This profile photo shows one of the earliest original documents belonging to Freeland (Freelin) Crabb (my 6th generation grandfather), dated 1856. This is a document from where he bought whiskey on credit. Freeland paid it off around the time his dad died (Stephen Crabb). This is also around the time he sold his property in Limestone County, AL and purchased property right over the state line in Minor Hill, TN (around 1860). I have original artifacts from Freeland Crabb (1826-1894), his son Noah and Noah's son Arthur A. Crabb. One of Freeland's artifacts is his original Will he had wrote the end of 1893 - several months before he died in Feb of 1894. The Will is pictured at the back of the photo shown here above. Also, I have the receipt where he paid his first property tax receipt for the 105+ acres in Minor Hill - Giles County, TN - dated 1861. The property tax paid that year was around $1.5.

Another item is Freeland's musket rifle. It was manufactured at Harper's Ferry in 1850. Manufacturer and date is labeled on the side of the rifle. Freeland used this rifle in the Civil War. It has multiple engravings on the wooden stock section on both sides of the rifle with lines engraved for keeping count
and several initials. And someone's last name. This rifle must have went through the hands of multiple people during the civil war and the last to pick it up after it's prior user was killed was Freeland Crabb. And of course Freeland survived the war and died many years later. This is my guess due to the engravings. Freeland joined Holman's Battalion, Partisan Rangers when it formed in Pulaski, Tennessee on October 18th of 1862, which his unit, a few months later (Feb 20th, 1863), became part of a total of 11 companies forming the 11th Regiment, Tennessee Cavalry.

https://tngenweb.org/civilwar/11th-holmans-tennessee-cavalry-regiment/

Shortly (within two weeks) after a three days battle southeast of Nashville (that Freeland's company fought in), Freeland is recorded as becoming a deserter. That date is in March of 1863 (Cyndy C. - who is a Coordinator with TnGenweb Civil War Project, shared this information on Freeland via email with me).

Getting close to just shy of 9 months after Freeland became a deserter (October 24th, 1863), he & and his wife Mary had a daughter born. They named her Mary E Crabb. Mary E. Crabb, born 1863, married a Thompson. So her name is Mary E. Crabb-Thompson. Freeland did desert from the war after that battle a short time, but did continue back in the war until the war ended. Or so it was told in the family over the generations. After Mary was born, Freeland had no other children until Noah A. was born on Feb 12th, 1867.

Another interesting item is an original document that kept a record of a doctor visiting Mary E. Snipe-Crabb's house in Minor Hill to attend to sick children, and birth of Mary E. during the civil war (included dates of visits) and was paid in full in November of 1866 (about 4 months before Noah A. Crabb was born - Feb 12th, 1867). One date shows a doctor visiting on Sept 8, 1863, a little over a month before Mary E. Crabb-Thompson is born.

Freeland's home built in 1860 - was located about 1700 feet north from the memorial at the capture location of Sam Davis (The Boy Hero) in Minor Hill. He was the guy that was hung in Pulaski, TN by Union troops shortly after his capture. Freeland's home burnt down in January of 1971. 111 years after it was built. I know of at least 7 family members that died in the house of the 111 years.

Another item I have is a violin that belonged to Noah Crabb. The violin was in a wooden case made to fit and the walls of the case I s covered in glued newspapers dated in the 1920s for protection of the violin. A small leather bound booklet that Noah, his brother (EH Crabb), and his son (Arthur A.) had all wrote notes with dates starting around 1915 and into the 1940s. One note Noah A. wrote was documenting when he received his first Social Security retirement check with date and the sum of $6.5.

I have three original letters mailed to Mary E. Snipes-Crabb between 1905 - 1911 from family in Kosse, TX. And I have the original receipt for payment of Mary Snipes-Crabb's burial in July of 1919 in the amount of $79 dollars. This was paid for by Noah A. Crabb and EH Crabb.

In Freeland's Will, the 105 acres would be divided between Noah, Thomas Franklin and EH Crabb. EH would get the section with the house. EH, when he got ill in the 1930s, wrote the house over to Willie B. Crabb (Noah's wife). I have the one page document signed by EH and two others as witnesses stating this for EH. As long as he was taken care of until EH's death. Freeland's Will left money to all of his other children. Freeland died in 1894. Mary E Snipes-Crabb, in 1899 (several years after Freeland's death) had the property divided up between the listed three sons in the Will. I have these original land deeds dividing the land in the Freeland document collection with his original Will.

For Sammie Jane Davis-Crabb (my great-grandmother), I have a hemp blanket she made in the 1930s. With it, I also have a Bass jar that has turned blue with the original lid that has a ball of the hemp left over from making the blanket. I have the original letter sent to Sammie from Pulaski Power. This letter was sent to her two months after her husbands passing. The letter stated that it was confirmed that power was to be connected to the house. It was built in 1860, power was finally installed in September/October of 1950. 90 years later after it was built.

Six generations lived or stayed in the house built by Freeland in 1860. At least 7 of the Crabb family died in the house while it stood - it burnt down in January of 1971 due to clothing falling into the fireplace catching the home on fire while everyone had gone to bed. Arthur A.(Sammie's husband) took his own life in it in July of 1950. I have the original letter he wrote just after midnight - July 21, 1950, just before he shot himself around 5pm, July 22nd, 1950. He became bound to a chair years before and didn't want to live this way. I have his walking cane (with blood still seen on it), one of his chairs he used to scoot around the house in and a homemade back scratcher he used. He had two backscratchers made. One was used for him to pull the rifle trigger as he sat by the bed and had the rifle propped on the night stand. Frankie Dale Crabb passed away in the upstairs of the house when he couldn't get out due to the small windows and it hand caught on fire - January 3rd, 1971. Frankie Dale is a grandson to Arthur A. One of Arthur's son's died in the house on March 15, 1942 from a gunshot wound. There are two different stories on the gunshot that killed him. His name was Willie Joseph Crabb. In May of 1936, EH Crabb died in the house of natural causes. And I have a copy of a letter by an old neighbor of Noah's that visited him in the house just before he died.

Sammie, when her health deteriorated, she moved in with her daughter (Mary J. Crabb-Kelley) taking all the Crabb documents and personal items with her. This is why these items didn't burn in the house in 1971. And these items have stayed in the family. Sammie's son Kefir moved into the house with his items after Sammie moved. Other items are a whisky jug, a butter churn, a chest for storing clothing and blankets made with no nails in the mid 1850s, Mary E. Snipes-Crabb's glasses, Freeland's wallet, and many other personal items.

Freeland & Mary E. Crabb's children:

John Henry Crabb - BIRTH 22 Aug 1847
Lydia Eudora "Liddy" Crabb Hendrix - BIRTH 1 Jan 1850
T Franklin Crabb - BIRTH 14 Jul 1853
William J. Crabb - BIRTH 7 Jun 1859
Mary E. Crabb - Thompson BIRTH 24 Oct 1863
Noah Albert Crabb - BIRTH 12 Feb 1867
Alexander Hughes (EH) Crabb "Elick" -BIRTH. 10 Jan 1871 (He went by Elick most of his life, so this is why "EH Crabb" was put on his tombstone.

YouTube video showing some of Freeland & Mary's belonging:

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=1xpd5N661tk

This profile photo shows one of the earliest original documents belonging to Freeland (Freelin) Crabb (my 6th generation grandfather), dated 1856. This is a document from where he bought whiskey on credit. Freeland paid it off around the time his dad died (Stephen Crabb). This is also around the time he sold his property in Limestone County, AL and purchased property right over the state line in Minor Hill, TN (around 1860). I have original artifacts from Freeland Crabb (1826-1894), his son Noah and Noah's son Arthur A. Crabb. One of Freeland's artifacts is his original Will he had wrote the end of 1893 - several months before he died in Feb of 1894. The Will is pictured at the back of the photo shown here above. Also, I have the receipt where he paid his first property tax receipt for the 105+ acres in Minor Hill - Giles County, TN - dated 1861. The property tax paid that year was around $1.5.

Another item is Freeland's musket rifle. It was manufactured at Harper's Ferry in 1850. Manufacturer and date is labeled on the side of the rifle. Freeland used this rifle in the Civil War. It has multiple engravings on the wooden stock section on both sides of the rifle with lines engraved for keeping count
and several initials. And someone's last name. This rifle must have went through the hands of multiple people during the civil war and the last to pick it up after it's prior user was killed was Freeland Crabb. And of course Freeland survived the war and died many years later. This is my guess due to the engravings. Freeland joined Holman's Battalion, Partisan Rangers when it formed in Pulaski, Tennessee on October 18th of 1862, which his unit, a few months later (Feb 20th, 1863), became part of a total of 11 companies forming the 11th Regiment, Tennessee Cavalry.

https://tngenweb.org/civilwar/11th-holmans-tennessee-cavalry-regiment/

Shortly (within two weeks) after a three days battle southeast of Nashville (that Freeland's company fought in), Freeland is recorded as becoming a deserter. That date is in March of 1863 (Cyndy C. - who is a Coordinator with TnGenweb Civil War Project, shared this information on Freeland via email with me).

Getting close to just shy of 9 months after Freeland became a deserter (October 24th, 1863), he & and his wife Mary had a daughter born. They named her Mary E Crabb. Mary E. Crabb, born 1863, married a Thompson. So her name is Mary E. Crabb-Thompson. Freeland did desert from the war after that battle a short time, but did continue back in the war until the war ended. Or so it was told in the family over the generations. After Mary was born, Freeland had no other children until Noah A. was born on Feb 12th, 1867.

Another interesting item is an original document that kept a record of a doctor visiting Mary E. Snipe-Crabb's house in Minor Hill to attend to sick children, and birth of Mary E. during the civil war (included dates of visits) and was paid in full in November of 1866 (about 4 months before Noah A. Crabb was born - Feb 12th, 1867). One date shows a doctor visiting on Sept 8, 1863, a little over a month before Mary E. Crabb-Thompson is born.

Freeland's home built in 1860 - was located about 1700 feet north from the memorial at the capture location of Sam Davis (The Boy Hero) in Minor Hill. He was the guy that was hung in Pulaski, TN by Union troops shortly after his capture. Freeland's home burnt down in January of 1971. 111 years after it was built. I know of at least 7 family members that died in the house of the 111 years.

Another item I have is a violin that belonged to Noah Crabb. The violin was in a wooden case made to fit and the walls of the case I s covered in glued newspapers dated in the 1920s for protection of the violin. A small leather bound booklet that Noah, his brother (EH Crabb), and his son (Arthur A.) had all wrote notes with dates starting around 1915 and into the 1940s. One note Noah A. wrote was documenting when he received his first Social Security retirement check with date and the sum of $6.5.

I have three original letters mailed to Mary E. Snipes-Crabb between 1905 - 1911 from family in Kosse, TX. And I have the original receipt for payment of Mary Snipes-Crabb's burial in July of 1919 in the amount of $79 dollars. This was paid for by Noah A. Crabb and EH Crabb.

In Freeland's Will, the 105 acres would be divided between Noah, Thomas Franklin and EH Crabb. EH would get the section with the house. EH, when he got ill in the 1930s, wrote the house over to Willie B. Crabb (Noah's wife). I have the one page document signed by EH and two others as witnesses stating this for EH. As long as he was taken care of until EH's death. Freeland's Will left money to all of his other children. Freeland died in 1894. Mary E Snipes-Crabb, in 1899 (several years after Freeland's death) had the property divided up between the listed three sons in the Will. I have these original land deeds dividing the land in the Freeland document collection with his original Will.

For Sammie Jane Davis-Crabb (my great-grandmother), I have a hemp blanket she made in the 1930s. With it, I also have a Bass jar that has turned blue with the original lid that has a ball of the hemp left over from making the blanket. I have the original letter sent to Sammie from Pulaski Power. This letter was sent to her two months after her husbands passing. The letter stated that it was confirmed that power was to be connected to the house. It was built in 1860, power was finally installed in September/October of 1950. 90 years later after it was built.

Six generations lived or stayed in the house built by Freeland in 1860. At least 7 of the Crabb family died in the house while it stood - it burnt down in January of 1971 due to clothing falling into the fireplace catching the home on fire while everyone had gone to bed. Arthur A.(Sammie's husband) took his own life in it in July of 1950. I have the original letter he wrote just after midnight - July 21, 1950, just before he shot himself around 5pm, July 22nd, 1950. He became bound to a chair years before and didn't want to live this way. I have his walking cane (with blood still seen on it), one of his chairs he used to scoot around the house in and a homemade back scratcher he used. He had two backscratchers made. One was used for him to pull the rifle trigger as he sat by the bed and had the rifle propped on the night stand. Frankie Dale Crabb passed away in the upstairs of the house when he couldn't get out due to the small windows and it hand caught on fire - January 3rd, 1971. Frankie Dale is a grandson to Arthur A. One of Arthur's son's died in the house on March 15, 1942 from a gunshot wound. There are two different stories on the gunshot that killed him. His name was Willie Joseph Crabb. In May of 1936, EH Crabb died in the house of natural causes. And I have a copy of a letter by an old neighbor of Noah's that visited him in the house just before he died.

Sammie, when her health deteriorated, she moved in with her daughter (Mary J. Crabb-Kelley) taking all the Crabb documents and personal items with her. This is why these items didn't burn in the house in 1971. And these items have stayed in the family. Sammie's son Kefir moved into the house with his items after Sammie moved. Other items are a whisky jug, a butter churn, a chest for storing clothing and blankets made with no nails in the mid 1850s, Mary E. Snipes-Crabb's glasses, Freeland's wallet, and many other personal items.

Freeland & Mary E. Crabb's children:

John Henry Crabb - BIRTH 22 Aug 1847
Lydia Eudora "Liddy" Crabb Hendrix - BIRTH 1 Jan 1850
T Franklin Crabb - BIRTH 14 Jul 1853
William J. Crabb - BIRTH 7 Jun 1859
Mary E. Crabb - Thompson BIRTH 24 Oct 1863
Noah Albert Crabb - BIRTH 12 Feb 1867
Alexander Hughes (EH) Crabb "Elick" -BIRTH. 10 Jan 1871 (He went by Elick most of his life, so this is why "EH Crabb" was put on his tombstone.

YouTube video showing some of Freeland & Mary's belonging:

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=1xpd5N661tk