Research: Dempsey Dubois Crews
Timeline
- 1806 – Senior born
- 1819 – First Seminole War ends
- 1831 – Senior serving in military expedition in Okeefenokee Swamp
- 1835-1839 – Senior in Seminole War
- 1840 – Senior in Georgia (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9YTB-93LM?mode=g&i=2&cc=1786457)
- 1842 – Second Seminole War ends
- 1845 – Moved to Florida
- November 23, 1846 – Junior Born at Lake Butler
- November 8, 1850 – Census in Hamilton County (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HY-6QT7-944?mode=g&i=41&cc=1401638)
- 1850 – In Hamilton County with 4 slaves. (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-XC94-RLW?mode=g&cc=1420440)
- 1850 – Applied of land in Seminole County
- 1854 – Hardee County area west of Peace River opened for settlement
- 1855 – Manatee County created
- 1858 – Fought in Seminole War
- 1858 – Female slave’s name was Hagar
- 1858 – Third Seminole War ends
- 1859 – Moved to Fort Hartstuff
- 1860 – Manatee County Census (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GYBT-99P?mode=g&i=1&cc=1473181)
- 1860 – Owned 8 slaves (Census in Manatee County)
- 1861 – Florida secedes from the Union
- 1862 – Piety Collier Crews dies of smallpox
- 1863 – Senior marries Molcy Hair (26 years old to his 57)
- 1864 – Union Army in 2nd Regiment, Florida Cavalry https://familysearch.org/search/record/results?count=20&query=%2Bgivenname%3Ad~%20%2Bsurname%3Acrews~%20%2Bresidence_place%3Aflorida~&collection_id=1910717
- 1864 – Description: 5-5, light complexion, grey eyes, light hair
- 1865 – Sick with measles and left the military
- 1867 – Junior and John Collier move to and found Crewsville
- August 6, 1869 – Married Francis Isabelle Collins (14 years old to his 23)
- 1870 – Family living in Popash/Zolfo district on Census
- 1879 – Popash post office established
- 1879 – Charity Crews, last of Senior’s 17 kids was born
- 1880 – Fort Green post office established
- 1880 – Manatee County census
(https://familysearch.org/search/record/results?count=20&query=%2Bsurname%3Acrews~%20%2Bbirth_year%3A1806-1806~%20%2Bresidence_place%3Aflorida~) - January 30, 1882 – Son born DD Crews III
- 1883 – Maltese post office established (closed a year later)
- 1885 – Stanley post office established (closed a year later)
- 1885 – Florida state census (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-DC3X-5F?mode=g&i=46&cc=1457854)
- 1886 – Florida Southern Railroad passes through Hardee County
- 1886 – Post office established at Crewsville
- Bowling Green
- Calvinia
- English became Wauchula in 1888
- Utica (only one year)
- 1887 – DeSoto County created
- 1889 – Zolfo post office established
- 1890 – Wife dies
- 1890 – Gets soldier pension
- 1890 – TH Williams is Postmaster at Crewsville
- 1891 – Bethel Baptist Church founded: https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/248577
- July 1892 – Senior dies
- September 7, 1892 – Marries Martha Jane Lanier (21 years old to his 46) (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L9KN-TDXV?mode=g&i=92&cc=2397260)
- 1893 – Sweetwater post office established
- 1894 – Dempsey Crews is postmaster
https://books.google.com/books?id=LTlCAQAAMAAJ&pg=RA3-PA38&lpg=RA3-PA38&dq=postmaster+crewsville&source=bl&ots=w1lL_I1nmZ&sig=yDZPxpXnpipxOpsqFxCHoP5oN88&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjXjqvBkYrUAhXB6iYKHcpBBQAQ6AEIKjAB#v=onepage&q=postmaster%20crewsville&f=false - June 10, 1895 – DD Crews Jr Murdered
- October 1895 – Court case http://www.genealogy.com/forum/surnames/topics/crews/1046/
- October 1895 – Last of Junior’s 14 kids born
- 1897 – Lucas murdered (https://www.newspapers.com/clip/11154616/john_lucas_murdered/)
Photos:
- Congregational Baptist Church near Crewsville
https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/141101 - Carriage – https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/141103
- Carriage – https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/141104
- Mule Driven Coach – https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/141105
- Bethel Baptist 1891
https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/248577
References
- http://www.wiregrassgenealogy.com/captdave55/crews2015a/398.htm
- http://www.wiregrassgenealogy.com/captdave55/Dempsey_Dubois_Crews.pdf
- http://www.wiregrassgenealogy.com/captdave55/crews2015a/1125.htm
- https://www.facebook.com/CrewsvilleCrews/
- History of Hardee County:
http://digital.lib.usf.edu/content/SF/S0/03/64/30/00001/C54-00014.pdf - Genealogy of Senior:
- http://www.twparker.com/USGenWeb/CharlotteCoFlorida/SFP/SFPissue12/10Issue12pg08.pdf
- http://www.twparker.com/USGenWeb/CharlotteCoFlorida/SFP/SFPissue12/11Issue12pg09.pdf
- http://www.twparker.com/USGenWeb/CharlotteCoFlorida/SFP/SFPissue12/11Issue12pg09.pdf
- http://www.twparker.com/USGenWeb/CharlotteCoFlorida/SFP/SFPissue12/12Issue12pg10.pdf
- https://www.newspapers.com/clip/3769435/dempsey_crews_shooting_11_jun_1895/
- http://www.genealogy.com/forum/surnames/topics/crews/1034/
- Genealogy of Junior:
- John Parker:
- Tampa Trib article:
- https://www.geocaching.com/geocache/GC3DHVV_fct3-dc?guid=3c097a7d-9ddc-45eb-9ec2-de31522d0c0f
- https://books.google.com/books?id=KKEUFKnLm_sC&pg=PA84&lpg=PA84&dq=%22hen+scratch%22+%22miami+herald%22&source=bl&ots=z0Kwsf54X0&sig=5UHcEFVIEsp60oR99gqi-FotTvs&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiXsO6g14LUAhXIwiYKHfZOANgQ6AEIJzAA#v=onepage&q=crews&f=false
- Contemporary Newspaper accounts:
- Maxfield Whidden:
- Peace River Valley Frontier book:
- Loyalist stronghold:
- https://sites.google.com/a/flgenweb.net/hardee-county/history/george-l-hartsuff
- Crewsville map:
- Testimony of John Collier:
- Testimony of Fritz Williams:
- Testimony of Ed Crews:
- Good collection of info
- Charlie Crews stole pig
- Genealogy account:
http://www.twparker.com/USGenWeb/CharlotteCoFlorida/SFP/SFPissue2526/33Issue2526pg31.pdf
http://www.twparker.com/USGenWeb/CharlotteCoFlorida/SFP/SFPissue2526/34Issue2526pg32.pdf
http://www.twparker.com/USGenWeb/CharlotteCoFlorida/SFP/SFPissue2526/35Issue2526pg33.pdf - Military service info
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~crackerbarrel/USB.html - John Lucas account of his 1897 murder
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/11154616/john_lucas_murdered/ - Devane article in Tampa Tribune:
http://www.genealogy.com/forum/surnames/topics/crews/1540/ - 1888 Map: http://fcit.usf.edu/florida/maps/1800c/rand88z.htm
- https://www.ancestry.co.uk/boards/thread.aspx?mv=flat&m=479&p=surnames.crews
- http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~hillsfacts/pioneer/issue12.pdf
- John Collier
- http://www.twparker.com/USGenWeb/CharlotteCoFlorida/SFP/SFPissue4142/39Issue4142pg36.pdf
- History of Hardee County book:
- Manatee County Slave holders:
- https://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/12/19/floridas-cattle-wars/?mcubz=1&_r=0
- Civil War draft: http://www.u-s-history.com/pages/h249.html
- http://www.wtv-zone.com/civilwar/condraft.html
- Charlie Crews
- Maps
- https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/323070
- https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/323167
- https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/323166
- https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/323216
- https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/323198
- https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/323191
- https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/323000
- https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/322989
- https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/323003
- https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/322994
- https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/323017
- https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/323193
John Collier and Sellers
https://billiongraves.com/grave/John-Collier/13290421
http://www.williamscowpens.com/The_Salt_Lick_Ranch_of_Okeechobee_Florida/History_Part_1.html
http://www.genealogy.com/forum/surnames/topics/collier/3117/
http://www.floridacountiesmap.com/hicostories/ghosttowns.shtml