Burning of Crawford
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One-half mile northeast,
June 11, 1782, the Indians
burned Colonel William Crawford
at the stake, in revenge for
massacre of the Christian
Moravian Indians by William-
son's earlier . . . — — Map (db m20362) HM
Colonel William Crawford
Colonel William Crawford, a lifelong friend of George Washington, was born in Virginia in 1722. He was married twice, first to Ann Stewart and later to Hannah Vance. In 1755, he served with Colonel Edward Braddock in . . . — — Map (db m193001) HM
(center plaque)
Dedicated in memory of Col. Wm. Crawford who was born in 1722, in what is now Berkeley County, West Virginia, and was burned at the stake, one half mile northeast of here down in the valley, on June 11, 1782, by the . . . — — Map (db m221839) HM