Sarah’s Oil: Sarah Rector Campbell Crawford’s Grandchildren Speak

November 17, 2025

Photo: Sarah Rector as an adult in 1820, photographer unknown, public domain, Wikimedia

Who did the oil-rich little girl from the Creek Nation in Indian Territory grow up to be?

Three granddaughters and one great-granddaughter of the real Sarah Rector Campbell Crawford speak with scholar Angela Walton-Raji about their grandmother as an adult.

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