William Crawford (soldier)

William Crawford
Born	(1722-09-02)September 2, 1722 Westmoreland County, Virginia
Died	June 11, 1782(1782-06-11) (aged 59) Upper Sandusky, Ohio
Allegiance	Virginia (1754–1763)  United States (1776–1782)
Service/branch	Virginia Militia (1754–1763)  United States Continental Army (1776–1782)
Rank	Colonel
Unit	5th Virginia Regiment 7th Virginia Regiment 13th Virginia Regiment
Battles/wars	French and Indian War Lord Dunmore's War American Revolutionary War Crawford expedition

William Crawford (September 2, 1722 – June 11, 1782) was an American military officer and surveyor who worked as a land agent alongside George Washington while Washington was a teenager. Crawford fought in the French and Indian War, Lord Dunmore's War and the American Revolutionary War arising to the rank of Colonel. In 1782, his unit was attacked, and while he and his surgeon escaped for less than one day, Crawford was eventually captured where he was tortured and burned at the stake by Crawford's former soldier turned British agent, Simon Girty, and Captain Pipe, a Chief of the Delaware Nation.^[1]