Crissa was the wife of Richard "Fightin' Dick" Colley. Dick and Crissa were the first settlers in what is now Dickenson County, Virginia. Dick came to Sand Lick around 1810 and lived part of the time there and the other time with his family on Clinch River near present-day Cleveland.
Richard and Crissa moved full-time to Sand Lick around 1816. At that time they were the only people for a radius of 20 miles living in the heart of an unbroken wilderness.
Crissa died of the fever and was buried in the old Sand Lick graveyard on the point opposite the mouth of Lick Creek. She and Dick had a slave named Crissa that was also buried there also. There are no remnants of this cemetery today.
Richard and Crissa had the following children:
James Colley 1815-1887
Mary Anne Colley 1816-1899
Matilda Colley 1822-1899
Richard Colley, Jr 1823-1895
John Colley abt 1825-1897
Joshua Colley 1825-1897
Margaret Jane "Pud" Colley (Presley) abt 1826-1900
Sarah "Sap" Colley 1827-1877
Richard and Crissa moved full-time to Sand Lick around 1816. At that time they were the only people for a radius of 20 miles living in the heart of an unbroken wilderness.
Crissa died of the fever and was buried in the old Sand Lick graveyard on the point opposite the mouth of Lick Creek. She and Dick had a slave named Crissa that was also buried there also. There are no remnants of this cemetery today.
Richard and Crissa had the following children:
James Colley 1815-1887
Mary Anne Colley 1816-1899
Matilda Colley 1822-1899
Richard Colley, Jr 1823-1895
John Colley abt 1825-1897
Joshua Colley 1825-1897
Margaret Jane "Pud" Colley (Presley) abt 1826-1900
Sarah "Sap" Colley 1827-1877
Crissa was the wife of Richard "Fightin' Dick" Colley. Dick and Crissa were the first settlers in what is now Dickenson County, Virginia. Dick came to Sand Lick around 1810 and lived part of the time there and the other time with his family on Clinch River near present-day Cleveland.
Richard and Crissa moved full-time to Sand Lick around 1816. At that time they were the only people for a radius of 20 miles living in the heart of an unbroken wilderness.
Crissa died of the fever and was buried in the old Sand Lick graveyard on the point opposite the mouth of Lick Creek. She and Dick had a slave named Crissa that was also buried there also. There are no remnants of this cemetery today.
Richard and Crissa had the following children:
James Colley 1815-1887
Mary Anne Colley 1816-1899
Matilda Colley 1822-1899
Richard Colley, Jr 1823-1895
John Colley abt 1825-1897
Joshua Colley 1825-1897
Margaret Jane "Pud" Colley (Presley) abt 1826-1900
Sarah "Sap" Colley 1827-1877
Richard and Crissa moved full-time to Sand Lick around 1816. At that time they were the only people for a radius of 20 miles living in the heart of an unbroken wilderness.
Crissa died of the fever and was buried in the old Sand Lick graveyard on the point opposite the mouth of Lick Creek. She and Dick had a slave named Crissa that was also buried there also. There are no remnants of this cemetery today.
Richard and Crissa had the following children:
James Colley 1815-1887
Mary Anne Colley 1816-1899
Matilda Colley 1822-1899
Richard Colley, Jr 1823-1895
John Colley abt 1825-1897
Joshua Colley 1825-1897
Margaret Jane "Pud" Colley (Presley) abt 1826-1900
Sarah "Sap" Colley 1827-1877
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A memorial marker for Crissa was placed at her husband's final resting place in the Enoch Mullins Cemetery in the Breaks, VA although she is buried at Sand Lick.
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