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About Polly Crawford

Polly Crawford
1840 - 1909
Polly Crawford was born about 1840 somewhere in Georgia and died about 1909 in an unknown place. Dates for birth and death are estimated. She lived to be about 69 years old.

Records
Census8/29/1860 AL (Covington County) 20 yrs old 
This information, while true, may NOT apply to our Polly Crawford.  #528 -Wm C. Crawford ( age 48 -NC), Sarah Crawford (42 - SC), John A. Crawford (20), Polly Ann Crawford (18), Daniel R. Crawford (17), James S. Crawford (14), Nancy C. Crawford (12), Anderson C. Crawford (9), Amanda E. Crawford (7), Saraho E. Crawford (5) Martha C. Crawford (2). All children were born in AL, William is a farmer. 
Census6/16/1870 Georgia Militia District 626 GA (Calhoun County) 30 yrs old 
The children of Simeon and Exey Howard are recorded as two families. Neither parent is recorded:

Recorded as family #127: Sim D. Howard (age 22, born in AL), Polley (age 29, born in GA) and brother -William J. (age 15, born in AL). The men are farm laborers and Polley is keeping house. Sim estimates the value of his personal estate to be $125. Sim and William cannot read or write.

Recorded as family #128: Mary A. Howard (age 32), Sarah J. (age 21), Eliza ? (age 16), and William S. (age 1). The women were born in AL while the boy was born in GA. They indicate they can read by not write. 
Census6/8/1880 1123 District GA (Calhoun County) 40 yrs old 
Two Howard families are listed on the same page:
(1) as family #53 -- Sim D. Howard (age 36, a farmer born in AL, both parents born in GA) and his wife Polly (age 40, born in GA, both parents born in GA). Willie Crawford (16, born in GA), a nephew, is living with them and working as a farm laborer.

(2) as family #56: Mary A. Howard (age 39, born in GA) is listed as head of household consisting of her sisters: Sarah J (age 34), Renea (age 27), Elizabeth (age 11), Sena B. (age 2, relationship stated as Mary's niece). All say they were born in AL, their father was born in GA and their mother was born in North Carolina. Sarah is a farm laborer and the rest are keeping house. 

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Click on any of the News, Events, or Discoveries buttons above to see historical things that happened during Polly Crawford's life. These are only some of the major events that affected the life and times of Polly, her family, and friends. For example, Polly is 2 years old when Second Seminole Indian War ends and thousands of Seminole Indians are forced to move west of the Mississippi.
AgeDateEvent
7 1847 Atlanta, Georgia is incorporated. Formally Marthasville
10 1850 Gordon and Clinch Counties are formed.
11 1851 Clay, Howell, Polk, Spalding, and Whitfield Counties are formed.
12 1852 Taylor County formed.
13 1853 Catoosa, Pickens, Hart, Dougherty, Webster, Flton, and Worth Counties aare creaated.
14 1854 Fannin, Coffee, Chattahooche, Charlton, and Calhoun Counties formed.
16 1856 Haralson, Terrell, Berrien, Colquit, Miller, and Towns Counties formed.
17 1857 Dawson, Milton, Pierce, Glascock, Mitchell, Schley, White, and Wilcox Counties formed.
18 1858 Clayton, Quitman, Banks, Brooks, Johnson, and Echols Counties formed.
30 1870 Douglas, McDuffie, Rockdale, and Dodge Counties formed.
35 1875 Oconee County formed.
65 1905 Crisp, Grady, Jenkins, Tift, Davis, Stephens, Toombs, Turner, and Ben Hill Counties formed.
AgeDateEvent
4 1844 The first telegraph message is sent by Morse, who later invents the Mores Code
13 1853 The process of creating steel is invented by Besermer in Britain and Kelly in the U.S.
16 1856 The first Neanderthal fossils are found near Germany
19 1859 Charles Darwin publishes "Origin of Species" and begins the evolution theory.
25 1865 Mendel publishes his papers on genetics and introduces the concept to the public.
29 1869 Cro-magnon Man fossils are found in France
37 1877 Edison invents the phonograph permitting music and voices to be recorded and replayed.
39 1879 Edison invents the electric light bulb.
49 1889 The first calculating machine is invented and uses punch cards
55 1895 Wireless telegraph and the "antenna" are invented but it covers a very short distance.
57 1897 First ship to shore message is sent using an improved form of wireless telegraph
60 1900 The cause of yellow fever is discovered. It is proven that the fever is spread by mosquitoes. This rallies an effort to provide better mosquito control.
60 1900 Freud publishes his book "The Interpretation of Dreams"
61 1901 First transatlantic wireless telegraph is sent.
62 1902 The first Tyrannosaurus Rex fossil is discovered.
63 1903 Wright Brothers complete the first successful flight with an airplane at Kitty Hawk
64 1904 The first vacuum tube diode is invented by Fleming
66 1906 The triode vacuum tube is invented
66 1906 Electrons are discovered by Thomson
66 1906 Kellogg sells the first box of Corn Flakes
AgeDateEvent
21 1861 NEWS HEADLINES: American Civil war begins at Ft. Sumter, located in Charleston Harbor, VA.
22 1862 NEWS HEADLINES: May 20, 1862 the US government passes the Homestead Act to provide cheap land for settlement of lower Southeast and West.
42 1882 NEWS HEADLINES: Edison creates the first large power station in New York City, making it the first place in America to have electricity.
45 1885 NEWS HEADLINES: Eastman invents the box camera. For the first time photography becomes affordable for the average citizen.
68 1908 NEWS HEADLINES: Henry Ford produces the first Model T automobile
AgeDateEvent
2 1842 Second Seminole Indian War ends and thousands of Seminole Indians are forced to move west of the Mississippi.
15 1855 Third Seminole Indian War begins. It ends three years later when Chief Billy Bowlegs and his band are forced to move from Florida.
20 1860 Presidential election puts Abraham Lincoln in office. The campaign has heated the issues regarding slavery in the south.
22 1862 May 20, 1862 the US government passes the Homestead Act to provide cheap land for settlement of lower Southeast and West.
23 1863 Abraham Lincoln issues the "Emancipation Proclamation" freeing slaves.
25 1865 American Civil war ends with General Lee's surrender at Appomattox, VA. Reconstruction begins in the "old South"
28 1868 An eight-hour work day is established for federal employees.
35 1875 Tennessee enacts Jim Crow law.
36 1876 The National League of Baseball is founded
69 1909 The National Association for Advancement of Colored People is formed (NAACP)
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69 1909 The "Piltdown Man" hoax -- a fake archeological discovery announced by dishonest scientists who wanted to "prove" that human beings had evolved in Europe


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Simeon Howard
Born about 1844 and died about 1920
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The Children of Polly Crawford

Ben Howard
Born in Calhoun County, Georgia about 1864 and died in an unknown location about 1955. He was about 91 years old.

He may have been the nephew of Polly and was raised by Her and Simeon. In the 1880 census, Polly's nephew William is living with their family. ...
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