GASTON COUNTY, NC - BIBLES - Slave Births in James Crawford Bible
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                           SLAVE BIRTHS AS RECORDED
                       IN THE BIBLE OF JAMES CRAWFORD
                              OF GASTON CO., NC


James Crawford of Gaston Co., NC was born 28 March 1819 and died in the field 
hospital at the Chaffin Farm battle in the Civil War on 16 June 1864.  After 
the war,his wife, Jane Wilson Crawford,  married to Thomas Pringle Grier of 
Mecklenburg Co., NC and the following records were taken from the old bible in 
possession of the Grier family of Mecklenburg Co.

The following slave's births were listed in the old bible:

Isaac - b. Sept 1805 (thereabout)
Linda - b.  April 1812
Mariah - b. July 26 1836
	Jane (Mariah's daughter) b. June 30-1850
	Roswell (her son) b. June 12 - 1858
Margaret (Patsy's daughter) b. April 13- 1846
Rachel      "             "    	b. May 17-1848
Hannah	    "	          "	b. Nov 9 - 1850
Giles	    "            son	b. April 6 - 1853
Chambers    "	          "	b. Oct 26-1855
Pink	    "	          "	b. March 15  - 1858
Patsy (Margaret's daughter)	b. Oct 24 - 1863

The Crawford's home was in the South Point area of Gaston Co. Thomas Pringle 
Grier lived in the home of his wife, Jane Wilson Crawford, until in later 
years, he moved the family back to the Steele Creek area of Mecklenburg 
County, NC.