1684 a history of the lineage, father to son, of the Crabtrees. Sons of the American Revolution, Tennessee Long Hunters, underground railroaders, and Americans who made a mark on our history.

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I have a, documented story worth telling. But... I don't know where I am on Stage 32, or where to offer it.

With the 250th Anniversary of the U.S., it seems maybe this story might be relevant.

So.... please tell me... Junk, or... maybe something.

This is a non-fiction, highly condensed, story about my family from the mid-1600s to the present.

This is a direct line of. father to son for twelve generations. I will attempt to encapsulate this story of 300 years into just these few paragraphs. Any suggestions are welcome.

The story begins in the late 1600s when my family immigrated from England to America. In the years preceding their immigration, the family had been awarded a Coat of Arms in the 1500s. That coat of arms indicated that the person bearing that coat of arms was directly from the king and this person came in he came in under the flag of peace with two crossed black barbed lines that indicated anyone harming this person would be punished directly by the king.

This story will tell not only the experience but the circumstances under which my family emigrated to Baltimore.

Our participation in the American Revolution is well documented by the Sons of the American Revolution. We fought in the most crucial engagements that turned the war to the Colonists.

My family received 400 acres from Lord Baltimore. We came with an indentured Irish teenager. During the entire 300 years, my family has never held slaves. We are the 95%. who held no slaves.

This is a story of Father to Son And it goes back 11 grandfathers. This is a direct line.

My grandfathers were involved in the American Revolution. Fighting in some of the most important battles that changed the Revolutionary War. My grandfather was another. my grandfathers were. a well-known and documented long hunter.

A long hunter is a person who goes into quote. The Great Wilderness unquote, which was the name for Tennessee before statehood. The long Hunter stayed in hunting parties of one or two for many years.

They would go into the wilderness for a year or more and come back to society later. My grandfather was. the hunting partner. of James Boone. Although they had been partners for several years, they were ambushed by Indians. and James Boone was killed, while my grandfather escaped.

We were active in the Creek Uprising and were also engaged in the Civil War being captured and held as POWS two months before The war ended.

Throughout history, when we served in the military. none made it. above Private. Essentially, we have been the Canon fodder. for several wars. But we all survived.

My granddaddy during the Civil War was a sheriff. He was murdered by a vigilantes for operating an underground slave railroad.

Following the Civil War. My great-grandfather was a well-known jockey in Greenville, TN.

Moving into the 20th century.

My dad was the mechanic for an Indianapolis driver named Howdy Wilkins, who drove the first car to exceed 90 miles per hour.

I myself enlisted in the military. And during that time as a cryptographer with a Top Secret Clearance. The public facts at the time of Kennedy's assassination just did not fit with the message traffic I had seen myself in the Crypto Room.

I deserted the army and returned with a Quaker lawyer. At the time, the Supreme Court had just determined that a Conscientious Objector did not have to believe in God as a man with long hair on a throne.

I took that case to the military as a Conscientious Objector, and was placed in a mental ward, where electroshock was being used on men on a daily basis; far worse than One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest.

For six months I corresponded directly with the Secretary of Defense at the time, Robert Mcnamara.

When my trial came up I faced 31 years. When the generals in the courtroom heard my case. They judged me innocent within 10 minutes, and the Uniform Code of Military Justice was changed for the first time since the Civil War.