History of Daviess County, Kentucky, Inter-State Publishing Co., Chicago, 1883. Reprinted by McDowell Publications, Utica, KY, 1980. p. 642. COLSON CRABTREE, born in Daviess County, Ky., Feb. 5, 1827, is a son of Isaac Crabtree, a native of Virginia, who came to Kentucky at an early day and died here in 1846. Colson was the fourth of nine children that grew to maturity. He was married in 1847 to Mary Banks, a native of Daviess County, born in 1832. To them were born four children--Cordelia, Elizabeth, Fillmore and Julia. Mrs. Crabtree died in November, 1880. Mr. Crabtree owns seven and a half acres where he resides, one mile west of the court-house, and 133 acres twelve miles west of Owensboro. His property is valued at about $4,000. Mr. Crabtree belongs to the Baptist church of Owensboro. Politically he is a Democrat. Crabtree Banks = VA http://www.rootsweb.com/~kygenweb/kybiog/daviess/crabtree.c.txt