History Of The Crow Family

Crow Family History is an account of the descendants of Walter Crow, who was born 1717 in Cecil County, Maryland and died in 1789 in either Rockingham County, Virginia or Lincoln County, Kentucky. Walter's descendants, John and William, helped found the first permanent settlement west of the Allegheny Mountains (Harrodsburg, Kentucky); John founded a wilderness station (Crow's Station) in Danville, Kentucky and ran a store with Daniel Boone in Limestone (Maysville); Jacob and Ben were with the new American Army during the 1777-78 winter at Valley Forge; James fought in the battle of Kings Mountain; Ben settled new land in Missouri when it was still a territory and felt the New Madrid earthquake; Rev. John Finley Crowe wrote an anti-slavery magazine in the early 1800s in Kentucky (and was kicked out of the state for it) then founded Hanover College; Robert Crow and family crossed the plains with Brigham Young and were among the first wagons into the Salt Lake Valley in 1847; Walter and sons crossed the continent in search of gold in 1849 during the California Gold Rush then returned with the first cattle drive from Missouri to California in 1850; John Bradford, Martin and James fought in the Civil War; John Bradford lead one of the largest wagon trains to ever cross the plains from Missouri to California in 1865 and settled in California on an old Spanish Rancheria land grant (Crows Landing, California was named for the Crow brothers); Walter, son of William, was forever branded a gunfighter when he shot and killed six men at the Gunfight at Mussel Slough (one year before Wyatt Earp had his showdown at the OK Corral); Martin and his father Dr. Edward Crow built their own brand of automobiles (Crow-Elkhart); Lloyd Crow Stark ran the state of Missouri as governor; our Crows have participated in every war the country has fought in since the Revolution. Included are over 200 photos, documents and maps.