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You meant to type "b@1745", didn't you? Turner Crump who married Mary Halley was a carpenter from New Kent County, Virginia. He was hired by George Washington at Mount Vernon in December, 1760 to oversee Washington's slave carpenters. He may have been living with William Crump, who lived in Clifton's Neck, across Little Hunting Creek from Mount Vernon, until Washington purchased
Clifton's Neck in April of that same year. William moved shortly thereafter, and Turner later lived on the Mount Vernon estate. Circumstantial evidence leaves no doubt that Turner was the son of Richard and Lucy Crump of New Kent County. This was first theorized by Wayne Guthrie, the really senior Crump researcher of our times. (The preeminent Crump researcher was William Curry Harllee, author of KINFOLKS, whose son, RADM John Harllee, is a compatriot of mine in the District of Columbia Society, Sons of the American Revolution. The Harllees are descendants of Rev. Richard Buck, which makes them cousins to the Crumps of Jamestown.) Wayne noted that Turner named his first two children Richard and Lucy. The next clue was that Washington sent a letter with Turner in July of 1763 to his friend, Burwell Bassett of New Kent County, writing "So good an opportunity as Turner Crump on a visit to his father affords, I could not omit of asking how you do." That placed Turner's origin in New Kent and established that his father was still living. A later find was that Richard Crump's wife was Lucy Hunt, and that she had a brother named Turner. Thus, Turner was undoubtedly named for his uncle. For yet another tie-in, one of Richard Crump's sons was named Benedict, and Turner named one of his sons Benedict.
Washington cut a deal with Turner, allowing him to use the slaves to construct and repair buildings for Washington's neighbors, and giving Turner a percentage of the profit. After leaving Mount Vernon, Turner lived and pursued his trade for some time in the vicinity of Fairfax. He was himself a slaveowner. Meantime, William Crump (I believe the same one who was in Clifton's neck) left Fairfax County for Kentucky. Turner followed sometime in the 1780s (I've forgotten just when). He was a founding member of Boone's Creek Baptist Church, where some of the Boones were members. He also saw service against the Indians (under Logan, I believe), finally settling in the area of Mount Sterling. As well as I recall, Turner Crump of Trigg was a nephew. I have other information about Turner, but that's the broad outline.
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