William Crawford

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  • http://www.jenforum.com/warof1812/messages/3941.html
    
    Could someone tell me the words of popular song from 1812 war called "Blackbird".a William Crawford of Pa.killed his son Henry Crawford over it,,seems Henry taunted his father. William fought with the British in said war,,,
    
    
    http://books.google.com/books?id=qEsVAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA368
    
    http://www.ourfamilyhistories.com/hsdurbin/pike/part20.html
    
    
    when William Crawford was hanged on February 21, 1823,
    for the murder of his son, Henry. Crawford had been a British soldier in the War
    of 1812, and when the son persisted against his father�s wishes n whistling �The
    Blackbird,� the old man shot him. This was a patriotic song of American soldiers
    during the war.
    
    http://searches2.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/PAWASHIN/2006-04/1144777567