Davy and Kizzy were listed about two-thirds of the way through the 1863 Inventory of Benjamin Lee’s estate. Davy, age 63, and Kizzy, age 58, were among the oldest listed in the inventory. Listed with them were several children and grandchildren.
Three sons and four daughters have been identified and the purpose of this page is to econstruct the family of Davy and Kizzy by comparing the records of Prince George’s County (census records, White Marsh Baptism records, death records) and documenting the relationships.
1861 Martenet Map of Prince George’s County | loc.gov
the Crawford family group
Eleanor (Nelly) Crawford
Nelly Crawford was listed in the Benjamin Lee inventory as 33 years old with four living children: Caroline, Louisa, Dennis, and Jerry. The names of the children with their ages allowed for the identification of Eleanor (Nelly) Crawford’s family in the 1870 Census. The family was living with their father, Dennis Green, near the small…
John and Harriet Crawford
This is one post in a series on the children of David and Kizzy Crawford. John was listed as Kizzy’s son in the 1832 Inventory of James Belt’s estate. He was four years old when Belt died. Kizzy, his mother, was 27 and she was listed with an unnamed child and John, her son. In…
William Crawford | Civil War Drafts
In 1863, the US Federal Government began to actively recruit Black men for the Union Army. In the fall of 1863, the War Department authorized the systematic enlistment of enslaved men in the Border States, including Maryland. General Order 329 promised freedom to the soldier and compensation to slaveholders loyal to the Union. The slaveholders…
stories of Then 