Hickory hill plantation was owned by john crenshaw around 1834. Often during the time official records such as deeds used correct spelling but written records such as census used whatever they thought they heard. John crenshaw migrated to kentucky by 1805 and settled at knob lick which is now in. A grand jury indicted crenshaw for kidnapping, once in the mid 1820s and again in 1842 when a trial jury acquitted him. The setting of the story of this book is done in north carolina, the united states, and features the characters of robin alexander and adam case. Did john hart crenshaw 17971871 of gallatin county kidnap free blacks and indentured servants in order to sell them as slaves in the south. The saline river of southeastern illinois where john crenshaw at the illinois salines, in equality, illinois, leased out kentucky slaves from their owners who boiled down salt brine water from wells and the river into usable salt for sale. Many, many cousins were named after grandpa john who was an active carpenter into his 90s. The book paraphrases from the newspaper a list of three men from. This quote, from the long time resident of hickory hill george sisk jr. John crenshaws hickory hill plantation old slave house. One of the other books written by author john hart is titled as down river.
John hart crenshaw november 19, 1797 december 4, 1871 was an american landowner, salt maker, and slave trader, based out of gallatin county, illinois. Crenshaw was able to keep himself out of the history books for years due to his use of alias, john granger, or just mispronunciations of crenshaw. In historical writing and analysis, presentism is the introduction of presentday ideas and perspectives into depictions or interpretations of the past. Crenshaw tells not only the story of john hart crenshaw and. Descendants of john crenshaw 17591818, who was born in virginia either louisa or albemarle co. John would have been a patriarch in our family line and lived to be nearly 98 years old. Marshall wrote an account of the kidnapping in his book. Also, compared with the paperback version, theres additional genealogical information in. It was the main residence of john hart crenshaw, his wife, and their five children.
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