Capt. David Crawford lived in the fork of the North and South Anna River in Hanover County. In 1758, two or three years after his son David had moved to AmherstCounty, Capt. David moved and settled on Rockfish River, on the south side, near the road passing over Dukes Gap, and near the foot of Round Top Mountain, about one mile north of Stony Battle.
As captain of a troop of cavalary in 1714, Capt. David proclaimed George I, King.