Descendants of Joseph Crowder

Submitted by Danene Vincent
© 1999

Note from the Submitter: I am not a Crowder descendant. But I have many Crowder family members married into the lines I am tracing. For that reason, I am submitting the information that I've collected for others to use. I offer my thanks to Margaret Scott of Portland, TN and the book written by Dr. Dennis Crowder for the information herein.

This report begins with Joseph Crowder, the reputed father of Harbert Crowder, Sr. In searching for the Crowder family from Amelia County, VA, I did an interactive search on the Crowder list housed on Rootsweb. According to information found in this search, Joseph Crowder is the son of Abraham Crowder, b. 1698 in Bath Parish, Prince George County, VA d. ca 1786 in Rutherford County, NC, and his wife Frances Tucker. Abraham's father was Bartholomew Crowder b. ca 1670 in Charles City, Prince George County, VA and his wife Elizabeth Herbert, b. 1674 Charles City, Prince George County, VA, dau. of John Herbert. Bartholomew Crowder and Elizabeth Herbert were married in 1674 in Charles City, VA. Bartholomew Crowder is reported to be the son of Henry Crowder, b. bef. 1600, who owned 349 acres of land in Charles City, VA. He is possibly the son of Hugh Crowder, but this is unproven.

The difficulty in making an absolute link to this family is as follows: In the Crowder family information found on the Crowder list, Harbard Crowder, Sr. (son of Joseph and Mary Crowder) was b. ca 1771, Amelia County, VA, d. 11 Feb 1831, Champaign County, OH, bur. Maple Grove Cemetery in Rush Township. He was married to Martha Spain. The genealogy reports list him with eight children, but no Harbert, Jr. The book written by Dr. Dennis Crowder says that Harbert Crowder, Sr. married Mary Watson, daughter of Jesse Watson. Virginia marriage records do record a marriage for Harbert Crowder to Mary Watson on 12-DEC-1785. The problem is this: If the Harbert who died in Ohio was truly born in 1771, was he old enough to be married to Mary Watson in 1785? Is the 1760 birthdate more accurate? Did Harbert Crowder, Sr. marry twice and have a son Harbert Crowder, Jr. by his first wife? Then did he marry a second time, have eight more children, and move to Champaign County, OH? Or are there two Harbert Crowders? Crowder researchers, if you can find the answers to these questions, I will amend this file to reflect any corrections. Good luck!

  1. Joseph Crowder b. ca 1735, Amelia County, VA, m. Mary Hood, (daughter of Thomas Hood and Jane). Joseph died 1778. The earliest records of the Crowder family date from about 1675 in Prince George County, VA, later Amelia County, VA
    Children:
    1. Susannah Crowder b. Amelia County, VA, m. 26-NOV-1781, Robert Winfree.
    2. Abraham Crowder b. Amelia County, VA, m. 25-AUG-1789, Mary Worsham.
    3. Robert Crowder.
    4. Harbert Crowder b. ca 1760.

Second Generation
  1. Harbert Crowder b. ca 1760, Amelia County, VA, m. 12-DEC-1785, Mary Watson, (daughter of Jesse Watson and Unknown).
    Children:
    1. Harbert Crowder, Jr. b. 1791.
Third Generation
  1. Harbert Crowder, Jr. b. 1791, Nottoway County, VA, m. 25-MAR-1816, in Halifax County, VA, Nancy Connor, b. ca 1794. Harbert and Nancy Connor Crowder lived for a time in Halifax County, VA and then migrated to Sumner County, TN about 1840.
    Children:
    1. Elizabeth Crowder b. ca 1823.
    2. Nancy Crowder b. ca 1827.
    3. James Crowder.
    4. Matilda Crowder b. ca 1846.
    5. Lafayette "Fate" Crowder b. ca 1831.
Fourth Generation
  1. Elizabeth Crowder b. ca 1823, Halifax County, VA, m. 28-AUG-1850, in Sumner County, TN, Henry Azariah "Asa" Martin, b. OCT-1826, Sumner County, TN, (son of Richard Martin and Sarah Brown) d. 13-APR-1909, Sumner County, TN, buried: Cantrell Cemetery, unmarked grave. Elizabeth buried: Cantrell Cemetery, unmarked grave.
    Children:
    1. John Martin b. ca 1851, Sumner County, TN.
    2. Jemima Martin b. MAR-1852, Sumner County, TN, d. 1941, buried: Mt. Vernon Cemetery, Sumner County, TN.
    3. Henry Martin b. JAN-1856, Sumner County, TN, d. 1926, buried: Mt. Vernon Cemetery, Sumner County, TN. He never married.
    4. Louisa Jane Martin b. 1857, m. 04-JUN-1888, George Brown.
    5. Hubbard Lee Martin b. 02-OCT-1858.
    6. Chrisley "Chris" Martin b. APR-1859.

  2. Nancy Crowder b. ca 1827, m. 28-MAR-1850, in Sumner County, TN, Richard Martin, b. 1829, Sumner County, TN, (son of Richard Martin and Sarah Brown) d. 1871.
    Children:
    1. J. H. Martin b. ca 1851, Sumner County, TN.

  1. Matilda Crowder b. ca 1846, Sumner County, TN, m. 13-SEP-1862, in Sumner County, TN, A. Nelson Johnson, b. ca 1818, TN, (son of Benjamin J. Johnson and Rebecca).
    Children:
    1. Nancy A. Johnson b. ca 1864.
    2. L. William Johnson b. ca 1866, Sumner County, TN.
    3. Roena "Enoa" Johnson b. ca 1868, Sumner County, TN.
    4. Ella Elvira Johnson b. 01-MAY-1869.
    5. Martha Johnson b. ca 1872, Sumner County, TN.
    6. Zora Johnson b. 1879, Sumner County, TN.

  2. Lafayette "Fate" Crowder b. ca 1831, m. 29-MAY-1854, Margery Ann Day, b. 06-MAR-1835, (daughter of Solomon Day and Elizabeth Gillespie) d. 15-MAR-1914, buried: Patterson Cemetery, Sumner County, TN. Fate Crowder was killed by Yankee soldiers. It is said that they came into his home, took him, and took all the food. They never found his body.
    Children:
    1. John Henry Crowder b. 1855.
    2. William Edward Crowder b. 27-FEB-1856, m. 07-AUG-1879, Eliza Meadow. William died 1932.
    3. George W. Crowder b. ca 1857, Sumner County, TN.
    4. Mary Crowder b. 1857, m. William Neely.
    5. Taylor Harbert "Hub" Crowder b. 18-MAR-1858.
    6. Benjamin Solomon "Crick" Crowder b. 22-DEC-1861.
    7. James Alexander "Leck" Crowder b. 18-SEP-1864.
    8. Dora Ann Crowder b. 1865, m. John Wright. Lived in Alabama and are buried there.
    9. Francis "Bud" Crowder b. 28-MAR-1868.
    10. Callie D. Crowder b. 1870. (See the Ashlock family entry for info on her marriage.)
    11. Alice Crowder b. 1875.
Fifth Generation
  1. Hubbard Lee Martin b. 02-OCT-1858, Sumner County, TN, occupation: Farmer, m. 24-APR-1886, in Sumner County, TN, Lounetti Edna Wallace, b. 14-JAN-1869, Sumner County, TN, (daughter of William Bailey "Dunk" Wallace and Mary Ann Taylor) d. 08-APR-1928, Indianapolis, Marion, IN, buried: Mt. Vernon Cemetery, Sumner County, TN. Hubbard died 06-MAY-1918, Sumner County, TN, buried: Mt. Vernon Cemetery, Sumner County, TN. Hubbard played the violin. He lived near Mt. Vernon School and attended Mt. Vernon Methodist Church.
    Children:
    1. Nola Martin b. 04-FEB-1887.
    2. William Arthur Martin b. 15-NOV-1889.
    3. Alva Azariah Martin b. 22-JUN-1892.
    4. Andrew Miller Martin b. 01-AUG-1894.

  2. Chrisley "Chris" Martin b. APR-1859, Sumner County, TN, m. 09-NOV-1887, in Sumner County, TN, Josie Jackson, d. bet 1898-1900.
    Children:
    1. Charlie Martin b. FEB-1891, Sumner County, TN.
    2. Jesse Martin b. MAR-1893, Sumner County, TN.
    3. Viola Martin b. JUN-1895, Sumner County, TN.
    4. Veria? T. Martin b. MAR-1898, Sumner County, TN.
  1. Nancy A. Johnson b. ca 1864, Sumner County, TN, had children by James W. "Polk" Martin, b. ca 1848, Sumner County, TN, (son of Henry Azariah "Asa" Martin and UNKNOWN). Nancy Johnson had six or seven children by Polk Martin. Only two names are known at this time.
    Children:
    1. Brodie Edward Johnson b. 08-JUN-1881 d. 18-JUL-1939 m. 26-DEC-1905 Clara Holmes Brown b. 30-OCT-1891 d. 21-DEC-1949 bur. Rock Bridge Cemetery
    2. Phoebe Johnson.
    Additional children have been identified. They include:
    • James Virgil Johnson b. 03-APR-1888 d. 10-MAY-1975
    • William Nelson Johnson
    • Cassie Johnson
    • Myrtle Johnson
  1. Ella Elvira Johnson b. 01-MAY-1869, m. Wylie Thomas Hodges, buried: Hodges Cemetery, Sumner County, TN. Ella died 17-FEB-1944, buried: Rock Bridge Cemetery, Sumner Co, TN.
    Children:
    1. Calley Gilbert "Gill" Hodges b. 07-APR-1904.
  1. John Henry Crowder b. 1855, m. 27-JAN-1876, Mary Jane Crews, b. 1856, d. 1921. John died 1941.
    Children:
    1. Warner Patterson Crowder b. 08-OCT-1876.
    2. John Dee Crowder b. 1886, d. 1969.
  1. Taylor Harbert "Hub" Crowder b. 18-MAR-1858, TN, m. 1878, Patience Satterfield, b. 1861, TN, d. 1914, buried: Patterson Cemetery, Sumner County, TN. Taylor died 24-JAN-1934, buried: Patterson Cemetery, Sumner County, TN.
    Children:
    1. Lucy Crowder m. (1) George Hodge, m. (2) 03-NOV-1899, in Sumner County, TN, George W. Hodges, b. MAR-1878, Sumner County, TN, (son of John A. P. Hodges and Ann Flora Brizendine) d. 05-JUL-1947, Indianapolis, Marion, IN.
    2. Elizabeth Bettie Crowder b. 22-AUG-1881.
    3. Eunice Virginia Crowder b. 06-JUN-1889.
    4. Harvey Mitchell "Bud" Crowder b. 03-FEB-1892.
    5. Nora Crowder b. ca 1896, Sumner County, TN.
    6. Oscar Crowder b. ca 1902.
  1. Benjamin Solomon "Crick" Crowder b. 22-DEC-1861, m. 19-OCT-1884, Martha Catherine Branham, b. 10-DEC-1865, d. 06-AUG-1939, buried: Rock Bridge Cemetery, Sumner Co, TN. Benjamin died 22-FEB-1955, buried: Rock Bridge Cemetery, Sumner Co, TN.
    Children:
    1. Leona Crowder b. 04-JUL-1887, m. 19-JUL-1914, Joseph Russell, d. 01-MAY-1965. Leona died 27-SEP-1965.
    2. Dempsey Framklin Crowder b. 12-MAR-1889, m. (1) Lillian Travelstead, m. (2) Ada Pipkin. Dempsey died 08-FEB-1971.
    3. William Burford Lafayette Crowder b. 22-FEB-1890, m. 24-DEC-1913, Emma Simpson, b. 28-FEB-1877, buried: Rock Bridge Cemetery, Sumner Co, TN. William died 10-AUG-1936, buried: Rock Bridge Cemetery, Sumner Co, TN. They had no children.
    4. Pearl Esther Crowder b. 15-APR-1892.
    5. Avie D. Crowder b. 30-JUN-1894.
    6. Cecil Ray Crowder b. 07-MAR-1898, d. 06-SEP-1898, buried: Dry Fork Church Cemetery, Sumner, TN.
    7. Mitchell Solomon Crowder b. 17-OCT-1901, m. 16-MAR-1919, Carrie Jane Brown, b. 03-MAR-1896, d. 25-FEB-1971, buried: Rock Bridge Cemetery, Sumner Co, TN. Mitchell died 03-SEP-1990, buried: Rock Bridge Cemetery, Sumner Co, TN. They have eight children.
    8. Noble Douglas Crowder b. 12-NOV-1904.
  1. James Alexander "Leck" Crowder b. 18-SEP-1864, Sumner County, TN, m. 03-JUN-1889, Emily Jane "Jennie" Brizendine, b. 02-SEP-1873, Sumner County, TN, AUG-1916, (daughter of James Cornelius Brizendine and Margaret Elizabeth "Peggy" Hunter) d. 12-NOV-1949, buried: Rock Bridge Cemetery, Sumner Co, TN. James died 07-APR-1945, Rock Bridge, Sumner, TN, buried: Rock Bridge Cemetery, Sumner Co, TN. There are four more children, but I am missing the pages from Ms. McCanns book
    Children:
    1. Bessie Augusta Crowder b. 04-AUG-1890.
    2. Hugh Love Crowder b. 26-SEP-1891.
    3. Annie Gertrude Crowder b. 25-NOV-1894.
    4. Grace Lovella Crowder b. 16-JUN-1897.
    5. William Odell Crowder b. 23-AUG-1901, m. 1927, Zecie Bell Whitson, b. 23-JUL-1908, (daughter of Euel Whitson and Ella Jane Kirkham) d. 12-DEC-1993, Brandwood Nrsg, Home, Gallatin, TN, buried: 16-DEC-1993, Maple Hill Cemetery, Sumner Co., TN. William died 11-OCT-1974, buried: Maple Hill Cemetery, Sumner Co., TN.
    6. John Mack Crowder b. 18-NOV-1903. (See the Joseph West FA entry for more information on this family.)
    7. Gara Caroline "Bertie" Crowder b. 14-SEP-1905.
    8. Alice Lorene Crowder b. 08-MAR-1907, TN, m. (1) 1939, Carl Elmer Farmer, b. 20-AUG-1905, d. 10-FEB-1978, buried: Rock Bridge Cemetery, Sumner Co, TN, m. (2) Homer Castell, b. 04-APR-1906, d. 26-JAN-1991. Alice died 11-MAY-1988, buried: 15-MAY-1988, Rock Bridge Cemetery, Sumner Co, TN. They had no children.
    9. Alty Clyde Crowder b. 29-JAN-1910.
    10. Ruth Ividell Crowder b. 01-MAY-1912.
    11. Margaret Pauline Crowder b. 01-DEC-1913.
  1. Francis "Bud" Crowder b. 28-MAR-1868, m. 24-DEC-1890, Lucy J. Williford, b. 30-JUN-1868, d. 12-JUL-1948, buried: Rock Bridge Cemetery, Sumner Co, TN. Francis died 13-JAN-1943, buried: Rock Bridge Cemetery, Sumner Co, TN.
    Children:
    1. Charles Harsley Crowder b. 14-SEP-1891.
    2. Caney O. Crowder b. 06-DEC-1897, m. Elizabeth Dobb, b. 19-APR-1907, d. 30-JAN-1978, buried: Rock Bridge Cemetery, Sumner Co, TN. Caney died 22-DEC-1950, buried: Rock Bridge Cemetery, Sumner Co, TN. They had no children.
  1. Callie D. Crowder b. 1870, m. 02-JUL-1893, John W. Brown, b. 1874, (son of George Brown and Sarah Elizabeth "Bettie" Ashlock) d. 1948, buried: Rock Bridge Cemetery, Sumner Co, TN. Callie died 1960, buried: Rock Bridge Cemetery, Sumner Co, TN.
    Children:
    1. Olie Clifton Brown.
    2. William A. Brown b. 29-JUL-1896, d. 15-MAR-1951, buried: Rock Bridge Cemetery, Sumner Co, TN.
    3. Elder Edgar Abner "Ed" Brown b. 23-JUN-1904.
    4. Arnold Odell Brown.
    5. Herlan Pearson Brown b. 03-JUN-1910.
    6. Alice Lorene Brown b. 06-JUN-1913.
  1. Alice Crowder b. 1875, m. George W. McKinness, b. 1867, d. 1937, buried: Rock Bridge Cemetery, Sumner Co, TN. Alice died 21-FEB-1958, buried: Rock Bridge Cemetery, Sumner Co, TN. They had 3 or 4 children.
    Children:
    1. David McKinness b. 01-MAY-1900.
    2. Veron McKinness.


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