Connellsville  A Family History

The Crawfords

Portrait of Colonel William Crawford (1732 – 1782), who was an American soldier, and fought Indians in the French and Indian War and the American Revolutionary War. Robert O. Chadeayne 1732-1782 – Wyandot County Historical Society. First published in the United States before 1923 – public domain.

William Crawford (2 September 1722 – 11 June 1782) was an American soldier and surveyor who worked as a western land agent for George Washington. Crawford fought in the French and Indian War and the American Revolutionary War. He was tortured and burned at the stake by American Indians in retaliation for the Gnadenhutten massacre, a notorious slaughter of Indians by militia near the end of the American Revolution.

1782 Execution of Crawford

The Ohio Historical Society’s marker near the Colonel Crawford Burn Site Monument in Wyandot County, Ohio Photograph of the Ohio Historical Society’s historical markeren near the Col. Crawford Burn Site Monument in Wyandot County, Ohioen. The marker memorializes the Crawford expedition of the American Revolutionary Waren, where Colonel William Crawford was captured, tortured, and eventually executed. This is an image of a place or building that is listed on the National Register of Historic Places in the United States of America. Its reference number is 82003667. Photo by and ©2005 Dustin M. Ramsey (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Kralizec!)