Henry Davis's minimal estate papers reveal little of his passing and nothing of the fate of his widow and younger children. I am sure that somewhere in the scattered and digitized papers of that troubled and turbulent era of Stanly County history, a mention of a dower, guardianship, or something regarding this family must be there to find. It seems his younger brother, E. W. Davis, took the reigns and not so benevolently prevailed in the fate of his nieces and nephews. Henry's second oldest son, John Edward Davis, silently closed the door on his fathers legend, and clung tightly to the devoutly religious family he had married into, that of the Rev. Uriah Staton of Anson County.
Who did young Victoria go to live with? Perhaps it was that, for a while, of her oldest sister Sarah Francis "Sallie" Davis, who became the second wife of Woodson Davidson Alexander Crump on February 4, 1858, when Victoria was only 5 years old.
1850 Bill first appears in records with his parents and two little brothers in the census.
| Name: | William P Crunp | ||||||||||||
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| Age: | 3 | ||||||||||||
| Birth Year: | abt 1847 | ||||||||||||
| Birthplace: | North Carolina | ||||||||||||
| Home in 1850: | Beverly, Anson, North Carolina, USA | ||||||||||||
| Gender: | Male | ||||||||||||
| Family Number: | 599 | ||||||||||||
| Household Members: |
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Margaret Victoria Davis married William Pines Crump, the oldest son of the above mentioned Woodson, and a stepson to her sister Sallie, about 1876, well into her twenties. Bill Crump, as he was known, was a young man with a troubled past. The following event took place in 1879, a few years after his marriage to Victoria, J. E. Howell referred to James Edward Howell, a cousin of his wife Victoria, son of Peter Howell, the oldest half-brother of her father Henry Davis. Bill and J. E. Howell had grown up in the same section of Anson County, the Cedar Hill section, just across the river from Stanly, where Victoria had grown up. I have not yet discovered what Jim Howell did to end up in jail, for his buddy Bill to want to break him out.
The Pee Dee Herald
(Wadesboro, North Carolina)2 Apr 1879, Wed • Page 5
1860 Victoria first appears in the census.
Victoria appears in one census with her family. Her brothers elsewhere, her oldest two sisters married, only Henry and wife Martha Palmer Davis and their two middle and two youngest daughters appear in the household.
| Name: | Victoria Davis | ||||||||||||||
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| Age: | 7 | ||||||||||||||
| Birth Year: | abt 1853 | ||||||||||||||
| Gender: | Female | ||||||||||||||
| Home in 1860: | Stanly, North Carolina | ||||||||||||||
| Post Office: | Albemarle | ||||||||||||||
| Family Number: | 802 | ||||||||||||||
| Value of real estate: | View image | ||||||||||||||
| Household Members: |
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Her husband lived at home until he was an adult, and thing were not at all harmonious. W. P., as he was most often known, would attempt to take his father's life. He was arrested, but there was never a trial. Oddly, Woodson must have stepped in and dropped charges, or some other reason prevented a trial, as William seems to have gone on with his life. His mental state seemed to be deteriorating early. Below is the link in the story of Sallie Davis Crump, Victoria's sister and Bill's stepmother.
A girl marrying her step-nephew would be considered incestuous today, but back then, marriages among cousins and step-relatives were common.
Sallie Davis Crump and Woodson Crump
1880 The Families first census together.
| Name: | W. D. Crump | ||||||||||||||||
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| Age: | 33 | ||||||||||||||||
| Birth Year: | abt 1847 | ||||||||||||||||
| Birthplace: | North Carolina | ||||||||||||||||
| Home in 1880: | Tysons, Stanly, North Carolina | ||||||||||||||||
| Race: | White | ||||||||||||||||
| Gender: | Male | ||||||||||||||||
| Relation to Head of House: | Self (Head) | ||||||||||||||||
| Marital Status: | Married | ||||||||||||||||
| Spouse's Name: | Margaret V. Crump | ||||||||||||||||
| Father's Birthplace: | North Carolina | ||||||||||||||||
| Mother's Birthplace: | North Carolina | ||||||||||||||||
| Neighbors: | View others on page | ||||||||||||||||
| Occupation: | Farmer | ||||||||||||||||
Cannot read/write:
Blind: Deaf and Dumb: Otherwise disabled: Idiotic or insane: |  | ||||||||||||||||
| Household Members: |
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1881 The couple lose their 9 year old son, Robert.
The Anson Times
(Wadesboro, North Carolina)26 Jan 1882, Thu • Page 3
1886 Bill is shot by his neighbor, John Smith.
Carolina Watchman
(Salisbury, North Carolina)29 Apr 1886, Thu • Page 1
1890 Bill's farm is reported as doing well.
The Messenger and Intelligencer
(Wadesboro, North Carolina)1 May 1890, Thu • Page 3
1896 Bill is a good host to company
The Messenger and Intelligencer
(Wadesboro, North Carolina)30 Jan 1896, Thu • Page 3
1897 The Ferry Sinks
Below pictured is Bennett's Ferry which was down the way, and probably very similar in form to Crump's Ferry.
The Messenger and Intelligencer
(Wadesboro, North Carolina)15 Apr 1897, Thu • Page 3
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| Bennett's Ferry near Norwood. |
1878 Bill and his family in the Ingram Suit as Heirs of Clementine Ingram Crump.
STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA COURT OF PLEAS & QUARTER SESSIONS ANSON COUNTY
Aug. Term, 1860
BENJAMIN L. DUNLOP, Executor of JEREMIAH INGRAM
vs.
HORATIO TYSON, THOMAS INGRAM, ELIZABETH STANBACK, PRESLEY N. STANBACK, HANNAH
P. DUNLAP, EBEN INGRAM, SAMUEL P. INGRAM and wife, WINCEY,BISTON BENNETT and
wife, ANN, MARTHA P. MYERS, ROLAND CRUMP, BENJAMIN INGRAM, PRESLEY N. INGRAM,
JOHN B. INGRAM, JOSEPH B. INGRAM, WINCEY C. ALLEN, ELIZA R. SIBLEY, CATHARINE
PARR, JEREMIAH INGRAM, BENJAMIN F. INGRAM, EBON D. INGRAM, WOODSON D. CRUMP,
Administrator of CLEMENTINE CRUMP, MATHEW W. BURROUGHS and wife, JULIA, the
American Bible Society, the Missionary Conference of South Carolina, the
Methodist Episcopal Church South.
Petition for Account and Settlement
In this case, it appearing to the satisfaction of the Court that HORATIO
TYSON,THOMAS INGRAM, MARTIN P. MYERS and wife, WINCEY, BENJAMIN F. INGRAM, the
American Bible Society, and Missionary Conference of the Methodist Episcopal
Church, are not residents of this State. It is therefore ordered by the Court
that publication be made for six successive weeks in the North Carolina Argus,
notifying said non-residents to be and appear at our next Court of Pleas &
Quarter Sessions to be held for the County of Anson at the Court House in
Wadesboro, on the 2nd Monday in October next. Then and there to plead, answer
or demur to this petition filed. Otherwise, judgment will be taken pro
confesso and heard ex parte as to them. Witness PATRICK J. COPPEDGE, Clerk of
said Court at Office on the 27th of August, A. D. 1860.
P. J. COPPEDGE, CCC
Additional Comments:
JEREMIAH INGRAM, HORATIO TYSON, THOMAS INGRAM, ELIZABETH STANBACK, PRESLEY N.
STANBACK, HANNAH P. DUNLAP, EBEN INGRAM, SAMUEL P. INGRAM and wife, WINCEY,
BISTON BENNETT and wife, ANN, MARTHA P. MYERS, ROLAND CRUMP, BENJAMIN INGRAM,
PRESLEY N. INGRAM, JOHN B. INGRAM, JOSEPH B. INGRAM, WINCEY C. ALLEN, ELIZA R.
SIBLEY, CATHARINE PARR, JEREMIAH INGRAM, BENJAMIN F. INGRAM, EBON D. INGRAM,
WOODSON D. CRUMP, Administrator of CLEMENTINE CRUMP, MATHEW W. BURROUGHS and
wife, JULIA, P. J. COPPEDGE.
1895 Bill is a Successful and Happy Farmer.
The Messenger and Intelligencer (Wadesboro, North Carolina)28 Mar 1895, Thu • Page 3
1897 Bill falls out of his boat into his Mill Pond.
The Messenger and Intelligencer (Wadesboro, North Carolina)20 May 1897, Thu • Page 2
1898, Bill and Victoria lose their 18 year old daughter Carrie.
The Messenger and Intelligencer
(Wadesboro, North Carolina)3 Mar 1898, Thu • Page 2
1898 Several Items Concerning the Crumps reported.
Bill's brother Joseph had a champion hog. A convict was lurking around the area. Steve Crump, Bill and Victoria's son who moved to Texas had married his second wife, reported to be a well-off widow. and Victoria was not feeling well.
1900 Victoria has surgery in Salisbury.
The Messenger and Intelligencer
(Wadesboro, North Carolina)24 May 1900, Thu • Page 2
1900 Mrs. Kendall dies after visiting Crumps
Mrs. Kendall was Caroline Elizabeth Locke Kendall who was married to Henry Douglas Kendall and the mother of Mr. John Alexander Kendall.
The Messenger and Intelligencer
(Wadesboro, North Carolina)16 Aug 1900, Thu • Page 3
1901 Bill bought a Reaper.
The Messenger and Intelligencer
(Wadesboro, North Carolina)20 Jun 1901, Thu • Page 2
The Crumps lived on the side of the Rocky River and Bill operated a Ferry, and helped his father operate a Mill, while another Rocky River resident, J J Davis, also ran a mill. The ferry went between the community of Rocky River, on the Stanly County side, to Wharf, on the Anson Side. Wharf was located near the Concord Methodist Church in Anson County, in the area of Howell, Kendall and Woodall Roads. According to newspaper accounts, there was also a road in the town that led to the Old Davis Ford called "Forde" Road. On the Stanly County side, Rocky River was near Loop Road in the southernmost part of Stanly near the river.
The Enterprise
(Albemarle, North Carolina)8 Jan 1903, Thu • Page 2
1903 Lilla (Tiller?) gets married to Bob Allen.
The Messenger and Intelligencer
(Wadesboro, North Carolina)5 Feb 1903, Thu • Page 3
1904 The Fishing is Good
...and I would like to know who Maude Davis from Arkansas was. It was obvious she was related to individuals in Wharftown, who inevitably, are almost all in my family tree. Which Davis family moved to Arkansas?
May 1904 Bill is carried off to the Hospital.
1900 Census, Branch Crump was living with his brother Stephen Henry Crump in Texas. In 1904, he came home to take care of his families farm.
| William B Crump [William B Cump] [William B Cary] | |||||||||||||||||||
| Age: | 17 | ||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Birth Date: | Jun 1882 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Birthplace: | North Carolina | ||||||||||||||||||
| Home in 1900: | Justice Precinct 4, McLennan, Texas | ||||||||||||||||||
| Race: | White | ||||||||||||||||||
| Gender: | Male | ||||||||||||||||||
| Relation to Head of House: | Brother | ||||||||||||||||||
| Marital Status: | Single | ||||||||||||||||||
| Father's Birthplace: | North Carolina | ||||||||||||||||||
| Mother's Birthplace: | North Carolina | ||||||||||||||||||
| Occupation: | View on Image | ||||||||||||||||||
| Neighbors: | View others on page | ||||||||||||||||||
| Household Members: |
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and son Branch has reunited with his wife.
The Messenger and Intelligencer
(Wadesboro, North Carolina)9 Jun 1904, Thu • Page 3
By 1905, Bill had been place in the mental hospital in Morganton, at Broughton, his property was being sold and his land rented, in an attempt to support his family.
The Enterprise
(Albemarle, North Carolina)12 Jan 1905, Thu • Page 2
Six years later, it was reported that Victoria went to visit Bill and he was able to talk, and wanted to come home. He was referred to as River Bill Crump, as opposed to his cousin, William F. Crump of Polkton. Fannie Howell referred to in the article, was the wife of James Edward Howell, whom Bill had busted out of jail in Wadesboro when they were younger.
The Messenger and Intelligencer
(Wadesboro, North Carolina)15 Jun 1911, Thu • Page 2
1917 The Crumps Large house on the Stanly side of the river burns down.
1920 Land is sold.
In 1920, the final sale of River Bill's property was taking place. It had caused a disagreement between William Branch Crump and his brother Atlas Erastus Crump.
The Stanly News-Herald
(Albemarle, North Carolina)27 Feb 1920, Fri • Page 7
Bills Legacy was over. Victoria passed away on September 28, 1934. The couple had 6 children:
1) Stephen Henry Crump born 1870, died April 14, 1949 Bosqueville, McLennon County, Texas.
2) Arthur Erastrus Crump born January 22, 1873, died September 20, 1953 in Granville County, NC (Hospital location) Buried at Concord United Methodist Church, Anson County, NC.
3) Robert L Crump born 1875, died December 31, 1881 Anson County, NC
4) Lilla Emilie Crump Allen b August 9, 1877 died January 5, 1974 Anson County, NC
5) Carrie Conie Crump b April 29, 1880, died February 6, 1896 Anson County, NC
6) William Branch Crump b June 28 1882, died August 13, 1971 Stanly County, NC
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