William Crawford | |
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| Born | September 2, 1722 Westmoreland County, Virginia |
| Died | June 11, 1782 (aged 59) Upper Sandusky, Ohio |
| Allegiance |  Virginia (1754–1763)  United States (1776–1782) |
| Service | Virginia Militia (1754–1763) United States Continental Army (1776–1782) |
| Rank | Colonel |
| Unit | 5th Virginia Regiment 7th Virginia Regiment 13th Virginia Regiment |
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William Crawford (September 2, 1722 – June 11, 1782) was an American military officer and surveyor who worked as a land agent alongside George Washington while Washington was a teenager. Crawford fought in the French and Indian War, Lord Dunmore's War and the American Revolutionary War arising to the rank of Colonel. In 1782, his unit was attacked, and while he and his surgeon escaped for less than one day, Crawford was eventually captured where he was tortured and burned at the stake by Crawford's former soldier turned British agent, Simon Girty, and Captain Pipe, a Chief of the Delaware Nation.[1]
- ^ PARKINSON, RICHARD (1805). "A TOUR IN AMERICA, IN 1798, 1799, AND 1800; VOL. I. LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CITY OF WASHINGTON" (PDF). Library of Congress. Retrieved January 29, 2024.