Was Crest a last name in the time of the Civil War? And does it work with this name?

Okay, I was wondering if Crest was a last name in the 1860s. Do you know? And I was also wondering if Rebecca May Crest sounded like a good name for a person who lived in Kentucky. Help please. Thanks!Was Crest a last name in the time of the Civil War? And does it work with this name?
Currently, there are eight people with this name in KY and 300 nationwide in the USA. Research through various genealogy sites reveals that this was a valid and common name during the American Civil War (1861鈥?865) period.





While I was unable to locate a namesake within the time period, I doubt that anyone who descended from a person of the same name is likely to have any claim against you for using the name.





Additional general research was frustrated by the fact that ';crest'; can also mean ';coat of arms';.





I say, go ahead and use the name.Was Crest a last name in the time of the Civil War? And does it work with this name?
It was in use, but rare. I went to the LDS 1880 census


http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Search/f鈥?/a>





selected the US census, surname Crest, birth year 1835, year range +/- 10 and got 22 hits. You can repeat my search with any surname you want. If you pick a more common one, you can select a state. None of the Crests I found were in Kentucky.





You could go the other way - use the given name Rebecca, leave the surname blank, choose state = Ky and county = whatever county you are in, choose the birth year to match your age* and see who was there.





* That is, if you are 30, pick a birth year of (1863 - 30) = 1833, and use an age range of (+/-) 2.
Not too many surnames have materialized out of thin air in the past 150 years so YES. Crest is fine. I mean, I don't like the name per-se but it's fine as far as time goes. Doing a little fiction writing are we?

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