MONTGOMERY COUNTY WAR RECORDS
REVOLUTIONARY WAR SOLDIER
ANTHONY CRUTCHER
No birth, death, etc. records. He was a Lt. with the North Carolina
troops in the Revolutionary War and served to the end of the war. A land
transfer in Spotsylvania Co., Va. links him to Surry Co., N. C. It is believed
that he married a Binkley about 1795. He was appointed to Court, Pleas
& Quarter Sessions by Gov. Wm. Blount of Tennessee Co. Anthony was
a noted Indian fighter on the Red River. He was on the commission that
laid out and established the town of Clarksville, Tenn. in 1785
(from THE. PECK FAMILY, page 57).
Gift of Will: From Mary Curtis of Davidson Co., Tenn., to niece, Nancy
C. Crutcher and the other children of brother-in-law, Anthony and his wife
Elizabeth, namely
William
George
Elizabeth
Carter
Fanny
Sally
Thomas
Patsy
Dated. Feb. 23, 1807. (Will Book A, page 57 Wills and Records of, Montgomery
County, Tenn.) S
From The Montgomery County Genealogical Journal, May 1972-
Ann Evans Alley, Editor- Page 69- Article by Anita Whitefield Darnell