Husband: Matthew McCRARY
Birthdate: 17 May 1798
Birthplace: Duncan's Creek, Lauren Co., SC
Death date: 29 Mar 1855
Place of death: Lawrence Co., Alabama
Father: Thomas McCRARY
Mother: Cassandra "Casey" ADAIR

Marriage date: bef 1818
Marriage place: Duncan's Creek, Laurens Co., SC

Wife: Mary Offutt "Polly" HOLLAND
Birthdate: 26 Sept 1798
Birthplace: Duncan's Creek, Laurens, SC
Death date: 23 Feb 1875
Place of death: Richmond, Little River Co., Arkansas
Father: Rezin HOLLAND
Mother: Mary "Polly" LOW

CHILDREN

Child No. 1: Louisa Ann McCRARY
Birthdate: 7 Nov 1819, Lawrence Co., AL
Spouses' names: Thomas Sumner DAVIS
Marriage date: 1 Jun 1835, Lawrence Co., AL
Death date: 1 Mar 1887, Little River Co., AR

Child No. 2: Thomas Marion McCRARY
Birthdate: 7 Mar 1826, Lawrence Co., AL
Spouses' names: Sarah Ann MARTIN
Marriage date: 12 Oct 1852, Lebanon, Wilson Co., TN
Other Spouses: Eliza A. HINTON, 29 May 1866, Sevier Co., AR
Death date: 1905, Yanceyville, Caswell Co., NC

Child No. 3: Reason Pinkney McCRARY
Birthdate: 28 Jul 1821, Lawrence Co., AL
Spouses' names: Sarah Pearsey PRIEST
Marriage date: 31 Jul 1844, Lawrence Co., AL
Death date: 5 Feb 1876, Comanche, TX

Child No. 4: Irvin Patterson McCRARY
Birthdate: 1823, Lawrence Co., AL
Spouses' names: Mary Jane KILLIAN
Marriage date: 28 Dec 1845, Lawrence Co., AL
Death date: after 1870, Van Zandt Co., TX

Child No. 5: Matthew Pollard McCRARY
Birthdate: 23 May 1828, Lawrence Co., AL
Spouses' names: Martha Ann (Mrs. Jordan) COOK
Marriage date: 31 Jan 1854, Lawrence Co., AL
Death date: 27 Mar 1906, Richmond, Little River Co., AR

Child No. 6: Lyman Beecher McCRARY
Birthdate: 5 Sept 1830, Lawrence Co., AL
Spouses' names: Martha Permelia MARTIN
Marriage date: 28 Feb 1856
Death date: 2 Aug 1916, Woodbury, Cannon Co., TN

Child No. 7: Mary Cassandra McCRARY
Birthdate: 31 Mar 1835, Lawrence Co., AL
Spouses' names: none
Marriage date:
Death date: 8 Dec 1846, Lawrence Co., AL

Child No. 8: America "Mec" McCRARY
Birthdate: 1837, Lawrence Co., AL
Spouses' names: Nathan COOK, Jr.
Marriage date: 2 Sept 1858, Richmond, Sevier Co., AR
Death date: bet. 1880 and 1900, Comanche, TX
 
 
Documentation:
1. Family books and records.
2. 1850 Census of Lawrence Co, AL; census records in AR and TX.
3. Cemetery markers.
4. Lib. of Cong. F268.B53 1981 South Carolina Daughters of the American Revolution Bible Records, Abraham Holland Family Bible Pages 111 & 112.
5. Early Middle Tennessee Mariages, Vol 1, Groomes, by Byron & Barbara Sistler (Nashville, TN, 1988); Tennessee Marriages, 1851-1900.
6. Sevier Co., AR, marriage Book 3, 1866-1883.