1ST SGT PHILIP CROWDER
REVOLUTIONARY WAR SOLDIER

Born near Petersburg, Virginia, in 1759, Philip was a true patriot.

An elder brother was drafted for the service, but as he had a family, Philip volunteered to serve in his place.

Mr. Crowder was present at the surrender of Cornwallis.
He was pensioned while living in Sangamon county in 1833, He died in 1844, and is buried in a family burying ground west of the city.

SAR Membership: 44191

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Family Data Collection - Individual Records
about Philip Crowder

Name: Philip Crowder
Spouse: Sally Sarah Chandler
Parents: Abraham Crowder, Mrs Frances Crowder
Birth Place: Petersburg, VA
Birth Date: 7 Apr 1760
Death Place: Sangamon
Death Date: 2 May 1844
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Family Data Collection - Deaths
about Philip Crowder

Name: Philip Crowder
Death Date: 2 May 1844
City: Sangamon
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U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970 about
Philip Crowder

Name: Philip Crowder
SAR Membership: 25933
Birth Date: 1759
Birth Place: Virginia
Death Date: 1844
Death Place: Illinois
Spouse: Sally Chandler
Children: John C Crowder
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U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970 about
Philip Crowder

Name: Philip Crowder
SAR Membership: 44191
Birth Date: May 1759
Birth Place: Petersburg, Virginia
Death Date: Feb 1844
Death Place: Springfield, Illinois
Spouse: Sally Chandler
Children: Albert G Crowder
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born May, 1759, near Petersburg, Va.
He was married there to Susan Parish. They had five children born there. He
then moved, in company with about forty
families, to Greene county, Ky. They all moved on pack horses, and camped near each other every night, with armed men
standing guard around them, for protection against the Indians. Mrs. Susan
Crowder died in 1794 in Kentuckv, and
he was there married to Rachel Saunders.
She had one child, and died there. Philip
Crowder then married Sally Chandler.
They had nine children, and moved to Sangamon county, 111., arriving in Nov.,
1830, and settled three and a half miles
southwest of Springfield.

Philip Crowder died February, 1844,
and his widow died in September following, both in Sangamon county. Philip
Crowder was a soldier in the revolution. An elder brother, who had a family, was
drafted, and Philip volunteered in his place. It was not long before the close of
the war when he was about sixteen years of age. His son Washington remembers
hearing him repeatedly state that he was
at the siege of Yorktown, and witnessed
the surrender of Cornwallis; that he saw
the British commander hand his sword to Washington, and that they wept and embraced each other. Seeing Cornwallis so much affected, Washington said: " Never
mind it; this is the fate of war.