Harding / Hardin / Hardine Crouch 3 (John 2, Richard 1) was(son) born 16 June 1772, in Goochland Co VA. He migrated to Montgomery, Co., Tn. between possibly as early as 1805 based upon the Montgomery County, Tn. Sheriff's enumeration below but generally thought to be between 1810 and 1820, died in 1845, Montgomery Co TN [7] ; married Dorothy Murray about 1810. She was born about 1789 in Virginia, and died March 4, 1859 in Montgomery County, Tennessee.[2]
Harding / Hardine Crouch s/o John & Susannah (Ellis) Crouch of Goochland Co VA. August 16, 1772 Hardine Crouch baptized.
Harding Crouch had left Goochland Co VA by 1798.
December 28, 1799 Land Indenture in Goochland County, Virginia from Hardine's mother Susannah Crouch, the wife of John 2 Crouch deceased lists : Harden Crouch of the North Western territory" See John 2 Crouch.1802, 1803 and 1804 Pittsylvania County, Virginia (county just north of Rockingham Co., N.C.) Tax list lists Hardine Crouch taxed only for himself and a horse adjacent to John & Susannah Crouch.
1805 Enumeration as pr. Sheriff's Return State of Tennessee {Montgomery County} Whereas the Law made it the duty of the Different Sheriffs of this State to proceed in the Year 1805 to take an Enumeration of the free Taxable Inhabitants in the Different Counties ~~~ I John Cocke Sheriff of Montgomery County There is Six Hundred & Seventy five free Taxable Inhabitents in Said County to the best of my Knowledge & belief given Under my hand & Seal this 31st of August 1805 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~John Cocke Shff
1060 Crouch Harding Montgomery/TN collectors bond1820 census Montgomery Co TN - Hardin Crouch.
Males 9 and under - 2Males 45 and over - 1
Females 10 to 15 - 1
Females 26 to 44 = 1
1830 census Montgomery Co TN lists Harding Crouch.
1840 census Montgomery Co TN lists Harding Crouch.
1850 census Montgomery Co TN lists Dorothy Crouch living with son, William H. Crouch.
Their children were as follows:
1. Martha Crouch 4 b ca1811.1850 Martha Crouch not married; living with | brother William H. Crouch in Montgomery Co TN.2. John S. Crouch 4 b ca1812,
1850 census Montgomery Co TN lists John Crouch.3. William H. Crouch 4 , born 12 December 1813 [6]
1850 census Montgomery Co TN lists William Crouch as head of household, & mother, Dorothy (Murray) Crouch & sister, Martha Crouch. [1]
[1] According to Mrs. L.M. Crouch Jr deceased 1990 Harrisonville, Mo. - Noted Crouch researcher.
[2] Clarksville Weekly Chronicle
64 DOROTHY CROUCHMarch 4,1859---Mrs. Dorothy Crouch, (aged) 88, died at home of son, W.H. Crouch in Montgomery County.
As republished in Jill K. Garrett's, OBITUARIES FROM TENNESSEE NEWPAPERS (Easterly, C.C.: So. Hist. Press, 1980.
[3] Montgomery County Records
Vol. 6, p. 81: 1815, Bill of Sale from Harding Crouch to John Neville for slave named Iris acknowledged in court.The court minutes from 1816 through 1817 are full of information pertaining to road improvements. - John Bailey was appointed overseer of the road from Parson's Creek to Hardin Crouch's place.
[4] 1841 Montgomery County Census - District 5 has
Crouch, John S. 22Crouch, W. S. 23
Crouch, Harain 24
Was Harain another son of Harding Crouch?
[5] Is this out of the Goochland County Court Records?
17 Oct 1794 - Archer Payne, James Gordon, & Smith Payne, execs of John Payne, deceased, of VA to Thomas Thurmond of Wilkes Co; 5041L current money of VA, 640 acres by the name of Hayes Bottom on the south side of the Yadkin River. SS/ Archer Payne, Smith Payne. Wit: Harding Crouch, Martha Payne, John Gray, Jane S. Payne, Benj. H. Martin, Richd B Payne, Johnson Lay, Benj C Martin, Margaret B Payne. B/400
[6] William H. Crouch was born 12 December 1813.
W.P. Titus, PICTURESQUE CLARKSVILLE PAST AND PRESENT, (Clarksville, TN. Private Publisher, 1887)
[7] Will of Hardin(g) Crouch
Montgomery County, TN., Will Book K, Page 149
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