Edward Crawford and Rebecca Colhoun

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Husband Edward Crawford ^{1 2}

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           Born: 10 Jan 1757 - Guilford Twp, Franklin Co, PA 3
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           Died: 6 Mar 1833 3
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         Father: Edward Crawford (      -1792) 1 4 5 6 7
         Mother: Elizabeth Sterrett (      -      ) 4 5 7

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       Marriage: 

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   Other Spouse: Elizabeth Holsinger (1762-1792) 8

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Wife Rebecca Colhoun ⁹

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           Born: 1777 8
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           Died: 21 May 1839 8
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         Father: Dr. John Colhoun (1740-1782) 10
         Mother: Ruhamah Chambers (1750-1826) 11

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Children

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1 F Ruhamah Chambers Crawford ⁸

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           Born: 11 Jun 1799 8
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           Died: 14 Dec 1813 8
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         Spouse: Did Not Marry

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2 F Elizabeth Crawford ⁸

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           Born: 
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         Spouse: Read Washington (      -      ) 8
           Marr: 5 Nov 1818 8

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3 M Benjamin Crawford ⁸

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           Born: 17 Jun 1809 8
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           Died: 16 Nov 1810 8
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         Spouse: Did Not Marry

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General Notes: Husband - Edward Crawford

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He became an officer of the Pennsylvania Line in the Revolutionary War at the age of nineteen. He was appointed an ensign in the First Continental Infantry (First Pennsylvania) March 7, 1776; was promoted to be second lieutenant March 23, 1777, and first lieutenant, March 23, 1778; and was paymaster of the regiment, 1779-80. Lieutenant Crawford was wounded at Bull's Ferry, July 21, 1780. He was transferred to the Third Pennsylvania, Jan. 17, 1781, and served until June, 1783.
After the Revolution he settled in Chambersburg, Pennsylvania. Upon the organization of Franklin County he was appointed a justice of the peace, his commission being dated Sept. 11, 1784. He filled nearly all the courthouse offices for many years, being prothonotary, clerk of the courts and register and recorder, 1784-1809. The county offices were in a small building on East Market street, erected by Mr. Crawford, the walls of which were still standing into the twentieth century. Mr. Crawford was an extensive owner of real estate in and around Chambersburg. He was one of the founders of the Bank of Chambersburg, of which he was the first president, 1807-33. He was a trustee of the Falling Spring Presbyterian Church, and a manager of the Franklin County Bible Society. He was also a member of the Society of the Cincinnati.

1 —, History of Franklin County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Warner, Beers & Co., 1887), Pg 772.

2 —, Biographical Annals of Franklin County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Genealogical Publishing Co., 1905), Pg 7, 401.

3 —, Biographical Annals of Franklin County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Genealogical Publishing Co., 1905), Pg 401.

4 Franklin Ellis & Samuel Evans, History of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: Everts & Peck, 1883), Pg 764.

5 —, Commemorative Biographical Encyclopedia of Dauphin County, Pennsylvania (Chambersburg, PA: J. M. Runk & Company, Publishers, 1896), Pg 73.

6 —, Biographical Annals of Franklin County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Genealogical Publishing Co., 1905), Pg 400.

7 Fenwick Y. Hedley, Old and New Westmoreland, Vols. III & IV (New York, NY: The American Historical Society, Inc., 1918), Pg 1235.

8 —, Biographical Annals of Franklin County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Genealogical Publishing Co., 1905), Pg 402.

9 —, Biographical Annals of Franklin County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Genealogical Publishing Co., 1905), Pg 7, 402.

10 —, Biographical Annals of Franklin County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Genealogical Publishing Co., 1905), Pg 4.

11 —, Biographical Annals of Franklin County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Genealogical Publishing Co., 1905), Pg 4, 6.