Ohio archæological and historical quarterly . re othersequally capable, and he had done his share. His only son, John,had decided to enlist, so had his distinguished son-in-law. MajorWilliam Harrison, of the great Virginia family of that nephew, William Crawford, had already volunteered. John Crawford was A young man greatly and deservedlyesteemed as a soldier and citizen,^* wrote the historian Bracken-enridge in 1782. Sarah, the eldest daughter of Colonel Crawford,wooed and won by the gallant and scholarly Harrison, was themost charming and beautiful young woman^^ in western Penn-syl
Ohio archæological and historical quarterly . re othersequally capable, and he had done his share. His only son, John,had decided to enlist, so had his distinguished son-in-law. MajorWilliam Harrison, of the great Virginia family of that nephew, William Crawford, had already volunteered. John Crawford was A young man greatly and deservedlyesteemed as a soldier and citizen,^* wrote the historian Bracken-enridge in 1782. Sarah, the eldest daughter of Colonel Crawford,wooed and won by the gallant and scholarly Harrison, was themost charming and beautiful young woman^^ in western Penn-sylvania, if tradition and history are to be relied on. As Craw-ford still held his commission as a colonel in the regular army,and as Irvine, the officer in command of the Western Department,desired him to lead the expedition, should he refuse? That wasthe question. Finally, yielding to the entreaties of General ^3 sparks Corr. Amer. Rev. vol. 11, p. ^Slovers Narrative (ed. of 1783), p. 23, Robert A. Sherrard to Butterfield: GEN. WIIvIvIAM IRVINK. After a portrait by Robert Edge Pine, an eminent English artist, who painted itin New York in 1784, when Gen. Irvine was a member of Congress. Colonel Williafu Crawford. 17 Irvine, at Fort Pitt, and his beloved son, son-in-law, and nephew,and no doubt other relatives, he reluctantly consented to acceptthe command if chosen by the volunteers. Mingo Bottom, two and a half miles below the Steubenvilleof to-day was agreed upon as the place of rendezvous. Crawfordnow began in earnest to get ready for the long, perilous the 14th of May, 1782, in consideration of love and affection,he duly conveyed to his son-in-law, William Harrison, a farmnear his own on the Youghiogheny. On the 16th he made hislast will and testament, giving to his wife during life, the homefarm, and three slaves, Dick, Daniel and Betty, and all his per-sonal property except a slave boy named Martin. He gave hisson John the aforesaid boy Martin
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