David Lawton Crews
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth Date: 24 Mar 1862
Christening:
Death: 21 Oct 1945 - ( at age 83)
Burial: in Moore Cemetery, Hoboken, Brantley County, GA
Parents
Father: John Jackson Crews
Mother: Sabra Selina Dowling
Spouses and Children
1. *Mary Roberson
Marriage:
Status:
Notes
General:
Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/33100018/david_lawson-crews: accessed December 28, 2024), memorial page for David Lawson Crews (24 Mar 1862\endash 21 Oct 1945), Find a Grave Memorial ID 33100018, citing Moore Cemetery, Hoboken, Brantley County, Georgia, USA; Maintained by Michael H Pafford (contributor 46805670).
David Layton Crews
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth Date: 20 Jan 1883 - Georgia 58
Christening:
Death: 3 May 1927 - Ware County, Georgia ( at age 44) 58
Burial:
Parents
Father: Bryant Crews
Mother: Mary Leticia Dowling
Spouses and Children
1. *Lilla Tatum 58
Marriage:
Status:
Notes
General:
Other information in the record of D. L. Crews
from Georgia Deaths
NameD. L. Crews
Event Date03 May 1927
Age (Formatted)45 years
Event PlaceWare, Georgia, United States
Birth Year (Estimated)1882
BirthplaceGa.
GenderMale
Marital StatusMarried
RaceWhite
EthnicityAmerican
Spouse's NameLilla Crews
Father's NameBryant Crews
Mother's NamePolly Dowlen
GS Film number2364789
Citing this Record
"Georgia Deaths, 1914-1927," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JDJX-J1W : 24 December 2014), Bryant Crews in entry for D. L. Crews, 03 May 1927, Ware, Georgia, United States; citing reference 12659, Department of Archives and History, Atlanta; FHL microfilm 2364789.
David Milton Crews
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth Date: 2 Mar 1740 - Hanover County, Virginia 68,205
Christening:
Death: 2 Nov 1821 - Madison County. Kentucky ( at age 81) 68
Burial: in Richmond Cemetery, Richmond, Madison, KY 68
Parents
Father: David Crews
Mother: Mary Stanley
Spouses and Children
1. *Annie Magee
Marriage: 1760-1761 68
Status:
Children:
1. David Crews Jr.
2. John Crews
3. Elijah Crews
2. Mildred Williford Carlew
Marriage: 27 Dec 1802 107
Status:
Notes
General:
METES AND BOUNDS II: DAVID CREWS, ANCESTORS & DESCENDANTS by Donna Hechler
Porter
pg. 83-84
LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT OF DAVID MILTON CREWS
Madison County, Kentucky Will Book C, pg. 192-194
In the name of God Amen. I, David CREWS of Madison County and State of
Kentucky, do hereby declare this to be my last Will and Testament hereby
revoking all former Wills by me heretofore made.
In the first place, I give and bequeath unto my daughter, Mary NEWLAND, one
dollar having heretofore advanced to her all I intend giving her. ----
Secondly, I give and bequeath unto my daughter, Mildred BELL, my negro woman
called Sarah to her and her heirs forever ---- Thirdly, I give and bequeath
to my son, Jeremiah CREWS, one dollar having heretofore advanced to him all I
intend giving him ---- 4th I give and bequeath unto my son, Elijah CREWS, one
dollar having heretofore advanced to him all I intend ----
5th I give and bequeath unto my son, David CREWS, the land I purchased of
William HOY being the land whereon I formerly lived lying on the west side to
Tates Creek. ---- 6th I give and bequeath unto my daughter Nancy MCQUEEN, one
dollar having advanced to her heretofore all I intend giving her ----
7th I give and bequeath to the heirs of my deceased son, John CREWS, one
dollar having heretofore in the lifetime of my said son, John, advanced to him
all I intend giving him. ----
8th I give and bequeath to my daughter, Rody, one dollar having heretofore
given her all I intend giving her ----
9th It is my will and desire that my beloved wife, Mildred, remain on the
plantation whereon I now live during her natural life or widowhood, and, that
the Stock _____ and negroes be by my Executors kept on the plantation, and
that out of the proceeds arising from the farm my wife is to have a
comfortable Support during her natural life or widowhood, and that that
balance of the proceeds arising from the farm I wish my Executors to make use
of in raising and Education of my children by my last wife and giving them a
good English education.
10th It is my will and desire that my negroes _____ _____ that so soon as all
my children by my last wife become of age that if it is possible they be
equally divided between them
11th It is my will and desire that my negro man, Jupiter, be permitted at my
death to make choice of which of my children by my first wife he pleases to
live with, and to the one he makes choice of I give and bequeath him and their
heirs forever.
12th I give and bequeath unto my son, Andrew, my Tract of land lying on Muddy
Creek to him and his heirs forever.
13th I give and bequeath unto my son, Temple, the Tract of land whereon I now
live at the death or intermarriage of his mother which ever may first happen.
14th It is my will and desire that the residue of my estate both real and
personal be equally divided between my children by my last wife towit:
Andrew, Temple, Anna, Sophi, China to be equally divided amongst them when
they become of age all of them.
Lastly, ------- I do hereby constitute and appoint John PACE and David IRVINE
my Executors of this my only true last Will and Testament
In testimony whereof I have here unto Set my hand and affixed my seal to this
my last Will and Testament this 12th Day of May 1819
Signed Seal & ack -----David CREWS
In presence of
R.C. HOLDER
Will JENKINS
Jno DUNCAN
Thomas GENTRY
William STURGIS
Kentucky Madison County Court
I, David IRVINE, Clerk of the Court for the County aforesaid do hereby
certify that at a County Court held for Madison County on Monday the 5th day
of November 1821 this Instrument of writing was produced in open Court and
proven to be the last Will and Testament of David CREWS Dec'd by the oath of
John DUNCAN and Thomas I GENTRY both subscribing witnesses thereto and ordered
to be Recorded and the same has been done accordingly.
Yes, David Milton. In my book I stated he was born in New Kent. Older records before I started researching stated Henrico County but there was no evidence for that that I ever found. I don't know how that was ever given. I couldn't decide at the time between Hanover County or New Kent. His dad was listed as being part of the Cedar Creek meeting and being dismissed right after David's birth (but he obviously made restitution at some point), so I don't really know why I didn't have the birth listed as Hanover at the time. With the surfacing of the store records it fairly well cements his birth in Hanover County.
David Mitchell Crews
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth Date: 1859
Christening:
Death:
Burial:
Parents
Father: William B. Crews
Mother: Martha Isabel North
Spouses and Children
1. *Susan Ellis
Marriage:
Status:
Delilah Crews
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth Date: 1870
Christening:
Death:
Burial:
Parents
Father: Jeremiah Frances Crews
Mother: Sarah Ann Johns
Della Crews
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth Date: 1883
Christening:
Death: 8 Mar 1940 - Ware County, Georgia ( at age 57)
Burial: in Shiloh Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery, Blackshear, Pierce County, Georgia
Parents
Father: Isham L. Crews
Mother: Keziah Johns
Delmus Eugene Crews
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth Date: 31 May 1929
Christening:
Death: 2 Jan 2011 - ( at age 81)
Burial: in High Bluff Cemetery, Hoboken, Brantley County, Georgia, USA
Parents
Father: Josh Crews
Mother:
Notes
General:
Atkinson-Mr. Delmus Eugene Crews,81, of Atkinson died at his residence Sunday Jan. 2, 2011 after a short illness.
Born in Pierce County, Georgia he was the son of Josh and Lizzie Crews Crews.
He was of the Baptist faith and had retired from The Container Corporation of America. He enjoyed fishing and other outdoor activities.
Preceded in death by his parents.
Mr. Crews is survived by 4-sons and daughters-in-law, Donnie and Willie Gee Crews, of Pembroke, David Crews, of Fernandina Beach, Florida, Charles and Sharon Crews, also of Fernandina Beach and Timothy Crews, of Green Cove Springs, Florida, 2-daughters, Rebecca Ann Crews, of Fernandina Beach and Celeste Crews, of Green Cove Springs, several grandchildren , several great-grandchildren, a sister, Clara Strickland, of Kingsland, 2-half-sisters, Juanita Ryals, of Fernandina Beach and Delores of North Carolina, also several nieces, nephews and other relatives.
Visitation will be 1 hour prior the services Wednesday at the funeral home.
Funeral services will be held Wednesday afternoon (Jan. 5, 2011) at 2:00 P.M. in the Chapel of Frye Funeral Home in Nahunta with Rev. Joey Taylor officiating.
Burial will be in the family plot at High Bluff Cemetery.
Pallbearers will be David Crews, Jr., Bart Crews and Justin M. Crews.
Arrangements are with Frye Funeral Home of Nahunta, Georgia.
Sympathy may be expressed by signing the online registry at www.fryefh.com.
Visit Frye Funeral Home
Dr. Dempsey Dubois Crews
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth Date: 30 Jan 1882
Christening:
Death: 1940 - Jacksonville, Duval County, Florida ( at age 58)
Burial: in Riverside Memorial Park, Jacksonville, Duval, Florida
Parents
Father: Dempsey Dubois Crews Jr.
Mother: Frances Isabelle Collins
Notes
General:
Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/125258290/dempsey_dubois-crews: accessed January 1, 2025), memorial page for Dr Dempsey Dubois Crews (30 Jan 1882\endash 1940), Find a Grave Memorial ID 125258290, citing Riverside Memorial Park, Jacksonville, Duval County, Florida, USA; Maintained by Cissy (contributor 48922867).
Dempsey Dubois Crews Jr.
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth Date: 23 Nov 1846 - Manatee County, Florida
Christening:
Death: 10 Jun 1895 - Crewsville, DeSoto, Florida ( at age 48) 256
Burial: in New Hope Cemetery, Crewsville, DeSoto, Florida
Parents
Father: Dempsey Dubois Crews
Mother: Piety Collier
Spouses and Children
1. *Frances Isabelle Collins
Marriage: 5 Aug 1869
Status:
Children:
1. Piety Elizabeth Crews
2. Enoch Edward Crews
3. Dr. Dempsey Dubois Crews
4. Mary L. Crews
2. Martha Jane Lanier
Marriage: 1892
Status:
Children:
1. Thomas Watson Crews
2. David Crews
Notes
General:
"[The Bartow Courier-Informant of June 19, 1895 reported:
"Various reports have been in circulation about the killing of D. D. Crews by John Lucas, mention of which was made in our last issue: "The Arcadian published in full the evidence taken by the coroner's jury.
"Ed Crews, John Collier, Jr. and Fitz Williams were the three witnesses--all of them testified to the same main facts, and we give below the testimony of the latter, as published:
"Mr. John Collier, Jr., and myself went to the store of D. D. Crews, at Crewsville, at about 8 o'clock on the morning of the 10th of June 1895. Mr. John Lucas was in the store trading when we got there.
"In a few minutes Mr. D. D. Crews came, being at the time armed with a shot gun and a pistol in a belt around his waist, when some difficulty occurred between Lucas and Crews, concerning the driving of some hogs, over which they seemed to have some hot words, but seemed to stop when Crews said to us it was time to go.
"We all started to get on our horses, Crews doing the same. Lucas then said to him that any man that would take up for a hog thief was no better than a hog thief.
"Crews replied that 'I am a white man in a free country and can say what I damn please,' when Lucas made a rush as if to take hold of him. Crews then took out his pistol and commanded him to stop.
"Lucas replied, 'By God I've got something too,' went to his wagon and took therefrom a double barrel shotgun, cocked, and put it to his face. About this time, John Collier said to Ed Crews, 'catch the gun.' Ed ran and took hold of Lucas.
"Lucas told Ed to turn him loose, and knocked or shoved him loose, when Ed ran to one side. Lucas then whirled facing Crews, when each fired almost simultaneously, one from Lucas and two from Crews.
"Lucas then scrambled off about 15 feet and fell on his face, saying, 'Oh, Lord, I am a dead man.' Crews went right on after him, and when he go almost to him, Lucas turned over and threw up his gun as if to shoot.
"Crews caught the gun and shoved it back, and turned and walked back the way he went and started to where his horse was. As he passed the side of the store where John Collier had lent his gun, he picked it up and started on towards the horse, when Lucas jumped up, stepped to the side of the store and fired the shot that killed him."
The coroner's jury, composed of J. D. Adams (foreman), J. S. Keen, D. D. Whidden, Henry Locklier, Arthur Daughtry, and W. E. Whidden, declared that D. D. Crews had died by gun shots at the hands of John Lucas who should be charged with murder. Lucas was brought to Arcadia and locked in the county jail. His wounds, inflicted by fine bird shots to the back of his hip, were not serious, and his wife, in the capacity of a nurse, was allowed to tend him.
This writer has not been able to learn the disposition of Lucas' case, but he probably escaped from jail. At least, available accounts indicate the Arcadia jail was not well-guarded. On December 27, 1893, all the prisoners, except one Belford Branch, had escaped when the jail was broken open to allow James North (who had been sentenced to hang for the April 1892 murder at Zolfo of S. A. Sauls) and Quinn Bass (sentenced to life for the murder of Hardy Johnson) to escape, although Bass was killed while resisting arrest.
Anyway, Lucas afterwards added to his infamy when he killed North, now outlawed with a bounty on his head for the murder. There was no "Wild West" heroics though Lucas had a "friend" of North, Jim Daniels, to lure him on a hog hunt. Hiding beside the road, Lucas shot and killed the unsuspecting outlaw and had delivered his body to Arcadia for the reward.
An extract from the Bartow Courier-Informant of November 24, 1897 noted the final disposition of the case: "John Lucas, who is well known to this county, and who, it will be remembered, shot and killed Dempsey Crews of DeSoto County, about a year ago, and afterwards killed Jim North, who was an outlaw, charged with murdering Bud Sauls was...himself literally cut to pieces..."
Postscript: Since writing this in 1990, I still haven't learned the disposition of the judicial handling of Lucas' killing of Crews. In rereading Nixon Smiley's article, I must conclude he didn't escape jail as, according to Smiley, "They loaded North's body onto Daniel's wagon and drove the body to Arcady (Arcadia). Lucas went in and collected the reward." Lucas, if a fugitive, would have been arrested; therefore, Lucas must have been let off lightly for the Crews' slaying.
References not cited: Nixon Smiley, "Bloodshed On The Big 90," Miami Herald, October 3, 1965; "Dempsey Dubois Crews 1846-1895," South Florida Pioneers (25/26 July/Oct. 1980), pp. 31-33; Janet Snyder Matthews, Edge of Wilderness, p. 328; Fort Myers Press, Jan. 5, 1885; Savannah Morning News, Jan. 8, 1885; The Florida Times-Union, April 27, 1892, Nov. 4, 13, 19, Dec. 29, Feb. 12 and June 12, 1895; newspapers clippings, courtesy of Canter Brown, Jr.
This article is adapted from the author's feature in The Herald-Advocate (Wauchula, Fla.) of June 14, 1990."
Dempsey Jr was named Executor of his father's will
Dempsey was the son of Dempsey Dubois Crews and Piety Collier. He was married (1) 5 Aug 1869 to Frances Isabelle "Fannie" Collins and (2) 7 Sep 1892 to Martha Jane E. Lanier.
D D Crews, "Florida, State Census, 1885"
Name:D D Crews
Gender:
Residence Place:, Manatee, Florida
Age:37
Age (Months):
Birth Year (Estimated):1848
Birthplace:Florida
Death Date:
Father's Birthplace:South Carolina
Mother's Birthplace:Georgia
Marital Status:Married
Race (Original):W
Race:White
Schedule Type:Population
Line Number:49
Sheet Number:
Sheet Letter:A
Relationship to Head of Household:Self
Family Number:691
House Number:691
GS Film number:888969
Digital Folder Number:4280072
Image Number:00624
Page:82
Household Gender Age Birthplace
SELFD D Crews M 37y
WIFEFrances I Crews F 28y
DAUP E Crews F 14y
SONEdward Crews M 12y
SONLeo L Crews M 10y
SONC W Crews M 8y
SONGeo B Crews M 7y
SONReuben Crews M 3y
SONDempsy Crews M 3y
DAUMartha Crews F 1y
DAUMary Crews F 1y
Sources
"Florida, State Census, 1885," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MNJH-N9H : accessed 25 Oct 2013), D D Crews, 1885.