Crosby Lineage
Peter Crosby (b. 1750)
m. Margaret ?
children:
Peter Crosby
Phebee
James Crosby (b. 1774) - m Catherine -----
Aaron Crosby (b. 1776) - m. Elizabeth Steedler
Abraham Crosby (b. 1780, d. 1830) - m. Keziah Levisia Crummey
Henry Crosby (b. 1784, d. 1822) - m. Elizabeth -----
Nancy Crosby (b. 1794) - m. William Smoak
Abraham Crosby (b. 1780, d. 1830, m. 1802)
born in Colleton County, SC, buried in Brantley County, GA at Crosby family
cemetery; served in War of 1812. Moved with his family to
m. Keziah Levisia Crummey (b. 1787, d. 1858)
born in Colleton County, SC, buried in Brantley County, GA
children: Abraham
Crosby, Jr. (b. 1804) - m. Elizabeth Hurn
Rebecca Crosby (b. 1806)
Aaron Crosby (b. 1808) - m. Mary Thornton
Silas Crosby (b. 1809, d. 1854) - m. Mary A. Smith
Eady Crosby (b. 1810) - m. Lazarus Roberson
Levicy Crosby(b. 1811) - m. David Moody
Ann Crosby (b. 1813) - never married
Stephen Crosby (b. 4-17-1814, d. 4-3-1898) - m. Mary Branch (b. 5-6-1824, d.
5-12-1904)
Peter Crosby (b. 1818) - m. Charlotte Steedley
Berry Crosby (b. 1821) - m. Mary ------
Delphia Crosby (daughter of Dicy
Crummey, raised by grandparents) (b. 1825) - m.
William Johnson
Aaron Crosby (b. 1808, d.
c1875)
born in South Carolina; moved to Appling County, GA in 1828.
m. Mary Ellen Thornton (b. 1814)
children: Thomas M.
Crosby (b. 2-7-1839, d. 11-15-1914, m. 1-12-1860) - m. Sarah R. Jones
Henry Crosby (b. 3-14-1840, d. 4-16-1917) - m. Mary O’Steen
(9-8-1842, d. 7-15-1926)
Mary Lucinda Crosby (b. 8-20-1842, d. 6-27-1906, m. 8-2-1866) - m. Daniel W.
Drawdy
Mary Ann "Polly" Crosby (b. 3-2-1844, 1-12-1921, m. 4-7-1859) - m.
Lewis P. Manning
Joseph "Joel" Crosby (b. 1-12-1845, d. 1-9-1921)
m. l) Martha Ann Drawdy (b. 1855, m. 9-6-1866)
2) Rachel Knight (b. 11-12-1855, d. 10-1927, m. 8-26-1875)
Nancy Crosby (b. 1848) - m. Joseph Tuten
Sarah Ann "Sallie" Crosby (b. 1851) - m. 1) Samuel J. Hathaway, 2)
James Francis Spell
Janie Elizabeth Crosby (b. 1853) - m. 1) Isham
Brady Manning 2) Daniel W. Drawdy
Amanda Crosby (b. 1856) – m. Benjamin Franklin Knight
Mathew Crosby (b. 1860)
Janie Elizabeth Crosby (b.
1853, d. 1-3-1933)
born in Wayne County, buried at Shiloh Cemetery in Pierce County, GA
m. Isham Brady Manning (b. 1850); m. Daniel W. Drawdy
in 1908
born in Wayne County, buried near Browntown, GA
children: Mary
Manning (b. 1877) - m. George Taylor
Reuben J. Manning (b. 1878, m. 8-14-1899) - m. Mandy Brooker
Isham Bradford (Braddy)
Manning, Jr. (b. 4-1-1882, d. 1-29-1929)
m. 1) Mary Frances Drury (b. 8-6-1876, d. 6-29-1919)
2) Goldie Mae Hinson
3) ----- Hickox
Sarah E. Manning Hodge (b. 1880) - m. Henry A. Hodge
Martha Jane (Janie) Manning Jacobs (b. 12-29-1886, d. 2-4-1953)
m. John Mitchell Jacobs
George Washington Manning (b. 1884, d. 1936) - m. Lula Safronia
Gill
Amanda Manning Drury (b. 1-13-1888, d. 1-25-1931) - m. Herman B. Drury
Rachel Manning Drawdy (b. 2-13-1890, d. 7-5-1969, m. 5-24-1908) - m. John
Mitchell Drawdy
Palmer Lee Manning (b. 1893) - m. Maidie Lee Smith
Acey Virgil Manning (b. 9-10-1895, d. 1-22-1941)
m. 1) Sarah Belle Gill (b. 1901, d. 1923)
2) Etta Louise Warner
3) Maude Marie Griffin (b.
Esma Theodora Manning Rozier
Chambers
m. 1) James Bess Rozier (b.
1890, d. 1933)
2) ------Chambers
3) Silas S. Crosby
Rachel Manning (b. 2-13-1890, d. 7-5-1969, m. 5-24-1908)
born in Wayne County near Browntown, GA; died in
Pierce County, GA; buried at Shiloh Cemetery in Pierce County, GA.
m. John Mitchell Drawdy (b. 3-21-1880, d. 1-27-1949)
born in Wayne County, GA; died in Pierce County, GA; buried at Shiloh Cemetery
in Pierce County, GA.
children: Walter Conius Drawdy (b. 10-12-1909, d. 1-25-1984) - m. Goldie
Dowling (b. 6-13-1911, d. 4-10-1988)
Burris Daniel Drawdy (b. 12-17-1910, d. 8-2-1985) - m. Nola Vergalene Lee (b. 9-27-1917, d. 10-2-2007)
Emmett Lafayette Drawdy (b. 9-19-1915, d. 7-9-1990) - m. Ellen Lorena Luke (b.
1916, d. 1949)
John Dillion Drawdy (b. 1913, d. 1976) - never
married
Joseph Franklin Drawdy (b. 11-11-1918, d. 6-22-1991) - m. Isabell
Harris (b. 4-19-1924, d. 5-19-1992)
Janie Lue Drawdy (b. 1921, d. 1988) - never married
Viola R. Drawdy Jacobs (b. 7-7-1926, d. 5-6-2002, m. 11-18-1944) - m. Homer
Eldon Jacobs (b. 8-17-1924, d. 10-13-1993)
Fanny Drawdy Carr - m. Grady Carr
Myrtle Mary Drawdy Peacock Ramey Turner (d. 2-15-2005)
m. 1) Marion Peacock (b. 2-28-1922, d. 8-4-1955) 2) Ralph Ramey 3) Isaac Turner
Burris Daniel Drawdy (b. 10-17-1910, d. 8-2-1985, m. 10-30-1934)
born in Wayne County, GA; died in Pierce County, GA; buried at Shiloh Cemetery
in Pierce County, GA
m. Nola Vergalene Lee (b. 9-27-1917, d. 10-2-2007)
born in Pierce County, GA; died in Ware County, GA; buried at Shiloh
Cemetery in Pierce County, GA
children: Virginia
Alene Drawdy Robinson (b. 11-3-1935) - m. Richard
Robinson
Henry Edward Drawdy (b. 12-5-1937) - m. Lois Marie Everett
Nola Mae Drawdy Carter (b. 4-29-1943) - m. Warren Roger Carter
James Daniel Drawdy (b. 9-28-1946) - m. Gloria Bowen
Jo Allen Drawdy (b. 6-28-1948, d. 1-9-1949)
Ellie Jane Drawdy Loudermilk (b. 9-9-1949) - m. William A. Loudermilk
Linda Drawdy Griffis Hayden (b. 11-1-1951)
m. 1) Melvin Griffis, 2) Lee Hayden
Glenda Drawdy Lee (b. 11-1-1951) - m. Larry Lee
Ronald Austin Drawdy (b. 6-4-1955, d. 6-10-2000)
m. 1) Mary Ann Griner, 2) Beverly Ennis
Joseph Franklin Drawdy (b. 2-23-1961) - m. Karen Anderson
Ellie Jane Drawdy Loudermilk (b. 9-9-1949, m. 6-22-1968)
born in Ware County, GA
m. William Alex Loudermilk (b. 2-27-1949)
born in Birmingham, AL
children: Jason Wayne
Loudermilk (b. 1975, m. 6-12-2004) - m. Margaret
Sherri Lynn Loudermilk Underwood (b. 1978, m. 6-8-2002) - m.
John David Loudermilk (b. 1985, m. 10-25-2008) – m.
Bibliography:
Pioneers of Wiregrass Georgia, Vol. V, p. 88 (Crosby), Volume II (Crummey), Vol. IX, p. 125
Descendants of Peter Crosby genealogy search by Dick Crosby (
Pierce County Cemeteries
Tombstone Inscriptions
E. L. Darling and Son Funeral Home Records, Blackshear, Georgia
www.familysearch.org - Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints
Wayne County Internet site
Interviews with family members
Cemeteries of Brantley County