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/)