of Pierce County and of Henry Brown of Bulloch and Clinch counties. There was no issue by the second wife. The four children by the first wife were:
1. Eliza
2. Vicy
3. Sarah
4. Lavinia
About 1840, Mr. Bennett removed from his former home in eastern Ware, now Pierce, to the western side of Ware County and acquired land where the present town of Manor now is. His home stood where the H. S. Guthrie residence was in late years. He sold out there and removed to the 1141st district of Clinch County, about 1855. A few years later he moved to a point on the Suwannee River in Clinch County, known in late years as the W. H. Rives farm, and he settled there and cleared up a small farm, and lived there until his death. He died about 1864-1865, at the residence of his son-in-law, Mr. James, near the present town of Manor, while on a visit there. His wife died there a few years afterward, and both were buried in the Corbett family cemetery near Manor.
Mr. Bennett and his wife were charter members of Providence Primitive Baptist Church in 1844. He was church clerk, 1849-1859. They were members there until their deaths. Mr. Bennett was Justice of Peace in 1082nd district, Ware County, 1852-53; and in 1141st district, Clinch County, 1856-1858, and in the 1219th district Clinch County, 1860 until his death.
Census Refs: 1840, 1850, Ware; 1860, Clinch.
Husband Ezekiel Mathis
Born: 13 Aug 1844 - Lowndes Co., GA 171
Christened:
Died: 13 Feb 1928 - Clinch County, Georgia 171
Buried: - North Cemetery, Dupont, Clinch County, Georgia 179
Father: John Mathis
Mother: Jemima Lee
Marriage: 29 Jan 1870 - Clinch County, Georgia 172
Wife Sarah Bennett
AKA: Sallie
Born: May 1843 171
Christened:
Died: 1 Mar 1929 171
Buried: - North Cemetery, Dupont, Clinch County, Georgia
Father: Dixon Bennett
Mother: Sarah Driggers
Children
General Notes: Husband - Ezekiel Mathis
North Cemetery, Dupont, Clinch Co., GA
Husband Wiley Bennett
Born: 10 Nov 1825 - Bulloch County, GA 28
Christened:
Died: 7 Dec 1896 - Berrien (now Cook) County, Georgia 28
Buried:
Father: John Bennett 50
Mother: Sarah Register
Marriage: 1854 - Bulloch County, GA 28
Wife Luraney Elizabeth Harnage
Born: 23 Feb 1836 - Liberty Co., GA 28
Christened:
Died: 23 Apr 1873 - Clinch County, Georgia 28
Buried:
Father: George Harnage
Mother: Anna Shaw
Children
Husband William Bennett
Born: Abt 1760 - Robeson County, N. C. 24
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Died: 1828 - Appling County, GA 24
Buried:
Marriage:
Wife Mary Sheffield 24
Born: - North Carolina
Christened:
Died: - Appling County, Georgia
Buried:
Children
1 F Lucinda Bennett
Born: 8 May 1794 - Bulloch County, Georgia, USA
Christened:
Died: 8 Feb 1832 - Pembroke, Bryan County, Georgia, USA
Buried:
2 M John Bennett
Born: 1795 - Effingham Co., GA 24
Christened:
Died: 1831 - Lowndes County, Georgia
Buried: - Manor Community Baptist Church Cemetery, Ware County, Georgia
Spouse: Frances Harris 50
Marr: Abt 1815 - Bryan Co., GA 24
3 M Richard A. Bennett
Born: 1803 - Bryan Co., GA 3
Christened:
Died:
Buried:
Spouse: Lavinia Newmans
General Notes: Husband - William Bennett
1760-1828
APPLING
William Bennett, a Revolutionary soldier, was born in North Carolina, Robeson County, and was a brother to Richard and James Bennett, also Revolutionary soldiers. The three brothers moved to Georgia sometime in the 1780's, and William made his residence in Bulloch County where he lived and had a plantation. Sometime about 1820-25, soon after the settling up of the new county of Appling, he moved there in order to find better grazing lands for his large herds of cattle. There he died in 1828. Record is found of two deeds by his heirs to David Strickland of Bulloch County, dated October 17, 1828, conveying the two 200-acre tracts of land there which the deceased owned at his death. These deeds appear signed by the widow, Mrs. Mary Bennett, Richard Bennett, John Bennett, of Lowndes County, and John Padgett (in the right of his wife). Henry Bennett, another son, was a minor, and did not sign. A daughter married David Geiger, and William Bennett made his a deed of gift July 8, 1815, for a part of his home place lands in Bulloch County, this being apparently in full in advance of Mrs. Geiger's share of her father's estate at his death, as she nor her husband signed the deeds as heirs in 1828; see Deed Book AA, page 301, Bulloch County.
Mrs. Bennett was Mary Sheffield before marriage, and was said to have been a daughter of William Sheffield, a Revolutionary soldier, of Duplin County, North Carolina. She lived in the 583rd district of Appling,County until her death sometime in the 1840's. As the widow of a Revolutionary soldier, she drew land in the Cherokee land lottery and was granted Lot 85, 2nd Section, 11th District, Cherokee County (see Knight's Roster of the Revolution, page 329). Her husband was paid for his services in the Continental Line (see Roster of Soldiers from North Carolina, page 225). The children of William and Mary Bennett were:
1. (name unknown)
2. (name unknown)
3. John
4. Richard
5. Henry
Census Reference: 1820, Bulloch.
Husband Jonas Sayre Van Duzer
Born: 15 Apr 1884 - Horseheads, Chemung, NY
Christened:
Died: 16 Mar 1962
Buried: 20 Mar 1962 - Woodlawn Cemetery, Elmira, Chemung, NY 173
Father: Selah Henry Van Duzer
Mother: Emily H. Bennett
Marriage: 9 Mar 1908 - Horseheads, Chemung, NY
Marr. Status: Death of Spouse
Wife Inez Dorothy Bennitt
Born: 30 Oct 1885
Christened:
Died: 5 Sep 1955
Buried: 8 Sep 1955 - Woodlawn Cemetery, Elmira, Chemung, NY 180
Children
1 M Lewis Sayre Van Duzer
Born: 11 Apr 1909
Christened:
Died: 1996
Buried:
2 M Henry Bennitt Van Duzer
Born: 6 Mar 1911 - Horseheads, New York 181
Christened:
Died: 12 Jan 1975 - Dunedin (Pinellas) FL 181
Buried:
Spouse: Rebecca Putnam Stewart
Marr: 21 Mar 1933 - Sullivan, NY
3 F Emily Elizabeth Van Duzer
Born: 3 Sep 1915 - Horseheads, Chemung, NY
Christened:
Died: 22 Aug 2005 - Corning, Steuben County, New York
Buried: - Glenwood Cemetery, Watkins Glen, Schuyler County, New York, USA
Spouse: Herbert D. Grant
Marr: 1936
4 M Jonas S. Van Duzer
AKA: Joe
Born: 22 Jun 1918 - New York
Christened:
Died:
Buried:
General Notes: Husband - Jonas Sayre Van Duzer
Name: J Sayne Van Duzer
Sex: Male
Age: 26 years (26 years)
Birth Year (Estimated): 1884
Birthplace: New York
Marital Status: Married
Race: White
Relationship to Head of Household: Head
Father's Birthplace: New York
Mother's Birthplace: New York
Event Type: Census
Event Date: 1910
Event Place: Horseheads, Chemung, New York, United States (Horseheads, Chemung, New York, United States)
Event Place (Original): Horseheads, 42, Chemung, New York, United States
Sheet Letter: B
Sheet Number: 2
Affiliate Publication Number: T624
Affiliate Name: The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA)
Household
Inez D Van Duzer
Lewis S Van Duzer
Digital Folder Number: 004972906
Microfilm Number: 1374944
Image Number: 179
Indexing Batch: N03539-8
Citing this Record
"United States, Census, 1910", FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M5QS-PVV : Sun Mar 10 08:28:32 UTC 2024), Entry for J Sayne Van Duzer and Inez D Van Duzer, 1910.
Name: Jonas Vanduzer
Sex: Male
Age: 55
Birthplace: New York
Residence Date: 1935
Residence Place: Same House
Marital Status: Married
Race: White
Relationship to Head of Household: Head
Event Type: Census
Event Date: 1940
Name: J Sayre Vanduzer
Sex: Male
Age: 35
Birth Year (Estimated): 1885
Birthplace: New York
Marital Status: Married
Race: White
Relationship to Head of Household: Head
Father's Birthplace: New York
Mother's Birthplace: New York
Event Type: Census
Event Date: 1920
Event Place: Horseheads, Chemung, New York, United States
Event Place (Original): Horseheads, ED 54, Chemung, New York, United States
Household Identifier: 128
Line Number: 63
Sheet Letter: B
Sheet Number: 6
Affiliate Publication Number: T625
Affiliate Name: The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA)
Household
Lewis Sayre Vanduzer
Emily E Vanduzer
Inez Vanduzer
Jonas S Vanduzer
Henry B Vanduzer
Digital Folder Number: 004966466
Microfilm Number: 1821093
Image Number: 654
Indexing Batch: N02074-4
Citing this Record
"United States, Census, 1920", FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MJ29-Z5M : Mon Jan 20 02:11:48 UTC 2025), Entry for J Sayre Vanduzer and Inez Vanduzer, 1920.
Event Place: Horseheads, Chemung, New York, United States
Event Place (Original): New York, Chemung, Horseheads Town
Enumeration District Number: 8-72 Horseheads Town outside Horseheads Village N of a line beginning where Lehigh Valley Railroad Crosses eastern town line, then Westerly along Lehigh Valley Railroad to Eastern limits of Horseheads Village, and along Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad from Western limits of Horseheads Village to western town line; Breesport (part)
Line Number: 10
Sheet Letter: A
Sheet Number: 1
Affiliate Publication Number: T627
Household
Inez Vanduzer
Jonas Vanduzer
Digital Folder Number: 005458181
Image Number: 753
Citing this Record
"United States, Census, 1940", FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KQ52-B7Q : Sat Jan 18 00:36:39 UTC 2025), Entry for Jonas Vanduzer and Inez Vanduzer, 1940.
Name: Jonas Vanduzer
Sex: Male
Age: 55
Birthplace: New York
Residence Date: 1935
Residence Place: Same House
Marital Status: Married
Race: White
Relationship to Head of Household: Head
Event Type: Census
Event Date: 1940
Event Place: Horseheads, Chemung, New York, United States
Event Place (Original): New York, Chemung, Horseheads Town
Enumeration District Number: 8-72 Horseheads Town outside Horseheads Village N of a line beginning where Lehigh Valley Railroad Crosses eastern town line, then Westerly along Lehigh Valley Railroad to Eastern limits of Horseheads Village, and along Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad from Western limits of Horseheads Village to western town line; Breesport (part)
Line Number: 10
Sheet Letter: A
Sheet Number: 1
Affiliate Publication Number: T627
Household
Inez Vanduzer
Jonas Vanduzer
Digital Folder Number: 005458181
Image Number: 753
Citing this Record
"United States, Census, 1940", FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KQ52-B7Q : Sat Jan 18 00:36:39 UTC 2025), Entry for Jonas Vanduzer and Inez Vanduzer, 1940.
Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/99873797/jonas_sayre-van_duzer: accessed August 5, 2025), memorial page for Jonas Sayre Van Duzer Sr. (15 Apr 1884\endash 16 Mar 1962), Find a Grave Memorial ID 99873797, citing Woodlawn Cemetery, Elmira, Chemung County, New York, USA; Maintained by J. Kelsey Jones (contributor 47370830).
Name: Jonas S Vanduzer
Sex: Male
Age: 77
Event Type: Death
Event Date: 16 Mar 1962
Event Place: Horseheads, Horseheads, Chemung, New York
Event Place (Original): Horseheads, Horseheads, Chemung, New York
File Number: 22165
Citing this Record
"New York, State Health Department, Genealogical Research Death Index, 1957-1963", FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2CH6-1L5 : Fri Feb 21 22:58:05 UTC 2025), Entry for Jonas S Vanduzer, 16 Mar 1962.
Notes: Marriage (Inez Dorothy Bennitt):
Sex: Male
Age: 24
Birth Year (Estimated): 1884
Father's Name: Selah H Van Duzer
Mother's Name: Emma Bennett
Spouse's Name: Inez Dorothy Bennett
Spouse's Sex: Female
Spouse's Age: 22
Spouse's Birth Year (Estimated): 1886
Spouse's Father's Name: Josiah Lamoine Bennett
Spouse's Mother's Name: Emma Louise Johnson
Event Type: Marriage
Event Date: 9 Mar 1908
Event Place: Chemung, New York, United States
Event Place (Original): Horseheads
Household
Selah H Van Duzer
Emma Bennett
Inez Dorothy Bennett
Josiah Lamoine Bennett
Emma Louise Johnson
Digital Folder Number: 007728440
Microfilm Number: 001008487
Image Number: 16
Citing this Record
"New York, County Marriages, 1778-1848; 1908-1937", FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2CL-FL5B : Sun Jul 07 03:10:40 UTC 2024), Entry for Jonas Sayre Van Duzer and Selah H Van Duzer, 9 Mar 1908.
Husband Abraham Bessent
Born: 28 May 1760 - All Saints Parish, Georgetown, South Carolina
Christened:
Died: 26 Sep 1814 - Camden County, Georgia
Buried: - Oak Grove Cemetery, Saint Marys, Camden County, Georgia, USA
Marriage:
Wife Mary Ann Gaillard-Gore
Born: 1763
Christened:
Died: 1852
Buried:
Children
1 F Christiana Bessent
Born: Bef 1780
Christened:
Died:
Buried:
Spouse: Isaac Crews
Marr: 1809 - Camden County, Georgia
General Notes: Husband - Abraham Bessent
Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/5138649/abraham-bessent: accessed December 6, 2025), memorial page for Abraham Bessent (28 May 1760\endash 26 Sep 1814), Find a Grave Memorial ID 5138649, citing Oak Grove Cemetery, Saint Marys, Camden County, Georgia, USA; Maintained by Christopher Doyle (contributor 6612012).
Name: Abraham Bessent
Event Type: Land Assessment
Event Date: 1 December 1806 (1 December 1806)
Event Place: Georgia, United States
Event Place (Original): Georgia
Digital Folder Number: 005049222
Image Number: 248
Citing this Record
"Georgia, Headright and Bounty Land Records, 1783-1909", FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:CLG8-9MW2 : Fri Apr 18 19:38:21 UTC 2025), Entry for Abraham Bessent, 1 Dec 1806.
Name: Abraham Bessent
Event Type: Land Assessment
Event Date: 23 Nov 1808
Event Place: Camden, Georgia, United States
Event Place (Original): Camden
Digital Folder Number: 004755380
Image Number: 431
Citing this Record
"Georgia, Headright and Bounty Land Records, 1783-1909", FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:CT4H-4F6Z : Mon Jul 08 23:27:46 UTC 2024), Entry for Abraham Bessent, 23 Nov 1808.
Name: Abraham Bessent
Event Type: Land Assessment
Event Date: 4 June 1808 (4 June 1808)
Event Place: Georgia, United States
Event Place (Original): Georgia
Digital Folder Number: 005076939
Image Number: 317
Citing this Record
"Georgia, Headright and Bounty Land Records, 1783-1909", FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:CZRN-MZ6Z : Thu Apr 03 17:27:30 UTC 2025), Entry for Abraham Bessent, 4 Jun 1808.
Name: Abraham Bessent
Event Type: Land Assessment
Event Date: 6 Dec 1810
Event Place: Camden, Georgia, United States
Event Place (Original): Camden
Digital Folder Number: 004755381
Image Number: 280
Citing this Record
"Georgia, Headright and Bounty Land Records, 1783-1909", FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:CYF6-YV3Z : Mon Oct 13 03:00:08 UTC 2025), Entry for Abraham Bessent, 6 Dec 1810.
Husband Isaac Crews
Born: Between 1770 and 1780 183
Christened:
Died: Between 1833 and 1840
Buried:
Marriage: 1809 - Camden County, Georgia
Wife Christiana Bessent
Born: Bef 1780
Christened:
Died:
Buried:
Father: Abraham Bessent
Mother: Mary Ann Gaillard-Gore
Children
1 F Sarah Ann Crews
Born: 15 Nov 1810 - St Marys, Camden County, Georgia
Christened:
Died: 11 Nov 1853 - Alligator, Columbia County, Florida
Buried:
Spouse: Colonel John Cooper Pelot
Marr: 8 May 1829 - Camden Co., GA
2 M Isaac M. Crews
Born: Abt 1820 - St Marys, Camden County, Georgia
Christened:
Died:
Buried:
Spouse: Elizabeth Horton
Spouse: Maria
General Notes: Husband - Isaac Crews
Isaac has long been an interesting subject to this genealogist as we share a common surname and he resided in Camden County, Georgia where some of my ancestors are later found. Isaac can be found in Camden during the early 1790s when the population of was 305 souls (70 were slaves).
I believe he came to Camden Co. about 1792. He is one of two Crews that resided in Camden during this period; the other being John Crews (no relation). I am not 100% sure where Isaac was born but I have seen a reference to Georgetown District of South Carolina.
Isaac was a married man as well as a father to at least four children. His bride was Christiana (Ann) Bessent, a prominent family in Camden. Her parents appear to be Abraham and Ann Bessent. Abraham was one of the Justices in Camden Superior Court (1811-1814); the same court that Isaac served as the County Clerk Isaac Crews and Abraham's grandson John, were appointed as administrators of the Bessent estate after Abraham's 1814 demise.
The marriage of Isaac and Ann must have taken place in Camden before 1810 as the eldest known child of this union, Sarah Ann, was born 15 Nov 1810 in St Marys, Georgia. There is also another known child; a son, Isaac M. He was listed as a "Sea Captain" in the 1870 Census for Charleston SC and his age at this time indicates he was born about 1820.
Based on the 1820 Census for Camden there are two additional male children, born between 1810-1820; names are currently unknown. There is an approximate 10 year gap between Sara and Isaac Jr, so their must be at least two if not more additional children.
Sara Ann married Colonel John Cooper Pelot (marriage record states Potale) 8 May 1829 in Camden.
(unknown male)
(unknown male)
Isaac Jr married Elizabeth Horton.
Based on the 1830 Camden County Census, Isaac and Ann were born before 1775.
Many records of Isaac's time in Camden County still exist over 200 years later. This author will list all found to date in chronological order.
Private Ga Tr of M Dragoons Nov 3 1794 to Dec 1 1794
Corporal Ga Tr of M Dragoons 1 Dec 1794 to Dec 31 1794
Isaac a juror on Camden County Grand Jury Term Sept 1797.
Isaac is listed as "Receiver of Tax Returns Camden County July 10, 1799 in the "Columbian museum & Savannah advertiser July 23, 1799
Isaac was appointed Postmaster in St Marys and served from 1800- through the end of 1803.
Camden County Deed books have many entries with Isaac's unquie florish signature from Dec 5, 1797-1818 as Clerk of Court. Isaac Crews was proclaimed Clerk of Superior and Inferior Courts for Camden County, GA on Monday Nov. 6, 1797. "Columbian museum & Savannah advertiser. volume (Savannah [Ga.]) 1796-181?, November 14, 1797, Page 324, Image 2"
Voted 3 Oct 1803 in the Georgia State Elections as a resident of Camden County.
The County Seat of Camden County was moved by voters from St Patricks (est Feb 1787) to St Marys (December 1792) to a third location "at the or near the center of the county" Jefferson was established in November 1800 by the Georgia Legislature.
Isaac Crews buys lot #6 in Jefferson from William Jones (Deed Book G, pg 372) during 1804 and when the first Post Office was established in Jeffersonton, as it was later called, in 1815, Isaac became the first Postmaster. (Camden's Challenge pg 5)
2 May 1804 Lt 31st District GA Militia. pg 884 HGS. Capt in 1806 of the same District (CC) likely through 1825. Benjamin Hawkins was named Capt in 1826.
Escheator 1806 Camden Co. (The term is often now applied to the transfer of the title to a person's property to the state when the person dies intestate without any other person capable of taking the property as heir.)
5 Sept 1806 Capt District #31 Satilla Bluff
Eligible for 1806 Land Lottery draw
Isaac was Commisioner of Roads for Camden as noted in a letter to David Lang 15 Aug 1807.
Isaac was a militia Capt during the 1809 tax period. His taxation area was listed as Capt Crews District and listed the taxpayers in that area. Isaac pays tax on one poll, 2 slaves, and property of $400. "History of St Marys and Camden County" newspaper article written by Isaac F. Arnow and published by the Camden County Tribune Friday Jan 11, 1952.
He ran a boarding house in St. Mary's, GA which was advertised in the Augusta Chronicle about 1812.
Isaac was mentioned in the Augusta Chronicle Friday Jan 28, 1813 edition as conducting a sale to Tax Liens on the first Tuesday in Nov 1813 at Jefferson.
Notary Public in Camden County 1814
"GEORGIA
By Isaac Crews clerk of the ordinary for the county of Camden and state aforesaid. Whereeas, Isaac Crews and John Bessent applies for letters of administration on the estate and effects of Abraham Bessent, late of St. Mary's esq. deceased. These are therefore, to cite and admonish all and singular the kindred and creditors of said deceased to file their objections (if any they have) in my office on or before the first Monday of November next, otherwise letters of administration i will be granted to them.
Given under my hand and seal at Jefferson, this third day of October, one thousand eight hundred and fourteen. ISAAC CREWS, clerk" (The Republican and Savannah Evening Ledger October 13, 1814)
He was listed again as postmaster in 1815 in Jefferson, the new county seat. "History of St Marys and Camden County" newspaper article written by Isaac F. Arnow and published by the Camden County Tribune Friday Aug 1, 1952.
Headright & Bounty Plat - Isaac Crews and wife Christiana sell land to John Bailey, 1815 Camden Co, GA 123 acres northside of the Great Satilla River.
Isaac posted notice on 15 Jan 1815 as Clerk of the Superior Court of Camden County, as the invading British drew near the coast, that all records of his office will be removed. He was said to have taken all these records home. The records were not returned to the County Offices until an official account of the ratification of the Treaty Of Peace was received.
Headright land requested for Isaac 2 Oct 1815 by Camden County. Surveyor directed to lay-out 130 aces.
Isaac Crews and wife Christiana sell land to Donald Tompkins, all of Camden. The deed was dated 6 Nov 1818, for town lot #7 in Jefferson.
Sheriff's Sale.
On the first Tuesday in May next,
Will be sold at the Court-house in Jefferson, Camden county, between the hours of 10 and 3 o'clock…
…Darke Entry tract of LAND, containing Four Thousand Acres, more or less, bounded South by the main post road, West by Joseph Holder and Shipworth's land, North by Martha Delony's, East by lands of Boog, Kelly and J. H. McIntosh, pointed out by the defendant Garett Demott, to satisfy sundry executions in favor of Samuel Clark, Isaac Crews and others. Terms of sale-cash Mar 25th, 1820
Wm. Lang S. C. C.
(The Georgian. (Savannah, Ga.) April 14th, 1820)
Isaac was enumerated in 1820 in Camden County, GA. In his household there are: 3 males 10 or under, 7 males 27-45, 1 female 11-14, and 1 female 46 or older. 2 male slaves were also enumerated in the household. This must have been his family and the occupants of a boarding house he was said to own and operate in St Marys. He advertised "accomodations in St Marys for the traveling public" in the Savannah newspaper for consecutive months in 1819.
Another note from the 1820 census is the individual enumerated immediately before Isaac, J.H. McIntosh. Mr McIntosh's entry included a large family and over 200 slaves. This plantation, known as New Caanan is located north of St Marys and just west of the current Kings Bay Submarine Base. The "tabby" ruins of the plantation's sugar mill lies just across the highway from the Main Gate of the Base to this day.
List of the Fortunate Drawers in the Land Lottery (1820) up to 4th Oct; Camden - I Crews. Augusta Chronicle, and Georgia gazette. (Augusta, Ga.) 1817-1820, November 11, 1820, Image 3
As printed in the Georgian for the country - May 9, 1822 newspaper, Isaac was the subject in a couple of "Sheriff's Sales"
"On the first Saturday after the first Tuesday in May next, will be sold at the Market House, in the town of St. Mary's, between the usual hours of ten and three o'clock, the following property, vis. Part of Lot No. 3 three, in said town, measuring eighty six feet in front in Osborn street, and two hundred feet back; levied on as the property of Isaac Crews, to satisfy an execution in favor of A. Low & Co. vs. Crews and Bessent. Also, a negro fellow named Dola levied on as the property of Isaac Crews, to satisfy the above-named execution; property pointed out by Isaac Crews.
Mary's, Camden County April 6, 1822. JAMES WILLIAMS, s. c. c
… a house and lot in Osborn-street, situated and joining the property of Ray Sands on the south, and on the north by property of Mrs. Mork. levied on as the property of Isaac Crews, to satisfy an execution on a foreclosure of a mortgage, in favor of William Sinclair.
St. Mary's, April 6, 1822. GEORGE LONG, d. s. c, c."
Isaac was enumerated in 1830 in Camden County, GA; 1 male 10-15 and 1 male 50-60. This would indicate Isaac was born between 1770-1780 (closer to the 1770 date, one would think considering his various positions within Camden County). A female under 5 and 1 female 40-50. The elder female likely is wife Christiana.
1832 Gold Lottery
Neither Isaac nor Christiana were enumerated in Camden in the 1840 census. I have not found the couple elsewhere in Georgia nor Florida. I believe it is a safe assumption both passed away before this census. Their final resting place is yet to be discovered.
"Camden's Challenge, A History of Camden County, Georgia" Camden County Historical Commission Publisher 1976
Sampling of deeds recorded by Isaac Crews
F 160-162: 22 May 1804. Deed of negro slaves. Ray Sands, grantor, of Cumberland Island, Camden County, Georgia to Samuel W. Greene, grantee, of Providence, Rhode
Island on behalf of Martha W. Nightingale of Cumberland Island, Georgia. For in
consideration of $8,300.00 for slaves, twenty-five in number: males: Jim, Cudjo,
Frederic, Will, Fama, Frank, Tamba; females: Violet, Jubey, Synah, Sally, Mary,
Durah, Lydia, Mauma, Yarmah, Commissa; boys: Quash, Christopher, Mobita,
Duba, Cooley and infant boy of previously listed Violet and Jim (not named); girls:
Commissa and Coomiba. Signed by Ray Sands. Witnessed by William Naylor and George Atkinson. Recorded by Isaac Crews on 24 May 1804.
F 163-164: 23 May 1804. Deed of negro slaves. Jno. C. Nightingale and his wife Martha, grantors, of Cumberland Island, Camden County, Georgia to William Belcher,
grantee, of Boston, Massachusetts. For in consideration of $9,770.00 for slaves, twentyfive in number: males: Jim, Cudjoe, Frederick, Will, Fama, Frank, Tomba; females:
Violet, Juba, Sina, Sally, Mary, Dura, Lydia, Mauma, Yama, Commissa; boys:
Quash, Christopher, Mobita, Duba, Coolay and infant boy of previously listed Violet
and Jim (not named); girls: Commissa and Coomba. Signed by Martha W.
Nightingale. Witnessed by William Johnston and William Naylor. Recorded by Isaac Crews on 24 May 1804
F 411-412: 10 January 1806. Deed of negro slave. James McGirth, grantor, of Camden County, Georgia to John Oaks, grantee, of Camden County, Georgia. For in
consideration of $100.00 for to Sarah, about 45 years old. Signed by James McGirth. Witnessed by Jos. Crews and Isaac Crews. Recorded by Isaac Crews on 23 June 1806
H 184-187: 24 April 1810. Division of property per the will of General Nathanael Greene. To Catharine Miller, Dungeness and the following slaves:
To Martha W. Nightengale, The Springs and the following slaves:
To Nathanael R. Greene, Crooked Creek and the following slaves:
Signed by Catharine Miller; Ray Sands, attorney for Martha Washington Nightengale, Cornelia L. Skipwith, Nathanael R. Greene, Louisa C. Greene.
Witnessed by Phebe R. Paine, Samuel B. Packman, R. McGillis. Recorded by Isaac Crews on 26 April 1810.
H 337: 12 January 1811. Deed of gift of negro slave. William Cone, Sr., grantor, of Camden County, Georgia to his grandson Jessey Hagin, grantee, son of John Hagin,
of Camden County, Georgia. For in consideration of "love and affection" for grantee, for
slave Phebe, about 2 years old. Signed by William Cone, Sr. Witnessed by Isaac Crews and John Crews. Recorded by Isaac Crews on 11 February 1811.
I 126: 14 October 1813. Deed of gift of negro slaves. Rubin Hogans, grantor, of Camden County to Charles Hogans, grantee. For in consideration of "love and
affection" for grantee for slaves Theodore, about 19 years old; Primus, about 20 years
old; his wife Silvey, about 25 years old; Dolly, about 10 years old; Nancy, about 4
years old. Signed by Rubin Hogans. Witnessed by Jno. Gorman and David
Tompkins. Recorded by Isaac Crews on 04 November 1813.
I 126: 14 October 1813. Deed of gift of negro slaves. Rubin Hogans, grantor, of
Camden County to Charles Hogans, grantee. For in consideration of "love and
affection" for grantee for slaves Bob, about 35 years old; his wife Pussy, about 30 years old; Philis, about 7 years old; Tony, abou
I 186-187: 08 August 1807. Deed of negro slaves. Sarah Wright, grantor, of Beaufort,
South Carolina to Charles Floyd, grantee, of Camden County, Georgia. For in consideration of $2,000.00 for slaves Grace, Abel, Eve, Amarinta, Dick, Hagar and
September. Signed by Sarah Wright. Witnessed by William Hazzard and Eliza
Hazzard. Recorded by Isaac Crews on 24 October 1814.