Shot during the American Revolutionary War and died as a prisoner-of-war of the British.

He had a brother named Daniel that came to a similar end.

Probably had 3 sons and 2 daughters. They were raised probably by their maternal grandfather Elijah Brown.

His father-in-law may have been Elijah Brown based on his receiving annuites on behalf of the orphaned children of Edward Croft.

Had land grants in South Carolina.

Elijah Brown was the executor of the will for Edward Croft.

Samuel Croft, probably older brother of William, was involved in several deed supplements needed to clarify title of land originally granted to Edward Croft. Edward Croft sold his property and the description of the land was probably not accurate; the land ownership had to be clarified by an exchange of correspondence with the courts. The original land grant that deeded property was for 300 acres. The land depicted in chart was only 266 acres. It took them 50 years to resolve the issue. In 1830, the buyer gave Samuel Croft $50 for any remaining land interest that he might hold on land originally granted to Edward Croft. See scans of letter and maps.

Another brother of William settled in Florida and had a number of descendants there.

Land adjacent to his brother Daniel's land.

Edward used his own team and wagon to transport supplies to the American Revolutionary forces. Americans captured British supplies and put them on river flat boats. Unknown to them, the British built a fort on a bend in the river, Wright's Bluff, South Carolina. The British attacked and Edward was wounded as he was coming down the river. These were in documents for his pensionsvand repayments for his children. The pension was repayment for the use of his horse and wagon. A supplement to the will added a negro boy slave.

About a month later, American forces took the Britsh fort at Wright's Bluff and forced them to surrender. This cut off the British lines of supplies to North Carolina.

His brother Daniel joined the army and went down south to Georgia for battle. They were defeated in combat against British regulars and he was killed early in the War. Edward died a couple of years later. Similar paperwork for Daniel; Daniel had a wife and two daughters that showed up on the census.

Edward's orphan son William was adopted when he was about 14 by Davis. Davis remarried to one of the cousins of William. When Elijah died, Davis adopted William (source: court papers).