Crews Extended Family

Crews - Extended Family

Gideon Crews
(1752 in VA - Aug 12, 1824 in Knox, TN)
Son of Walter Crews (c1735-) and Nancy Ann Gregg
and brother of James Madison Crews (1758-1841)
Gideon's wife's name is unknown

"Our Cruze Ancestors" notes that Gideon's death date is confirmed through pension records which is seen in the "U.S. Pension Roll of 1835" for Knox Co., TN. "Gideon Crews moved from Buckingham Co. to Knox Co. Tennessee in 1794. He was 42 years old and there is a basis for believing he left some of his children in Virginia." Gideon's pension number is S37371. Many online trees conflate Walter Crew's son Gideon Crews (who migrated to Knox Co., TN with brother James) with contemporary Gideon Crews (c. 1730–1805) of Granville County, NC, who married Nancy Ann Johnston. This Gideon should also not be confused with Gideon Crews (1730-1815) who married Jemima Wicker.

Early editions of Elmer Houser’s work attached Sallie (m. James Hewling), Nancy (m. Silas Hewling), and Walter (m. Lavinia Tucker) to Gideon Crews (c. 1752–1824). Primary Knox County marriage bonds and the 1824 Knox County estate administration of Gideon Crews confirm these belong to lateral Grainger/Knox lines or younger generations. Gideon’s primary-supported children married into the local Stock Creek Hinds, Johnson, Childress, and Howard families.

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The children and notes below for Gideon's children
are provided with AI assistance and are under review

1. Walter Crews (Abt. 1778/82 - )
      Married Nancy Hinds (-) in 1806 in Knox, TN
      Note: Named after his grandfather Walter. Appears alongside Gideon on
      Knox County tax rolls later migrated to Illinois.

2. Jesse Crews (Abt. 1783 - )
      Married Elizabeth "Betsy" Johnson (-) in 1808 in Knox, TN
      Note: Served as an heir/administrator in local land transactions on Stock Creek;
      Later moved to Lawrence/Wayne Co., IL

3. James Crews (Abt. 1785 - )
      Married Mary "Polly" Hinds (-) in 1811 in Knox, TN
      Note: Named after his uncle James Crews (1758); Bonded on Gideon's
      1824 estate administration in Knox County alongside widow Nancy.

4. Elizabeth "Betsy" Crews (Abt. 1788 - )
      Married John Childress (-) in 1809 in Knox, TN
      Note: Knox County marriage bond signed in the Stock Creek neighborhood;
      Family migrated to Missouri.

5. Gideon Crews, Jr. (Abt. 1792 - )
      Married Mary "Polly" Howard (-) in 1816 in Knox, TN
      Note: Listed as Gideon, Jr in Knox County court records to distinguish him
      from his father prior to 1824.

6. Nancy Crews (Abt. 1795 - )
      Married Joseph Johnson (-) in 1817 in Knox, TN
      Note: Recorded in Knox County marriage bonds with brother Jesse Crews as bondsman.

7. Mary "Polly" Crews (Abt. 1798 - )
      Married William Hinds (-) in 1818 in Knox, TN
      Note: Part of the extensive Crews-Hinds intermarriage network in Knox County;
      Later migrated to Cole/Montineau County, MO.