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Colonel Alexander Crawford 1715–1764 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 01 Jul 1715

Birth Location: Clydesdale, Lanarkshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom

Death Date: 29 September 1764

Death Location: Swoope, Augusta County, Virginia, United States of America

Father: COL. GUARD

Mother: Mary (Crawford)

Spouse(s): Mary McPheeters

Children(s):

Colonel Alexander Crawford was born in 1715 in Clydesdale, Lanarkshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom, the child of Col William Crawford Royal Scots Guard And Mary Ann Douglas Crawford. Colonel Alexander Crawford married Mary Mcpheeters. Colonel Alexander Crawford passed away in 1764 in Swoope, Augusta County, Virginia, United States of America.

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Biography

  • Colonel Alexander Crawford was born in 1715 in Clydesdale, Lanarkshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom, the child of Col William Crawford Royal Scots Guard And Mary Ann Douglas Crawford.
  • Colonel Alexander Crawford married Mary Mcpheeters.
  • Colonel Alexander Crawford passed away in 1764 in Swoope, Augusta County, Virginia, United States of America.

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Colonel Crawford's Ancestors

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Colonel Crawford
1715–1764
Birth Place: Clydesdale, Lanarkshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
Parents
COL. WILLIAM CRAWFORD, ROYAL SCOTS GUARD
1691–1761
Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland
Mary (Ann Douglas) (Crawford)
1693–1726
Dalkeith, Midlothian, Scotland
Grandparents
Robert (James Alexander CRAWFORD, ROYAL SCOTS) GUARD
1656–1703
Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland
Mary (Elizabeth Shaw) Schaw
1670–1730
Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland
Great-Grandparents
Patrick Crawford
1628–1700
Jean Hamilton
1636–1695
2nd-Great-Grandparents
James Crawfurd
1588–1659
Margaret Maxwell
1590–1675

Colonel Crawford's Timeline

2 Records

1715
01 Jul 1715
Birth of Colonel Alexander Crawford in Clydesdale, Lanarkshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
Clydesdale, Lanarkshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
1764
29 September 1764
Age 49
Death of Colonel Alexander Crawford in Buffalo Gap, Augusta, Virginia, USA
Buffalo Gap, Augusta, Virginia, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 01 Jul 1715
    Event Place: Clydesdale, Lanarkshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 29 September 1764
    Event Place: Buffalo Gap, Augusta, Virginia, USA

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Swoope, Augusta County, Virginia, United States of America

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