Colonel David Crawford (1625 – 1710) was a member of the

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and an early plantation owner in

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Life

David Crawford was born circa 1625, in Scotland, emigrating to the Virginia Colony with his father, John Crawford around 1643. His father was later killed in

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of 1676. His daughter Elizabeth (died 1762) married Nicholas Meriwether II of New Kent County, an ancestor of

Meriwether Lewis Meriwether Lewis (August 18, 1774 – October 11, 1809) was an American explorer, soldier, politician, and public administrator, best known for his role as the leader of the Lewis and Clark Expedition, also known as the Corps of Discovery, with ...

. Crawford amassed many acres of land and owned a large plantation that eventually became the site of

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. On April 2, 1692, he was elected to the

as one of two representatives from New Kent County, Virginia, for two years. He introduced a piece of legislation, requiring that county clerks maintain an office in their respective county courthouse. In 1693 he deeded his 400-acre Assaquin Plantation to his grandson William Meriwether. Four years later he gave his grandson David Meriwether 200 acres of land in St. Paul's Parish.Lewis of Warner Hall: The History of a Family, Merrow Egerton Sorley, page 806, 1935. As an elderly man, he was killed by Pamunkey Indians at Assaquin Plantation, New Kent, Virginia in 1710.

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Crawford Family History - Part 1, by Bob Chope
1620s births 1710 deaths People from New Kent County, Virginia House of Burgesses members People from colonial Virginia Scottish emigrants to the Thirteen Colonies People murdered in Virginia {{Virginia-politician-stub