Tombstone Tuesday - Benjamin Crowell

Benjamin

Crowell

Born

June 12, 1776

Died

Dec. 13, 1853

Buried Crowell Cemetery, Crittenden County, Kentucky. Tombstone photographed 23 September 2015. This tombstone is on the ground and in danger of being damaged by mowing machines.

Benjamin Crowell had 233 acres of land surveyed on Caney Creek in Livingston County, Kentucky 15 March 1817.[1] He can be found on the 1830 Livingston  County and 1850 Crittenden County census records. His birthplace was listed as North Carolina in 1850.[2]

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[1] Kentucky Land Grants, 1782-1924, Ancestry.com <http://www.ancestry.com/> accessed 7 December 2015.

[2] 1850 Crittenden County, Kentucky Federal Census, Dist. 2, page 263 (stamped) and 525 (penned), dwelling 243, family 243, 26 August 1850.

Published 10 May 2016, Western Kentucky Genealogy Blog, http://wkygenealogy.blogspot.com/