Ruben Crow was born about 1752, in Orange County, North Carolina, the son of James Crow and Grace Denson.
Ruben married Abigail Lee on August 4, 1781, in Chatham County, North Carolina. Abigail Lee was born March 20, 1762, in Chatham County, the daughter of William Lee and Susannah Pike.
Ruben is named in his father's will to receive 10 shillings, a share of the money derived from the sale of that part of the estate not willed to his children, 50 acres of land on Colbeser (?) Mountain, and the upper 1/2 of the plantation where his father was living.
Ruben later moved to Illinois. Abigail died April 15, 1819, in Clark County, Illinois. We have been told that Ruben died in 1824, in Clark County.
Children of Ruben Crow and Abigail Lee
1. Rachael Crow, b. abt 1782, Chatham Co, NC; d. abt 1824; m. Gideon Bundy on June 12, 1800, Randolph Co, NC
2. Grace Crow, b. abt 1783, Chatham Co, NC
3. Ruth Crow, b. 1787, Chatham Co, NC
4. Hannah Crow, b. abt 1788, Chatham Co, NC; m. Ezekial Henderson abt 1825, in Shoal, IN
5. Abigail Crow, b. abt 1789, possibly in Owen Co, IN; d. bef 1824; m. _____ Goss on Mar 25, 1809
6. Joshua M. Crow, b. Mar 3, 1789, Orange Co, NC; d. Dec 9, 1848, Washington Co, IN; m. Priscilla Hitchcock, Elizabeth Patrick Wilson and Martha Skeen
7. John Crow, b. Feb 7, 1790, NC; d. Mar 3, 1840, Linn Co, IA; m. Mary Millis on June 20, 1815
8. James Crow, b. abt 1797
9. William Crow, b. abt 1798
10. Ruben Crow, m. Elizabeth Duncan on Dec 2, 1819, IN, then Nancy Cooper on Aug 14, 1824, Clark Co, IN
11. Nancy Crow, m. John Snipes on Aug 22, 1816
12. Ann Crow
13. Naomi Crow, m. Robert Taylor
14. Rebecca Crow, m. Robert Atkinson on Jan 29, 1829
15. Jane Crow, m. Samuel Handy on Mar 25, 1822, in Clark Co, IN