Fifth Generation

131. Melinda Ann HARDIN was born on 4 February 1780.⁶⁸ She died before July 1829 at the age of 49 in Breckinridge County, Kentucky.⁷³

Breckinridge DB 1
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28 May 1801 William Hardin & Winifred his wife to William Crawford & Melindia his wife. For 5 shillings. Two lots or parcels in the town of Hardinsburg, half an acre each and known on the plan of the town by number 39 and 47. Signed: William Hardin, Winifred Hardin. Acknowledged & dower released, 7 July 1801.
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2 Jun 1802 William Hardin Senior to William Crawford and Melindia his wife. For $1 sell a tract on south fork of Hardin's Creek, part of 1000 acres survey entered in the name of Isaac Hite, 640 acres. Begin Davison's corner; metes and bounds, the Barrens corner to said Davison, his line. Signed: William Hardin. Acknowledged 2 June 1802 and admitted to record.

Court Order Book 8; p.34. 25 July 1829. "entered of Record that Malinda Crawford wife of William Crawford has departed this life"

Melinda Ann HARDIN and William H CRAWFORD were married on 15 February 1798 in Hardin County, Kentucky.^3,95 William H CRAWFORD¹¹⁶, son of Samuel CRAWFORD and Jenet MASON, was born on 8 December 1770 in Botetourt County, Virginia.³⁵ He died on 12 July 1845 at the age of 74 in Schuyler County, Illinois.³⁵

Birthdate is calculated from his date of death as 12 Jul 1845. Said to be aged 74 years, 7 months, 4 days. I find these to be often incorrect. This date in 1770 would suggest he was born before his parents married, but of course the marriage date could be the one that's in error.

Taxpayer in Schuyler Co, IL, 1838: William Crawford. I don't know if it was father or son and two did not seem to be listed.

Schuyler Co IL Early Land Records, 1841, Schuyler Co Historical Museum
From Assessor's Books
Patented Lands, Littleton Twp, Section 3 North, Range 2 West
William A. Crawford, SW 1/4 of Twp 20
William Crawford, SE 1/4 of Twp 29

Land Records, 1844
Littleton Twp, Township 3N, Range 2 West
William H. Crawford, SW 1/4 of Section 20, 160a [Bureau of Land Management shows this tract was patented to Daniel Futrell, 26 Nov 1818.]
William Crawford, NE quarter, Section 29, 160a [Bureau of Land Management shows this tract was patented to Nicholas Johnson, 13 Oct 1818.]

Buried Thompson Cemetery, Littleton, Schuyler Co, IL

Melinda Ann HARDIN and William H CRAWFORD had the following children:

+214	i.	Winifred CRAWFORD.
+215	ii.	William H. CRAWFORD Jr..
216	iii.	Jane CRAWFORD was born in 1805 in Breckinridge County, Kentucky. She died in 1839 at the age of 34 in Hardinsburg, Breckinridge County, Kentucky. The only proof for Jane as a daughter of William Crawford and Melinda Hardin is apparently an old family letter. A Memorial on FindAGrave, #146482343 states the following: Jane Crawford Wale(s) was born about 1805 near Hardin’s Fort and Hardinsburg Breckinridge County Kentucky. she died about 1839 in or near Hardinsburg Kentucky. Jane Crawford was the wife of William Buford Wale(s), and the daughter of William and Melinda Hardin Crawford of Hardinsburg Kentucky, according to old letters in the Filson club collection in downtown Louisville. Jane Crawford and her husband William Buford Wale(s) are buried south of Cloverport, in the Crawford family Cemetary, which was started by Jane's paternal grandparents Samuel and Jane Mason Crawford. There is no known grave marker for either Jane or William Buford Wale: William Buford Wale(s) was born in 1803 on his parents newly acquired plantation which was called 'Prince-of-Wales,' Breckinridge County, Kentucky. His parents were James Martin Wale and Nancy Buford. The family relocated from Virginia to Breckinridge County Kentucky in 1803. William married Jane Crawford, the daughter of William and Melinda Hardin Crawford About 1826. William Wale died in 1855, Hardinsburg, and was buried beside his first wife, Jane Crawford Wale, in the Crawford family cemetery at Tar fork in Breckenridge County, according to old family letters at the Filson Historical Society near Downtown Louisville. His second wife was Lucinda Basham. No known headstone; info taken from 1920s genealogy book and family letters.
+217	iv.	Catherine CRAWFORD.