Maj. Robert Crawford and Jean White

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Husband Maj. Robert Crawford ¹

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           Born: 1728 - Pennsylvania 1
     Christened: 
           Died: 5 Oct 1801 - Lancaster Co, SC
         Buried:  - Old Waxhaw Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Lancaster Co, SC

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         Father: Col. John Crawford (      -      )
         Mother: 

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       Marriage: May 1763 - Pennsylvania 2

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Wife Jean White ¹

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           Born: 1742 - Pennsylvania 2
     Christened: 
           Died: 4 Feb 1804 - Lancaster Co, SC
         Buried: 

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Children

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General Notes: Husband - Maj. Robert Crawford

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He was born in Pennsylvania, in 1728, and died in the Waxhaws, South Carolina, Oct. 5, 1801, interred in the old Waxhaw graveyard, his tombstone bearing on one side the inscription, "Major Robert Crawford, died Oct. 5, 1801, was born 1728." He was a gallant and distinguished officer in the Revolutionary War, and is said to have furnished a company at his own expense. His commission was preserved for many years by his granddaughter, Mrs. Judge G. McC. Witherspoon, but was finally lost during Sherman's raid in 1865. "History of the Presbyterian Church of South Carolina, Rev. Geo. Howe, D.D.," Vol. 1, page 540, says: "Many of the Waxhaw men were numbered among the patriots of the Revolution. Besides Major, afterwards General and subsequently Governor, William E. Davie, there were Major Robert Crawford, etc." Again, in Vol II, page 694, Dr. Howe mentions Major Crawford as being "conspicuous in time of Revolution, etc.'' He is mentioned on page 348 of "Johnson's Traditions," quoting from a letter from Jas. F. White, says, "Maj. Crawford was with Sumter at the time of his defeat." He is also mentioned in "Wheeler's History of North Carolina," page 190, and there are also records, etc. in the office of the Historical Commission at Columbia which show conclusively that he was a captain and then a major in the Revolutionary War.
Major Crawford was granted 620 acres of land in the Waxhaws under date of Feb. 9, 1775. It seems that this tract had formerly been granted to Andrew Pickens by the Governor of North Carolina. (See Vol. II, page 240, State Records in office of Secretary of State.) Referring again to Col. Jno. Crawford, Judge G. McC. Witherspoon was of the opinion that he came from Ireland, and that Major Robert was born in Ireland.

1 Margaret White Loomis, The Presbyterian Families of White, Crawford, Hanna and Sharp (Winnetka, IL: Self-published, 1940), Pg 9.

2 Beverly L. Linsky, My Lineage Thru John Crawford and Isabelle Parker (Personal genealogy research, April, 2014).