Marty and Karla Grant

!REFERENCE: A History of Marion County, South Carolina From Its Earliest Times to the Present, 1901, by W. W. Sellers, Esq., of the Marion Bar. 1902. pp. 142-147
We have traced one branch of the family of old John Crawford, who was one of the first settlers at Sandy Bluff (afterwards called Solomon's Landing, and perhaps later called Bird's Landing) . Old John Crawford had three sons, James, John and Hardy. We have traced it through James, the eldest; of John and Hardy's posterity we know not how they ran. There have been other Crawfords here, but whether from John or Hardy, or both, we can't say ; for instance, James, called Cype, lived upon and owned the grove lands, now owned by the estates of Governor Ellerbe and James G. Haselden ; Cype Crawford died there, back in the '40's ; never married. He had a brother, Willis Crawford, who married Sallie Bethea, and raised a large family, and died in 1851, in what is now Bethea Township; his sons were James, Hardy B., Thomas C, Willis G., William and Gibson G. Crawford; his daughters were Rhoda and Margaret. Of Willis Crawford's sons, James died before he was grown; Hardy B. married a Miss Piatt, and went to Mississippi years ago, and is yet living, and is said to be doing well ; Thomas C, well known and now living in Florence County, and one of the best of her citizens, married, first, a Miss Morgan, of Charleston, who died a year or two after marriage, childless ; he married again, 16th May, 1866, Miss Carrie R. McPherson, in West Marion (now Florence), where Thomas C. Crawford has ever since resided, and where he now resides.* [*Thomas C. Crawford died since writing the above] His wife died suddenly about a month ago, childless. Willis G. Crawford was a doctor ; married a Miss Morgan, of Charleston, a sister of his brother Thomas' wife. Not long after his marriage he was on a fox chase, and galloping his horse through the woods, his horse bogged down and threw the doctor, whose gun was lying across his front, and in the fall of his horse and himself, the gun was discharged and he was killed ; he left no child. William Crawford died unmarried, some years after the war. Gibson G. Crawford married a daughter of the late Colonel James R. Bethea ; the fruits of the marriage were two sons, James G. and Samuel B., and two daughters, Jessie and Mary; the sons are now young men. James G. married, a week or two ago, a Miss Evans, of Society Hill; the daughter, Jessie, married W. Ellis Bethea, who lives at Latta ; Samuel B. and Mary are yet single, and live at Latta with their father, G. G. Crawford. Of the two daughters of Willis Crawford, Rhoda married Henry Easterling, about 1850, and he was killed in the war; the widow, Rhoda, is also dead ; she left three sons, Willis C, Thomas and Frank; and two daughters, Ella and Florence. The three sons are married-Willis C. to a Miss Legette ; they have a family, some of them grown and married. J. Frank Easterling married a Miss Watson, daughter of the late Samuel Watson. Thomas Easterling went to Florida, where he married, has children, and is Sheriff of the county in which he lives. The Easterling boys are men of character and doing fairly well. Of the two daughters of Henry Easterling and his wife, Rhoda, Ella married Leroy Bethea, a son of Captain D. W. Bethea ; they live in Marlborough, and are doing well I know not of their family. Florence Easterling, the other daughter, married Robert McPherson, in West Marion; she is dead ; left one child, a son. Margaret Crawford, the youngest daughter of Willis Crawford, nevfer married; she died a few years ago. "Cype" and Willis Crawford had another brother-think he was a brother-named Gadi. The writer never saw him ; he died unmarried. ;


!CENSUS:1800 Marion Dist, SC pg 788 w/Hardy CRAWFORD age 0-9 (1790/1800);

!WITNESS:12 May 1806 Marion Dist, SC Deeds C-339 Letter from Sarah BASS to Arthur BIRD. I have arrived to age 21 and the advance received of Mr. Arthur BIRD my guardian, all personal estate in his hands since 9 Apr 1801 (permition of Hugh GILES Esqr Ordinary) satisfactory. Receipt in full. Sarah (X) Bass. Wit: William WHITFIELD, Gadi CRAWFORD;

!COURT:Oct 1808 Marion County Court of Common Pleas. James CRAWFORD vs John MACE and Gadi CRAWFORD, Admr of Hardy CRAWFORD, deceased. Hardy died on or about 22 Aug 1807, died intestate leaving following children: James CRAWFORD, Gadi CRAWFORD, and three others Stephen ---, ----, --- and Rhoda CRAWFORD, minors;

!NAMED:22 Dec 1808 Marion Dist, SC Sales Book A-78 Walter OWENS Estate. Purchasers: ... James JOHNSON ... James CRAWFORD ... Gadi CRAWFORD ... James CRAWFORD Sr ... Henry GASQUE ...;

!CENSUS:1810;

!TAXLIST:1811 Marion Dist, SC Gadi CRAWFORD $2.17;

!NAMED:16 Jan 1812 Marion Dist, SC Inventory Book 1827-1836 pg 170 William HASELDEN Estate. Notes: ... Gadi CRAWFORD ...;

!NAMED:10 May 1813 Marion Dist, SC Inventory Book 1827-1836 pg 70 Isham BUNN Estate. Apparised by Jourdan GIBSON, Gadi CRAWFORD & Clabourn ANDERSON. Recorded 8 Jun 1837.;

!CENSUS:1820 Marion Dist, SC pg 57 Gadi CRAWFORD age 26-44 (1775/94) "000010-0";

!NAMED: 7 Mar 1820 Marion Dist, SC Minutes of the Ordinary 1810-25 Citation to Gadi CRAWFORD for admin of estate of William COLETRAIN;

!NAMED:10 Mar 1820 Marion Dist, SC Administrations A-184 William COLTRAIN, decd, Gadi CRAWFORD, adm;

!NAMED:23 Oct 1820 Marion Dist, SC Administrations A-210 Stephen GIBSON, decd. Gadi CRAWFORD, adm;

!NAMED:20 Nov 1821 Marion Dist, SC Inventory Book 1827-1836 pg 14 John HENRY Estate. Merchant. Notes & Accounts: ... Benjamin JOHNSON Sr ... Roger ROBERTS ... Richard JOHNSON son of Sam, ... Francis JOHNSON, James CAMPBELL ... Duncan CAMPBELL ... James JAMES ... Theophilus CAMPBELL ... Alexander LANE ... Carey JOHNSON, son of Lewis, ... Levy BLACKMAN ... Norton ROBERTS ... Elizabeth CRIB ... Lewis JOHNSON ... John BLACKMAN ... John TURNER, Samuel JOHNSON, Mrs. Kezia ROBERTS ... Cresse BARNES ... Scarce Book WATSON Jr ... James CRAWFORD ... Readon ROBERTS ... Jeremiah CAMPBELL ... Anthony CRIB ... James CRAWFORD ... David BLACKMAN ... Gadi CRAWFORD & James G. CRAWFORD ... Willis HUGGINS ... David EDWARDS ... Dempsy CRIBB ... Col. James JOHNSON ... Willis & James G. CRAWFORD ...;

!NAMED: 4 Mar 1822 Marion Dist, SC Inventory Book 1827-1836 pg 137 William DAVIS Jr Estate. Appr: Gadi CRAWFORD ...;

!NAMED: 9 May 1827 Marion Dist, SC Inventory Book 1827-1836 pg 25 Genl. Thomas GODBOLD Estate. Appraisers: Gadi CRAWFORD, Isham WATSON, H.G. FLADGER.;

!NAMED: 9 May 1827 Marion Dist, SC Inventory Book 1827-1836 pg 26 Doctor Charles F. GODBOLD Estate. Appraisers: Gadi CRAWFORD, Isham WATSON, H.G. FLADGER.;

!CENSUS:1830 Marion Dist, SC pg 10 Gadi CRAWFORD age 30-39 (1790/1800) "000001-0";

!NAMED: 3 Oct 1835 Marion Dist, SC Inventory Book 1827-1836 pg 94 Arthur BIRD Estate. Appraisers:... G. CRAWFORD... Notes: ... James G. CRAWFORD, Willis CRAWFORD ...;

!NAMED:-- Apr 1837 Marion Dist, SC Inventory Book 1827-1836 pg 165 Thomas GODBOLD Estate. Accounts & Notes: ... Gadi CRAWFORD, David CAMPBELL, J. G. CRAWFORD ... James CAMPBELL ... J.D. JOHNSON ... W.G. JOHNSON, A.W. JAMES ... Barfield MOODY ...R. JOHNSON ...;

!NAMED: 4 Apr 1837 Marion Dist, SC Inventory Book 1827-1836 pg 96 James C. BELLUNE. Notes: Joel BARNES & E.B. WHEELER ... William CAMPBELL (Bare Swamp) ... Levi CAMPBELL ... John D. COLEMAN ...Anthony CRIBBS, Peter DOVE .... Book Accounts: Jamima BLACKMAN, Duncan CAMPBELL, James CAMPBELL Jr ... Gadi CRAWFORD, ... James G. CRAWFORD, David CAMPBELL ... William P. CAMPBELL, John COLEMAN Jr ... CRAWFORD & ERVIN, Chapman CRAWFORD ...Enos T. HUGGINS ... Evan HUGGINS ... Adwin W. JAMES ... William JOHNSON (Catfish) ... Archabald JOHNSON, Malichi JAMES ... Alexander LANE ... James LANE Jr, Osburn LANE ... Reddin ROBERTS ... John ROBERTS ... John L. SMITH ... Mrs. Susannah TART ... Isam WATSON ...;

!NAMED:27 Nov 1837 Marion Dist, SC Inventory Book 1827-1836 pg 130 Gadi CRAWFORD Estate. Hugh GODBOLD, adm. Appr: John BLACKMAN, James HASELDEN, John C. GIBSON, William M. CANNON;

!CENSUS:1840 * DECEASED *;

!NOTE:See Marion Probate Records Vol I, # 139 (page 115) Gadi CRAWFORD;

!REFERENCE:"A History of Marion County, South Carolina" by W.W. Sellers, Esq. 1902. Pg 142 - 147 "he died unmarried";

!NAMED-PROBATE ROLL # 755 Marion Co., SC Nathan Tart 1825
1 Aug 1825 Fama Tart, Henry Berry Sr, adms.
...
no heirs named;

!CENSUS:1830 Marion Dist., SC pg 49
Fama Tart age 30-39 (1790/1800)
1211-112001, slaves=000000-100000;

!CENSUS:1840 Marion Dist, SC pg 140 Fanny TART age 40-49 (1790/1800) "00111-0311001";

!CENSUS:1850;

!CENSUS:1860;

!CENSUS:1870;

!CENSUS:1880;

!BIRTH/MARRIAGE/DEATH:From "The Pee Dee Index" - "Genealogical Abstracts from Marion, South Carolina Newspapers 1858-1886" Abstracted by Gloria Calhoun, Pee Dee Chapter SCGS, Marion, SC 1999;


!REFERENCE: A History of Marion County, South Carolina From Its Earliest Times to the Present, 1901, by W. W. Sellers, Esq., of the Marion Bar. 1902. pp. 148-157
...
- Henry was a man of family, and had lands granted to him on Little Reedy Creek in 1786; he married a Miss Hays, and settled on said Reedy Creek; he raised two sons, Dennis and Slaughter, and four daughters. Dennis and Slaughter married sisters, two daughters of David Miles, an old citizen of upper Marion. Of the four daughters, Elizabeth married Bryant Jones; Fama married Nathan Tart; Martha, called Pattie, married John M. Miles; and Mary married William Rogers. The father, Henry Berry, was a capital man and intelligent for his day and time; he served as Justice of the Peace for some years, evidenced by his official signature to the probate of deeds for record seen by the writer he accumulated a good property for his time; he founded or built the Catfish Baptist Church, not where it now stands, but back from its present location on Little Reedy Creek. In his old age he divided out his property among his children, and then lived among them himself till his death, about 1853 or 1854; he was over ninety years of age at his death.
...
Fama Berry, who married Nathan Tart, born in 1791, and died in 1884, was a most remarkable woman, physically and mentally. The writer went to see her a year or so before she died ; she was very large and corpulent, suppose she weighed 250 or more ; she said she had never in her life been sick but little, and had never taken any medicine, except what she prescribed for and could procure for herself; her mental powers were unimpaired and her memory of persons, families and events excelled anything of the kind I ever met with. I wrote her obituary and published it in the "Marion Star" newspaper, soon after her death. She was not sick when she died, as it was told the writer by her son-in-law, Wilson Hays -who called in a physician to see her, who said the fat had overgrown the heart so as to prevent its action, and no relief was possible. Fama Tart raised several sons, Enos, James H., H. Tart, Thomas E. and Gadie, and several daughters. The sons are, perhaps, all dead; also the daughters, except Jane, who married Willis Waters, who lives in Florence County; and Wilson Hays' wife. H. H. Tart, who was an excellent and energetic man of high character in his sphere of life, died last year, about seventy-eight years of age. Fama Tart's children and great-grand-children, and even another generation of them, are numerous. ;

!REFERENCE: A History of Marion County, South Carolina From Its Earliest Times to the Present, 1901, by W. W. Sellers, Esq., of the Marion Bar. 1902. pp. 193-197

Tart ...
Nathan Tart, the youngest brother of old Enos, married Fama Berry, a daughter of old Henry Berry, as already herein noted by their marriage a considerable family resulted of sons and daughters. Nathan Tart died in middle life and left his widow, Fama, and children. Fama Tart, as heretofore noted, was one of the most remarkable women that the writer ever saw. Of this family of Tarts, I think I have already written. Nathan and Fama Tart also had a son, named Enos, who was called by way of contradistinction, "Russell Enos." The name is continued down for two or three generations further. ;