Display Patriot - P-141438 - Major CROOM

Major CROOM

SAR Patriot #: P-141438

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State of Service: NC      Qualifying Service: Patriotic Service / Civil Service
DAR #: A028050

Birth: 1723 / Henrico / VA
Death: aft 27 Aug 1792 / Lenoir / NC

Qualifying Service Description:
  1. Commisioner
  2. Member of Committee of Safety

Additional References:
  1. Colonial Records of North Carolina:
    • Volume 9, pg 592, 593;
    • Volume 10, pg 415, 417, 425; 
    • Volume 22, pg 456, 592, 593
  2. Colonial Records of NC, Box Militia Returns, 1770-1779, No 4, pg 590
  3. DAR RC#s 805233, 759800 cite:
    • CLARK, STATE RECORDS OF NORTH CAROLINA, VOLUME 13, pg 683, 684
    • WHEELER, HISTORICAL SKETCHES OF NORTH CAROLINA, pg 73

Spouse: (1) Olief Avery; (2) Susanna Hardee Enloe
Children: Caty; James Frederick; Lott; Major; Richard; Sara; Isaac; Henry; Joshua;
Members Who Share This Ancestor
Date Approved Society ACN SAR Member Info Lineage via Child View Application Detail
1962-08-07 NC Unassigned Wendell Keats Sparrow (86124) Lott   
1964-11-09 GA Unassigned Joseph McMiller Barnes (89481) James   
1977-08-31 NC Unassigned Nathan Paleologos Xanthos (112648) James   
1982-03-05 CA Unassigned Donald Horton Gurley (119397) Lott   
1985-05-23 NC 229670 Nathan Richard Skipper Jr (125828) James   
1986-03-21 LA Unassigned Ollie Delton Harrison Jr (124815) Joshua   
1986-05-23 NC 227481 Nathan Richard Skipper Sr (127725) James   
1986-08-14 VA 226937 Nathan Richard Skipper III (128117) James   
1992-02-27 WA 213638 Lawrence Daniel Miller Jr (138438) Lott   
1992-05-14 WA 213246 Brian Wilson Miller (138928) Lott   
1992-05-14 WA 213247 Kevin Vaughan Miller (138929) Lott   
1992-05-14 WA 213248 Daniel Leo Miller (138930) Lott   
1993-11-12 VA 215863 Alvis Ray Griffin Jr (136662) Sarah   
2000-01-25 AR 5208 James William Vorhease (150755) Cathy   
2010-03-10 GA 38285 Ralph Wayne Shepherd (168417) Caty   
2024-12-20 NJ 110081 Brennen John Cole (227319) Caty   
Burial:
UNKNOWN (Unindexed)
Location:
Cravens / NC
Find A Grave Cemetery #:
n/a

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Grave GPS Coordinates:
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Comments:
  • Memorial only on findagrave.com which states burial details unknown
  • findagrave.com has his name as David Daniel Croom Jr; other data are nearly the same


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Author: Donald Horton Gurley
Major Croom was born in 1723 in Henrico County, VA, and died in 1790 in Lenoir County, NC. He married (1) Olief Avery (1726-1762) in 1743 in Craven County, NC, and married (2) Susan Enloe Hardy. Major and Olief Croom had a son, Lot Croom (1761-1830).

Major Croom performed civil service and patriotic service during the American Revolution as a Commissioner and as a Member of the Committee of Safety.


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