Hi Joe,
Tell your friend, Roger that he is welcome to e-mail me directly in regards to F.R. & F.A. Crawford.
These men were ancestors of mine also, I have some information about the both and their families.
I have read the story posted before in different places and have never found a basis to the River crossing.
I do know that their father was with the C.S.A. in Tennessee and received a Presidential Pardon.
Looking foward to the contact with a new relative.
SD