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John Crockett

John Crockett

Male 1730 - 1800  (70 years)


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  • Name John Crockett
    Birth 16 Jul 1730 
    • Onboard Ship from Ireland to America
    Gender Male
    _MILT Bet 1780 and 1782 Revolution - Rendered Service by furnishing supplies to Continental Army 
    _MILT Served in the Revoluntionary War in South Carolina 
    Marriage Record Nov 1754 
    - married Margaret McClanahan 4/6/1736 - 12/21/1796 
    _MILT 1755 
    Anson County SC Militia Company 
    _MILT 1756 
    Greenville District South Carolina - Muster Roll 
    Death 16 Dec 1800  SC Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Findagrave.com 07 Jul 2019 
    See Notes 
    DAR.org 10 Jul 2019 
    See Notes -- #A027945 
    Person ID I951  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

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  • Notes 
    • - in 11/1754 married Margaret McClanahan 4/6/1736 - 12/21/1796
      - dau of Elijah McClanahan and Ann Owen

      son John Alexander Crockett 1754 - 12/1776
      son Robert Hugh Crockett 1755 - 1820
      son Elijah Crockett 10/6/1757 - 3/3/1798
      - on 12/26/1782 married Mary Richardson Davie 12/15/1759 VA -11/19/1815
      dau Margaret Crockett 1760 - 1764
      son Archibald Crockett 1764 - 1797
      son Andrew Crockett 1769 - 11/2/1853
      - married Agnes Dunlap
      son William John Crockett 1776 - 1806

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      Found at DAR.org on 7/10/2019

      CROCKETT, JOHN Ancestor #: A027945

      Service: SOUTH CAROLINA Rank(s): PATRIOTIC SERVICE
      Birth: 7-16-1730 AT SEA ********
      Death: 12-16-1800 WAXHAW SETTLEMENT LANCASTER DIST SOUTH CAROLINA
      Service Source: SALLEY & WATES, STUB ENTRIES TO INDENTS, BOOKS O-Q, P 50, LIBER O #265
      Service Description: 1) FURNISHED SUPPLIES FOR THE TROOPS

      Residence
      1) City: WAXHAW SETTLEMENT - District: CAMDEN DIST - State: SOUTH CAROLINA

      Spouse
      Number Name

      1) MARGARET MCCLENAHAN

      Hint: Click on the member number to see more.
      Associated Applications and Supplementals

      Nat’l Add Docs Child [Spouse #] Spouse
      Num Vol.
      365730 ANDREW [1] AGNES DUNLAP Purchase
      350245 572 ELIJAH [1] MARY RICHARDSON DAVIE Purchase
      653983 ELIJAH [1] MARY RICHARDSON DAVIE Purchase
      698636 S ELIJAH [1] MARY RICHARDSON DAVIE Purchase
      701161 S ELIJAH [1] MARY RICHARDSON DAVIE Purchase
      720202 S ANDREW [1] AGNES DUNLAP Purchase
      758545 ELIJAH [1] MARY RICHARDSON DAVIE Purchase
      761089 ANDREW [1] AGNES DUNLAP Purchase
      814078 1151 ELIJAH [1] MARY DAVIE Purchase

      = Supporting documentation available
      = Descendants list available for this member and this ancestor
      = Descendants list available for this member but not this ancestor
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      Found at findagrave.com on 7/7/2019

      John Crockett

      Birth: 1730
      Death: 16 Dec 1800 (aged 69–70)
      Burial: Old Waxhaw Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Riverside, Lancaster County, South Carolina, USA
      Plot:
      Memorial #: 10224733
      Inscription:
      [decoration: two branches with leaves over two doves, facing, each with small branch in mouth] In Memory of/ JOHN CROCKETT/ WHO DIED DECR. 16. 1800./ Aged 70 Years & 5 Months/ [back of stone: decoration: a three masted sailing vessel] Born in a fhip in the Year 1730/ Born upon fea near Pennfylvania fhore:/ Liv'd in America till almoft four fcore./ Happy the Man, who has his fins forgiven,/ By our Redeemer who now lives in Heav'n./

      Family Members
      Parents
      Robert Crockett Unknown-1747
      Margaret Alexander Davis Crockett 1713-1770
      Spouse
      Margaret McClanahan Crockett 1736-1796
      Siblings
      Robert Crockett 1739-1801
      Alexander Crockett 1745-1781
      Andrew Crockett 1747-1835
      Children
      John Alexander Crockett 1754-1776
      Robert Hugh Crockett 1755-1820
      Elijah Crockett 1757-1798
      Margaret Crockett 1760-1764
      Archibald Crockett 1764-1797
      Andrew Crockett 1769-1853
      William John Crockett 1776-1806
      Created by: Mary Clyde Reid (46772562)
      Added: 4 Jan 2005
      URL: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/10224733
      Citation: Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 07 July 2019), memorial page for John Crockett (1730–16 Dec 1800), Find A Grave Memorial no. 10224733, 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

      Margaret McClanahan Crockett

      Birth: 6 Apr 1736 Augusta County, Virginia, USA
      Death: 21 Dec 1796 (aged 60) South Carolina, USA
      Burial: Old Waxhaw Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Riverside, Lancaster County, South Carolina, USA
      Plot:
      Memorial #: 10224734
      Bio:
      Birth 1736-04-06 at Augusta Co., VA
      Death 1796-12-21 at Lancaster Co., SC
      Burial Waxhaw Presbyterian Church cemetery, Lancaster, SC

      Parents
      Father McClanahan, Elijah [I0849]
      Mother Owens, Ann Ewing [I0850]
      Siblings 1.McClanahan, Elijah [I0910]
      2.McClanahan, William [I0911]
      3.McClanahan, Mary [I0912]
      4.McClanahan, Hannah [I0841]
      5.McClanahan, Alexander [I0913]
      6.McClanahan, Nancy [I0914]

      Narrative

      Married John Crockett (b: 1730-07-16 in Botetourt Co., VA, d: 1800-12-16 in Lancaster Co., PA)Married: Abt 1775 in Augusta Co., VAChildren Robert S. CROCKETT b: 12 Aug 1755 in Lancaster Co., SC Elijah CROCKETT b: 6 Oct 1757 in Lancaster Co., SC Margaret CROCKETT b: Abt 1760 in Lancaster Co., SC John CROCKETT b: Abt 1764 in Lancaster Co., SC Andrew CROCKETT b: 23 May 1769 in Lancaster Co., SC William John CROCKETT b: 27 Nov 1778 in Abbeville District, SC

      March 20, 1753 - John Crockett, son and heir of Robert Crockett, deceased, by deed to James Moore. Land on Luney's Mill Creek. Delivered to order of Wm. Taylor, Attorney for Daniel Bough, on Aug. 21, 1816. Witnesses to deed: Robert and Mildred Davis, Archibald Crockett.

      August 19, 1758 - John Ramsey intermarried with Margaret Crockett, mother of Alexander and John Crockett.

      August 10, 1761 - John Crockett and Margaret McClanahan and Archibald Crockett and Mary of Anson County, N.C. convey by deed to James Beard for 120 Lbs. 246 acres on Cowpasture, Cornering on James Meassie. Witnesses: Samuel Crockett Delivered by Beard, June 1784. VA.

      August 1767 - William Thompson and Jean his wife to John Crockett part of land formerly surveyed for Robert Crockett, deceased. Delivered to James, October 1773.

      There is a valuable old paper called "The Maury Papers", which seems to be a collection made more than 100 years ago by some descendants showing the earliest origins of the Crockett family in France

      ....among their descendants is ... Robert Crockett, died 1747 in VA. Married Margaret.

      The will of Robert Crockett is recorded in Augusta Co. VA Will Book Number 1, page 24 Signed Nov. 16, 1746. Probated Feb. 6, 1747

      Names children John Crockett of Bath County VA, Archibald, Jane, Samuel, Robert, James, Alexander and mentions an unborn child. This was Andrew, baptisted September 1747 in Augusta Co., VA born after his father's death.

      The Tinkling Spring Presbyterian Church, Fisherville VA, 1954, 2nd ed. 1974; p.425;

      Importations: Robert Crockett, Margret, John, Arshall, Jane, Samuel and Robert, Jr.; 22 May 1740; O. Bk II, 156

      Bio by: TEXAS TOMB RAIDER https://www.findagrave.com/user/profile/47245465

      Inscription:

      [decoration: dove standing on limb beneath entwined branches, holding small branch in mouth. One five-pointed star on each top corner of stone] IN MEMORY OF/ MARGARET CROCKETT/ WHO DIED DECR. 21ST/ 1796 AGED 61 YEARS/ [back of stone} Hear what the voice of heaven proclaims/ For all the pious dead./ Sweet is the favour of the fouls,/ And foft their fleeping bed./

      Family Members
      Spouses
      John Crockett 1730-1800
      Robert McCorkle 1728-1757
      Children
      John Alexander Crockett 1754-1776
      Archibald McCorkle 1754-1844
      Robert Hugh Crockett 1755-1820
      Elijah Crockett 1757-1798
      Margaret Crockett 1760-1764
      Archibald Crockett 1764-1797
      Andrew Crockett 1769-1853
      William John Crockett 1776-1806
      Created by: Mary Clyde Reid (46772562)
      Added: 4 Jan 2005
      URL: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/10224734/margaret-crockett
      Citation: Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 07 July 2019), memorial page for Margaret McClanahan Crockett (6 Apr 1736–21 Dec 1796), Find A Grave Memorial no. 10224734, 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=I617981998

      •ID: I617981998
      •Name: John CROCKETT
      •Given Name: John
      •Surname: Crockett
      •Sex: M
      •Birth: 16 Jul 1730 in Onboard Ship From Ireland To America
      •Death: 16 Dec 1800 in South Carolina
      •Change Date: 2 Nov 2003
      •Census: 1790 Lancaster Co., South Carolina
      •Census: 1800 South Carolina
      •Event: Legal Records Unknown 28 Oct 1760 John Crockett bought items at the sale of effects of the estate of James McCorkle
      •Event: Land Records Unknown 4 Apr 1756 Anson Co SC John & Archibald Crockett witnesses on deed for Robert Ramsey
      •Event: Military Service 1755 Anson County SC Militia Company
      •Event: Military Service Served in the Revoluntionary War in South Carolina
      •Event: Military Service 1756 Greenville District South Carolina - Muster Roll
      •Event: Military Service Bet 1780 and 1782 Revolution - Rendered Service by furnishing supplies to Continental Army
      •Note:
      John Crockett, son of Robert and Mary [McCorkle or Davis] Crockett, was bo
      rn in 1730 onboard the ship his parents were on when immigrating from Irel
      and. He immigrated to the Waxhaw District of South Carolina. He was a Revo
      lutionary War soldier in South Carolina.
      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, Jo
      hn Pickens, John Linn, Joseph Pickens, Moses Davis, Robert Davi
      s, ROBERT CROCKETT, Robert McClelland, Robert Caldwell, Robert Montgomer
      y, William Davis, William Pickens and others.
      1756 Greenville District, South Carolina Muster Roll
      John Crockett found in:
      Colonial America, 1607-1789 Census Index
      State: SC
      County: Greenville Dist.
      Page #: 232
      Census/Enumeration year: 1756
      Census type code: Muster Roll
      4 Apr 1756 - Anson Co SC John & Archibald Crockett witnesses on deed for R
      obert Ramsey, relative [possibly son] of stepfather John Ramsey
      28 Oct 1760 - John Crockett bought items at the sale of effects of the est
      ate of James McCorkle
      1780-1782 - Rendered Service during Revolutionary War in 1780, 1781 and 17
      82 by furishing supplies for the Continental Army.
      1790 US Census Lancaster Co. SC
      John Crockett
      3 M > 16 John & ?
      1 M < 16
      2 F Wife & ?
      2 Slaves
      1800 US Census South Carolina -
      John Crockett died on 16 Dec 1800, age 70 years and 5 months. His tombsto
      ne is inscribed on the backside of the tombstone under the etching of a sh
      ip is a couplet which reads: " Born upon the sea near Pennsylvania shor
      e, lived in America till almost forescore."

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      2 possible matches found on Ancestry.com Ancestry.com

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

      Marriage
      1 Margaret MCCORCLE b: 1 Apr 1736
      •Married: Abt 1754 in Anson Co., South Carolina
      Children
      1.Has Children Robert S. CROCKETT b: 12 Aug 1755 in Anson Co SC
      2.Has Children Elijah CROCKETT b: 6 Oct 1757 in Anson Co SC
      3.Has No Children Margaret CROCKETT b: 1760 in South Carolina
      4.Has No Children Archibald CROCKETT b: Abt 1762 in South Carolina
      5.Has No Children John CROCKETT b: 1764 in South Carolina
      6.Has Children William CROCKETT b: 24 Nov 1766 in South Carolina
      7.Has Children Andrew CROCKETT