Display Patriot - P-140878 - Robert CRAWFORD

Robert CRAWFORD

SAR Patriot #: P-140878

The following information was assembled from numerous sources and cannot be used directly as proof of Qualifying Service or Lineage.
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State of Service: SC      Qualifying Service: Major / Patriotic Service
DAR #: A027650

Birth: abt 1728 / / PA
Death: 05 Oct 1801 / Lancaster / SC

Qualifying Service Description:
  1. South Carolina Line
  2. Furnished Supplies

Additional References:
  1. 56th-77th Annual Reports DAR. Senate documents (United States Congress, Senate). Government Printing Office: Washington, DC
  2. South Carolina Archives, Accounts Audit #1592, Roll# 27

Spouse: Jean White
Children: Martha White; Sarah; Mary; James; William Dunlop; Robert; John; Jean; Elizabeth;
Members Who Share This Ancestor
Date Approved Society ACN SAR Member Info Lineage via Child View Application Detail
1994-01-12 VA 209358 Clarence Holland Albright Jr (141832) Martha   
2013-02-26 TX 51613 John Donnom Witherspoon III (182775) Sarah   
Burial:
Old Waxhaw Presbyterian Church Cemetery (C-0075337)
Location:
Riverside / Lancaster / SC / USA
Find A Grave Cemetery #:
2131051
Grave Plot #:
Grave GPS Coordinates:
34.790230 / -80.831640
Find A Grave Memorial #:
10224841
Marker Type:
Stone
SAR Grave Dedication Date:

Comments:

Photo displayed courtesy of Gerald Adams, SCSSAR



Directions to Cemetery / Gravesite:
  • From Riverside, South Carolina 29720
  • Head west toward Riverside Rd, 82 ft
  • Turn right onto Riverside Rd. 1.1 mi
  • Turn right onto Old Hickory Rd, 0.5 mi
  • Turn right 348 ft
  • Slight right, 423 ft
  • On the Rigjt, Old Waxhaw Cemetery, 2814 Old Hickory Rd, Lancaster, SC 29720


Author: William Gerald Adams Jr.

Robert Crawford was a captain in the South Carolina Line in 1776.  He served under Colonels Richard Richardson and Joseph Kershaw.  He went to Charleston at the time of Prevost’s invasion and was in the Battle at Stono Ferry.  In 1780, he became a major and was taken prisoner at the fall of Charleston.  After being paroled, he joined Sumter and commanded a unit at the Battle of Hanging Rock.  In addition, he was at Sumter’s Defeat.  He lost two horses in service.
 

References:

Moss, Bobby Gilmer:  Roster of South Carolina Patriots in the American Revolution, Pg. 214. 

 

 

 

 


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