James Crews
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth Date: Abt 1776 - Virginia 282
Christening:
Death: 24 Mar 1824 - Wilkes County, Georgia ( about age 48)
Burial:
Parents
Father: Stanley Crews
Mother: Agnes Martin 255
Spouses and Children
1. *Benedictine Mankin
Marriage: 10 Jan 1822 283
Status: Death of Spouse
Children:
1. Susan Crews
2. Emily Crews
3. Nancy J. Crews
Notes
General:
Dec. 6, 1831 Probate CREWS, JAMES dec'd. Benedictine Crews app. admx. Richard J. Willis app admr Dec. 6, 1831. Writ of dower in 236 acres on Clarks creek. Mrs. Benedictine Crews, wid of Jas. Crews, dec'd Mar. 24, 1824. John T. Crews, Richard J. Willis, gdn. Returns, paid board 1832, paid Mrs. B. Crews board 1833, and Jos. T. McLaughlin tuition. To money advanced him at Sardis, 1834. To half the amount of sale of land 1834 Pulaski Co. Returns of R. J. Willis gdn of the orphs for 1833. To expense of sale of a tract of land in Harris Co. May 1833 which was drawn by said orphs. Paid Stephen W. Barkwell husband of Susan Crews, Thos. N. Heard husband of Emily Crews, S. H. Willis husband of Nancy Crews, Benedictine Crews, wid of Jas. Crews, dec'd their distributive shares of above land and perishable property of the est all in 1833.
James Crews
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth Date: Florida
Christening:
Death:
Burial:
Spouses and Children
1. *Frances Altman
Marriage:
Status:
Children:
1. O. C. Crews
2. Bertie Crews
James Crews
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth Date: 1856 172
Christening:
Death:
Burial:
Parents
Father: James Crews
Mother: Susan Crews
Spouses and Children
1. *Mary Cooper 172
Marriage: 4 Dec 1874 172
Status:
James Crews
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth Date: 27 Oct 1856 - Pierce County, GA
Christening:
Death: 27 Jul 1928 - Brooker, Bradford, Florida ( at age 71)
Burial: in New Hope Primitive Baptist Cemetery, LaCrosse, Alachua County, Florida, USA
Parents
Father: John Jackson Crews
Mother: Sabra Selina Dowling
Spouses and Children
1. *Virginia Ella Harrell
Marriage:
Status:
Children:
1. Minnie Ella Crews
2. Wallace Crews
Notes
General:
Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/24745402/james-crews: accessed December 29, 2024), memorial page for James Crews (27 Oct 1856\endash 27 Jul 1928), Find a Grave Memorial ID 24745402, citing New Hope Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery, La Crosse, Alachua County, Florida, USA; Maintained by gravetaker (contributor 46832389).
Name:James Crews
Titles and Terms:
Event Type:Census
Event Year:1900
Event Place:Precinct 5, Pine Hill & Precinct 7, Hampton Hampton village, Bradford, Florida, United States
District:21
Gender:Male
Age:45
Marital Status:Married
Race:White
Race (Original):W
Relationship to Head of Household:Head
Relationship to Head of Household (Original):Head
Number of Living Children:
Years Married:23
Birth Date:Oct 1855
Birthplace:Georgia
Marriage Year (Estimated):1877
Immigration Year:
Father's Birthplace:Georgia
Mother's Birthplace:Georgia
Mother of how many children:
Sheet Number and Letter:17B
Household ID:358
Line Number:60
Affiliate Name:The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA)
Affiliate Publication Number:T623
GS Film Number:1240166
Digital Folder Number:004120037
Image Number:00253
HouseholdRole Sex Age Birthplace
James CrewsHead M 45 Georgia
Virginia CrewsWife F 40 Florida
W A CrewsSon M 18 Florida
Alva Crews DaughterF 9 Florida
C J CrewsSon M 6 Florida
Citing this Record:
"United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M3DR-CDQ : accessed 28 June 2018), James Crews, Precinct 5, Pine Hill & Precinct 7, Hampton Hampton village, Bradford, Florida, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 21, sheet 17B, family 358, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,166.
Other information in the record of James Crews
from Florida Deaths
NameJames Crews
Event Date27 Jul 1928
Event PlaceBrooker, Bradford, Florida
GenderMale
Race (Original)White
RaceWhite
Age (Original)72y 9m
Birth Date27 Oct 1855
BirthplacePierce Co., Ga.
Marital StatusWidowed
Spouse's NameVirginia Crews
Father's NameJohn Crews
Father's BirthplaceGa.
Mother's NameSahery Dowling
Mother's BirthplaceGa
OccupationFarmer
CemeteryNew Hope
Burial Date28 Jul 1928
Additional RelativesX
Citing this Record
"Florida Deaths, 1877-1939," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FPQC-BJS : 24 December 2014), John Crews in entry for James Crews, 27 Jul 1928; citing Brooker, Bradford, Florida, reference cn 10148; FHL microfilm 2,135,285.
James A. Crews
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth Date: 15 May 1813
Christening:
Death: 10 Aug 1892 - ( at age 79)
Burial:
Parents
Father: James A. Crews
Mother: Sallie Earl
Spouses and Children
1. *Martha A. Hunt
Marriage: 11 Aug 1834
Status:
Notes
General:
Death of James A. Crews
From a transcript by John W. Hays.
Died at his house in Granville county on Wednesday the 10th of August, 1892, James A. Crews, in the 80th year of his age.
He was the oldest son of the late James Crews and Sallie (Earl) Crews of Granville County. His father, who died in 1875, at the advanced age of 90 years, belonged to a family who were the pioneers of Methodism in Granville, and was the principal founder of Salem Church on what is now the Oxford circuit. He left a large number of descendants reaching to the third and fourth generation, and nearly all have remained true to the teaching of their fathers.
James A. Crews was born May 15, 1813, and was married August 11, 1834, to Martha A. Hunt of (illegible) county. Of their marriage eleven children were born, nine of whom survive. His wife preceded him to the grave on the 6th of January, 1892.
Brother Crews had inherited a vigorous constitution and was remembered for his energy both of body and mind. He had a successful farm and by industry and economy had accumulated a good estate. For some years before his death his unusually robust health began to decline. He became a great sufferer from rheumatism, which emphasized with other disorders, terminated his life.
He was motivated to Christ and joined the Methodist church in early youth, and throughout his life was an earnest and (illegible) Christian. He was a man of decided convictions and of determined character. He loved the Truth and hated all that was false. He was a close student of the Bible and was deeply imbued with its teachings. He (illegible) (it?,if?) as an impregnable rock and the (illegible) of all excellence. He carried his religion with his daily life and made it his governing principle in all his business transactions. It comforted him in time of trouble, soothed his sorrow and was a constant source of sacred joy. It was the theme of much of his conversation and the joy that it offered to him he seemed ever anxious to impart to others. With an unfaltering faith in the efficacy of prayer and with a heart full of tender devotions, there was nothing that offered him so much happiness or awakened all his power to so full a (ae?, as?) living but to be at work in the service of a great religious revival. On such occasions he would often manifest a (spiritual?, penitential?) power in exhaustion and prayer that would reach the most callous heart. As approached the end of life he seemed to lose his hold upon all things earthly. He had arranged his business affairs with calmness and deliberation, and then placed them behind him, and was looking steadfastly forward to another life when he would meet the loved ones who had gone before and realize his brightest hopes in the presence of his Redeemer.
The land of Beulah and the (delectable?) mountains were constantly in view, and when he came to pass the work given his faith failed not. He whom he had trusted in health was still his (illegible) and support.
The grave has closed where his mortal remains. He leaves to his children his example of life without reproach; that of an honest man, a good citizen, a kind neighbor, a fearless and faithful soldier of Christ. His spirit has entered into that nest (rest?) prepared for the people of God.
His funeral was preached on the 11th inst. By his pastor, the Rev. John H. Hall, in the presence of a large (collection?, consensus?) of relatives and friends and his body laid to rest in the cemetery near his home.
Source: Frances B. Hays Collection, "Obituaries V", page 66. Richard H. Thornton Library, Oxford, North Carolina
The following is a complete, unedited transcription from a handwritten manuscript appearing in the volume described above. The manuscript is undated, but it is presumed that it was written shortly after the death of James A. Crews, which occurred on August 10th, 1892. The handwriting was very difficult to decipher, and where I have been unable to puzzle a word, I have indicated it as (illegible). Where a specific word or phrase can be presumed, I have included it in parenthesis with a question mark (?) to indicate a guess.
Transcription provided by Constance Hall Jones, Raleigh, North Carolina. April 22, 2015.
James A. Crews
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth Date: 2 Jul 1785
Christening:
Death: 28 Sep 1875 - Granville County, NC ( at age 90)
Burial:
Parents
Father: Gideon Crews
Mother: Jemima Wicker
Spouses and Children
1. *Sallie Earl
Marriage:
Status:
Children:
1. James A. Crews
2. Ellijah T. Crews
3. Edward N. Crews
Notes
General:
[Will proved October, 1875]
"Know all men by these presents that I James Crews of the county of Granville and State of North Carolina do make publish and declare this to be my last will and testament in manner and form following to wit
1. I confirm to my children respectively all the advancements that I have heretofore made to them respectively.
2. I direct that all my land shall be divided into eight tracts of equal size and valued by three disinterested men selected by my Executors hereinafter named and distributed by ballot as follows: one share to my son James A. Crews, one share to my son Elijah T. Crews, one share to my son Edward N. Crews, one share to my daughter Rebecca A. Cheatham, widow of James Cheatham dec'd, one share to my daughter Martha M. Hunt, wife of Joseph P. Hunt, one share to my daughter Isabella J. Hicks wife of Benjamin W. Hicks, one share to my daughter Susan C. Hunt, wife of George W. Hunt and one share to my daughter Melissa F. Hester wife of William T. Hester.
3. I direct that my Executors shall sell all my personal property on credit or for cash as they may think proper and divide the proceeds together with the value of my real estate and all other personal property after payment of my debts into nine equal shares, one share of which shall be paid to the heirs of my daughter Mary E. Wright dec'd and the remainder equally distributed between my heirs herein before named in second clause above.
4. My Executors shall have the like privelege with all other persons of bidding for and purchasing any property sold by them
5. I nominate and appoint my son James A. Crews and my son-in-law Joseph P. Hunt Executors of this my last will and testament hereby revoking and annuling any and all other wills by me at any time hereterfore made.
"In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 18th day of January A.D. 1871
"Signed published and declared by the above named James Crews as, and for, his last will and testament in presence of us who in his presence and at his request have subscribed our names and witness hereto"
A. Landis
L. H. Paschall
(Signed) James Crews
His estate settlement included a $500 cash payment to a "Sarah Crews, widow, for all clames against said estate according to marriage contract." This was a large payment, almost equivalent to the amount each son and daughter received. His papers also contained a map/plat of James' land which, which was just SE of the church; and that a cemetery existed behind his house in the middle of this land.
Obituary of James Crews
TorchLight, Oxford, Granville County, North Carolina
October 12, 1875
Died on Tuesday morning, Sept. 28th, 1875, at his residence near Salem Church in Granville county, James Crews, aged 90 years and nearly two months, having been born July 2, 1785. Mr. Crews at the time of his death was doubtless the oldest white male citizen of Granville county. His career has been in many respects a remarkable one. Endowed by nature with a vigorous constitution and a sound mind, he married early and set out in life to carve out his fortune with no human aid but his wife, but carrying within a brave heart, a strong will and an implicit trust in God. He steadily and actively pursued a course of honest industry in the quiet, rural life of a farmer until he acquired an estate that enabled him to provide well for a large family of children and to secure for his declining years all the comforts which his simple habits required. He early connected himself with the Methodist Episcopal Church, and amid all its vicissitudes in Granville county he maintained to the end of life his devotion to her doctrines and mode of worship. He was literally the temporal father of Salem Church, for by his instrumentality it was founded, and until his children grew up around him and begun to take their places in the Church, and it was mainly through his support that it was sustained. Though devoted to the Church of his choice he was no bigot. There was nothing narrow contracted in his religious opinions. His great heart was too deep and too broad and his Christianity was too earnest to be confined within any mere sectarian limits. His religion was emphatically a religion of the heart. It was the great motor of his life; it was practical, earnest, diffusive. It consisted of a profound love for the God he worshiped, and a broad liberal christian charity for his fellow men, and as he approached the end of life, it seemed to shed upon his path-way a radiance of more than earthly splendor. His fondness for sacred music amounted to a passion. He purchased and presented to the Salem Church a handsome Cabinet Organ, and it was his great delight to sit near this his favorite instrument during divine service and on other occasions when opportunity offered, always with an attentive ear, and often were the big tears seen to roll down his cheeks as he would become enraptured by its sweet strains.
James Crews had passed away from earth. He is at home with his God his Savior. A heavenly harp and crown are his. His death gives no occasion for tears for he is infinitely happier than we, and he leaves to his children the rich legacy of a noble example and a stainless character. His whole life was a testimony to the truth of the christian religion, and truly may it be said of him, that he had fought the good fight, he had kept the faith and was ready to be offered up.
For several weeks before his death it was evident that his end was near. His body was unaltered by disease but was literally worn out with age. His mind was not clouded and his usual cheerfulness never forsook him to the last.
His funeral was preached at Salem Church on Wednesday afternoon the 29th ult., by Rev. J. R. Griffith from Psalms 58:11. "Verily there is a reward for the righteous." At the close of the sermon L. K. Willie pronounced a eulogy of the deceased after which the body was interred near the church.
There was present at these services a larger number of relatives of the deceased than was even known to be assembled on a similar occasion in Granville County. Mr. Crews has had more than one hundred lineal descendants, exclusive of those who may have been born in other States, and his family connections can scarcely be numbered. They all loved him dearly, and his influence upon them will be felt for good, to the latest generations of his posterity.
(bio by: RosalieAnn)
James B. Crews
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth Date: Abt 1815 - Georgia 284
Christening:
Death:
Burial:
Spouses and Children
1. *Mary
Marriage:
Status:
Notes
General:
James B Crews
United States Census, 1850
Name:
James B Crews
•
Event Type:
Census
Event Date:
1850
•
Event Place:
Columbia county, Columbia, Florida, United States
•
Event Place (Original):
Columbia county, Columbia, Florida
Gender:
Male
Age:
30
Race:
White
Birth Year (Estimated):
1820
Birthplace:
North Carolina
Schedule Type:
1850 Population
House Number:
501
HouseholdRole Sex Age Birthplace
James B CrewsMale 30 North Carolina
Mary CrewsFemale 18 South Carolina
David M CrewsMale 5 Florida
William CrewsMale 3 Florida
Joseph CrewsMale 1 Florida
James B Crews
United States Census, 1860
Name:
James B Crews
Event Type:
Census
Event Date:
1860
•
Event Place:
17th Division, Alachua, Florida, United States
•
Event Place (Original):
17th Division, Alachua, Florida, United States
Gender:
Male
Age:
45
Race:
White
Birth Year (Estimated):
1815
Birthplace:
Georgia
•
HouseholdRole Sex Age Birthplace
James B CrewsMale 45 Georgia
Mary CrewsFemale 30 South Carolina
David L CrewsMale 13 Florida
William CrewsMale 11 Florida
James CrewsMale 9 Florida
Kiziah CrewsFemale 3 Florida
James Bryant Crews
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth Date: Abt 1850 - Charlton Co., GA 57
Christening:
Death: 22 Feb 1924 - Winokur, Charlton County, Georgia ( about age 74) 57,285
Burial: in Bethlehem, Nahunta, Brantley, Georgia, USA 286
Parents
Father: Bryant C. Crews
Mother: Nancy Jones
Spouses and Children
1. *Kizzie Crews
Marriage:
Status:
Notes
General:
Other information in the record of Jim B. Crews
from Georgia Deaths
NameJim B. Crews
Event Date22 Feb 1924
Age (Formatted)73 years
Event PlaceWinokur, Charlton, Georgia, United States
Birth Year (Estimated)1851
BirthplaceCharlton
GenderMale
Marital StatusMarried
RaceWhite
EthnicityAmerican
Spouse's NameKizzie Crews
Father's NameBryant Crews
Mother's NameNancy Jones
GS Film number2321203
Citing this Record
"Georgia Deaths, 1914-1927," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JDFN-Z88 : 24 December 2014), Bryant Crews in entry for Jim B. Crews, 22 Feb 1924, Winokur, Charlton, Georgia, United States; citing reference 3540, Department of Archives and History, Atlanta; FHL microfilm 2321203.
James Henry Crews
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth Date: 23 Apr 1867 - Columbia County, FL 52
Christening:
Death:
Burial:
Parents
Father: John B. Crews III
Mother: Sarah Williams
Spouses and Children
1. *Lillie Mae Combs 52
Marriage: 11 Mar 1888 52
Status:
James Larrisey Crews
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth Date: 11 Jul 1857 - Sylvania, Screven County, Georgia, USA
Christening:
Death: 4 Aug 1930 - Otter Creek, Levy County, Florida, USA ( at age 73) 287
Burial: in Galilee Cemetery, Levy County. FL
Parents
Father: Stephen Larrisey Crews
Mother: Clarisy Collier
Spouses and Children
1. *Margarette Taylor
Marriage:
Status:
Notes
General:
Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/129174612/james_larrisey-crews: accessed December 25, 2024), memorial page for James Larrisey Crews Sr. (11 Jul 1857\endash 4 Aug 1930), Find a Grave Memorial ID 129174612, citing Galilee Cemetery, Levy County, Florida, USA; Maintained by Stokley (contributor 48054195).
Other information in the record of J. L. Crews
from Florida Deaths
NameJ. L. Crews
Event Date04 Aug 1930
Event PlaceLevyville Precinct, Levy, Florida
GenderMale
Race (Original)white
RaceWhite
Age (Original)78y
Birth Year (Estimated)1852
BirthplaceHamilton Co., Fla.
Marital StatusWidowed
Father's NameStephen L. Crews
Father's BirthplaceGa.
Mother's NameCollier
Mother's BirthplaceGa.
OccupationFarmer
Citing this Record
"Florida Deaths, 1877-1939," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FPQ6-K9H : 24 December 2014), Stephen L. Crews in entry for J. L. Crews, 04 Aug 1930; citing Levyville Precinct, Levy, Florida, reference 12725; FHL microfilm 2,135,352.