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Old Crow Family Cemetery




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Located about 1.5 miles south of Little Mound Church, on Tangerine Road off Texas Hwy 49, in a private pasture, not easily accessible from the road.

Our thanks go to Stan Stokes for reading this cemetery! Thanks to great volunteers like Stan, we are able to put many small cemeteries online as they are found. Update! Please note that Alice Lane has sent in her Cranfill ancestors that are buried at Old Crow, and they are added at the bottom of the page. We also thank Alice for sending in the pictures that were taken in 1966.  Thanks go to the Upshur County Historical Commission for these additions.

Read Aug 7, 2001 by Stan Stokes
Submitted by Stephanie Stephenson 2003

As hard as we all try, we are human and sometimes when reading a cemetery we miss a grave covered with leaves, fireants, or bushes. Sometimes the headstone has sunk and is mostly underground. Our area also has many graves only marked with iron ore rocks and even many unmarked graves. There are headstones that have long ago been destroyed by the elements or even vandalizm, and are hard to impossible to read the details. We would appreciate it if you would let us know if you did not find your relative which was buried here, and would appreciate your letting us use the information you know about them. With the combined efforts of us all, we can make the Upshur County website bigger and better.

All markers with writing are included below.  Additionally, there were at least 15 unknown graves marked by native rocks only, included two graves covered in large piles of stones.

The writing is shown exactly as on the stones, except where my parenthesis are added for clarification.

Name Birth Death Remarks
Cranfill, Thomas
1821 1889 Possible unmarked grave    Photo
Per Ronald Wade - Thomas Cranfill - Born in Rowan Co., NC, the son of Jonathan 'John' Cranfill (1800 ? 1860) and Jane Galloway (1798 ? 1858).  He married Susan J. Canter (1833 ? 1877).  Their children included Francis Anne Cranfill (1853 ? 1923), Albert Green Cranfill (1856 ? 123), Luther J. Cranfill (1858 ? 1909), Celissa Alice Cranfill (1863 ? 1925), Flora Eugenia Jeanie Cranfill (1866 ? 1930), Thomas E. Cranfill (1869 ? 1920), Ira Cranfill (1870 ? 1870) and June Helen Cranfill (1873 ? 1874).  Enlisted 2 Feb 1861 in Texas State Troops, Independent Calloway Co., 6th Dist., Upshur Co., Tx. under Capt. H.F. Ford, First Muster 1 Mar 1861.  He worked as a teacher, potter, farmer, druggist, county commissioner in 1882, general store owner in 1883, and postmaster.  
The following three are Alice Lane's Cranfill ancestors buried at Old Crow. In 1966 she visited the Old Crow Cemetery with her mother, who pointed out to Alice where the Cranfills were buried in unmarked graves. She wonders if there could be more. Thomas Cranfill Biography
Calhoun, Dorcus M Feb 14, 1841 Jul 24, 1869 w/o E W Calhoun; d/o B & R Dabney
Cranfill, June Helen Jun 14, 1873 Nov 9, 1874 Per Ronald Wade - June Helen Cranfill, born the daughter of Thomas Cranfill (1821-1889) & Susan J. Canter Cranfill (1834-1877).
Cranfill, Susan Cantor Born l834 Died l877 Per Ronald Wade - Susan J. Canter Cranfill married to Thomas Cranfill (1821-1889) and their children included included Francis Anne Cranfill (1853 ? 1923), Albert Green Cranfill (1856 ? 123), Luther J. Cranfill (1858 ? 1909), Celissa Alice Cranfill (1863 ? 1925), Flora Eugenia Jeanie Cranfill (1866 ? 1930), Thomas E. Cranfill (1869 ? 1920), Ira Cranfill (1870 ? 1870) and June Helen Cranfill (1873 ? 1874).
Thanks to Wendy Cranfill for this additional unmarked grave:
Cranfill, Thomas Edwin Sep 20,1869  Upshur Co., Tx. Dec 13,1910 Upshur Co., Tx. Per Ronald Wade - Thomas Edwin Cranfill, born the son of Thomas Cranfill (1821-1889) & Susan J. Canter Cranfill (1834-1877).  (He lived in Oklahoma but had come to Texas to visit his family, and contracted blood poisoning and died at his sister Flora Eugenia Cranfill Barton's house. In Oklahoma, he left a wife and 3 living children (twin children, Luther & Relah, had previously died.)
Crow, Flora A Mar 7, 1872 Sep 19, 1874 d/o J G & S R Crow
Crow, G H Nov 20, 1848 May 18, 1888 -
Crow, G W Sep 21, 1820 Oct 20, 1877 Per Ronald Wade - George Washington Crow, born in Tenn., the son of  William M. Crow (1788 ? 1866) & Rebecca Adams (1790 ? 1875).  He married 4 Sep 1842 in Roane, Tn. to Sarah Jane Allison (1824 ? 1894) and their children included Robert A. Crow born about 1843, William L. Crow born about 1845, John G. Crow (1847-1879), George H. Crow (1848 ? 1898), Mary Crow born 1858, Rufus Crow born 1860, Uriah Edward Crow (1861 - 1936), Sarah Crow born 1864, and Leonidas Greene "Lon" Crow (1868 - 1899). During the Civil War enlisted 2 Jan 1862 in Co. D, 1st Texas Regiment of the Confederate States of America under Capt. John L. Camp, commanded by Col M.T. Johnson.
Crow, J B 1824 Feb 28, 1865 Per Ronald Wade - Jessie B. Crow, born 1824 in Roane, Tn., the son of William M. Crow (1788-1866) and Rebecca Adams (1790-1875). 
Crow, John G. Mar 2, 1847 Apr 25, 1879 Per Ronald Wade - John G. Crow, born the son of George Washington Crow (1820-1877) & Sarah Jane Allison (1824 ? 1894).  He married Sarah Byrd Crow (born about 1849 Tn. who later married a Mr. Blackwood who died in 1900 & a David E. Roberts 1866 ? )
Crow, L G May 24, 1868 Oct 10, 1899 Per Ronald Wade - Leonidas Greene "Lon" Crow, born the son of George Washington Crow (1820-1877) & Sarah Jane Allison (1824 ? 1894).
Crow, M L Sep 5, 1896 Sep 15, 1897 -
Crow, Sarah J Jul 31, 1824 Dec 23, 1894 Per Ronald Wade - Sarah Jane Allison Crow, born in Roane, Tn., the daughter of Robert Moore Allison (1800 ? 1879) & Nancy Byrd (1807 ? 1845). On 4 Sep 1842 in Roane, Tn. she married George Washington Crow (1820-1877).  Their children included Robert A. Crow born about 1843, William L. Crow born about 1845, John G. Crow (1847-1879), George H. Crow (1848 ? 1898), Mary Crow born 1858, Rufus Crow born 1860, Uriah Edward Crow (1861 - 1936), Sarah Crow born 1864, and Leonidas Greene "Lon" Crow (1868 - 1899). After Mr. Crow's death she married Samuel B. Snow (1819 - 1903).  on same stone with G W
Crow, William M. 1788 Oct 1, 1866 Per Ronald Wade - William M. Crow, born 1788 in Virginia, the son of Robert Crow Jr. (1751 ? 1834) and Nancy Campbell (1753 ? 1824).  Married 5 May 1808 in Carter Co., Tenn. to Rebecca Adams (born 1790 Lewis Fork, Wilkes, North Carolina and died 3 Apr. 1875 in Upshur Co., Tx. but not buried in this cemetery.  They were parents of Nancy Crow (1809-1887 married James M.  Stephenson), Cordelia (Delia) Crow (1815 ? 1849), George W. Crow (1820 ? 1877), Jessie B. Crow (1824 ? 1860), Caroline Crow (1825 ? 1880), William L. Crow (1832 ? 1880), and Rufus Crow (1834 ? 1900).  William Crow served in Capt. William D. Nelson's Co. in the Tennessee Militia in the War of 1812 enlisting 30 Sep 1813 and being discharged 1 Jan 1814 and received a Pension Pensioner WC-6543. Page 572 of War of 1812 Pension Application Files Index, 1812-1815William Crow Died Oct 1, 1866.
Stephenson, Emma R Jul 5, 1873 Jul 5, 1873 on same stone with Henry; D/o Jno. & Mary J Stephenson
Stephenson, Henry R Dec 31, 1878 Aug 1879 on same stone with Emma; S/o Jno. & Mary J Stephenson
Stephenson, James M Feb 4, 1805 Jan 14, 1883 Per Ronald Wade - James M. Stephenson , born in Tennessee he married 11 Dec 1828 in Roane, Tn. to  Nancy Crow (1809-1887).  Their children included John Stephenson (1831 ? 1903), Margaret Stephenson (1833 ? 1850), Margaret Stephenson (1834 ? 1920), Rebecca Stephenson born about 1835, George Stephenson (1838 ? 1860), Mary Stephenson (1841 ? 1914), Jehu Stephenson born about 1844, Jesse C. Stephenson (1845 ? 1909), James Ray Stephenson born about 1847, and James D. Stephenson (1848 ? 1860).
Stephenson, Nancy Jun 13, 1809 Jun 30, 1887 Per Ronald Wade - Nancy Crow Stephenson, born the daughter of William M. Crow (1788-1866) and Rebecca Adams (1790-1875).   She married James M. Stephenson (1805-1883) and their children included John Stephenson (1831 ? 1903), Margaret Stephenson (1833 ? 1850), Margaret Stephenson (1834 ? 1920), Rebecca Stephenson born about 1835, George Stephenson (1838 ? 1860), Mary Stephenson (1841 ? 1914), Jehu Stephenson born about 1844, Jesse C. Stephenson (1845 ? 1909), James Ray Stephenson born about 1847, and James D. Stephenson (1848 ? 1860).
Wilson, T. C.   15 July 1875 Age 2 yrs 8 days



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