Texas Family Groupsheet for Matthew McCRARY Family *********************************************** Copyright by submitter. All rights reserved. http://www.fgs-project.com/copyright.html *********************************************** SUBMITTED BY: Gem e-mail: Mccrary_2002@Yahoo.com or gMccrary@zianet.com ================================================== HUSBAND: Matthew McCRARY Birthdate: 17 May 1798 - Duncan's Creek, Lauren Co.,SC date and place of marriage: bef 1818, Duncan's Creek, Laurens Co., SC Death date: 29 Mar 1855 - Lawrence Co., Alabama father: Thomas McCRARY mother: Cassandra "Casey" ADAIR ........................................................................... WIFE: Mary "Polly" Offutt HOLLAND Birthdate: 26 Sept 1798 - Duncan's Creek, Laurens, SC Death date: 23 Feb 1875 - Richmond, Little River Co., Arkansas father: Rezin HOLLAND mother: Mary "Polly" LOW ........................................................................... CHILD 1: Louisa Ann McCRARY Birthdate: 7 Nov 1819, Lawrence Co., AL married: Thomas Sumner DAVIS date and place of marriage: 1 Jun 1835, Lawrence Co., AL Death date: 1 Mar 1887, Little River Co., AR ........................................................................... CHILD 2: Thomas Marion McCRARY Birthdate: 7 Mar 1826, Lawrence Co., AL married: Sarah Ann MARTIN (died on 12 Sept 1861) date and place of marriage: 12 Oct 1852, Lebanon, Wilson Co., TN other marriages: Eliza A. HINTON (widow of B. E. Williamson) date and place of marriage: 29 May 1866, Sevier Co., AR Death date: 1905, Yanceyville, Caswell Co., NC ........................................................................... CHILD 3: Reason Pinkney McCRARY Birthdate: 28 Jul 1821, Lawrence Co., AL married: Sarah Pearsey PRIEST date and place of marriage: 31 Jul 1844, Lawrence Co., AL Death date: 5 Feb 1876, Comanche, TX ........................................................................... CHILD 4: Irvin Patterson McCRARY Birthdate: 1823, Lawrence Co., AL married: Mary Jane KELLUM date and place of marriage: 28 Dec 1845, Lawrence Co., AL Death date: between 1870 and 1873, Henderson Co., TX ........................................................................... CHILD 5: Matthew Pollard McCRARY Birthdate: 23 May 1828, Lawrence Co., AL married: Martha Ann (Mrs. Jordan) COOK date and place of marriage: 31 Jan 1854, Lawrence Co., AL Death date: 27 Mar 1906, Richmond, Little River Co., AR ........................................................................... CHILD 6: Lyman Beecher McCRARY Birthdate: 5 Sept 1830, Lawrence Co., AL married: Martha Permelia MARTIN date and place of marriage: 28 Feb 1856 Death date: 2 Aug 1916, Woodbury, Cannon Co., TN ........................................................................... CHILD 7: Mary Cassandra McCRARY Birthdate: 31 Mar 1835, Lawrence Co., AL married: none Death date: 8 Dec 1846, Lawrence Co., AL ........................................................................... CHILD 8: America "Mec" McCRARY Birthdate: 1837, Lawrence Co., AL married: Nathan COOK, Jr. date and place of marriage: 2 Sept 1858, Richmond, Sevier Co., AR Death date: bet. 1880 and 1900, Comanche, TX ........................................................................... ........................................................................... SOURCES: 1. "From Whence We Came, Our McCrary Family" by Frances Bryant Corum, Frances Brownd Ray, and Verda McCrary Wright. It was published in 2000. 2. Family records 2. 1850 Census of Lawrence Co, AL; census records in AR and TX 3. Cemetery markers 4. Lib. of Cong. F268.B53 1981 South Carolina Daughters of the American Revolution Bible Records, Abraham Holland Family Bible Pages 111 & 112 5. Early Middle Tennessee Mariages, Vol 1, Groomes, by Byron & Barbara Sistler (Nashville, TN, 1988); Tennessee Marriages, 1851-1900. 6. Sevier Co., AR, marriage Book 3, 1866-1883 ........................................................................... NOTE: Information for Irvin Patterson McCRARY and Mary Jane KELLUM was provided by Colonel John L. King.