Cemetery marker for Sarah Crouch d.1785 Washington Co.

Tombstone of ancestor Sarah Crouch, wife of John Crouch, who died in 1782 in Washington County which was then part of North Carolina.  Washington County later became part of Tennessee when it was admitted to the Union as the 16th state in 1796.

She is buried in Buffalo Ridge Cemetery

(photos from FindAGrave)

Jesse Crouch 1760-1841

Ancestor: 

Jesse Crouch

b. 1760 in Stafford Co., Virginia

m. Mary Sarah Nance

d. Dec 1841 Washington Co., Tennessee

Below is the two-story log home of our 4th great-grandfather, Jesse Crouch, located in Boone's Creek, Tennessee, just north of Johnson City.

Bacon / King of Washinton County TN

Recorded in the record book twice...

 Jeremiah Bacon, 

son of John & Leah (Jackson) Bacon

married

Susan Sharp King, 

daughter of William Isaac & Martha "Patsy" (Crouch) King

on 14 December 1844, in Washington County, Tennessee

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The 1812 Will of Reuben Nance of Henry Co. VA

The Will of Reuben Nance

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Reuben Nance of Henry County, Virginia 

5th G-grandfather

b. circa 1745 Virginia

d. 13 Jan 1812

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The Virginia Chancery Records Index

'The Chancery Records Index (CRI) is a result of archival processing and indexing projects overseen by the Library of Virginia (LVA) and funded, in part, by the Virginia Circuit Court Records Preservation Program (CCRP). Each of Virginia's circuit courts created chancery records that contain considerable historical and genealogical information. Because the records rely so heavily on testimony from witnesses, they offer a unique glimpse into the lives of Virginians from the early 18th century through the First World War.

The original court papers are flat-filed, indexed, and conserved using a set of standards developed by the LVA. Since the tri-folded records are often in poor condition, special attention is paid to preparing them for digital reformatting. The valuable original records are then retired to secure storage.

The reformatted images—whether digital scans or microfilm—can be viewed at the Library of Virginia, at the circuit court clerk's office, or, in the case of digital images, from any internet connected computer. 

There are over 220,000 cases indexed in the database and nearly 5.6 million images of chancery causes available online.'


The Chancery Records Index search page allows for several different search methods.  the site provides a variety of search fields to make your search as broad or narrow as you desire.

Using the Chancery Records Index Search page I was able to quickly locate and view the complete 182 pg court record regarding the Estate of our ancestor Reuben Nance.  A wonderful treasure indeed!

http://www.lva.virginia.gov/chancery/full_case_detail.asp?CFN=089-1840-005#img

The Revolutionary War Record for John Crouch

Below is a report on the Revolutionary War activities for John Crouch (son of John Crouch & Sarah; b.1756 VA) as found in his Revolutionary War Pension Application file at the National Archives. 

 His brother, (our ancestor) Jesse Crouch, also submitted a request but but his application for a Revolutionary war pension (No. R2531) was rejected.

Source: NARA's Revolutionary War Pension & Bounty-Land Warrant Application Files

Googling an ancestor leads to Black Sheep Sunday

In "Googling" an ancestor I found Stock Troubles for Jesse Hiter Crouch, b. Oct 1808, son of Jesse Crouch and Mary Nance:

A lawsuit was brought by the East Tennessee and Virginia Railroad Co. in 1853 against Jesse H. Crouch.  Railroad officials claimed that Crouch continued to owe money on capitol stock purchased in 1849 through Brookins Campbell. The deposition of Samuel B. Cunningham notes that the original records of the stock purchase were destroyed in a fire at the home of Campbell, who, by the time of the trial, had passed away. An appeal bond from 1855 shows that Crouch has been ordered to pay the railroad $850.

The East Tennessee and Virginia Railroad Records, 1852-1871, document the company which developed the railroad connection between Knoxville and Virginia. Eight of the 16 items, found in Series I, deal with a lawsuit brought about by the railroad in 1853 against Jesse H. Crouch of Washington County, TN.

Series I: Records in the case of the East Tennessee and Virginia Railroad vs. Jesse Crouch, 1853-1856

Folder   1         Item   1        
Subpoena to Samuel Cunningham to appear in circuit court in Washington County, TN, 1853 June 1

Folder   1         Item   2        
Subpoena to William G. Gammon, Treasurer of the Tennessee and Virginia Railroad, to appear in circuit court in Washington County, TN, 1853 June 1

Folder   1         Item   3        
Subpoena to Brookins Campbell, agent of the railroad, to appear in circuit court in Washington County, TN, 1853 September 23

Folder   1         Item   4        
Subpoena to John B. Hamilton, Sheriff of Sullivan County, TN, to appear in circuit court in Washington County, TN, 1854 October 22

Folder   1         Item   5        
Deposition of Samuel Cunningham, President of the Tennessee and Virginia Railroad, in Washington County, TN, 1855 January 9

Folder   1         Item   6        
Subpoena to "Dr. Broyles on the Chucky" to appear in circuit court in Washington County, TN, 1855 February 14

Folder   1         Item   7        
Appeal Bond of Jesse Crouch, stating that Crouch agrees to pay the railroad $850, in Washington County, 1855 October 26

Folder   1         Item   8        
Subpoena to Jesse Crouch to appear in circuit court in Washington County, TN, 1856 June 19

Source: East Tennessee and Virginia Railroad Records, 1852-1871; MS-2211;
University of Tennessee Special Collections Library, Knoxville, TN

Surname Saturday - Crouch

On this damp & chilly Surname Saturday I thought I would continue to highlight our Crouch line.

Crouch, from the Latin crux and Middle English crouch, Old English cruc ‘cross’ (a word that was replaced in Middle English by the word cross, from Old Norse kross), is applied as a topographic name for someone who lived by a cross.

It is English in origin with one of the earliest references being made to Thomas Crouch who is listed in the Subsidy Rolls of Essex (1329).

Some of the first Crouch settlers in the states were Richard, Nicholas, and Thomas Crouch who settled in Virginia in 1623.

Our ancestor was  Jesse Crouch (b.1760 in Stafford VA) who married Mary Sarah Nance.

Their daughter, Martha "Patsy" Crouch ( b. May 1797)  married William Isaac King on 2 Aug 1819 in Washington Co. TN. 

 

Tombstone Tuesday - Old Fall Branch Baptist Cemetery

Located in Washington County, Tennessee, Old Fall Branch Baptist Cemetery (also known as Hopper Cemetery) is where our Crouch ancestors lie.

Jesse Crouch, b. 25 April 1760 in Stafford Co. VA ;  died 22 Dec 1841 in Washington Co., TN.

Buried with him is his wife, Mary Sarah (Nance) Crouch, b. 30 May 1770 in Mechlinburg, VA; died soon after her husband in Jan 1842.

Additional cemetery information can be found at:   http://www.tngenweb.org/washington/cemetery/cemOldFallBranch.htm

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