Hi!
My name is Marian Warren, and my E-mail address is:
Mjswspokane@comcast.netI have just hit a "pocket' of Crabtrees through the message board on Ancestry.com Some of these messages are older, but we have only had Ancestry since about August. I am trying to write to anyone who I feel I can help or who can help me, or anyone in my same line.
Your Mack Harrison Crabtree is the grandson of my Mack Harrison Crabtree. Your Mack's father, Benjamin Franklin Crabtree, was brother to my gr-gr-grandmother Zilliah Ann Crabtree. Zilliah Ann married William S. Stewart in Franklin County, Tenn., in 1850, and they remained there. My maiden name was Stewart. If you are interested in brancining out that far, I have the names of most of their children.
Zilliah Ann and Benjamin Franklin's parents were Mack Harrison Crabtree and Lucy Jane Wilkinson. Lucy was supposed to have been born in Barren County, Kentucky. So far, I have not been able to get marriage info on Mack and Lucy, and I have checked both Franklin Co., Tenn. and Barren Co., Kentucky.
I am just learning from the message board new info. I have not researched this myself and cannot verify it, but on the other hand, I have no reason to suspect it. One of these is a tie in between Franklin County, Tenn. and Barran and Wayne Counties, Kentucky. There is an Isaac Crabtree living in Kentucky (a Revolutionary War Vet) who may be my Mack's grandfather. Also, one person says that Lucy Jane Wilkinson's father was John Batley Wilkinson.
Now, my Mack's father (which would be your Mack's gr-grandfather) was William Crabtree of Crow Creek, Tenn. (near the Alabama border.) There is controversy about his wif(ves.) Some say she was Margaret "Peggy" Potts, and indeed he did leave a widow named Margaret. But, what was her maiden name, and what # wife was she?? There was a lady name Eliza Woodall who did a family tree on William Crabtree, and she always had a stong hunch that he had married a Crownover, but she couldn't prove it. Her daughter Pattty lives in Alabama and carries on her work.
William Crabtree was listed in some places as born in N.C., although new records I'm gettins say his father came out from S.C. Patty says that she found a newspaper clipping (written about one of his sons) saying that he was born in White County, Tenn., so you can check that out further.
Also, I have just found out on the message boards that William's father was supposed to be Isaac Crabtree, and there was at least one in Kentucky.
If I can be of more help to you just let me know. You may have this info alrady? I have the names of William's children, my Mack and Lucy's children, Benjamin Franklin Crabtree's kids, and my Zilliah and William S. Stewart's---if you are interested or need any of these.
Hope to hear from you. Please send me you personal E-mail so we can communicate easier.
Hope to hear from you soon!!
Bye for now. Love--Your cousin, Marian