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Descendants of Bryant Crews.
From the database of Sheila M. Crews
as of August 29, 2008

BRYANT CREWS was born December 10, 1844 in Ware, (now Brantley) Co. GA, and died January 01, 1938 in Cow House Island, Ware Co. GA. He married MARY LETITIA "POLLY" DOWLING Bef. 1866, daughter of DAVID DOWLING and LETITIA THOMAS. She was born November 16, 1845 in Camden or Wayne Co. GA, and died March 28, 1929 in Brantley Co. GA.

Children of BRYANT CREWS and MARY LETITIA "POLLY" DOWLING are:

LETISHA "LETISHIE/TISHA" CREWS
She was born November 07, 1866 in Pierce Co. GA, and died June 23, 1941 in Ware Co. GA.
She married TIMOTHY MELTON October 29, 1882 in Ware Co. GA, son of ELIAS MELTON and ANN ALBRITTON. He was born December 28, 1857 in Ware Co. GA, and died January 19, 1918 in Ware Co. GA.

Children of LETISHA CREWS and TIMOTHY MELTON are:

JASPER BMELTON
b. December 10, 1888; d. 1929.

POLLY MELTON
b. February 1889/90;
m. THOMAS WALTER HOWELL, January 09, 1909; b. February 1883/84.

MARY ANN MELTON
b. June 10, 1896, Pierce Co. GA; d. October 29, 1965, Pierce Co. GA;
m. JAMES HENRY HOWELL, May 05, 1918; b. September 19, 1896; d. November 14, 1967, Brantley Co. GA.

GEORGIA V. MELTON
b. September 1898, Pierce Co. GA.

MARTHA MELTON
b. 1900, Pierce Co. GA.

OWEN T. MELTON
b. August 01, 1903, Pierce Co. GA; d. June 13, 1983, Ware Co. GA, High Bluff Cemetary Brantley Co. GA.

JOSEPH LAYTON "JOE" MELTON
b. August 21, 1906, Charlton Co. GA; d. September 21, 1968, Ware Co. GA, High Bluff Cemetary Brantley Co. GA;
m. NORA "NOLIE" MARTIN; b. February 20, 1916; d. November 28, 1988.

BREWER MELTON
b. 1907, Pierce Co. GA.

DAVID LAYTON MELTON
b. June 27, 1912, Ware Co. GA; d. August 15, 1979, Ware Co. GA Hoboken Cemetary, Brantley Co. GA.

BRYANT B. MELTON
b. January 23, 1891/92, Ware Co. GA; d. March 05, 1942;
m. PEARL

SAMANTHA ALDRIDGE, February 27, 1910, Pierce Co. GA; b. May 18, 1894, Brantley County, GA; d. May 15, 1961, Ware Co. GA.

PERRY DORSON "DORCE" MELTON
b. August 21, 1884, Ware County, GA; d. April 02, 1943, Ware County, GA.

BASBY BOSSA "BASHIE" MELTON
b. January 03, 1893/94, Schlatterville Community, Brantley County, GA; d. January 22, 1919, Schlatterville Community, Brantley County, GA.

NANCY CREWS
She was born September 1868, and died Unknown. She married FRANCES MARION (GUNTER) MELTON January 29, 1886/87, son of ELIAS MELTON and ANN ALBRITTON. He was born 1867 in Charlton Co. GA, and died Unknown.

Children of NANCY CREWS and FRANCES MELTON are:

SARAH JANE "JANIE"10 MELTON
b. December 23, 1895.

MATTHEW MELTON
b. September 03, 1906; d. November 11, 1962, Brantley Co. GA;
m. ? SHUMAN.

NICEY MELTON
b. April 1889; d. 1980; m.
(1) JAMES BENJAMIN "BEN" HICKOX; b. December 23, 1882, Brantley County, GA; d. January 23, 1961, Ware County, GA; m. (2) UNKNOWN DEES.

HUGH MELTON

FRANCIE MARION JR. MELTON.

AVA "AVIE" MELTON
b. September 1893; d. March 14, 1949, Brantley County, GA.

JOHN L. CREWS
He was born April 01, 1872, and died June 21, 1924 in Brantley Co. GA.
He married IDA ALTMAN Abt. 1895. She was born October 17, 1874, and died Unknown in High Bluff Cemetery, Brantley County, GA.

Children of JOHN CREWS and IDA ALTMAN are:

JESSE HARNEY CREWS
b. September 06, 1895; d. August 10, 1950.

MARY V "MAMIE" CREWS
b. September 1897; d. Unknown.

HENRY L CREWS
b. November 12, 1905; d. December 16, 1950.

MELVIN BRYANT MELVY CREWS
He was born June 12, 1874, and died September 04, 1923 in Ware Co. GA. He married MARY EMELINE ETTA COX Abt. 1898. She was born June 1882, and died Unknown in Ware Co. GA.

Children of MELVIN CREWS and MARY COX are:

ROSETTA CREWS
b. November 1898.

BRYANT CREWS
b. September 01, 1900; d. November 18, 1965, Ware Co. GA.

JOSEPH JOE CREWS
b. January 24, 1902; d. July 02, 1935, Ware Co. GA.

LAYTON CREWS
b. November 08, 1910, Ware Co. GA; d. November 26, 1982, Ware Co. GA.

CORA BELLE CREWS
b. Abt. 1915;
m. ? LOWE.

MARY E. CREWS
b. Abt. 1915;
m. ? ROACH, Waycross, Ware Co. GA.

ALICE E. CREWS
b. 1915; d. December 20, 1995, Ware Co. GA.

WALTER BRITTON "BRITT" CREWS
He was born March 18, 1875/76 in Cow House Island, Okeefenokee Swamp, Ware Co. GA, and died January 01, 1951 in Manor GA. He married NANCY ANN MISSOURI ALDRIDGE January 14, 1896/97 in Pierce Co. GA, daughter of ISHAM ALDRIDGE and EMENIZER ALTMAN. She was born August 26, 1877 in Ware Co. GA, and died April 09, 1964 in Duval Co. FL.

Children of WALTER CREWS and NANCY ALDRIDGE are:

INFANT DAUGHTER CREWS
b. January 12, 1897/98; d. January 12, 1897/98.

ALBERT DEAMOUS CREWS
b. February 27, 1898/99, Cow House Island, Okefenokee Swamp, Ware Co. GA; d. March 12, 1984, McClenny, Baker Co. Fl.

MARY ETTA CREWS
b. November 22, 1901, Cow House Island, Okefenokee Swamp, Ware Co. GA; d. May 29, 1992, Jacksonville, Duval Co Fla.

AMANDA ZOLA"MANDIE" CREWS
b. May 07, 1904, Cow House Island, Okefenokee Swamp, Ware Co. GA; d. November 15, 1967.

EMMANIZER CREWS
b. September 14, 1905, Cow House Island, Okefenokee Swamp, Ware Co. GA; d. June 12, 1940, Brantley Co. GA.

ANDREW BRYANT CREWS
b. January 10, 1909, Cow House Island, Okefenokee Swamp, Ware Co. GA; d. June 02, 1945, Okefenokee Swamp, Ware Co. GA.

LUCYNDA (LUCY) CREWS
b. August 02, 1910, Cow House Island, Okefenokee Swamp, Ware Co. GA; d. April 07, 1932, Ware Co. GA;
m. M J PRESCOTT, Unknown; b. October 14, 1912, Charlton County, GA; d. May 27, 1942, Jacksonville, Duval County, FL.

ALLIE VIRGINIA CREWS
b. December 21, 1911, Cow House Island, Okefenokee Swamp, Ware Co. GA; d. April 27, 1982;
m. CARL PAGE, October 30, 1938, Brantley Co. GA; b. September 15, 1900, Waldo, AR; d. May 18, 1975, Glynn Co. GA.

WALTER BRITTON JR. CREWS
b. March 17, 1913, Cow House Island, Okefenokee Swamp, Ware Co. GA; d. May 06, 1928, Okefenokee Swamp, Ware Co. GA.

VENNIE SUNDAY CREWS
b. January 13, 1915, Cow House Island, Okefenokee Swamp, Ware Co. GA. d. ????

EDWARD SUNDAY CREWS
b. November 11, 1917, Cow House Island, Okefenokee Swamp, Ware Co. GA; d. December 17, 2003, Jacksonville, Duval County, FL.

INFANT STILL BORN CREWS
b. February 05, 1921; d. February 05, 1921.

NANCY MISSOURI CREWS
b. LIVING, Schlatterville GA Brantley Co..

LEETIE VIRGINIA CREWS
b. March 20, 1903, Cow House Island, Ware Co. GA; d. February 24, 1998, Jacksonville Duval Co. FL.

POLLY ETTIE CREWS
She was born June 27, 1900 in Cow House Island, Ware Co. GA, and died February 14, 1996 in Albany, GA. She married HENRY OWEN PRESCOTT March 07, 1923 in Ware County, GA. He was born October 12, 1901 in Charlton Co. GA, and died January 14, 1984 in Hoboken, Brantley County, GA.

Henry Owen & Polly Ettie Crews Prescott

HENRY OWEN PRESCOTT was the son of HENRY OLIVER "OLLIE" PRESCOTT and MARY ALICE WAINRIGHT.

Henry Oliver & Mary Alice Wainright Prescott

Children of POLLY CREWS and HENRY PRESCOTT are:

ALVIN WEBSTER PRESCOTT
b. January 02, 1924, Charlton Co. GA; d. October 01, 1947, Galena, KS.

NANCY ALICE PRESCOTT
b. LIVING, Charlton County, GA.

GLEN BIAS PRESCOTT
b. LIVING, Charlton Co. GA.

ARLENE ZOLA PRESCOTT
b. April 08, 1930, Charlton County, GA; d. November 22, 1984.

MARCELL ELSIE PRESCOTT
b. November 03, 1932, Charlton County, GA; d. February 13, 1997, Waycross, Ware Co. GA.

OWEN MCCOY PRESCOTT
b. December 14, 1934, Charlton County, GA; d. August 11, 2004, Hoboken, Brantley County, GA.

KENNETH DALE PRESCOTT
b. August 18, 1937, Charlton Co. GA; d. May 08, 1994, Charlton Co. GA.

JANET VIOLA PRESCOTT
b. LIVING, Charlton Co. GA.

DOUGLAS ROY PRESCOTT
b. January 12, 1942, Charlton Co. GA; d. July 10, 2005, Hoboken, Brantley County, GA. M. SINA ALICE CREWS
b. March 28, 1907, Cow House Island, Ware Co. GA; d. April 15, 1950, Charlton Co. GA.

MARY "POLLY" CREWS
She was born June 1878, and died September 25, 1960 in Brantley Co. GA. She married NOAH BRITTON GRIFFIN Abt. 1895, son of JAMES GRIFFIN and HENRIETTA CASON. He was born 1873, and died 1929 in Brantley Co. GA.

Children of MARY CREWS and NOAH GRIFFIN are:

BESSIE GRIFFIN

POLLIE GRIFFIN
b. July 07, 1913; d. July 14, 1925.

ALVIE GRIFFIN
b. 1914; d. 1967.

BRYANT GRIFFIN
b. December 05, 1903; d. July 06, 1939.

MACIE GRIFFIN
b. February 17, 1909; d. December 01, 1983, Brantley County, GA.

DARLING LITTLE GRIFFIN
b. October 05, 1912; d. July 29, 1980.

JAMES CHARLIE GRIFFIN
b. August 06, 1901; d. December 14, 1951;
m. HATTIE M CRAWFORD; b. May 13, 1894; d. February 03, 1975.

MOLLIE GRIFFIN
b. February 23, 1921; d. June 11, 1921.

DAVID LAYTON SR. CREWS
He was born January 20, 1882/83, and died March 03, 1927 in Brantley County, GA. He married LILLA TATUM Abt. 1903, daughter of THOMAS TATUM and MARY BARBER. She was born May 17, 1879, and died October 04, 1958 in Brantley County, GA.

Children of DAVID CREWS and LILLA TATUM are:

CORA JENNIE CREWS
b. Cow House Island, Ware Co. GA; d. October 10, 1988, Ware Co. GA; m. JAMES W. MCINVALE.

JAMES ROSCE " BUDDY" CREWS
b. Cow House Island, Ware Co. GA; d. February 10, 1987, Ware Co. GA;
m. (1) ADELL GILLIARD; d. Ware Co. GA; m. (2) JEANETTE GRAY.

MATTHEW WALTER "BUD" CREWS
b. July 10, 1904, Cow House Island, Ware Co. GA; d. March 11, 1981, Ware Co. GA; m. VELMA LOUISE HUDGIN; b. February 19, 1919, Talledega AL.

POLLY TISHLEY CREWS
b. October 20, 1906, Cow House Island, Ware Co. GA; d. March 01, 2000.

MARY MARGARET CREWS
b. 1910, Cow House Island, Ware Co. GA; d. April 21, 2003.

ANNIE CREWS
b. June 19, 1920, Cow House Island, Ware Co. GA; d. May 15, 1984, Ware Co. GA; m. JAMES ALVIN STONE; d. Ware Co. GA.

MACEY CREWS
b. 1911, Cow House Island, Ware Co. GA;
m. RILEY PRICE.

LILLIE CREWS
b. Cow House Island, Ware Co. GA;
m. J C LEROY.

OSCAR EDWARD "AUG" CREWS
b. November 11, 1909, Cow House Island, Ware Co. GA.

LULA CREWS
b. June 04, 1916, Cow House Island, Ware Co. GA; d. September 11, 2000, Brantley County, GA.

DAVID LAYTON JR. "CREWS" CREWS
b. January 22, 1908, Cow House Island, Ware Co. GA; d. January 18, 1996, Ware Co. GA.

ALLIE V. CREWS
She was born September 22, 1880 in Pierce County, GA, and died June 24, 1905 in Pierce County, GA. She married DARLING LOVEJOY HARRIS Abt. 1897. He was born September 30, 1873 in Ware County, GA, and died March 26, 1928 in Ridgeland, SC.

Child of ALLIE CREWS and DARLING HARRIS is:
THOMAS D. HARRIS, b. 1899.

AVIE ANN "ANNIE" CREWS
She was born September 14, 1887, and died July 30, 1974 in Brantley Co. GA.
She married (1) JOHN JASPER DIXON. He was born June 01, 1874, and died September 18, 1948. She married (2) GEORGE WALTER LEE Abt. 1905. He was born September 09, 1879, and died December 29, 1924 in Brantley Co. GA.

Children of AVIE CREWS and GEORGE LEE are:

HENRY GENTRY LEE
b. February 20, 1914; d. June 16, 1971, Brantley Co. GA;
m. THELMA LANE.

IRA EDWIN LEE
b. August 22, 1921, Brantley Co. GA; d. August 24, 1964, Jacksonville, Duval Co. FL Burial Brantley Co. GA;
m. LILLIAN MOORE; b. Iowa.

MARY JANE LEE
b. May 01, 1910; d. April 27, 1927;
m. LESTER BENJAMIN BELL; b. July 28, 1898; d. June 08, 1987.

KATIE LEE CREWS
She was born July 08, 1885, and died February 01, 1921 in Ware Co. GA.
She married THOMAS ANCIL COX February 18, 1899/00, son of JAMES COX and REBECCA TATUM. He was born June 16, 1879 in Black River Creek, GA, and died 1959 in Ware Co. GA.

Children of KATIE CREWS and THOMAS COX are:

LEILA DELNA COX
b. May 21, 1901.

RAZZIE ELMER COX
b. January 14, 1903; d. April 02, 1919, Ware Co. GA.

JAMES ANCIL COX
b. September 10, 1904; d. February 18, 1959, Ware Co. GA.

WILLIAM ROSCOE COX
b. June 07, 1907.

MELVIN BRYANT COX
b. September 13, 1908.

GEORGE HAMILTON COX
b. February 05, 1912; d. August 23, 1993, Ware Co. GA.

OWEN GIBSON COX
b. September 16, 1916.

EMMIE EMMA CREWS
She was born 1891, and died Unknown. She married (1) THOMAS ANCIL COX, son of JAMES WILLIAM "BUD" COX and REBECCA TATUM. He was born June 16, 1879 in Black River Creek, GA, and died 1959 in Ware Co. GA. She married (2) THOMAS MATTHEW TATUM, JR. April 14, 1904, son of THOMAS TATUM and MARY BARBER. He was born January 27, 1885/86, and died December 28, 1922 in Ware Co. GA.

Children of EMMIE CREWS and THOMAS TATUM are:

LONNIE TERRELL TATUM
b. October 10, 1906.

JAMES THOMAS TATUM
b. September 18, 1917, Ware Co. GA; d. September 07, 1971, Ware Co. GA;
m. WANELL CARTER.

MACK CREWS
He was born May 11, 1875, and died July 06, 1911. He married SALETA AVY HARRIS, Abt. 1895; She was born April 02, 1867, and died February 27, 1961.

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