Mary Walker, called Polly, and a daughter of Edward
and Mahala (Tussey) Walker, was born in 16 December
1824 probably at her
parents' home on Mulberry Creek and died sometime
after 1900 probably on Bear
Creek in Claiborne County. She married sometime
between 2 April 1849 and 1 April 1850 a Samuel Crawford,
who was born about 1824 in Tennessee and died sometime
between 1880 and 1900.
Although his parents are far from proven, one old family
source suggests that Sam was Polly's cousin. Quite possibly,
the Martha who married John Crawford in Sullivan County
is Polly's aunt Martha, and Samuel may have been their
son. At present, however, this connection rates only
as a guess.
The couple had 6 known children, two of whom moved
to Newton and Cass Counties in Missouri. The burial
places for both Polly and Sam are unknown, but since
three of their children are buried in Campbell Cemetery
on Bear Creek near where Sam and Mary probably lived
most of their married lives, the couple could easily
be in two of the many graves there marked only with
fieldstones.
