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.1 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 Iveroy 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:1830 Monroe Co, AL pg 34 w/Willis CRAWFORD age 0-4 (1825/30);

!CENSUS:1840 Monroe Co, AL pg 220 w/W.G. CRAWFORD age 5-9 (1830/35);

!CENSUS:1850 Marion Dist, SC pg 89 # 1346 Hardy CRAWFORD, 20 (1829/30) born Marion Dist, SC;

!CENSUS:1860 Marion Dist, SC Marion Twp pg 98 # 1538 Hardy B. CRAWFORD, 29 (1830/31) born SC;

!CIVIL WAR:Company I, 8th Regiment Infantry, SC. Hardy B. CRAWFORD, Pvt. Transferred to Cavalry;

!CENSUS:1870;

!REFERENCE:"A History of Marion County, South Carolina" by W.W. Sellers, Esq. 1902. Pg 395 - 421;

!NAMED-DEED:-- Sep 1845 Marion Co., SC Deed Book T, p. 193
Josiah Moody and wife Mary Moody of Marion Dist., to James Lane and James G. Crawford, for $1 two tracts on waters of Buck Swamp containing 500a being the same on which we now reside, and late the residence of Daniel Platt, decd. Bounded on N by estate of John Manning decd, W By Joseph Bass, SE by Levi Jones. Other tract on which John Deer Jur formerly lived adjoining the above, as purchased by said John Deer Jr at sale of same as property of Daniel Platt for partition among his distributes and heirs bought by said Mary Platt from said John Deer Jr.
Also following Negroe: Jane or Jenny, George, Fanny, Cyrus, Mariah.
Above named Mary Moody was was Mary Platt and widow of Daniel Platt decd before her intermarriage with the above named Josiah Moody having been appointed guardian of her minor children: Charlotte Platt, Mary Jane Platt, Cathearine Platt, Sarah Platt, Eliza Platt and George W. Platt ... several bonds with the above named J. W. Lane and Jas G. Crawford as sureties thereto on 23 Jan 1841 in penal sum of $1400 cash.
We the same James Lane and James G. Crawford becoming dissatisfied to be liable on the guardianship bond without some indemnity that th eproperty purchased and owned by said Mary should be subject to any defaltation as guardian ...
S: J. W. Moody, Mary Moody
Wit: J. W. Bass, J. R. Bass
Pr. by James W. Bass 6 Oct 1845 before B. Moody, Magst.
Written across Mortgage: I have Recd satisfaction in full of this mortgage
S: James (his mark) Lane Senr. 17 May 1849.
Wit: Edward Wheeler.
* From "Abstracts of Marion County [SC] Deed Books S and T 1842-1846", Lucille Utley, Angela Turner, Kathy Loyd, John M. Gregg. Three Rivers Historical Society, 2003.;


!NAMED-EQUITY ROLL # 169 Marion Co., SC. 1847. James Haselden, Exor vs. Josiah W. Moody and wife et al.
14 Sep 1847 James Haselden Exec of Will of James G. Crawford, shows that about 1840 Daniel Platt late of Marion Dist., died intestate leaving his widow Mary Platt and among others the following minor children of himself and Mary Platt: Mary Jane Platt, George W. Platt, Catherine Platt, Charlotte Platt, Sarah Platt, and Eliza Platt.
James Lane, Mary's father, and James G. Crawford orator's testator, were sureties for her bond. Mary Platt has remarried Josiah W.Moody who by said marriage became possessed of five negroes, the property of Mary, and her lands. James G. Crawford died June 1846 leaving the orator as sole exec.
* From "Marion County South Carolina Extracts from Equity Rolls", Lucille Utley. Three Rivers Historical Society.


!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.1 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 Iveroy 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. ;


!BIRTHDATE:13 Jul 1836 what source?;
!NOTE:Middle name of "Susannah", what source?;

!CENSUS:1840 Marion Dist, SC pg 170 w/Mary PLATT age 0-4 (1835/40);

!CENSUS:1850 Marion Dist, SC # 1139 Catherine MOODY, 13 (1836/37) born Marion;

!CENSUS:1860 Marion Dist, SC # 1679 Catherine PLATT, 21 (1838/39) born SC, residing with W. MANNING, 60, and Sarah MANNING, 58;

!REFERENCE:"A History of Marion County, South Carolina" by W.W. Sellers, Esq.
1902. Pg 395 - 421;