Crabtree Family History - Crabtree Acres

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Crabtree Family History
by
Carolyn Bost Crabtree
Updated 25 January 2022
Descendants of Samuel Crabtree
Generation 1
1. SAMUEL1 CRABTREE was born about 1638. He died on 07 Jul 1700.
Samuel Crabtree had the following child:
+2. i. THOMAS JAMES2 CRABTREE was born on 01 Jan 1656 in Hambleton District, North
Yorkshire, England1. He died in 1751 in Hambleton District, North Yorkshire,
England1. He married ELIZABETH WEBBER.
Generation 2
2. THOMAS JAMES2 CRABTREE (Samuel1) was born on 01 Jan 1656 in Hambleton District, North
Yorkshire, England1. He died in 1751 in Hambleton District, North Yorkshire, England1. He married
ELIZABETH WEBBER.
Thomas James Crabtree and Elizabeth Webber had the following children:
3. i. SARAH M.3 CRABTREE was born about 1674.
4. ii. JOHN JOSEPH CRABTREE was born about 1676.
5. iii. LEWIS CRABTREE was born about 1678.
6. iv. CHARLOTTE CRABTREE was born about 1680.
+7. v. WILLIAM HIRAM CRABTREE was born on 06 Mar 1682 in Broughton, Craven District,
North Yorkshire, York County, England2-3. He died on 10 Sep 17562-5 in Kingsville,
Saint John's Parish, Baltimore County, Maryland. He married Jane A. Halstead,
daughter of James E. Halstead and Grace Courtney, on 03 May 1703 in Broughton,
Yorkshire, York County, England2-3. She was born on 06 Jun 1687 in Migby, North
Yorkshire, York County, England3, 6. She died on 17 Mar 1759 in Baltimore County,
Maryland3-4.
Generation 3
7. WILLIAM HIRAM3 CRABTREE (Thomas James2, Samuel1) was born on 06 Mar 1682 in Broughton,
Craven District, North Yorkshire, York County, England2-3. He died on 10 Sep 17562-5 in Kingsville,
Saint John's Parish, Baltimore County, Maryland. He married Jane A. Halstead, daughter of James
E. Halstead and Grace Courtney, on 03 May 1703 in Broughton, Yorkshire, York County,
England2-3. She was born on 06 Jun 1687 in Migby, North Yorkshire, York County, England3, 6. She
died on 17 Mar 1759 in Baltimore County, Maryland3-4.

William Hiram Crabtree immigrated to America between 1703-1706 (from Yorkshire, England4-5).
Will Written: 04 Nov 1747 in Baltimore County, Maryland4, 7 He was buried in Sep 1756 in
Kingsville, Baltimore County, Maryland (Saint Johns Episcopal Church Cemetery3). Will Proved: 05
Jan 1758 in Baltimore County, Maryland He owned located at the confluence of Deer Creek and
Stout Bottle Branch in now Hartford County, Maryland. He was affiliated with the member of
Anglican Church religion in Old Joppatowne, Maryland.

Notes for William Hiram Crabtree:
"William Crabtree and Jane E. Halstead sailed from England in 1705 with their one year old son
William Jr., and settled on a plantation where Stout Bottle Creek flows into Deer Creek in
Baltimore County, Maryland (now Hartford County). Deer Creek, in turn, flows into the
Susquehanna near Port Deposit. William was a farmer who probably lived near Leeds in Yorkshire
County, England. He received a grant for several hundred acres in Baltimore County, Maryland,
no doubt to encourage him to migrate to America and settle on the lands of Lord Baltimore."
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Generation 3 (cont.)
"William and Jane were both bonded from 1698-1703 to James Hogg. The Crabtrees were
members of the Church of England and attend the Anglican church in Old Joppa Towne,
Maryland."

On October 12, 1716, William received a land grant patent FF#7 of 100 acres in Baltimore County,
Maryland. This tract was called "Labour" and was in Wood Forest. Nearby lived an Italian family
of Poteet, the Pyke and Trockmorton families and the plantation of the former Count Louis
Dumas, called "Frenchman's Repose". Louis Dumas had fled from France to Holland. His son
Louis came to America and was married to Catherine. Their daughter Catherine married William
Crabtree's son James.
William also purchased 100 acres of land from Thomas Bond on the south side of Deer Creek in
April 1725.
The children of William H. Crabtree and Jane Halstead are listed with their birth dates on the St.
John's Parish records, Baltimore County, Maryland. [Aran Miller Fritz, McProud, Margaret Milam,
"The Crabtrees of Southwest Virginia", Appalachian Quarterly Volume 3, number 4 (December
1998): 42-46. Papers of Carolyn Crabtree.]
Abstract of Maryland Wills at
https://msa.maryland.gov/msa/stagser/s500/s538/html/s538-30.html ; Liber 30, folio 149; 4
November 1747: Crabtree, William, Baltimore County, To wife Jane Crabtree, for widhood, my dw
plntn with 150 acres of the SW end & an Irish servant lad Alexander Anderson, & on her death
both to son William Crabtree; to son Thomas, a servant man Samuel Webb owes me; to son John
Crabtree, 150 acres adj. where he lives (the NE part) & Negro boy Duke, but he is to pay L 5 each
to his borthers James and Samuel Crabtree; my said wife is to have her 1/3 of my personal effects,
the residue is to be equally shared by my 5 sons and three daughters [not named]; Witnesses:
Thomas Bond, Jac[ob] Bond, Rebecca Puttee; affirmed by Jacob Bond, Quaker, on 9 October 1756.
Jane A. Halstead was baptized about 06 Jun 1687 in Migby, Yorkshire, York County, England16. She
immigrated to America in 1703 (from England6).

Notes for Jane A. Halstead:
Jane Halstead was bonded to James Hogg from 1698 to 1703. [Descendants of James Crabtree;
Crabtree's in America 4th Generation; by Winfred C. Tipton on Internet site.]
William Hiram Crabtree and Jane A. Halstead had the following children:
+8. i. WILLIAM4 CRABTREE II was born on 15 Mar 1704 in Malita, England (may have been
born on board ship from Yorkshire, England to America3, 6, 8). He died on 17 Feb
1758 in Baltimore County, Maryland3, 6. He married Mary Pyke, daughter of
William Pyke Sr. and Mary Quamore, on 17 Feb 1725 in Baltimore (now Harford)
County, Maryland (St. Johns Church3-4). She was born on 15 Nov 1707 in Anne
Arundel County, Maryland (South River Parish3, 6). She died in Nov 1777 in
Kingsville, Baltimore County, Maryland3.
+9. ii. THOMAS CRABTREE was born on 12 Oct 1707 in Kingsville, Baltimore County,
Maryland4. He died on 03 Aug 1774 in Hillsboro, Orange County, North Carolina4.
He married (1) MARY SUSANNAH POTEET, daughter of Peter Poteet and Rebecca Bond
Baker, on 17 Feb 1725 in Baltimore, Maryland9. She was born on 08 Feb 1714 in
Deer Creek, Baltimore, Maryland9. She died on 03 Aug 1774 in Hillsboro, Orange
County, North Carolina9-10. He married (2) ELIZABETH BARTON on 23 Oct 1760 in
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Generation 3 (cont.)
County, North Carolina9-10. He married (2) ELIZABETH BARTON on 23 Oct 1760 in
Hartford County, Maryland (St. Johns Church11).
10. iii. GRACE MARY CRABTREE was born on 29 May 1711 in Kingsville, Baltimore County,
Maryland4. She died after 1756. She married William John Hayes on 31 Oct 1727 in
St. George Parish, Baltimore County, Maryland.
11. iv. ANN CRABTREE was born on 15 Jan 17144, 12 in Kingsville, Baltimore (now Harford)
County, Maryland. She died in 1756 in Harford County, Maryland. She married (1)
JOHN WILLIAM WELBORN, son of Edward Welborn and Elizabeth ?, on 21 Jan 1731 in
St. George Parish, Baltimore (now Harford) County, Maryland (St. John's Church13).
He was born on 21 Jan 1712 in Harford County, Maryland14. He died in 1773 in
Rowan County, North Carolina14. She married (2) JOHN WILBURN. She married (3)
WILLIAM WILBORN.

Notes for John William Welborn:
Last name could be Welborn.
+12. v. JAMES CRABTREE was born on 20 Feb 1716 in Deer Creek, Baltimore County,
Maryland4, 6. He died in Aug 1784 in Old Town Creek, Washington (Frederick)
County, Maryland6. He married Catherine Dumas-Dumoss, daughter of Louis
Dumas and Catherine ?, about 1735. She was born in 1720 in Deer Creek,
Baltimore County, Maryland6. She died between 1784-1796.
+13. vi. JOHN CRABTREE SR. was born on 05 Sep 1718 in Kingsville, Baltimore County,
Maryland4-5. He died after 01 Jan 1800 in Randolph County, North Carolina5. He
married Margaret W. Beness on 22 Apr 1744 in Kingsville, Baltimore County,
Maryland15. She was born in 1727 in Kingsville, Baltimore County, Maryland15. She
died on 17 Mar 1759 in Kingsville, Baltimore County, Maryland (cause of death:
possibly childbirth5, 15).
+14. vii. ELIZABETH CRABTREE was born on 13 Dec 1720 in Kingsville, Baltimore County,
Maryland4. She died in 1839 in Warren County, Kentucky6. She married James
Billingsley on 20 Sep 1748 in Baltimore, Maryland.
15. viii. SAMUEL CRABTREE was born on 25 Jul 1725 in Kingsville, Baltimore County,
Maryland4. He married ESTER ?.

Notes for Samuel Crabtree:
Samuel was an invalid and never married.
Generation 4
8. WILLIAM4 CRABTREE II (William Hiram3, Thomas James2, Samuel1) was born on 15 Mar 1704 in
Malita, England (may have been born on board ship from Yorkshire, England to America3, 6, 8). He
died on 17 Feb 1758 in Baltimore County, Maryland3, 6. He married Mary Pyke, daughter of
William Pyke Sr. and Mary Quamore, on 17 Feb 1725 in Baltimore (now Harford) County,
Maryland (St. Johns Church3-4). She was born on 15 Nov 1707 in Anne Arundel County, Maryland
(South River Parish3, 6). She died in Nov 1777 in Kingsville, Baltimore County, Maryland3.

William Crabtree II was baptized about 15 Mar 1704 in Migby, North Yorkshire, York County,
England17. He owned purchased 100 acres called "Begin" in 1730 in Baltimore County, Maryland4.
Rent Rolls: Bet. 1739-1746 in Baltimore County, Maryland4 Rent Rolls: Bet. 1756-1757 in
Baltimore County, Maryland4 He was buried in Feb 1758 in Kingsville, Baltimore County, Maryland
(Saint Johns Episcopal Church Cemetery3).

Notes for William Crabtree II:
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Generation 4 (cont.)
Notes for William Crabtree II:
In 1730 William II purchased 100 acres in Maryland, Baltimore County, which was called "Begin".
In 1738 a tract called "Williams Lott" was sold to James Billingsley. A tract called "Brothers Lott"
was surveyed as 95 acres in 1745. Thomas bought 18 acres from his brother William. On August
4, 1757 he sold James Perrin 100 acres called "Begin" on Deer Creek. On September 16, 1757
William and Thomas sold James Perrin 63 acres of "Brothers Lott", all of Baltimore County,
Maryland, "land lying in His Lordship's Reserve". [Aran Miller Fritz, McProud, Margaret Milam,
"The Crabtrees of Southwest Virginia", Appalachian Quarterly Volume 3, number 4 (December
1998): 42-46. Papers of Carolyn Crabtree.]
Mary Pyke was buried in Nov 1777 in Kingsville, Baltimore County, Maryland (Saint Johns
Episcopal Church Cemetery3).
William Crabtree II and Mary Pyke had the following children:
+16. i. WILLIAM5 CRABTREE III was born on 22 Dec 1726 in Baltimore County, Maryland8,
18-19. He died on 05 Mar 1777 in Saltville, Washington County (now Smyth),
Virginia20-21. He married Hannah Lyon Whitaker, daughter of Abraham Whitaker
and Ann Poteet, on 27 May 1746 in St. John's Parish, Joppa, Baltimore County,
Maryland4, 20. She was born on 17 Mar 1729 in Deer Creek, Baltimore County,
Maryland6, 22. She died on 27 Jan 1786 in Saltville, Washington County, Virginia20,
23.
+17. ii. ELIZABETH CRABTREE was born on 05 Nov 1728 in Baltimore County, Maryland4, 18.
She died in 1839 in Franklin County, Virginia6. She married John James Poteet Sr.
on 20 Sep 17484, 6.
+18. iii. MARY VIRGINIA CRABTREE was born on 03 Dec 1730 in Baltimore County, Maryland6.
She married William Pyke on 09 Jun 17524.
+19. iv. JOHN CULLEN? CRABTREE was born on 28 Apr 1732 in Deer Creek, Baltimore County,
Maryland6. He died on 01 Jan 1802 in Washington County, Virginia26-27. He married
(1) HANNAH BUTCHER on 22 Apr 1755 in Baltimore (now Harford) County, Maryland
(St. Johns Church29-30). She died after 1772 (after the birth of her ninth child). He
married (2) JEMIMA COOK on 17 Apr 1775. She was born in 1732.
20. v. THOMAS CRABTREE was born on 07 Nov 1734 in Baltimore County, Maryland6. He
died on 03 Aug 1774 in Hillsboro, Orange County, North Carolina. He married
Elizabeth Barton-Burton on 23 Oct 17606.
9. THOMAS4 CRABTREE (William Hiram3, Thomas James2, Samuel1) was born on 12 Oct 1707 in
Kingsville, Baltimore County, Maryland4. He died on 03 Aug 1774 in Hillsboro, Orange County,
North Carolina4. He married (1) MARY SUSANNAH POTEET, daughter of Peter Poteet and Rebecca
Bond Baker, on 17 Feb 1725 in Baltimore, Maryland9. She was born on 08 Feb 1714 in Deer Creek,
Baltimore, Maryland9. She died on 03 Aug 1774 in Hillsboro, Orange County, North Carolina9-10. He
married (2) ELIZABETH BARTON on 23 Oct 1760 in Hartford County, Maryland (St. Johns Church11).

Thomas Crabtree owned received a gift from his father of 100 acres, 2 steers, 2 cows and a
yearling in 17294. He owned bought 100 acres from Thomas Bond on 04 Jul 17304. Will Written:
11 Apr 1774 in Eno Settlement, Orange County, North Carolina10 Will Proved: Aug 1774 in Orange
County, North Carolina10

Notes for Thomas Crabtree:
Thomas' will mentions: Wife Elizabeth; sons: William, John, James, Thomas; daughter Mary. The
executors of Thomas Crabtree's will were his wife Elizabeth and his "loving friends Thomas Barton
and John Conner." Witnesses: Thomas Barton, John Conner, Elizabeth Conner. [Aran Miller Fritz,
McProud, Margaret Milam, "The Crabtrees of Southwest Virginia", Appalachian Quarterly Volume
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Generation 4 (cont.)
McProud, Margaret Milam, "The Crabtrees of Southwest Virginia", Appalachian Quarterly Volume
3, number 4 (December 1998): 42-46. Papers of Carolyn Crabtree.]
Thomas Crabtree and Mary Susannah Poteet had the following children:
21. i. THOMAS5 CRABTREE JR. was born on 07 Jul 1733 in Baltimore County, Maryland24. He
died in 1774 in Orange County, North Carolina24.
+22. ii. JAMES CRABTREE was born in 1737 in Orange County, North Carolina28. He died
between Jul-Nov 1832 in Orange County, North Carolina31. He married Mary
Flintham on 28 Jan 1784 in Orange County, North Carolina32. She was born in
176134. She died in 185134.
23. iii. MARY CRABTREE was born on 31 Aug 1745. She died on 15 Nov 1801.
+24. iv. WILLIAM CRABTREE was born on 25 Dec 1758 in Baltimore County, Maryland10, 35-36.
He died on 10 Dec 1836 in Hillsboro, Orange County, North Carolina35. He married
Mary Spearman in Oct 1775 in Hillsboro, Orange County, North Carolina36. She was
born on 30 Mar 1759 in Maryland36.
25. v. AMY MONROE CRABTREE.
26. vi. JOHN CRABTREE.
12. JAMES4 CRABTREE (William Hiram3, Thomas James2, Samuel1) was born on 20 Feb 1716 in Deer
Creek, Baltimore County, Maryland4, 6. He died in Aug 1784 in Old Town Creek, Washington
(Frederick) County, Maryland6. He married Catherine Dumas-Dumoss, daughter of Louis Dumas
and Catherine ?, about 1735. She was born in 1720 in Deer Creek, Baltimore County, Maryland6.
She died between 1784-1796.
James Crabtree and Catherine Dumas-Dumoss had the following children:
+27. i. WILLIAM5 CRABTREE was born in 1735 in Orange County, Virginia6. He died in 1800 in
Pennsylvania6. He married Ann Riley on 25 Apr 17544.
28. ii. JAMES CRABTREE was born in 17376. He died in Jun 1845 in Alleghany County,
Maryland4. He married (1) MARY ?. He married (2) EDITH HARRIS.
+29. iii. THOMAS CRABTREE was born in 17396. He died in Harrison County, Ohio4. He married
Elizabeth Barton on 23 Oct 1760.
+30. iv. LEWIS CRABTREE SR. was born in 17416. He married (1) PHOEBE ?. He married (2)
CATHERINE DAVIS on 25 Oct 1825 in Alleghany County, Maryland4.
13. JOHN4 CRABTREE SR. (William Hiram3, Thomas James2, Samuel1) was born on 05 Sep 1718 in
Kingsville, Baltimore County, Maryland4-5. He died after 01 Jan 1800 in Randolph County, North
Carolina5. He married Margaret W. Beness on 22 Apr 1744 in Kingsville, Baltimore County,
Maryland15. She was born in 1727 in Kingsville, Baltimore County, Maryland15. She died on 17 Mar
1759 in Kingsville, Baltimore County, Maryland (cause of death: possibly childbirth5, 15).

Migration: Abt 1760 in Orange (now Randolph) County, North Carolina (from Kingsville, Baltimore
County, Maryland5, 15) Migration: Abt 1770 in Randolph County, North Carolina (from Baltimore
County, Maryland) He was buried in Jan 1800 in Liberty, Randolph County, North Carolina (Sandy
Creek Baptist Church Cemetery5).

Notes for John Crabtree Sr.:
On 4 November 1747 John Crabtree received 150 acres of Turkey Forest from his father "for the
natural love I bear to my son John". Witnesses were: John Bond; Thomas Bond, Jr.; and Thomas
Franklin (brother of Benjamin Franklin). [Aran Miller Fritz, McProud, Margaret Milam, "The
Crabtrees of Southwest Virginia", Appalachian Quarterly Volume 3, number 4 (December 1998):
42-46. Papers of Carolyn Crabtree.]
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Generation 4 (cont.)
On 14 July 1759 John Crabtree bought the old home of William Crabtree, who had lost it in a suit.
[Aran Miller Fritz, McProud, Margaret Milam, "The Crabtrees of Southwest Virginia", Appalachian
Quarterly Volume 3, number 4 (December 1998): 42-46. Papers of Carolyn Crabtree.]
On 25 October 1765 John sold to Thomas Jackson, Jr. land on Deed Creek, part of Turkey Forest.
He sold the southwest corner of the tract with plantation, houses, orchard, garden and
improvements. [Aran Miller Fritz, McProud, Margaret Milam, "The Crabtrees of Southwest
Virginia", Appalachian Quarterly Volume 3, number 4 (December 1998): 42-46. Papers of Carolyn
Crabtree.]
On 25 October 1765 John Crabtree sold to Bennett or Barnett Johnson land on Deer Creek,
plantation of 150 acres, garden, houses, orchard, etc. [Aran Miller Fritz, McProud, Margaret
Milam, "The Crabtrees of Southwest Virginia", Appalachian Quarterly Volume 3, number 4
(December 1998): 42-46. Papers of Carolyn Crabtree.]
John Crabtree paid taxes through 1769, when his name disappears from rent rolls and debt books.
He is thought to have migrated to southwest Virginia about that time. [Aran Miller Fritz,
McProud, Margaret Milam, "The Crabtrees of Southwest Virginia", Appalachian Quarterly Volume
3, number 4 (December 1998): 42-46. Papers of Carolyn Crabtree.]
Margaret W. Beness was buried in Mar 1759 in Kingsville, Baltimore County, Maryland (Saint
Pauls Lutheran Church Cemetery15).
John Crabtree Sr. and Margaret W. Beness had the following children:
31. i. MARY RUTH5 CRABTREE was born in 1745 in Maryland5, 15. She died in 1801 in North
Carolina5, 15.
+32. ii. JANE CRABTREE was born in 1747 in Kingsville, Baltimore County, Maryland25. She
died on 24 Dec 1824 in West Bend, Clarke County, Alabama25. She married John
White, son of Moses White and Mary Campbell, in 1764 in Orange (now Randolph)
County, North Carolina25. He was born in 1744 in Salford, Montgomery County,
Pennsylvania25. He died in 1824 in West Bend, Clarke County, Alabama25.
+33. iii. JOHN HENRY CRABTREE was born about 1748 in Kingsville, Baltimore County,
Maryland5. He died in 1798 in Randolph County, North Carolina5. He married Lydia
York, daughter of Thomas York and Elinor Silver, about 17705. She was born about
1752 in Randolph County, North Carolina33. She died about 1798 in Randolph
County, North Carolina33.
34. iv. JAMES CRABTREE was born in 1750 in Maryland5. He died in 1829 in Kentucky5.

Migration: Abt 1820 in Christian County, Kentucky (from Sandy Creek Settlement,
Randolph County, North Carolina5)
35. v. WILLIAM CRABTREE was born in 17585, 15. He died in 1836 in North Carolina5.

William Crabtree served in the military (Lieutenant in War of 181215).
14. ELIZABETH4 CRABTREE (William Hiram3, Thomas James2, Samuel1) was born on 13 Dec 1720 in
Kingsville, Baltimore County, Maryland4. She died in 1839 in Warren County, Kentucky6. She
married James Billingsley on 20 Sep 1748 in Baltimore, Maryland.
James Billingsley and Elizabeth Crabtree had the following children:
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Generation 4 (cont.)
36. i. SAMUEL5 BILLINGSLEY was born in Jun 1747 in St. Mary's County, Maryland. He died in
1753 in North Carolina.
37. ii. JAMES BILLINGSLEY JR. was born in Oct 1749.
38. iii. JOHN J. BILLINGSLEY was born on 17 Aug 1754 in St. Mary's County, Maryland. He
died on 19 Sep 1844 in Warren County, Kentucky.
39. iv. CLEARANNA BILLINGSLEY was born in 1756.
40. v. MARTHA BILLINGSLEY was born in 1760 in Baltimore County, Maryland.
41. vi. WALTER BILLINGSLEY was born on 14 Jul 1761 in Baltimore County, Maryland. He died
after 1850 in Bradley County (formerly McMinn County), Tennessee.
42. vii. BAZIL BILLINGSLEY was born on 02 Jun 1764 in Baltimore County, Maryland. He died
in 1831 in Guilford County, North Carolina.
43. viii. ELIZABETH BILLINGSLEY.
44. ix. ? BILLINGSLEY.
Generation 5
16. WILLIAM5 CRABTREE III (William4 II, William Hiram3, Thomas James2, Samuel1) was born on 22 Dec
1726 in Baltimore County, Maryland8, 18-19. He died on 05 Mar 1777 in Saltville, Washington
County (now Smyth), Virginia20-21. He married Hannah Lyon Whitaker, daughter of Abraham
Whitaker and Ann Poteet, on 27 May 1746 in St. John's Parish, Joppa, Baltimore County,
Maryland4, 20. She was born on 17 Mar 1729 in Deer Creek, Baltimore County, Maryland6, 22. She
died on 27 Jan 1786 in Saltville, Washington County, Virginia20, 23.

Migration: Bet. 1756-1757 in Cub Run and Maggotty Creek, Bedford County, Virginia19 He owned
survey of 222 acres on Maggotty Creek that he bought from John Lewis about 1766 in Bedford
County, Virginia19. Migration: Bet. 1768-1772 in Washington County, Virginia (Big Buffalo Lick at
Saltville19) He owned received a land grant of 378 acres on 20 Jul 1768 in Cub Branch, Bedford
County, Virginia19. Migration: Bef. 1772 in Wolf Hills (now Abingdon), Virginia He owned sold 376
acres to Amos Ellison in 1772 in Bedford County, Virginia19. He died on 05 Mar 1779 in
Washington (now Smyth) County, Virginia8. He served in the military in Bedford County, Virginia
(served in the Virginia Militia).

Notes for William Crabtree III:
William Crabtree III was a Long Hunter; served in the Militia in Bedford County, Virginia, and as a
scout in Lord Dunsmore's War. He received pay for services in the French and Indian War in 1758
while living in Bedford County, Virginia. Listed with William Crabtree are Richard Callaway, James
Callaway, Archibald Campbell, Robert Ogle, John Robertson, Mathew Talbot, Captain Thomas
Morgan, John Pate, Mathew Pate, Anthony Pate, Jacob Pate, David Preston, John Martin, and
many others. John Carr tells of his being captured by Indians and escaping. [Arah Miller Fritz,
McProud, Margaret Milam, "The Crabtrees of Southwest Virginia: William III of Bedford and
Saltville and His Family of Twelve", Appalachian Quarterly Volume 4, Number 1 (March 1999):
60-66. Papers of Carolyn Crabtree.]
In September 1758 William Poteet, James Poteet, William Crabtree III and others received pay for
their services in the Bedford County, Virginia militia. [Hennings Statutes, Vol. 7 p. 308 or Lord
Dunmore's War, Vol. 1, p. 404]
The sale in 1772 that William made of 376 acres in Bedford County, Virginia may be an indication
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Generation 5 (cont.)
The sale in 1772 that William made of 376 acres in Bedford County, Virginia may be an indication
of his move to Washington County, Virginia.
On 26 August 1774 William and John Crabtree are both listed in Crozier's Continental Militia at
one Maiden Springs Station at the upper station grant to William Crabtree from Lord Dunmore's
War, p. 83. Also mentioned is that William and John of Bedford County, Virginia left there and
settled in Washington County, at Saltville, Virginia. William owned the farm where the town of
Saltville, Virginia now stands.
Notes for Hannah Lyon Whitaker:
In the Campbell Preston Papers, Vol. 1, Item 203 is the following: "Jan 27, 1786 -- Rec'd of Arthur
Campbell, guardian for Sarah B. Campbell, 5 bushels salt. Signed: John Simmons for Hannah
Crabtree. Teste: William Tate. This is given as proof that Hannah Crabtree was still living in
Saltville, Washington County, Virginia in 1786.
William Crabtree III and Hannah Lyon Whitaker had the following children:
+45. i. WILLIAM6 CRABTREE IV was born in 1748 in Baltimore County, Maryland19-21. He died
on 05 Feb 1818 in Beaver Creek, Washington County, Virginia6, 46. He married (1)
HANNAH LYONS. He married (2) CATHERINE STARNES, daughter of Joseph Starnes and
Catherine Carlock, after 01 Jan 17776, 19. She died in 1818 in Tazewell County,
Virginia21.
+46. ii. ABRAHAM CRABTREE was born on 06 Jun 1750 in Baltimore County, Maryland6, 56. He
died on 02 May 1838 in Russell County, Virginia19, 56. He married Mary Lewis,
daughter of Thomas Lewis and Jane Iddings, before Feb 1777. She was born about
1753 in Baltimore County, Maryland56. She died in Apr 1838 in Cumberland
County, Kentucky57.
+47. iii. MARY RUTH CRABTREE was born in 1752 in Bedford County, Virginia23. She died on 16
Nov 1845 in Yancey County, North Carolina23, 58. She married John Jackson Edwards
Sr. in Apr 1770 in Bedford County, Virginia23, 58. He was born in Sep 1750 in
Baltimore, Baltimore County, Maryland58. He died on 16 Oct 1833 in
Jonesborough, Washington County, Tennessee23, 58.
48. iv. JOHN CRABTREE was born on 27 May 1754 in Baltimore, Baltimore County,
Maryland23. He died in 1777 in Saltville, Smyth County, Virginia23.
+49. v. ISAAC CRABTREE was born on 21 Aug 1757 in Deer Creek, Baltimore County,
Maryland6, 27, 39-40. He died on 04 Mar 1848 in Wayne (now Clinton) County,
Kentucky (on the Wayne County, Kentucky line in an area near Poplar Mountain41).
He married Sarah "Sally" Pyke, daughter of William Pyke and Mary Virginia
Crabtree, after 01 Jan 1780 in Baltimore County, Maryland. She was born after 01
Jan 1760 in Baltimore County, Maryland. She died in 1839 in Overton County,
Tennessee38.
+50. vi. JACOB KAIDEN CRABTREE was born on 20 Feb 1760 in Bedford County, Virginia19, 23, 59.
He died on 19 Mar 1846 in Lee County, Virginia19, 59. He married Mary Lyon Price,
daughter of Thomas Price Sr., on 04 Aug 1786 in Russell County, Virginia19, 59. She
was born about 1762 in Russell County, Virginia59. She died on 27 Jul 1849 in Lee
County, Virginia59.
+51. vii. JAMES CRABTREE was born on 20 Feb 1762 in New London, Bedford County,
Virginia19, 23. He died on 02 May 1828 in Washington County, Illinois19, 23. He
married RHODA BARTON.
52. viii. CLARK CRABTREE was born in 1763 in Virginia23. He died in 1814 in Virginia23.
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Generation 5 (cont.)
+53. ix. JOB CRABTREE SR. was born on 29 Apr 1765 in Bedford County, Virginia8, 19. He died
on 12 Jan 1828 in Hickory Flats, Lee County, Virginia6, 8, 19. He married Rebecca
Smyth, daughter of Tobias Smyth and Mary McDonald, on 17 Dec 1790 in
Washington County, Virginia19, 60. She was born on 25 Jun 1775 in Washington
County, Virginia61. She died on 19 Apr 1864 in Lee County, Virginia8.
+54. x. PRISCILLA CRABTREE was born about 1766 in Bedford County, Virginia19. She died in
Sep 1826 in Elk Garden, Russell County, Virginia19, 23. She married John Richard
Price, son of Thomas Price and Mary ?, on 07 Dec 179019. He died in 1803.
+55. xi. HANNAH CRABTREE was born on 17 Dec 1767 in Washington County, Virginia6. She
died on 02 Dec 1862 in Owsley County, Kentucky6, 59. She married Edward Smyth,
son of Tobias Smyth and Mary McDonald, on 07 Sep 1787 in Washington County,
Virginia6, 62. He was born in 1761 in England62. He died on 06 Dec 1852 in Owsley
County, Kentucky63.
56. xii. MARGARET CRABTREE was born about 1770 in Bedford County, Virginia19, 23. She died
in Jan 1798 in Washington County, Virginia19, 23. She married JOHN SIMMONS.

Margaret Crabtree was born in 1770 in Bedford, Russell County, Virginia.
+57. xiii. SARAH CRABTREE was born on 07 Dec 1772 in Bedford County, Virginia19-20. She died
after 1850 in Washington County, Virginia19. She married Benjamin Clark on 07 Dec
1790 in Washington County, Virginia19, 68. He was born in 1763. He died between
28 Nov-20 Dec 1814 in Washington County, Virginia69.
58. xiv. REBECCA CRABTREE was born in 1773 in Bedford County, Virginia23. She died on 01
Jan 1773 in Bedford County, Virginia23.
+59. xv. JOHN CRABTREE was born on 25 Aug 1774 in Washington County, Virginia62. He died
on 23 Jul 1865 in Lee County, Virginia6, 19. He married Alice Friend, daughter of
Abraham Friend and Elizabeth Howard, on 29 Jul 1800 in Washington County,
Virginia19, 60. She was born on 15 Mar 1776 in Greenbriar County, Virginia62. She
died on 23 Jan 1855 in Sulphur Springs, Lee County, Virginia.
17. ELIZABETH5 CRABTREE (William4 II, William Hiram3, Thomas James2, Samuel1) was born on 05 Nov
1728 in Baltimore County, Maryland4, 18. She died in 1839 in Franklin County, Virginia6. She
married John James Poteet Sr. on 20 Sep 17484, 6.
Migration: Bet. 1756-1757 in Bedford County, Virginia19
John James Poteet Sr. and Elizabeth Crabtree had the following child:
60. i. SAMUEL6 POTEET.
18. MARY VIRGINIA5 CRABTREE (William4 II, William Hiram3, Thomas James2, Samuel1) was born on 03
Dec 1730 in Baltimore County, Maryland6. She married William Pyke on 09 Jun 17524.
William Pyke and Mary Virginia Crabtree had the following child:
+61. i. SARAH "SALLY"6 PYKE was born after 01 Jan 1760 in Baltimore County, Maryland. She
died in 1839 in Overton County, Tennessee38. She married Isaac Crabtree, son of
William Crabtree III and Hannah Lyon Whitaker, after 01 Jan 1780 in Baltimore
County, Maryland. He was born on 21 Aug 1757 in Deer Creek, Baltimore County,
Maryland6, 27, 39-40. He died on 04 Mar 1848 in Wayne (now Clinton) County,
Kentucky (on the Wayne County, Kentucky line in an area near Poplar Mountain41).
19. JOHN CULLEN?5 CRABTREE (William4 II, William Hiram3, Thomas James2, Samuel1) was born on 28 Apr
1732 in Deer Creek, Baltimore County, Maryland6. He died on 01 Jan 1802 in Washington County,
Virginia26-27. He married (1) HANNAH BUTCHER on 22 Apr 1755 in Baltimore (now Harford) County,
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