Husband: John CREWS
Birthdate: 1845
Birthplace: Ware Co. (Now Echols Co.) Georgia
Death date: 7 October 1892
Place of death: Columbia County, Florida
Burial: Oak Grove Cemetery, Columbia County, Florida
Father: John CREWS
Mother: Catherine PREVATT

Marriage date: 1866
Marriage place: Columbia Co., Florida

Wife: Sarah WILLIAMS
Birthdate: 1835
Birthplace: Columbia County, Florida
Death date: 15 July 1903
Place of death: Columbia Co., Florida
Burial: Oak Grove Cemetery, Columbia County, Florida
Father: John Daniel WILLIAMS
Mother: Rebecca SWEAT

CHILDREN

Child No. 1: James Henry CREWS
Sex: Male
Birthdate: 23 April 1867
Birthplace: Columbia County, Florida
Death date: 23 January 1903
Place of death: Florida
Burial: Taylor Cemetery, Taylor, Baker County, Florida
Marriage date: 11 March 1888
Marriage place: Baker County, Florida
Spouse's name: Lillie Mae COMBS

Child No. 2: Joseph Milton CREWS
Sex: Male
Birthdate: 01 February 1869
Birthplace: Columbia County, Florida
Death date: 15 April 1934
Place of death: Florida
Burial: Oak Grove Cemetery, Columbia County, Florida
Marriage date: 31 March 1889
Marriage place: Columbia County, Florida
Spouse's name: Edna "Eady" REGISTER

Child No. 3: Sarah Catherine CREWS
Sex: Female
Birthdate: 16 September 1871
Birthplace: Columbia County, Florida
Death date: 6 May 1961
Place of death: Columbia County, Florida
Burial: Oak Grove Cemetery, Columbia Co., Florida
Marriage date: 15 October 1888
Marriage place: Columbia County, Florida
Spouse's name: David C. ALBRITTON

Child No. 4: John CREWS
Sex: Male
Birthdate: 20 November 1873
Birthplace: Columbia County, Florida
Death date: 1964
Place of death: Suwanee County, Florida
Burial: Oak Grove Cemetery, Columbia Co., Florida
Marriage date: 20 January 1895
Marriage place: Columbia County, Florida
Spouse's name: Ella AVERA

Child No. 5: Llewellyn CREWS
Sex: Male
Birthdate: 31 August 1875
Birthplace: Columbia County, Florida
Death date: 05 October 1961
Place of death: Columbia County, Florida
Marriage date: 14 November 1897
Burial: McAlpin Cemetery, Suwanee, County, Florida
Marriage place: Columbia County, Florida
Spouse's name: Wealthy AVERA

Child No. 6: Mary "Mamie" CREWS
Sex: Female
Birthdate: 14 April 1878
Birthplace: Columbia County, Florida
Death date: 1895?
Place of death: Florida
Burial: Florida
Marriage date: 25 March 1894
Marriage place: Columbia County, Florida
Spouse's name: Charles AVERA
 
 
Sources:
* Research of John Burnett of Reno, NV.
* Columbia County, Florida Marriage Records,
* Oak Grove Cemetery Records (Columbia Co.),
* Pioneers of Wiregrass Georgia, Vol. 8, page 70. John Crews was the second wife of Sarah Williams. She had previously been married to James Prevatt who died as a prisoner of war at Ft. Delaware towards the end of the Civil War. By her first marriage to James Prevatt she had five children: John M. "Jackson" Prevatt, William Kell Prevatt, George Elias "Lum" Prevatt, Frances Prevatt and Elizabeth Prevatt. Sarah Williams Prevatt Crews had 11 children total from her marriages. A tombstone in memory of her has been erected at Oak Grove Cemetery by John Burnett. Descendants of hers and both of her husbands are numerous in Columbia and Baker Counties and throughout Florida.

Last Updated 7/5/2010