John Crouch Sr. m. Sarah Barberry (?) and the widow Lane

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Husband: John Crouch Sr. b. ca. 1730, d. 1815 Tazewell, Tn.; son of Joseph Crouch and Ann (Reeds ?)
m.
Wife 1: Sarah, 1729 - 1789, bd. Buffalo Ridge Cemetery, Gray, Tn., presumed to be the same wife of John Crouch Sr. named Sarah who m (1) Samuel Weathers.
Wife 2:John Crouch Sr. Later m. the widow of the Rev. Tidence Lane, Elizabeth Cloud Lane. [Note: more likely she was mother of Tidence Lane and widow of his father John Fuller Lane. Tidence Lane died later than John Crouch did.] No children
Children of John and Sarah include:
William Weathers, stepson of John Crouch Sr., son of Samuel Weathers
Joseph Crouch, ca. 1749-1830
John Crouch Jr. b. 1756
Jesse Crouch 1760-1841
James B. Crouch b. 1768 m. Agnes Denton, moved to Cumberland Co., Ky. ca. 1800
Elijah Crouch
Anna or Ann Crouch m. Isaac King
Martha Crouch 1772-1848 m. George Noland & m. 1805 Rev. Isaac Denton of Cumberland Co., Ky.

More on John Crouch Sr. Family: 27 Jan 1752, John
Crouch of Brunswick Parish leased from Joseph Morton of Hanover Parish, King George
Co VA, 100 acres in Brunswick Parish for the lives of John Crouch and wife Sarah and
William Weathers, son of John & Sarah Crouch. (Son [10] JOSEPH CROUCH b 1749 is
not mentioned). 07 Mar 1765 a judgment was entered in favor of John Crouch in a court
case in King George Co VA between John Crouch and Francis Day. By tradition,
[7] JOHN CROUCH moved his family to Henry Co VA by way of Halifax Co VA.
Presumably [7] JOHN CROUCH & his family did not leave King George Co VA until 07
Mar 1765.

John Crouch's documented residences: 1749-50 & 1756, King George Co VA; 1760, Stafford Co VA; 1763, Halifax Co VA; 1777, 1778, 1779, & 1780, Henry Co VA; 1781, 1782, 1783, 1790, 1791, 1793, 1794, 1797, Washington Co TN; 1812, Claiborne Co TN. (Questionable entries on John's residence include: 1790, Harrison Co VA; 1793 Henry Co VA; & 1799, Henry Co VA.

John Crouch buried (assumed) in Big Springs Baptist Church Cemetery, Claiborne Co TN; Sarah (Cloud) Crouch buried Buffalo Ridge Baptist Church Cemetery, Washington Co NC/TN. John Crouch Sr. moved from King George Co VA to Stafford Co VA, Halifax Co VA, & Henry Co VA then ca1781 to Washington Co NC/TN. After John Crouch's 2nd marriage he moved to Claiborne Co TN to join some of wife Elizabeth's children [Lane's]. (There were 2 separate Crouch families in Henry Co VA at the same time, both containing the given name John. This John Crouch Sr.'s son John is not to be confused with the John Crouch who m 1785, Henry Co VA, Elizabeth Bradberry and went to Green Co KY).


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