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Robert Crockett

Robert Crockett

Male 1739 - 1801  (62 years)


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  • Name Robert Crockett
    Birth 1739  PA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male
    _MILT 1755 
    Member of Anson Co. [NC] Militia Company 
    Marriage Record Bef 06 Aug 1766  NC Find all individuals with events at this location 
    - married Jennet McCullah 1743 - 11/4/1801 
    Death 03 Dec 1801  Salisbury District, Mecklenberg Co, NC Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Findagrave.com 07 Jul 2019 
    See Notes 
    Person ID I1108  Butler Family Tree
    Last Modified 6 Jun 2026

    Father Robert Crockett,   b. 1707, Kenmore Parish, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Between 16 Nov 1746 and 06 Feb 1747, Augusta Co, VA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 39 years)
    Relationship natural
    Mother Margaret Davis-McCorkle,   b. 1713, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Aft 1772, Mecklenburg Co, NC Find all individuals with events at this location (Age > 60 years)
    Relationship natural
    Marriage Bef 1730  Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F388  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 1739 - PA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage Record - - married Jennet McCullah 1743 - 11/4/1801 - Bef 06 Aug 1766 - NC Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 03 Dec 1801 - Salisbury District, Mecklenberg Co, NC Link to Google Earth
     = Link to Google Earth 

  • Photos
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    Crockett-Robert-(Jennet-(McCullah))

  • Notes 
    • - bef 8/6/1766 in NC married Jennet McCullah 1743 - 11/4/1801
      - dau of Isaac McCullah - d. 1780 and Margret Robinson - d. 1759

      son Robert McClanahan Crockett 1779 - 1826
      dau Elenor Crockett 1782 - 1843
      - married ??? Potts
      dau Levica Jane Crockett 1786 - 1827
      - married ??? Potts

      dau Jennet "Jane" CROCKETT b: in Mecklenberg Co., NC
      son Isaac CROCKETT

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      Found at findagrave.com on 7/7/2019

      Robert Crockett

      Birth: 1739
      Death: 3 Dec 1801 (aged 61–62) Riverside, Lancaster County, South Carolina, USA
      Burial: Old Waxhaw Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Riverside, Lancaster County, South Carolina, USA
      Plot:
      Memorial #: 10224759
      Inscription:
      [decoration: a lion on either side of a shield on which are a square and compass. Shield surmounted by arched rope from which rises a hand holding a crescent. Motto beneath: IN HOC SIGNO VINCES.) In Memory of/ ROBERT/ CROCKETT/ who died Dec./ 3d 1801. Aged 62/ Years. [double stone with wife Jennet Crockett]
      Family Members
      Parents
      Robert Crockett Unknown-1747
      Margaret Alexander Davis Crockett 1713-1770
      Spouse
      Jennet McCullah Crockett 1743-1801
      Siblings
      John Crockett 1730-1800
      Alexander Crockett 1745-1781
      Andrew Crockett 1747-1835
      Children
      Robert McClanahan Crockett 1779-1826
      Elenor Crockett Potts 1782-1843
      Levica Jane Crockett Potts 1786-1827
      Created by: Mary Clyde Reid (46772562)
      Added: 4 Jan 2005
      URL: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/10224759/robert-crockett
      Citation: Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 07 July 2019), memorial page for Robert Crockett (1739–3 Dec 1801), Find A Grave Memorial no. 10224759, citing Old Waxhaw Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Riverside, Lancaster County, South Carolina, USA ; Maintained by Mary Clyde Reid (contributor 46772562) .
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      Found at findagrave.com on 7/7/2019

      Jennet McCullah Crockett

      Birth: 1743
      Death: 4 Nov 1801 (aged 57–58)
      Burial: Old Waxhaw Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Riverside, Lancaster County, South Carolina, USA
      Plot:
      Memorial #: 10224760
      Inscription: [decoration: same as Robert Crockett] In Memory of/ JENNET/ CROCKETT/ who died Novr./ 4th 1801. Aged 58/ Years./ Yet faith may triumph o'er the Grave,/ And trample on the Tomb,/ Our Jefus our Redeemer lives,/ Our God our Saviour Comes./
      Family Members
      Parents
      Isaac McCullah Unknown-1780
      Margret Robinson McCullah Unknown-1759
      Spouse
      Robert Crockett 1739-1801
      Siblings
      John McCulloch 1747-1824
      Children
      Robert McClanahan Crockett 1779-1826
      Elenor Crockett Potts 1782-1843
      Levica Jane Crockett Potts 1786-1827
      Created by: Mary Clyde Reid (46772562)
      Added: 4 Jan 2005
      URL: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/10224760/jennet-crockett
      Citation: Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 07 July 2019), memorial page for Jennet McCullah Crockett (1743–4 Nov 1801), Find A Grave Memorial no. 10224760, citing Old Waxhaw Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Riverside, Lancaster County, South Carolina, USA ; Maintained by Mary Clyde Reid (contributor 46772562) .
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      found at http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:3149085&id=I617979701

      •ID: I617979701
      •Name: Robert CROCKETT
      •Given Name: Robert
      •Surname: Crockett
      •Sex: M
      •Birth: Abt 1739 in Pennsylvania
      •Death: 3 Dec 1801 in Salisbury District, Mecklenburg Co., North Carolinia
      •Title: Captain
      •Change Date: 2 Nov 2003
      •Burial: Waxhaw Churchyard
      •Event: Military Service 1755 Member of Anson Co. [NC] Militia Company
      •Event: Land Records Unknown 6 Aug 1766 Rober & Jeanett Crockett sold interest in Crockett land, Rockbridge Co. Va.
      •Census: 1800 Salisbury, Mecklenburg Co. NC
      •Census: 1790 Mecklenburg Co. NC
      •Note:
      North Carolina had a law granting land only to people who came into the colony
      to live on the land. Applications, however were received in advance of the
      actual removal. In 1753 Robert Davis made the statement in Augusta county
      that he planned to leave the colony. It was about this date or the next year
      at the latest that he arrive in the Waxhaw Section, along with others from
      the same area in Augusta County. The land when granted was in the then
      constituted county of ANSON which included most of western N.C. Early
      Anson county records show the following:
      ANSON COUNTY, MILITIA COMPANY: Year 1755. Had 61 officers and men.
      Among those listed were:
      Captain - Andrew Pickens
      Lieutenant - Robert Ramsey
      Ensin - JOHN CROCKETT
      Sgt. - Thomas Wright,
      Sgt. - William Geard,
      Sgt. - William King.
      Corporal - Alexander Crockett.
      ARCHIBALD CROCKETT, Andrew Nutt, George Davis, John Davis, John
      Pickens, John Linn, Joseph Pickens, Moses Davis, Robert Davis,
      ROBERT CROCKETT, Robert McClelland, Robert Caldwell, Robert
      Montgomery, William Davis, William Pickens and others.
      6 August 1766 - Robert Crockett and Jennet of Mecklenberg Co., North Carolina,
      together with James Crockett and Martha of Augusta County, Virginia,
      conveyed 370 acres on the Great River of Calfpasture. The land they sold
      was the land their father Robert Sr. settled on. (Genealogies of Virginia
      Families II, Cl-Fi, Robert Crockett of the Great Calfpasture, Augusta Co.,
      Virginia, Page 384)
      MARCH 19, 1767. (482) Samuel Woods, Thomas Goodson, John Richards, Wm. Ward,
      Hugh Crockett, Jacob Kent, Robert Crockett, Philip Love and Joseph
      CENSUS: 1790 US Census -Mecklenburg Co., NC
      Robert Crockett
      1 M < 16 - Robert's son
      1 M > 16 - Robert age abt 51
      7 F - wife Jennett and 6 daughters
      1800 US Census Salisbury, Mecklenburg Co. NC
      1 M < 10
      1 M 10<16
      1 M 16<26
      1 M 26<45
      1 M 45+ (Robert age about 62)
      3 F 16<26
      3 F 26<45
      1 F 45+ [Robert's wife Jennett age abt 51]

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      Father: Robert CROCKETT b: Abt 1707 in Kenmore Parish, Ireland
      Mother: Margaret DAVIS b: Abt 1713 in Ireland

      Marriage
      1 UNKNOWN JEANETT b: 9 Sep 1749
      •Married: Bef Aug 1766 in North Carolina
      •Note:
      Jeanett Crockett is mentioned as wife of Robert Crockett of Mecklenburg Co
      ., North Carolina Aug 6, 1766 deeding land to William Thompson.
      Notable Southern Families, Vol. V, Wills and Court Records, Page 550

      Children
      1.Has Children Jennet "Jane" CROCKETT b: in Mecklenberg Co., North Carolina
      2.Has Children Isaac CROCKETT
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