Benjamin Crownover was born 11/14/1794 in Union CO., SC. to John Crownover and Mary Elizabeth Chesney. The Crownovers migrated to Hopkins Co., Ky. by 807. Sometime before his enlistment in the Illinois Militia, Benjamin and family moved to St. Clair Co., IL. He served as a Private, Mounted Volunteers, Illinois Militia, War of 1812. Nancy Robins and Benjamin Crownover were married oon 04/16/1818 in Pecan Point, Miller Co., AR. By 1824 the Crownovers Family had moved into the State of Coahuila y Tejas, Mexico (Present day Red River Co. TX). Benjamin Crownover appears in the 1830 census for Hempstead Co., AR. On 08/01/1837 and again on 08/10/1837, Benjamin received land certificates in Hempstead Co., AR. Benjamin received a 2nd Class Land Certificate in Red River Co. on 10/04/1838. This would indicated that he arrived in Texas after 03/02/1836 and before 10/01/1837. Benjamin served in Capt W. B. Stout's Company of the Red River Rangers from 11/26/1838 to 02/26/1839. Benjamin's oldest daughter married Capt A. W. Webb on 05/03/1841 in Blossom Prairie, Red River Co., TX. Blossom Prairie is now Blossom, Lamar Co., TX. Benjamin and family followed his son-in-law, Capt Webb to Bird's Fort in 1841-1842. Bird's Fort is located near modern day Arlington, TX. Benjamin appeared on the revised roster of men who served at Bird's Fort. The Crownover's presence at Bird's Fort is substantiatred by James Beeman's memoirs. He stated that A. W. Webb was at Bird's Fort with his family. The only family that A. W. Webb had in Texas were his in-laws, gthe Crownover's. They would move to the new city of Dallas by 1842. The Webbs and Crownover's were the first two families to settle in what would become the Long Creek Community on Mercer Colony land about 1844. In 1849, "Benjamin Crownover of Dallas County" sold his land in Red River Co. to James J. Ward. Witnessed by A W Webb. James J. Ward was married to Lavenia Robbins. Benjamin and Nancy Crownover had 12 children. Benjamin died 12/12/1864 at his home in Long Creek Community, Dallas Co., TX. having out lived seven of his own children. One of his daughters, Leona Crownover Caldwell, was the firsgt laid to rest under a very old pecan tree which was located in the field of her father in 1854. This family burial site would become Long Creek Cemetery.
Benjamin Crownover was born 11/14/1794 in Union CO., SC. to John Crownover and Mary Elizabeth Chesney. The Crownovers migrated to Hopkins Co., Ky. by 807. Sometime before his enlistment in the Illinois Militia, Benjamin and family moved to St. Clair Co., IL. He served as a Private, Mounted Volunteers, Illinois Militia, War of 1812. Nancy Robins and Benjamin Crownover were married oon 04/16/1818 in Pecan Point, Miller Co., AR. By 1824 the Crownovers Family had moved into the State of Coahuila y Tejas, Mexico (Present day Red River Co. TX). Benjamin Crownover appears in the 1830 census for Hempstead Co., AR. On 08/01/1837 and again on 08/10/1837, Benjamin received land certificates in Hempstead Co., AR. Benjamin received a 2nd Class Land Certificate in Red River Co. on 10/04/1838. This would indicated that he arrived in Texas after 03/02/1836 and before 10/01/1837. Benjamin served in Capt W. B. Stout's Company of the Red River Rangers from 11/26/1838 to 02/26/1839. Benjamin's oldest daughter married Capt A. W. Webb on 05/03/1841 in Blossom Prairie, Red River Co., TX. Blossom Prairie is now Blossom, Lamar Co., TX. Benjamin and family followed his son-in-law, Capt Webb to Bird's Fort in 1841-1842. Bird's Fort is located near modern day Arlington, TX. Benjamin appeared on the revised roster of men who served at Bird's Fort. The Crownover's presence at Bird's Fort is substantiatred by James Beeman's memoirs. He stated that A. W. Webb was at Bird's Fort with his family. The only family that A. W. Webb had in Texas were his in-laws, gthe Crownover's. They would move to the new city of Dallas by 1842. The Webbs and Crownover's were the first two families to settle in what would become the Long Creek Community on Mercer Colony land about 1844. In 1849, "Benjamin Crownover of Dallas County" sold his land in Red River Co. to James J. Ward. Witnessed by A W Webb. James J. Ward was married to Lavenia Robbins. Benjamin and Nancy Crownover had 12 children. Benjamin died 12/12/1864 at his home in Long Creek Community, Dallas Co., TX. having out lived seven of his own children. One of his daughters, Leona Crownover Caldwell, was the firsgt laid to rest under a very old pecan tree which was located in the field of her father in 1854. This family burial site would become Long Creek Cemetery.
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