THE CRUMLEY FAMILY
The name Crumley is thought to be derived
from the Irish Cromlaoich, which would translate literally to
“descendant of bent hero.”[1] Very few
Crumleys (orvariants Crumly, Cromley, Crumbley) were in the United States
before 1800.[2]
James Crumley was among the
Quakers who settled in Chester County, Pennsylvania, in the early eighteenth
century. A Valentine Crumley came to Philadelphia in 1749 from Germany
and settled in Lehigh County,
Pennsylvania. The Crumleys in Sullivan County,
Tennessee, were descended from another
German immigrant, George Crumley (who
may have been related to Valentine
Crumley).[3] The ancestry of most of the 20 or so
Crumley families in the United States at
the time of the first census in 1790 can be
traced to one of these immigrants.
1. JAMES CRUMLEY, ancestor of this branch
of the family, was the first Crumley
known in the United States.
James first settled in East Nottingham,
Chester County, Pennsylvania, but his place of
birth has not been determined. Some
accounts suggest he came from County
Monaghan Ireland,[11] and others say Yorkshire, England.[12] He could have been among
the many Quakers who left England in the
seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries,
settled for some time in Northern
Ireland, and then came to America.[13] The only
records of James Crumley that have been
found in Chester County were tax rolls,
where he was listed between 1732, when he
must have been at least 21 years old, and
1740.[14] He was probably at least a nominal Quaker and followed the
migration of other
East Nottingham Quakers to the frontiers
of Frederick County, Virginia. The first record
of his purchasing land there was on 4
June 1745, when he acquired a 250 acre tract at
the head of Yorkshireman’s Creek from
Giles and Sarah Chapman.[15] The
Chapmans
were among the 70 original Quaker
families that settled in the Shenandoah Valley and
organized the Hopewell Friends Meeting.[16]
James Crumley eventually obtained much
more land, including a large grant of 742
acres on Mill Creek (mostly in Berkeley
County, now part of West Virginia) from
Thomas, Sixth Lord Fairfax in 1752[17] His “home plantation” was on the Apple
Pie
Ridge, about a mile south of White Hall.[18] The ridge is said to have been named for
the
delicious apple pies baked by the
Quakers, and it is still covered with orchards 250
years later.[19] There James conducted his business as a
“cordwainer,” dealing in
Spanish leather goods. He purchased this
land in 1748 from David and Barbara
Gilkey.[20] Very old family records from Richard Griffith, a prominent
Frederick County
genealogist, indicate that the Gilkeys
may have been the parents of his wife Catharine,
but no marriage documentation has been
found.[21]
In a 1932 letter, Richard Griffith wrote,
“James Crumley was a man of considerable
wealth for his day and time, and his
position an important one. He was the friend of Lord
Fairfax, and there is evidence to show
that he was a visitor at Greenway Court, and was
entertained there at least twice,
probably oftener.”[22] Greenway
Court, the manor home
of Lord Fairfax, was the seat of
government of all of the Northern Neck of Virginia.[23]
James was one of three Quakers elected to
the Vestry of Frederick Parish in 1752,
indicating that he was considered a “most
able and discreet person” as provided by the
law.[24] Although the Vestry was actually under the jurisdiction of the
official Episcopal
Church, it had political functions as
well, and it was not unusual for Quakers to be
members. The previous vestry had been
dissolved amid charges of persecution of
Quakers and failure to b uild a church
with money provided by the House of Burgesses.
Along with William Roberts, James Crumley
was selected “church warden” in 1755 and
1756. He received 5 shillings, 4 1/2
pence reimbursement on 14 September 1758 for
furnishing provisions to the colonial
militia.[25]
Although the evidence suggests that James
Crumley was indeed a man of wealth and
position, a 1758 court record indicates
that he did have a brush with the law. There was
a legal proceeding against Barbara
(Gilkey) Hagen, thought by some to be James
Crumley’s mother-in-law. The record
immediately prior to this one stated simply that it
was “ordered that the Sheriff take James
Cromley into custody for behaving indecently
before the court.”[26] In a 1936 letter, J. W. Baker, another
Frederick County genealogist
interpreted this behavior as evidence of
some kind of family row.[27]
James Crumley’s will was filed in 1757;
it names five children – John, William, Mary,
Henry, and Samuel, a granddaughter Ruth
Doster , a brother Thomas, and, written in
between the lines, a sister Joan. He died
shortly before the will was proved 9 August
1764.[28] The appraised value of his personal property was just over ¤500.[29] He was a
slaveholder, as shown by his property
inventory. One Negro man was valued at ¤65, a
Negro woman and child at ¤55, and a Negro
girl at ¤25. His widow Catharine was listed
on county tax rolls in 1782 and 1787,[30] and an 1816 entry in the county deed book
indicates she may have been living as
late as 1799[31]
James Crumley was a resident of Frederick
County when George Washington won his
first elective office as a Frederick
County delegate to the Virginia House of Burgesses in
July, 1758, so it possible that the two
may have had some contact. Washington,
however, did not actually live in Frederick
County and did very little campaigning there,
other than to buy plenty of liquor for
the voters.[32]
There is at least a record
of his writing
James Crumley’s name in his diary. After
Washington received the Frederick County
polling results, he made an alphabetic
list of all the voters and their (public) choices.
James Crumley and his sons John and
William voted for Hugh West. One could vote for
two candidates, and John and William also
voted for Colonel Washington, but James
cast only the one vote.[33]
Children of James and Catharine Crumley:
a) John Crumley, [34] m. Hannah Faulkner; moved to Newberry
County, South
Carolina. d. 1794. Children: Rachel
Crumley, Thomas Crumley [1762], Charles
Crumley [1764], Samuel Crumley, James
Crumley, Benjamin Crumley [1779],
Catherine Crumley, Jemima Crumley, Sarah
Crumley.
2 (b) William Crumley (see below)
c) Mary Crumley, m. Thomas Doster, son of
Thomas Doster; [35] she may
have
married 2nd Jesse Faulkner, son of Thomas
and Mary Catharine (Ferree)
Faulkner.[36] Children: Ruth Doster [<1757, mentioned in James Crumley’s
will],
Sarah Doster [1768], John Doster [1770],
Mary Doster [ca. 1775].
d) Henry Crumley, [37] m. Sarah ?
e) Samuel Crumley, d. before 1764.
2. WILLIAM CRUMLEY, son of James Crumley,
was born in Chester County,
Pennsylvania, probably around 1735. He
came to Frederick County, Virginia, as a
teenager with his family. There he
married Hannah Mercer, daughter of Edward and
Ann Mercer.[38] In 1757, he acquired from his father 270 acres at the southern end
of the
Lord Fairfax tract, in what is now
Berkeley County, West Virginia.[39] Like
his father, he
was a member of the Parish vestry,
serving in 1759.[40] After
Hannah’s death around
1773, William married Sarah Dunn,
daughter of James and Jane Dunn. It is unlikely that
he was active in the Quaker church,
because in 1774 after his marriage to Sarah, the
Hopewell Friends disowned her for
marrying “contrary to discipline.”[41]
William, his brother Henry, and their
niece Ruth (Doster) Noland sold 200 acres at the
southern end of the Lord Fairfax tract in
1773 to Thomas Faulkner, who had married
Jane Dunn, William’s mother-in-law. [42] Thomas built a log cabin there in 1775,
with a
wing added around 1785, that is still
standing today.[43]
In 1781, William was among the Berkeley
County citizens who provided supplies for the
use of the Revolutionary armies.[44] One certificate (receipt) dated 30
September 1781
indicated that he and three others
(including his wife’s brother William Dunn and her
stepfather Thomas Faulkner[45]) were generously entitled to ¤225 for
just eleven bushels
and a peck of wheat.[46] The only record of William actually
receiving reimbursement
was a 1782 Publick Service Claim, in
which he was “allowed ¤5 for eight days in actual
service as a receiver in Collecting the
cloathing and provisions for the use of the
state.”[47] This “patriotic service” has qualified at least two of his
descendants for
membership in the Daughters of the
American Revolution.[48]
His two wives provided him with no fewer
than 15 children, who are listed in his will.[49]
In it, he wrote, “my will is That my
widdow Sarah Crumly shall Rays my children
together to give them learning out of the
profits that arises from my Estate the boys to
read write and cifer The Girls to read
and write.”[50]
William Crumley died between
the
date his will was filed in Berkeley
County, Virginia, 30 September 1792, and the date it
was proved, 17 September 1793, age about
58. William’s personal property inventory
included a variety of crops (wheat, hay,
rye, and corn) and livestock (ho rses, cattle,
sheep, and hogs). The total value was
nearly ¤300; the most valuable item was a
“Negro wench” appraised at ¤55.[51] After his widow Sarah died in 1809,[52] sons
Thomas and Aaron sold the 270-acre tract
as set forth in William’s will.[53] Two
years
later, each of the children received
$479.09.[54]
Children of William and Hannah Crumley:
a) James Crumley, oldest son of William
Crumley, was born around 1764 in
Berkeley County, Virginia (now West
Virginia). In 1787, he was living with his
brother-in-law, Thomas Rees.[78] He married Mary (Polly) Stonebridge,
daughter
of John and Mary (Hancher) Stonebridge,
and lived on land in Frederick County
that his wife inherited from her father.[79] His wife Mary died 9 May 1813 and is
buried in the Back Creek Meeting House
cemetery in Gainsboro, Virginia.[80]
James married Elizabeth Downey, a widow,
on Christmas Eve, 1815.[81] They
probably struggled financially; two 1821
Deeds of Trust indicate they had
borrowed money, using their property as
collateral.[82]
He was living in Frederick
County with his wife in 1830.[83] James Crumley was at least 65 years of
age
when died without a will.
b) Ann Crumley, b. ca. 1764, m. ca. 1781
Thomas Rees, son of Thomas and
Hannah (Rees) Rees[55]; moved to Washington County,
Pennsylvania. d. before
1811. Children:[56] Hannah Reese, Jesse Reese, Nancy Reese,
William Reese,
Rachel Reese, Sarah Reese, James Reese
[ca. 1800], Soloman Reese [1802],
Thomas Reese, Jr. [ca. 1804].
c) 3 William Crumley, b. ca. 1767
see below;
d) Catharine Crumley, b. ca. 1769, m. (1)
John Eyre, moved to Ross County,
Ohio; (2) 1804 James Mooney; moved to
Fayette County, Ohio. d. 28 December
1857, buried Walnut Creek Cemetery, Perry
Township, Fayette County, Ohio.
Children:[58] Robert Eyre, Hannah Eyre, Samuel Eyre, Nancy Eyre, William Eyre;
Eliza Mooney [1805], James Mooney, Jr.
[1812], Catharine Mooney, Mary (Polly)
Mooney.
e) Aaron Mercer Crumley, b. 22 October
1771, m. 3 February 1796 Jane
Atherton;[59] moved to Greene County, Ohio. d. 18 August 1835, buried Mt. Holly
Cemetery near Xenia, Ohio. Children:[60] William Crumley [1798], Hannah
Crumley [ca. 1799], Mary (Polly) Crumley [1800],
a son [ca. 1802], Sidney Amelia
Crumley [ca. 1804], Edward Mercer Crumley
[ca. 1806], Maria Crumley [1807],
Aaron Crumley [1809], Jane Crumley
[1812], Clarissa Matilda Crumley [1814].
Children of William and Sarah Crumley:
f) Jane Crumley, b. ca. 1774, m. (1)
Jonah Bull, son of Robert a nd Sarah (Littler)
Bull[61] moved to Butler County, Ohio; (2) 18 October 1825 John S. Patton.[62]
Children: not yet identified; the 1820
Butle r County census[63] shows 1 boy
under
10, 1 between 10 and 16, and 1 between 16
and 26; 1 girl between 10 and 16,
and a woman 26 to 45. Jane and Jonah were
45+.
g) Thomas Crumley, b. 31 December 1776,
m. 22 January 1801 Elizabeth
Gardner;[64] moved to Harrison County, Ohio. d. 3 July 1861, buried in
Dickerson
Graveyard, Harrison County, Ohio.
Children:[65]
Samuel Crumley [1801], Sarah
Crumley [1802], Mary Crumley [1805],
William Crumley [ca. 1807], Thomas
Crumley, Jr. [ca. 1808], Ira Crumley
[1809], Elizabeth Crumley [1811], John
Crumley [1813], Hannah Crumley [ca.
1816], James [1817, the 1840 Harrison
County census taker], Aaron W. Crumley
[1820], Emily Crumley [1822], Joseph
Crumley [1824], David M. Crumley [1827].
h) Sarah Crumley, m. 10 February 1800
Jesse Wright, son of Benjamin and Jane
(Faulkner) Wright.[66] Children: not yet identified; the 1810
Berkeley County
census[67] indicated that there were 3 boys and 1 girl under 10 years of age.
i) Henry Crumley, b. 10 April 1780, m.
(1) 30 August 1801 Mary Rees, daughter
of Thomas and Margaret (Rees) Rees; (2)
11 April 1814 Elizabeth Flowers,
moved to Greene County, Ohio, and to
Fountain County, Indiana, [68] (3) 6
February 1840 Jane Black.[69] d. 24 September 1864, buried Union Church
Cemetery, Aylesworth, Indiana. Children:[70] Matilda Crumley, Julean Crumley,
Harriet Crumley, John Crumley, Rees
Crumley [ca. 1818].
j) Mary Crumley, b. 2 June 1782, m. 22
October 1806 John Heberling, son of
Andrew Heberling, moved to Harrison
County, Ohio.[71]
d. 13 April 1864, buried
Short Creek Township, Harrison County, Ohio.
Children: Henry Heberling, Eliza
Heberling, Hiram Heberling [ca. 1811],
John Heberling [ca. 1812], William
Heberling, George H. Heberling [1814],
James Heberling, Andrew Heberling,
Rebecca Heberling, Mary Heberling.
k) Stephen Crumley, b. 3 April 1784,
moved to Green County, Ohio. m. 30 May
1813 Jane Stanfield, daughter of William
and Charity (Mendenhall) Stanfield;[72]
moved to Fountain County, Indiana; d. 6
February 1837, buried Union Church
Cemetery, Aylesworth, Indiana. Children:
William Crumley [1815], James C.
Crumley [1817], Nancy Crumley [1819],
Mary Crumley [1820], Charity Crumley
[1823], Stephen Crumley, Jr. [1824],
Euphemia Crumley [1826], John Crumley
[1828], Sarah Crumley [1829].
l) Elizabeth Crumley, b. ca. 1786, m. 24
April 1809 Isaac Booth, son of Thomas
Booth; moved to Washington County,
Pennsylvania, and Harrison County, Ohio.
d. before 1824.[73] Children: Thomas Booth, Jeremiah Booth,
William Booth.
m) John Crumley, b, ca. 1788, m. 20
January 1812 Elizabeth Hancher. d. 12
September 1814. Children: Sarah Crumley.[74] His widow married 7 December
1819 Richard Beeson
n) Martha Crumley, b. ca. 1791, m. Thomas
Wright, son of Benjamin and Jane
(Faulkner) Wright; moved to Columbiana
County, Ohio. Children: William C.
Wright [1815].[75]
o) Rebecca Crumley, b. ca. 1792, m. 4
November 1813 William Stewart. Moved
to Harrison County, Ohio.[76] Children: not yet identified; the 1820
Berkeley
County census[77] shows 3 boys under 10.
3. William Crumley, b. ca. 1767; moved to
Brownstown,Greene County, Tennessee
about 1800, m. (2) 21 October 1817 Betsey
Johnson.[57] d. 1820-1830. He
purchased land on Lick Creek on Feb. 9,
1805 and was a miller by trade. The huge
stone wheels of a mill had grooves cut
into them. The grooves would need to be
maintained to grind grain properly. This
is done by running a tool a long the grooves
with one hand and smoothing away the
stone chips with the other. Frequently,
stone chips would become embedded in a
miller’s hand. To judge how much
expertise a miller had, he would proudly
show his left palm. That’s where the term
“to show one’s mettle” came from. There
is no mention of William or his son William
Jr after 1820/1830 in Green County. It is
not known who William’s first wife was.
She may have been an Indian. His children
were all born of his first wife:
a. 4 William Crumley, Jr. [ca.
1785]
b. Isaac Crumley [ca. 1787]
c. Abraham Crumley [1793]
d. Aaron Crumley [ca. 1794]
e. Samuel Crumley [ca. 1796]
f. Sarah Crumley [ca. 1799]
g. Hannah Crumley
h. Catharine Crumley [ca. 1805
4. William Crumley born about 1785
appeared in Lee County Virginia by the1820
census in which he showed 1 male and
female between 26 and 45 years of age.
Children included 1 boy under 10, 1 boy
10-16, 3 girls under 10 and 1 girl 16-26. He
would have been about 35 years old,
married at approximately age 20 and would
have been expected to have approximately
7 children ranging in age from 14 to
newborn. The girl age 16-26 could be
their child, but might have been someone
else.
By 1830 we show William with 1 man 60-70
(born 1760/1770), one female 50-60
(born 1770/1780) and 1 female 5 to 10. In
addition, we show Isaac Crumley age 30-
40 with a wife 20-30 with 3 boys under 10
and 4 girls under 15. It is unclear if this is
William b 1785 or his father.
In 1840, Isaac is shown age 40-50, wife
30-40, 9 children under 20 and 2 females
age 20-30. In addition, a female age 60
to 70 is with him. In addition, we show a
Sotha Crumley (M), age 20-30 with wife
same age and 3 children under 5. In 1837
William Crumley transfers property to
Isaac. Likely, William has died and his wife
and youngest daughters are living with
Isaac, his oldest son. However, further
investigation shows a William Chumley in Claiborne
Co age 50-60 and wife 60-70
beside a John Chumley age 30-40. Could
this be proof that William the father and
William the son both located to Lee
County Va.? Or was it a census error?
In 1850 in Lee Co. we show Isaac, age 53
(born 1797) with Isaac Jr 20, Asenath, 18,
Mary A 16, Jacob 14, Jothan 12, Alfred 10
and Isaac H Brown, 22. In Hancock, we
show William Crumbley, 61 (bn.1789 in
Va.) & Pya 53 (bn. 1797 in Tn.). Neither
shows in 1860.
1870 shows a John Crumley, age 62 with
Mahalia, 58, several children, with John
stating he was born in Green Co (born
1808), likely another son of William.
It would appear that William Crumley, the
son born 1785 to 1789 who located in Lee
County before 1820. His wife, Pya or Paa,
in Tennessee. This could be a second
marriage after a wife died. She too could
be Indian. Children of William assembled
from family information, census and land
information are as follows:
1. 5 Phebe Crumley b Mar 4 1818 d
Jan 17 1900 married Joel Vannoy and
removed to Claiborne where they lived in
the Springdale community in
Vannoy Holler and had a large family.
Their family is detailed in the Elisha
Vannoy family section.
2. Aaron Crumley b 1821 married Mary Ann
?.
3. Polley Crumley b 1810/1820 married
Calvin Ramsey
4. Belinda Crumley b before 1820 married
James H. David in 1838 in Claiborne.
5. John Crumley b 1808 Green Co married
Mahala b 1812.
6. Sotha Crumley b 1790/1800
7. Isaac Crumley b 1790/1800
[1] Woulfe, Patrick. Irish Names and
Surnames. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co.,
1967 (Originally published Dublin,
1923.); MacLysaght, Edward. The Surnames of
Ireland, 6th ed. Dublin: Irish Academic Press, 1985.
[2] The earliest United States Census records
show Crumleys in Pennsylvania,
Tennessee, Virginia, South Carolina, and
one in Massachusetts before 1800.
[3] Crumley, C. Jeff, Jr. Descendants of
George Crumley, Sr., Sullivan County,
Tennessee. Harmon H. Crumley Family [updated by Jeff Crumley, Jr.]
Gaithersburg,
MD: Published by the author, 1982. (This book
is literally a reproduction of an earlier
work updated to include the author’s
family. No connection has been found between
these Crumleys, who settled in Sullivan
County, and descendants of James Crumley,
who settled in nearby Greene County.)
[11] McCall (1943) indicated that the Crumleys
“were thought to have emigrated from
County Monaghan Ireland.” She may have
reached this conclusion from a letter dated
27 February 1930 written by Father Thomas
Crumley, who wrote that his father came to
the United States from Guard Hill, a
small settlement outside of Newbliss, County
Monaghan, Ireland. This letter is
available at the Handley Library Archives, Winchester,
Virginia.
[12] The oldest reference asserting that James
Crumley “was born in Yorkshire, England”
was the 1957 volume of Colonial and
Revolutionary Lineages of America. No supporting
documentation was presented.
[13] In Pioneer Ancestors, the author
suggests that that James Crumley could have been
among the Quaker families who first
emigrated from Yorkshire County to Ulster province
in Ireland in the seventeenth and
eighteenth centuries and then came to America. A
second wave of these immigrants arrived
just before James Crumley’s name first
appeared in the Chester County tax rolls.
[14] Chester County, Pennsylvania, Tax
Records. Chester County Historical Society
Library, West Chester, Pennsylvania. In
1732, James Crumley’s tax assessment was 1
shilling; only 6 of the East Nottingham
taxables had an assessment this low. By 1735,
his assessment was 2 shillings, 6 pence,
about average for the township.
[15] Frederick County, Virginia, Land records.
Deed Book 1, p. 220.
[16] Joint Committee of Hopewell Friends. Hopewell
Friends History 1734-1934.
Frederick County, Virginia. Baltimore:
Genealogical Publishing Co., 1975 (Originally
published Strasburg, Virginia, 1936).
[17] Joyner, Peggy Shomo. Abstracts of
Virginia Northern Neck Warrants and Surveys.
Frederick County, Vol. II. Portsmouth, VA: Published by the
author, 1985; Gray,
Gertrude E. Virginia Northern Neck
Land Grants Vol. II. 1742-1775. Baltimore:
Genealogical Publishing Co., 1988.
(H-421)
[18] This and the following tract are mapped
in O’Dell (1995), page 170.
[19] Evans, Willis Fryatt, History of
Berkeley County, West Viginia, Wheeling, 1928
[20] Frederick County, Virginia, Land records.
Deed Book 1, p. 379.
[21] Griffith, Aaron H. Notes on My Family,
1872; Griffith, Richard E. Letter to Rev.
Robert B. Nelson, 17 December 1932. These
documents are available at the Handley
Library Archives, Winchester, Virginia.
Richard E.Griffith was the grandson of Aaron H.
Griffith (b. 1802).
[22] Griffith, Richard E. Letter to Herbert
Milam, 29 December 1932. Documentation that
James Crumley was entertained at Greenway
Court has not been found.
[23] Weyland, John W. Historic Homes of
Northern Virginia and the Eastern Panhandle of
West Virginia. Staunton, VA: The McClure Company, Inc.,
1937.
[24] Meade, Bishop. Old Churches,
Ministers, and Families in Virginia. Vol II.
Philadelphia: J. B. Lippencott Co., 1910
(Originally published 1857); Meade, Everard
Kidder. Frederick Parish Virginia,
1744-1780. Its Churches, Chapels, Ministers, and
Vestries. Winchester, VA:: Cunningham Chapel
Parish, 1947
[25] Hening, William Waller. The Statutes
at Large. Being a Collection of all the Laws of
Virginia from the First Session of the
Legislature in the Year 1619. Vol. VII.
Charlottesville, VA: University Press of
Virginia, 1969, originally published 1809-1823.
(Page 214 documents payments made to 7
Frederick County residents - Henry Bowen,
James Crumley, Nathanial Ball, James
Cunningham, David Booth, Jacob Hite, and
Robert Cunningham - but erroneously lists
them under Culpeper County.)
[26] Frederick County, Virginia, Order Book 8,
p. 171.
[27] Baker, J. W. Letter to Mrs. J. H.
Franklin, 8 December 1936. Available at the
Handley Library Archives, Winchester,
Virginia
[28] Frederick County, Virginia, Probate
records. James Crumley will. Book 3, p. 215-
217, 1764.
[29] Frederick County, Virginia, Probate
records. James Crumley appraisment. Book 3, p.
231, 1764.
[30] Jackson, Ronald Vern. Heads of
Families at the First Census of the United States
Taken in the Year 1790. Virginia. Bountiful, UT: Accelerated
Indexing Systems, 1978;
Schreiner-Yantis, Netti, and Love, Florene
Speakman. The Personal Property Tax Lists
for the Year 1787 for Frederick County,
Virginia [also Winchester Town]. Springfield,
VA: Genealogical Books in Print, 1987.
[31] Frederick County, Virginia, Land records.
Deed Book 38, p. 472: .“Received of
Catharine Crumley by the hands of William
Lynn fifteen Dollars and eighty Two Cents
being the full amount of all Taxes and
Damages due upon a Tract of land returned
Delinquent in the name of the said
Catharine Crumley for Taxes due thereon for the
year 1799.”
[32] Freeman, Douglas Southall. George
Washington: A Biography. Volume 2 Young
Washington. New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons,
1948.
[33] Abbott, W. W. (Ed.) The Papers of
George Washington. Colonial Series 5, October
1757-September 1758. Charlottesville, VA: University of
Virginia Prss, 1988.
[34] Newberry County, South Carolina, Probate
records. Will Book A, page 241.
[35] James Crumley’s will mentions only one
daughter, Mary (last name not given in the
will), and a granddaughter, Ruth Doster.
Ruth was undoubtedly the daughter of Thomas
Doster, who, along with William and Henry
Crumley, is referred to as one of John
Crumley’s “beloved brothers” (Frederick
County Deed Book 12, page 352, 1768). The
assumption would be that Mary Crumley was
the wife of Thomas Doster. A 1770 deed
(Frederick County Deed Book 13, page 538)
names Thomas Doster and his wife Mary.
Frederick County historian Wilmer Kerns
identified four children of Thomas and Mary
Doster: Sarah [1768], John [1770], Mary
[ca. 1775], and Rhoda [1787] (Kerns, Wilmer L.
Frederick County, Virginia. Settlement
and Some First Families of Back Creek Valley
1730-1830. Baltimore: Gateway Press, 1995). Ruth
Doster was not mentioned; she
would have been quite a bit older than
these children, having been mentioned in James
Crumley’s 1757 will. It would have been
difficult for Mary to have been the mother of
both Ruth and Rhoda, because the y were
born at least 30 years apart.
[36] The very old Griffith family papers
indicate that Mary Crumley married Jesse
Faulkner. According to Frederick County
Deed Book 21, page 802, 1788, Jesse
Faulkner and Mary his wife sold land he
had acquired from John Crumley in 1770
(Frederick County Deed Book 11, page 227)
to John Griffith, Jr., who was married to
Jesse’s daughter Mary Faulkner. This John
Griffith was an ancestor of the genealogist
Richard Griffith, who was never able to
prove his Crumley connection. Jesse Faulkner,
however, married Martha Smith in York
County, Pennsylvania, in 1744. They had 10
children, and Martha died by 1768, when
their daughter married John Griffith. Jesse
Faulkner’s wife Mary in 1788 could have
been Mary Crumley, but she would have been
Jesse’s second wife and neither the
mother of Mary Faulkner nor the ancestor of
Richard Griffith. Faulkner family
researcher is George F. Wright (gwright@iu.net).
[37] Henry’s wife Sarah was named in Deed Book
11, p. 359 (24 October 1766). Her
identity remains unknown. A later
document (Deed Book 13, p. 533, 7 March 1770)
indicated that Henry Crumley was leaving the
county (“me hereunto moving”), and he
appointed his brother William power of
attorney. No descendents of Henry and Sarah
Crumley have been found.
[38] Frederick County, Virginia, Will Book 3,
p. 146-148. Edward Mercer’s will, dated
1762, names his daughter Hannah Mercer
prior to her marriage to William Crumley.
[39] Frederick County, Virginia, Deed Book 4,
p. 229.
[40] Meade, Everard Kidder. Frederick
Parish Virginia, 1744-1780. Its Churches,
Chapels, Ministers, and Vestries. Winchester, VA:: Cunningham Chapel
Parish, 1947
[41] Joint Committee of Hopewell Friends. Hopewell
Friends History 1734-1934.
Frederick County, Virginia. Baltimore:
Genealogical Publishing Co., 1975 (Originally
published Strasburg, Virginia, 1936).
[42] Berkeley County, Virginia, Deed Book 2,
p. 148.
[43] Berkeley Journal, The. Issue Eight, Published 1979 by the
Berkeley County (West
Virginia) Historical Society. “Houses and
Historic Sites Located on The James Crumley
Land Grant,” p. 79-101
[44] Abercrombie, Janice L. and Slatten, Richard.
Virginia Publick Claims. Berkeley
County. Athens, GA: Iberian Publishing Company.
[45] Berkeley County Will Book SC2, p. 17.
Will of Thomas Faulkner, 1804.
[46] Public Service Claims. Certificates.
Berkeley County, Court Order Book 1. Reel 1.
Virginia State Library, Richmond Virginia
[47] Berkeley County, Virginia, Court Order
Book 4, p. 431. 18 June 1782.
[48] Anna (Crumley)Hageman (DAR Certificate
#512677), her descent from William[2] is
James[3], Henry[4], Andrew[5], Alonzo[6], Anna[7]; and Sue
Stenberg
(s.stenberg@juno.com), her descent from William[2] is William[3], Abraham[4], Mary[5]
(Sue’s great-grandmother).
[49] Berkeley County, Virginia, Will Book 2,
p. 185.
[50] Although the name of William’s tenth child
reads “Nany” in his will, it is clear from
marriage records and the property
distribution that it should have read “Mary.”
[51] Berkeley County, Virginia, Will Book 2,
p. 219.
[52] Berkeley County, Virginia,
Administrator’s Bond Book 3, p. 101A. 19 June 1809.
[53] Berkeley County, Virginia, Circuit Deed
Book I, p. 29-38.
[54] Greene County, Ohio, Deed Book 2, pp.
285-292. William Crumley’s property
distribution was filed in Greene County,
the home of his son and executor Aaron
Crumley.
[55] There is circumstantial evidence that Ann
Crumley married Thomas Rees III, son of
Thomas Rees and his cousin Hannah Rees.
Ann was the only one of William’s children
who died before the 1811 property
distribution. Her share went to Thomas Rees
(widower?), then of Washington County,
Pennsylvania, and Thomas Rees (their son?)
of Frederick County, Virginia.
[56] These children are named in Thomas Rees’s
will, Washington County,
Pennsylvania, Will Book 5, p. 4, and in
the volume Commemorative and Biographical
Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania. Chicago, J. H. Beers, 1893, pages 1019-
1021. Rees family researcher is Ellen
Copper, 1841 Walnut Grove Drive, State College,
PA 16801-8441.
[57] William is the only one of William, Sr.’s
15 children whose spouse has not been
identified. William Jr’s marriage to a
second wife and the marriages of his children are
documented in Sistler, Byron, and
Sistler, Barbara. Early East Tennessee Marriages.
Nashville: Sistler Associates, 1987.
[58] Catharine’s children by John Eyre are named
in his will: Ross County, Ohio, Probate
Records, case number 232, 1803, and her
children by James Mooney are named in his
will: Fayette County, Ohio, Will Book B,
page 229. Mooney family researcher is Alice
Montgomery, 72 Cunningham Way,
Watsonville, CA 95076-1202.
[59] Hackett, Joan D. and Good, Rebecca H. Frederick
County Marriage Bonds. Bowie,
MD: Heritage Books, 1992.
[60] Eight of Aaron’s children are named in
his will: Greene County, Ohio, Will Book H,
pages 485-486. See also the section on
Aaron Crumley written by his descendent Anne
Casset Nash[5].
[61] Jonah Bull family data posted on Bull
GenForum by Clara Bennett
(cgbennett@skyenet.net).
[62] Early Marriage Records of Butler County,
Ohio. Volume II, 1824-1834.
John Reily
Chapter DAR, 1940.
[63] Butler County, Ohio, Census, 1820. Roll
87, p. 94
[64] Vogt, John and Kethley, & Williams.
T., Jr. Virginia Historic Marriage Register.
Frederick County Marriages 1738-1850. Athens, GA: Iberian Press, 1984.
[65] Hanna, Charles A. Historical
Collections of Harrison County in the State of Ohio.
Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co.,
1975 (originally published New York, 1900).
[66] Hackett, Joan D. and Good, Rebecca H. Frederick
County Marriage Bonds. Bowie,
MD: Heritage Books, 1992. Jesse Wright’s
ancestry from Faulkner family researcher,
George F. Wright (gwright@iu.net).
[67] Berkeley County, Virginia, Census, 1810.
Roll 66, p . 590.
[68] Keesecker, Guy L. Marriage Records of
Berkeley County, Virginia, for the period of
1781-1854. Martinsburg, WV: Published by the author,
1969. Rees family information
from Ellen Copper[56].
[69] Beckwith, H. W. History of Fountain
County. Chicago: A. H. Hill and N. Iddings, 1881
[70] Names of some children inferred from
Fountain County, Indiana, and Greene
County, Ohio, marriage records. See also
Fountain County, Indiana, Will Book 1 (estate
of William Poage, husband of Julean
Crumley Poage). The 1860 Fountain County
census (roll 258, p. 800) lists Henry
Crumley, 80, retired farmer, Jane, 65, and son
Reece Crumley, 42, insane for the past 7
years.
[71] Marriage documented in both Hackett and
Vogt. Brother Stephen Crumley was
bondsman. See Hanna[65] for information on the Heberling
children.
[72] Marriage documented by Hackett and Vogt.
Jane Stanfield’s ancestry from the
Mendenhall Family Association (http://www.mendenhall.org/mfa/). who indicate Stephen
and Jane’s marriage took place in
Caesar’s Creek, Clinton County, Ohio. Beckwith
indicates they moved to Fountain County,
Indiana, around 1827. Stephen Crumley
descendent and researcher is Virginia
Frey, 1585 South Grape St., Denver, CO 80222.
[73] Keesecker, Guy L. Marriage Records of
Berkeley County, Virginia, for the period of
1781-1854. Martinsburg, WV: Published by the author,
1969. Elizabeth was probably
Isaac Booth’s second of three wives who
bore his children. His first wife (1803) was
Sarah Hancher, and his third, Leah
Arbuckle. A biographical sketch of Isaac Booth (that
mentions only his last wife) is in:
Carroll County Genealogical Society. A 1986 reprint of
Commemorative Biographical Record of the
Counties of Harrison and Carroll, Ohio.
Originally published Chicago: J. H.
Beers, 1891.
[74] Berkeley County,Virginia, Guardian Bond
Book 2, p. 196. John Crumley deceased;
Elizabeth appointed guardian of Sarah 12
September 1814. Hackett and Good
document both of Elizabeth’s marriages.
[75] Berkeley County Will Book 5, p. 254, 25
July 1814, documents the settlement of
William Crumley’s estate to Martha Wright
and Rebecca Stewart. William’s youngest
two children were minors in 1811 when the
estate was settled, and Dr. Jacob Rees was
named their guardian. The name of Thomas
and Martha Wright’s son William C. Wright
is from descendant and researcher Jan
Snodgrass (janastrox@aol.com).
[76] Marriage documented in Keesecker.
Bondsman was Rebecca’s brother-in-law,
Thomas Wright. Little is known of William
Stewart. He may have been the 6-year-old
mentioned in the Frederick County Order
Book 30, p. 349 (1797), a nd was probably the
William Stewart listed in the 1840
Harrison County, Ohio, census, living with several of
his in-laws in Short Creek Township.
[77] Berkeley County, Virginia, Census, 1820.
Roll 129, p. 104.
[78] Schreiner-Yantis, Netti, and Love,
Florene Speakman. The Personal Property Tax
Lists for the Year 1787 for Berkeley
County, Virginia.
Springfield, VA: Genealogical
Books in Print, 1987.
[79] Frederick County, Virginia, Land records.
Deed Book 45, p. 500; Deed Book 52, p. 1;
Deed Book 64, p. 257.
[80] Gainsboro, Virginia, Cemetery
inscriptions. Mary Crumly. State Highway 600,
Gainsboro.
[81] Vogt, John and Kethley, & Williams.
T., Jr. Virginia Historic Marriage Register.
Frederick County Marriages 1738-1850. Athens, GA: Iberian Press, 1984.
[82] Frederick County, Virginia, Land records.
Deed Book 44, p. 279, p. 474. James
Crumley owed Jacob Heironimuz $180 and
the Bank of the Valley in Virginia
(Winchester) $200.
[83] Frederick County, Virginia, Census, 1830.
Roll 190, p. 105.
Early footnoted data compiled by Paul L.
Nichols. Lee, Hancock and Clairborne County
data compiled by Roberta Estes, 10366
Greystone Court, Brighton, Michigan 48114.
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