Griffin CrookAge: 66 years1794–1860
- Name
- Griffin Crook
- Given names
- Griffin
- Surname
- Crook
 Birth | about 1794 21 15 |
 Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic between 1793 and 1798Note: More than 4,000 Philadelphia residents died from yellow fever - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yellow_Fever_Epidemic_of_1793 |
 Marriage of a parent | John Singleton — Rebecca Nash — View this family October 8, 1801 (Age 7 years) |
| Birth of a half-sister | Rebecca Vines Singleton March 30, 1803 (Age 9 years) |
| Historical Event | The Louisiana Purchase 1803 (Age 9 years)Note: Napoleon Bonaparte agrees to sell 828,000 square miles of land to the United States for $15 million - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louisiana_Purchase |
| Death of a father | John Crook about 1806 (Age 12 years) |
| Historical Event | War of 1812 between 1812 and 1815 (Age 18 years)Note: War of 1812 between the Americans and the British. The Creek (or Red Stick) War in Alabama had different origins, but it coincided with the war of 1812, and the U.S. treated it as a part of the larger war, with Jackson and his forces also in charge of defeating the Creeks - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_of_1812 |
 Marriage | Nancy Pennington — View this family March 18, 1817 (Age 23 years) |
| Historical Event | Cholera Epidemic 1832 (Age 38 years)Note: Cholera killed 4,340 people in New Orleans & over 3,000 in New York City - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cholera_outbreaks_and_pandemics |
| Historical Event | The Texas Revolution between October 1835 and April 1836 (Age 41 years)Note: The Texas Revolution (or Texas War of Independence) was fought from October 2, 1835 to April 21, 1836 between Mexico and the Texas (Tejas) portion of the Mexican state of Coahuila y Tejas. The Texas Revolution erupted in 1836, after Texas declared its independence from Mexico. Mexico responded by invading Texas, where General Santa Anna won decisive victories in the battles of the Alamo and Goliad. The war ended at the Battle of San Jacinto (about 20 miles) east of modern day downtown Houston) where General Sam Houston led the Texas Army to victory in 18 minutes over a portion of the Mexican Army under Santa Anna, who was captured shortly after the battle. The conclusion of the war resulted in the creation of the Republic of Texas - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas_Revolution |
| Historical Event | Mexican-American War from 1846 to 1848 (Age 52 years)Note: The Mexican-American War was an armed conflict between the United States of America and the United Mexican States from 1846 to 1848 in the wake of the 1845 U.S. annexation of Texas, which Mexico considered part of its territory despite the 1836 Texas Revolution - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexican%E2%80%93American_War |
| Historical Event | Influenza Epidemic between 1857 and 1859 (Age 63 years)Note: In 1857-1859, there was an extremely severe worldwide outbreak of influenza - http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3884 |
| Death of a mother | Rebecca Nash about 1860 (on the date of death) |
 Death | about 1860 (Age 66 years) |
| Family with parents |
| father |
John Crook Birth: July 1772 — Brunswick, Virginia, United States Death: about 1806 — Mecklenburg, Virginia, United States |
| mother |
Rebecca Nash Birth: about 1779 — Brunswick, Virginia, United States Death: about 1860 — Meigs, Tennessee, United States |
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Marriage: May 24, 1790 — Brunswick, Virginia, United States |
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5 years himself |
Griffin Crook Birth: about 1794 21 15 — Virginia, United States Death: about 1860 — Pickens, Georgia, United States |
| Mother’s family with John Singleton |
| step-father |
John Singleton Birth: estimated 1780 — Brunswick, Virginia, United States Death: estimated 1850 — Meigs, Tennessee, United States |
| mother |
Rebecca Nash Birth: about 1779 — Brunswick, Virginia, United States Death: about 1860 — Meigs, Tennessee, United States |
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Marriage: October 8, 1801 — Mecklenburg, Virginia, United States |
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18 months half-sister |
Rebecca Vines Singleton Birth: March 30, 1803 23 24 — Brunswick, Virginia, United States Death: July 10, 1876 — Lewisburg, Conway, Arkansas, United States |
| Family with Nancy Pennington |
| himself |
Griffin Crook Birth: about 1794 21 15 — Virginia, United States Death: about 1860 — Pickens, Georgia, United States |
| wife |
Nancy Pennington Birth: about 1790 — Virginia, United States Death: March 15, 1878 — Johnson, Kentucky, United States |
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Marriage: March 18, 1817 — Wake, North Carolina, United States |