Thomas is fairly grounded in documentation. His will was recorded in Pendleton Co., KY in 1809. Thomas appears on the Campbell Co., KY tax lists beginning in 1795. He owned 150 acres on the North Licking River. All of these items can be verified.
Thomas' will named his wife, Elizabeth and sons, Wilson, Absalom, James and John. Also named were his son-in-law Edward Downing and grandchildren: Eliza, Sally, Elizabeth and Polly. Marriage records give us the name of his daughter, Elizabeth. One of the witnesses, Joel Berry, leads us to Elizabeth Crail's parentage. [Spoiler alert! Elizabeth and Joel were siblings.]
The exact date of Elizabeth's death is not known. It is estimated to be about 1840. Both Thomas and Elizabeth were interred in the Thrasher Farm Cemetery at Grassy Creek in Pendleton Co.
As Thomas Crail's will states, the couple had five children:
(1) John: c1775
(2) Wilson: c1777
(3) Absalom: c1779
(4) James: 24 Dec 1783 [cousin, James, born exactly one year earlier]
(5) Elizabeth: 1780-82
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