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JOSEPH SCOTT came from Abbotsford, Scotland in 1801 and settled in the same
community near Charleston, South Carolina.

PATRICK LAIRD came from Ayr, Scotland, in 1800, and also settled in the same area
near Charleston. His son, John, was born near Ayr, Scotland in 1790.

ANDREW CRAWFORD, son of William Crawford was known as Little Andy. He married Mary B FOSTER.

JOHN LAIRD, referred to above, married Joicy Scott, another daughter of Joseph Scott.  They moved to Alabama.

JOSIAH CRAWFORD married Sarah Laird, daughter of John and Joicy Laird, and his first cousin. Records of Pike County, Georgia show that they married December 1, 1847, probably in Milledgeville. He then moved to Nashville, Arkansas, where they cut timber and built houses. Thirteen children were born to them there. They moved to Barton's Creek, now called Hannibal, Erath County, TX in 1875.

ANDREW  CRAWFORD, born about 1798.

JOSEPH CRAWFORD, born abt 1814 in Abbeville Dist, SC; died April 22 1875 in Pike Co, GA.

JAMES ADDISON CRAWFORD, born 03 June 1809, married Dolly Scott in Pike County, Georgia on 14 Jan 1830. died April 22, 1875 in Sugar Hill, Panola Co, TX.

ROBERT CRAWFORD, another son of Andrew Crawford also married a Scott woman. He died before 1869 in Martinsville, Nacodogches Co, TX. The author has no other records on this branch of the family as of this date.

WILLIAM CRAWFORD, born abt 1817.

HANNAH CRAWFORD, born abt 1818 in Abbeville Dist, SC.

*VINCENT CRAWFORD is our ancestor. He was born in 1816 in South Carolina and married
Sarah Scott on 3 Dec 1835 in Pike Co GA. His son Thomas born in 1846. In the 1880 Panola County Texas Census, Vincent listed his state of  birth and that of  both his parents as South Carolina. Vincent's age in 1880 was 64, his wife Sarah was aged 66 and also in the household was a daughter, Nannie, aged 25, born in Arkansas. Vincent listed his occupation as a farmer and his wife Sarah was keeping house. Nannie is listed as "Idiotic".  Directly below the census entry for Vincent is the family of Thomas A. Crawford, meaning their properties were adjoining.

There are a large number of Crawford families still living in the vicinity of Panola, Shelby and Rusk counties. At some point before the Civil War, Andrew & Mary Crawford moved to Panola county Texas. They are buried on the old plantation near Beckville. The present house stands on the original foundation. The fireplace and chimney are the identical ones used by Andrew and Mary. In 1959, a grandaughter, Mrs. Hettie Crawford Jones lived on the place.

JAMES CRAWFORD was born June 3, 1809 in Abbeville, South Carolina to Andrew and Mary B. Foster Crawford. He moved to Pike County, Georgia, and January 14, 1830 married Dolly M. Scott, daughter of Patrick and Anna Scott. Their children were: William W., Martha L.B., Samuel D.G., Ann S., Ellsberry Robert, Edmon T., Hannah E., and James Addison. In 1854 they came to Panola County, Texas and settled at Sugar Hill.  James Crawford died April 22, 1875 at the age of sixty-six years.  Dolly M. died in August of 1877 at the age of sixty-one years.

JAMES ADDISON CRAWFORD born December 5, 1851 in Pike County, Georgia,
married December 27, 1871 Almeda Paralee Mills, born February 8, 1857 in Beckville,
Texas and had the following children: Malcomb, Mills, Alexander Addison, William
Scott, Annie, John Neal, James Roy, Graham Carter, and Ralph.

Malcomb died unmarried at the age of twenty-five. Mills also died young.

Alexander Addison married Bertha Stone and they had five children: Raymond, Carrie,
Richard, Orracile, and James.

William Scott married Bennie Sterrett and they had two children: William Scott Jr. and
Ruby Ann.

Annie married Richard Harrison Brasher and they had one child, a son, who died in
infancy. They adopted his neice, Helen Brasher, and also opened their home to other
relatives.

John Neal married Vinnie Modee Etherdge. They had three children: Edward James,
Margie Neal, and John Neal Jr. The family lived in Beckville where John was active in
saw-mills, cattle and farming until 1927 when he moved to Huntsville Texas. There he
continued in wholesale manufacture of lumber until his retirement. is son Edward James married Kathleen Gibbs and lives in Huntsville. His daughter Margie Neal married Rayford Lacy Hardy and lives in Madisonville. John Neal Jr. married Millicent Ann Webster and lived in Huntsville until his death in a plane crash in 1969. John Neal Crawford Sr. died in Huntsville Texas in 1963 at the age of seventy-five. Vinnie Crawford died in 1959 at the age of seventy-one years.

James Roy married Darrance ___ and they had three children: Vivian, Doris, and Roy
Mills.

Graham Carter married Belle Muntz and they had one child, a daughter, Johnnie Graham.

Ralph, the youngest child, married Jewel Post and their two children were: Charles Ralph and Lallie Ann.

All of the above children of James Addison Crawford lived in Panola County except Ralph and Jewel who lived in Galveston. James Addison Crawford died July 24, 1935 at Beckville and Almeda Paralee Crawford died January 10, 1918.

E. T. CRAWFORD and five brothers came to Texas from Georgia. He and two other boys settled in Panola County at old Beckville and later moved to Grand Bluff road.  E.T. was a cotton farmer and he had to carry cotton to Shreveport to gin. Later he built a gin in Beckville.  When he went to Shreveport, he would attend the First Methodist Church at the head of Texas Street. Once when he was asked to pray at the church it was said that his prayer made the rafters move. His family was of Scotch-Irish descent. He served in the Civil War and was wounded at the battle of Mansfield, Louisiana. He dived into 50 feet of water in the Mississippi River for a cannon and tied a rope around it and they were able to pull it out.  E. T. was called "June Pappy" and he later opened the "E.T. Crawford General Mercantile" in Beckville. He married Susan Caroline Appling and had six boys and one girl. His grandson Samuel Glassel is in the 1917 Peach college yearbook of Jacksonville College as a classmate of my Auntie Frances Escoe Bradford.

CRAWFORD in the Civil War (Texas) 

Name & Rank       Crawford, T. M., Pvt.
Comm. Off:            Scott, Thos. L., Capt.,
Organ.:                   Co. E, 23rd Brig., Gen. Jno. Sayles Comdg., 797.
Enlist:                     S.3-63 at Washington for 6 mos.
Descrip:                 Age 18
Remustered:          R&F 82; En.Off.Col.M.G.Wilson; Mus.
                                 Off. John Sayles; Apprs.: A.A.Hammond & F.P.
                                 Elliot; Val.H.$275, HE.$50, Arms $40, Co.
                                 sta. at Camp Randls S.15-63; 1 mus.roll dtd S.15-63;

(Enlisted September 3, 1863.  Horse valued at $275, horse equipment valued at $50, guns valued at $40.  Stationed at Camp Randls (?), present on rolls Sept. 15, 1863.)

Name & Rank:       Crawford, Thomas, Pvt.
Comm. Off.:            Brunson, Allen, Capt.,
Orgn.:                     Co. Mtd. Rangers, Tex. Fr. Regt.
                                 Comd. by Col. J. M. Norris, TST
Enlist:                     Mr. 15-62 at Montague; Mus. into serv. at Red River Sta.
Disch:                     Serv. 3 mo.23da., Mr.9-Je.30-62; at
                                 $12 - Total $45.20; Reenlist.D.29-62;
                                 Disch. F 5-63 at Camp Brunson
                                 R&F 171; R.H.Graham En.Off.; Allen
                                 Brunson Mus.Off.; Horse $125, HE
                                $20. Rifle $25, Sixshooter $50;
                                Enrolled 33 ea. from Montague, Wise
                                & Cook Counties, and 1 from (May?)
                                County;

Name & Rank:     Crawford, V., Pvt., 1st Class
Comm.Off:           Renfro, J. P., Capt.
Organ:                  Cav Co., TST; tr.t CSA
Enlist:                   Mar 18-64 at Buena Vista, Shelby Co., for 6 month.
Descrip:               Age 48; _____ Eyes ____
                              Complexion light, Farmer
                               R&F 91; En & Mus.Off. Capt. Renfroe; Ap-
                               praiser Jesse Pope & J.I. McCart;  Val.
                               H $700, HE $75; sta.at Beuna Vista; Mar
                               18-64; Co.organized pursuant to Act of
                               Legislature provoded for enlist_______