Here is a description of  the connections from other families on this site to the Craig family.
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These genealogical materials have been compiled by Ann Woodlief. Please e-mail at awoodlief@yahoo.com if you wish to copy or if you have any additions or corrections. Also, I have more information on some of these lines.
Note: I have recently updated names and dates using the research of William Davis (when conflicting with undocumented lines of Harry LaVird Craig), May 2004

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Generation I (Immigrant), Jane Craig

John Craig Jr.? (1650-1704) or __Taliaferro? and Jane Taliaferro [ or Craig?] (1670/80-1705/10)

The Craig family is said to be from "Craig Ellachie, a rocky eminence in Scotland," not far from Aberdeen[see Craig site].
    Jane is said to have emigrated to VA with brothers, Robert & James. No evidence has been found of either.
Family tradition says Jane was married in Scotland around 1703 to John Craig, Jr, descended (grandson?) from John Craig, a Dominican Friar who read John Calvin around 1600, was condemned to burn at the stake for heresy, but managed to escape with the help of a soldier friend (see Railey, copy of his life). He presumably died before his wife came to Virginia.
   However, Francis Craig, Toliver's grandson, said his grandfather told him that he was the illegitimate son of Jane Craig, daughter of John Craig, by a Taliaferro who brought her and her two brothers from Scotland to Virginia. [document in Filson library?] An autobiographical sketch written by Toliver Craig III begins with "My grandfather was the illegitimate son of Jane Craig who was from Scotland and he married Mary Hawkins by whom he had Twelve Children." However, the word "illegitimate" was erased before it was sent to H. L. Craig, a family genealogist.
    Certainly the Taliaferro family, descended from Robert Taliaferro, coming to VA in 1645, was long established in the Spotsylvania County area and had several sons who would have roughly been Jane Craig's contemporaries Francis (1654-1710); John (1656-1720); Charles (1663-); Richard (1665-), and Robert (1667-); they also had sons. One son, Richard, was a sea-captain at this time (and already married) and he had some interesting dealings with at least one successful pirate in Bermuda! Francis Craig also said that Jane Craig "sustained an unblemished character through life", so she may not have died immediately after her son's birth. Could she have been a sister of Dr. Andrew Craig (who was closely associated with the Taliaferro family in Spotsylvania)? Here's more on evidence of Toliver's illegitimacy. On the other hand, in April, 2004, a male Craig descendant had his DNA compared with a male Taliaferro descendant; there was not a match. That would not preclude his mother being a Taliaferro, however. Also, his Craig DNA matched rather closely a Freeman from Henrico County. Hmmm....! The plot thickens.
   At any rate, even if there isn't a "real" connection , the stories about "Maister John Craig" of St. Giles' Church are fascinating and worth retelling. Born in 1512 (father slain at Flodden) in Edinburgh, he was educated at St. Andrews, joined the order of St. Dominic and went to Bolgna. He married very late in life--to a 15 year old girl--and had one son, William, who taught theology in France at the beginning of the 17th century at the Huguenot University of Saumur.(but did he marry and have children? I can find no evidence of this.) A colleague of John Knox, John Craig was considered more tolerant and compromising. His widow often told the story of his "salvation" by the dog with a purse. A plaque recounting his accomplishment (and a picture of the dog) is on a column in St. Giles, Edinburg.

Generation 2, Toliver Craig

Taliaferro (Toliver) Craig (1704- 2/05/1795) and Mary (Polly) Hawkins (1716 King William Co-1/6/1804), married 1730 VA.

They probably married in King William County (records are burned). Mary seems to have inherited land from her father on Terry's Run in Spotsylvania, 200 acres of which they sold to her brother in 1747. Taliaferro Craig had a land grant as well: It is dated 26 March 1739, for 400 acres on the North side of Robinson Run, on a large branch of the Mattapony River, adj. to Col. John Robinson and Mr. John Anderson (Patent Book 18, p. 283). They probably lived here.

He seems to have been an illiterate farmer, and his sons' illiteracy caused some problems when they began preaching. His many land transactions and gifts of land to his family suggest that he was both very shrewd and generous. They lived in Spotsylvania (now Orange) Co., VA. He and his sons were converted to the (Separatist) Baptist faith in 1765/6 by David Thomas and Samuel Harris, though Thomas discouraged "such weak, illiterate persons' [Lewis, Elijah] attempting to teach."(Spencer, A History of Kentucky Baptists). His sons founded Craig's Church [near intersections of 606 and 608 s. of Spotsylvania Courthouse Battlefield]. He traveled to Kentucky with sons John and Jeremiah in 1778. [See Daniel Boon's account of this time in Kentucky to see what it must have been like.] He sold Wm. Wiatt 50 [one source says 500] acres in Berkeley Parish for 20,000 currency 7/19/1781. Then he moved with the "traveling church" to Fayette Co. near Lexington in the Virginia frontier, later KY, patenting 41483 acres in Woodford Co. on the Kentucky River in 1794. [See Kincaid's account in The Wilderness Road.] He and his family were present at Bryan Station when they were attacked by the British and Indians.(more on Bryan Station)  Both are said to be buried near Georgetown KY at the Great Crossings Church (now under a parking lot) at Stamping Ground; Polly's tomb was marked "The Mother of Many Faithful." Here's a portrait which is said to be of Mary Hawkins. 

Children:

John Hawkins, 1730 Spotsylvania Co. VA--15/8/1815 Boone Co, KY, m. Sarah (Sallie) Page (1738-1835); both died in Boone County, KY
Children:
i John Hawkins (1763-1852) m. Sally Snelling
ii Elijah (1764/5-1812, killed in Battle of River Thames) m.Ann McAfee
iii Elizabeth (1766-1833) m. 1784 Cave Johnson [1760-1850, of Wm. Johnson and Elizabeth Cave]
iv Lewis (1769-1836) m. Kittie Cox
v Sarah m. John Bush
vi Mary (Polly) m. John Cave [of Richard Cave & Betsy Craig]
vii Benjamin m.1 Elizabeth Cave [of Wm. Cave & Mary Mallory], m2 Betsy Green, m3 Henrietta McBee
viii Francis (1777-1852) m1 . Matilda Kirtley & m2 Nancy Ryle
ix Philip (1779-1831) m1 T. M. Brehtis, m2 Polly Percival
x Nancy (1780-1865) m1 Francois Bartholomey [divorcedhim ], m2. Tom Prentice (4 other sons died in infancy)

John Craig was deeded 87 acres in Spotsylvania Co. by his parents in 6/1760. He served as Captain of Spotsylvania Militia during early years of the Revolution, then commanded Bryan Station during the 1782 seige. He sold 471 acres on Robinson Run for 35,000 pounds curr. paper 8/15/1781. He founded Craig's Station in Woodford Co. KY, was elected to the KY legislature 1796 (the first representative sent by KY to the VA Assembly). Thomas Clark writes in The Kentucky that "he could not meet a man on the road but he rammed a text down his throat" (a quote that Spencer says originated from the prosecuting attorney in Lewis Craig's Virginia trial). Evidently he owned more than 150,000 acres in Gallatin County at his death (and before 1790, held 346,000 acres), when he was incapacitated mentally. His will freed his slave Jim and stipulated that all of his slaves were to be emancipated upon the death of his wife. Craig's Creek, below Warsaw, was named for him. His wife, Sallie, is said to have walked 50 miles to meet her ill son, Philip! More than 100 years later 231 descendants were contacted as inheritors of property missed by his executors: 40,000 acres in Pike Co., hills full of coal [court records are extensive]

Joyce, 1732-1812, m. 1746 John Faulconer (Faulkner, 1722-1794; of Nicholas Faulconer and Eliz Newton), d. at 80 "with all her teeth"
Children:
i William (1748-88), m Priscilla Johnston.           
ii Jane (Apr 05 1750-Sep 27 1823), m Andrew Johnson (Jan 25 1750-Jan 25 1826) Scott County, Kentucky. 
iii Mary Polly (1752-?) m bef ___ 00 1779, in Virginia, Andrew Hampton. 
iv John (ca. 1754-1826) m (1) Jan 16 1775, in Orange County, Virginia, Margaret Morrison, m (2) Elizabeth Nuttle [Orange County, Va].
v Joseph (Nov  5 1757-Jun 26 1833, Fayette County, KY), m Sep 12 1776, in Virginia, Frances Nelson.
vi Sarah "Sally" (Jul 15 1760-Aug 10 1831), married Oct ?? 1780, in Boonesborough, Kentucky, Daniel Wilcoxson. 
vii Frances (1763-1829), married Sep 12 1782, in Lincoln Co., Kentucky, Henry Wilson (1754, Augusta County, Virginia-Nov 01 1848, Nicholas County, KY).  See the record of an interview with Frances Faulconer.
viii Martha (Mar 17 1767-1833), m Mar 21 1785, in K&, John Stephens,  (Jun 30 1763, Orange County, Virginia, son of Benjamin Stephens and Dorothy Jemima Waller-Mar 31 1842).
ix Ann (28 Oct 1769-Jan 1835), m 1786, in Fayette County, KY, William Juett, born Virginia, died 1835, Harrison County, Kentucky.  .
x Lewis (Oct 29 1776-Feb. 26 1857, Lexington KY), m (1) Dec 22 1797, Susannah Nelson (Oct 22 1797-Jul 00 1828,  Lexington, Kentucky), married (2) Harriet ?. 

Jane, 1735-1786, m. John Sanders (Saunders; son of Hugh Sanders & Catherine Hoskins)
Children:
i Polly (1763-), m Apr 20 1784, Gilbert Creek Joseph Bledsoe (1745-befo 1801, son of William Bledsoe Jr. and Elizabeth Zachary), Bledsoe Cemetery, Ghent, KY
ii Betty (1765-), Virginia, m. James Smith.
iii Lydia (-- 1768), m. Hugh Sanders Gatewood (1767, son of  Peter Gatewood & Sarah "Sally" Sanders?) {Elijah's daughter Polly was his second marriage?].
iv John(1774-before 1815), m. Nancy Samuel.
v Samuel (1775/77-), m. Nancy Smith. 
vi Lewis (1781, Virginia-1961, Carroll Co, KY) married (1) Apr 05 1807, in Kentucky, Anne Nicholas, (daughter of George Nicholas and Mary Smith) married (2) Adelaide Dumesnil.  ubject of book SANDERS FAMILY OF GRASS HILLS, by Anna V. Parker (1966).
vii Catherine (1784-)
viii Nathaniel Sanders m. Sally Sanders (daughter of Nathaniel Sanders and Sally Pattie).

Toliver [Jr], 1736-1819 , m. Elizabeth Johnson (1738-1808 Scott Co. KY), daughter of Peter Johnston and Margaret Games
Children:
i Johnson
ii Mary (1760-1825), m. Francis Gholson 1782
iii William [m. Polly Suggett], d. 1839 Bedford Co, TN
iv John (1761-1829), m. Alice Todd
v Toliver III (1764-1832, Callaway Co, MO) m. Patsy Wright (1768-1823, Scott Co, KY)
vi Nancy, m. James Bell
vii Elijah (1775-1842 Scott Co, KY), m. Agnes Hawkins (1774-1833)
viii Nathaniel (1780-1833), m. Polly Elley/Sally Davis]
ix Margaret, m. Frank Ghoulson

Toliver Jr. lived in Orange Co. as a young adult, moved to Botetourt Co 1779, then to KY, and was at Bryan Station with wife, six children in 1782; eventually he settled in Scott County KY and represented it in the Kentucky legislature in 1795 and 1797. He was the largest distiller of whisky in Scott CO, having to pay back taxes in 1794 on 13,000 gallons.

Lewis, 1737-1825, m. Elizabeth Sanders (Saunders; 1740-1825) dau of Hugh Sanders and Catherine Hoskins
Children:
i Whitfield T. (1765-1807, Minerva KY), m. Charlotte Lambkin
ii Lewis (1769-1839) m. Dorcas Noble
iii Elijah (1771-?), 1. Catherine Polly Hargate [dau. Peter Hargate & Abby Sanders], m2 Mary Davis]
iv John (1768-before 1838, Mason Co., KY) m. Catherine Pattie [dau of John Pattie & Anna Sanders]
v Elizabeth (1733-1811), m. Wm. Bledsoe [Joseph Bledsoe & Elizabeth Miller]
vi Sally [Sarah] (1775-?)
vii Frances (1776-1834 Mason Co), m. David Chiles
viii Catherine (1777-?), m1 Philemon Hawkins, m 2. Rev. John King
ix Mary (1781-1847, LA) m. Gen. Philemon Thomas [son of Richard Thomas and Frances Hawkins]
x John Lewis Craig (1783 VA-?)

Lewis Craig was deeded 276 acres in Spotsylvania Co. in 6/1760 by his parents. Converted (from Church of England) by David Thomas and/or Samuell Harris, he was baptized into Upper Spotsylvania Church in 1767 and ordained 1770, serving as minister of this first Separate Baptist Church established between the James and Rappahannock Rivers. (This church, known also as Craig's Church, was at Paytes, VA) He was jailed in Fredericksburg in 1768 for preaching without a license from the Episcopal Church. He preached through the bars to crowds gathered around the jail, to the great discomfiture of public officials. Family tradition says he was defended at his trial by Patrick Henry. He is celebrated on a plaque on the Baptist Church in Fredericksburg. He and the other Baptist began petitioning for religious freeman and abolishing of slavery in 1770. In 1781 he led the Upper Spotsylvania "traveling church" of about 400 (others say 600) persons, slaves, and livestock some 600 miles west and three months' journey (stopping to sing hymns and pray every hour) to Kentucky through the Cumberland Gap (establishing a church on the Holsten River en route), having purchased land from discharged soldiers. They stopped in Dec. at Craig's Station on the Dix River; 600 are said to have been in the party when they left in the spring.The Craigs were prominent in the defense of Bryan Station against a band of 500 Indians on August 15 17, 1782 and are listed on a monument there. He settled at Craig's Station on Gilberts Creek in Garrard Co., moved to Fayette Co. and the South Elkhorn church under 1792, then lived in Minerva in Mason Co. until his death, pastoring and building a substantial church. He established a number of churches and worked also as a stonemason or architect. He built the first church, the first school house, and the first courthouse (in Washington) in Kentucky. He was said to have had a musical voice, placid disposition, and a speculative turn of mind. He was very philanthrophic, doing much to assist families settling on farms in Kentucky. John Taylor said "As an expositor of the Scriptures, he was not very skillful, but dealt closely with the heart. He was better acquainted with men than with books. He never dwelt much on doctrine, but mostly on experimental and practical godliness...perhaps there was never found in Kentucky, so great a gift of exhortation as in Lewis Craig." Spencer says he was "of middle statue, rather stoop shouldered, his hair black, thick set, and somewhat curled, a pleasant countenance, free spoken, and his company very interesting, a great peace maker among contending parties."

Elijah, 11/15/1738-5/18/1808, m. (1) Frances Smith (dau of George "Noblet" Smith Sr. and Elizabeth Hawkins, d. 1802, Scott County) ; m. (2)1804 Margaret Kay or Tabb [Gatewood](b. Essex Co, VA, d. 1828-29)>Hugh Gatewood m. Mary (Polly) Craig, daughter of Elijah by his first marriage. Sources differ on the name of her first husband: Hugh, Peter, or Andrew.
Children: by (1)
i Lydia m. Samuel Grant/then Samuel Herndon
ii Lucy (-1815) m. Josiah Pitts
iii Simeon m. J. Buckner
iv Joel m. Elizabeth Putman
v Polly (Mary), m. Hugh Gatewood [was his second wife]
vi John Dyer m. Mary Ann Tarleton
vii Elijah Craig Jr.

Elijah Craig, converted by David Thomas, was licensed to preach in 1770, establishing the Blue Run Church (halfway between Barboursville and Liberty Mills) and in the 1770's was jailed for preaching without Episcopal ordination: "They sent the sheriff and posse after him, when at his plough. He was taken and carried before three magistrates of Culpeper. They, without hearing arguments, pro or con, ordered him to jail....Mr. Craig says, 'they were fed on rye bread and water, to the injury of their health.' After staying there one month, preaching to all who came, he gave bond for good behavior and came out." In 1774 he and Aaron Bledsoe established the North Pamunky church.
He emigrated to KY in 1786/7, purchasing 1000 acres in Scott County near Georgetown and laying out the town (then called Lebanon). He established the first classical school in Kentucky; his advertisement in The Kentucky Gazette reads: "Education. Notice is hereby given that on Monday, 28th of January next, a school will be opened by Messrs. Jones and Worley, at the Royal Spring in Lebanon Town, Fayette County, where a commodious house, sufficient to contain fifty or sixty scholars, will be prepared. They will teach the Latin and Greek languages, together with such branches of the sciences as are usually taught in public seminaries, at twenty five shillings a quarter for each scholar. One half to be paid in cash, the other half in produce at cash prices. There will be a vacation of a month in the spring, and another in the fall, at the close of each of which it is expected that such payments as are due in cash will be made. For diet, washing and house room for a year, each scholar pays L3 in cash, or 500 weight of pork on entrace, and L3 cash on the beginning of the third quarter. It is desired that, as many as can, would furnish themselves with beds; such as cannot may be provided for here, to the number of eight or ten boys, at 35s a year for each bed. ELIJAH CRAIG. LEBANON, December 27, 1787." (History of Bourdon, Scott, Harrison and Nicholas Counties Kentucky, Henry Perrin) The school was later linked to the Rittenhouse Academy and its successor, Georgetown College. Perrin also states that he, Joseph, and Lewis were "made famous in Virginia by religious intolerance and persecution. They all removed to Kentucky, and Elijah settled here. He was a man of decided character, a good speaker, an acceptable preacher, and of very considerable business qualifications, accumulating a large property."
Elijah seems to have enjoyed religious controversy. He began preaching at the Great Crossing Baptist Church (where many of the Traveling Church joined, especially the Johnson family, after adopting the Philadelphia Confession of Faith) until the church decided that they preferred the services of Joseph Redding. Craig left with 30 members to organize the McConnell's Run Baptist Church. Toliver Sr. and Elizabeth Craig were among the charter members (Sept. 1795). They built at church where Duvall Road crosses McConnell's Run. William Hickman was called as pastor in 1796, Elijah kept his membership and his feud with Redding, but to keep some peace he moved his membership to Silas Church. In 1819 a new meetinghouse was built at Stamping Ground, and the church prospered. Both blacks and whites were members.
Elijah also established the first fulling and paper mill (in 1789), the first rope walk (for manufacture of hemp) and the first saw and grist mill at Georgetown and the first bourbon whiskey (so it was said--Elijah Craig Bourbon is sold today and the bourbon industry likes linking their product to a Baptist minister) was made in 1789 at the fulling mill at the Royal Spring. His house stood on the west side of Royal Spring Branch.
"His preaching was of the most solemn style; his appearance as of a man who had just come from the dead; of a delicate habit, a thin visage, large eyes and mouth; the sweet melody of his voice, both in preaching and singing, bore all down before it."As he prospered, owning over 4000 acres and operating a retail store in Frankfort, he preached more infrequently and was chastised for his fault finding. Some Baptist sources say he sold out to the world, but the Kentucky Gazette eulogized: "He possessed a mind extremely active and his whole property was expended in attempts to carry his plans to execution he consequently died poor. If virtue consists in being useful to our fellow citizens, perhaps there were few more virtuous men than Mr. Craig."

Joseph, 1741-1819, m. Sarah Wisdom (1744--1820)
Children:
i Reuben (Jul 28 1763,VA-1837, Scott Co, KY), m. Frances E. "Fannie" Twyman
ii Jane (Nov 18 1764-) m. cir 1785, Robin (or Robert) Ashurst.
iii Sarah "Sally" (May 18 1766-1819), m. Joseph Allen. 
iv James (Apr 11 1768- 1852), m Nov  3 1798 in Woodford County, KY, Sally Mitchum, (1780-8162)
v Thomas (Mar  8 1770- befo 1841), m. (1) Polly  Wisdom, married (2) Oct 17 1839, in Gallatin Co, Ky, Mary Bailey (Mrs) Graham. 
vi Samuel "Hawkins" (Feb  6 1773-?)m Jan 17 1814, Jessamine Co, Ky, Patsy Singleton
 vii Joseph (Feb 15 1775-Nov. 6, 1847, Fayette Co, KY), m Oct  7 1800, Fayette Co, Ky, Mary Parker (Jan 11 1781-Aug 28 1850,)
viii Phoebe, born Jun 10 1777.
ix Elijah W. (Sep 25 1779- 1857, Lexington, KY) m Dec 25 1821 Almira V. Grosvernor (un 29 1838-Nov  5 1845)
x Lucy (Jan 01 1782-June 07 1868), m. Joel M. Dupuy (Nov  00 1769-Feb 1838),
xi Elizabeth, born Jan  9 1784, Kentucky.
xii Mary Polly (Aug 09 1787-aft 1850), Kentucky, married James (Dudley?) Mitchum. 

Joseph Craig (a name almost always preceded by "eccentric"!) was a Baptist preacher "but had less ability in that line than his brothers." When arrested, "Mr. Craig thinking it no dishonor to cheat the devil, as he termed it, slipped off his horse and took to the bushes.They hunted him with dogs, but Asahel like, being light of foot, he made good his retreat."[Semple] Antoinette Craig Matthews wrote that he was eccentric and when arrested, would not walk and had to be carried. He said, "Putting Joe Craig in prison is the Devil's work and I'll not help in it." Railey tells of Richard Blanton, the sheriff who had to arrest and incarcerate Rev. Joseph and later moved to Woodford County where they became friends and died about the same time. Spencer says that a crowd followed the arrested preachers on their way to jail in 1768 and that Joseph "cried out in a stentorian voice: 'Arise ye dead and come to judgement!' whereupon many person dropped down as if pierced through the heart." He relates other anecdotes also. When a ferryman decided not to charge him but to ask for his prayers, Joseph would not leave until he had discharged his debt fervently. Lewis tried to dissuade him from preaching, saying he'd only converted one person in 20 years. His response was that he was "ready to labor twenty more for the salvation of another." Called to see a very sick niece, he asserted that "if you die now it will be the meanest thing you ever did in your life"; she recovered to raise her children. These stories and others are told in his handwritten Journal (transcribed here.)

Sarah (Sally) Davis, 1743--, m. 1765 Manoah Singleton. "Some Craig genealogies record Manoah as a mean man who kept his wife out of the church until his death."
Children:
i Jeconias (Mar 16 1766-1836, Woodford Co, KY), m. Jane Taylor (daughter of Lazarus Taylor * Hannah Bradford)
Woodford.
ii Elizabeth "Betsy" (Jan  3 1768-May 03 1852, Jessamine Co, KY), m. Feb 15 1785, in Fayette County, Kentucky,  George O'Neal.
iii Susanah Craig (Nov 28 1769-1833)
iv Sarah "Sally" (Oct 15 1771, Orange County VA-?), married Mar 08 179?, Moses Martin.
v Mason (Sep 01 1773-Jul 13, 1833, Jessamine Co, KY),  m. Frances "Fanny" Garnett
vi Mary, died as infant
vii Hannah Susan (Feb 08 1778, VA-?) m. John Lancaster.
viii Anna (Oct 13 1781-?) m. May 27 1801, Jessamine Co., Ky, James Hiter.
ix Mary
x Jane (Apr  3 1787-?) m. Samuel Barclay Sr
xi Martha (Apr 03 1789-Sep 28 1835)m. Hawkins Craig.
xii Joanna (Jan 05 1790, Fayette County, Ky-?).
xiii Susan (Jan 16 1793-?), m Joseph Hughes.

Jeremiah, 1747--, m. Lucy Hawkins (1st cousin), (2) Woods
Children [mothers undetermined]: Lewis [m. Alice Doris], Polly [Smith]; Ezekial, William, Mahalah[ m. Willis Craig], Frank [m. Ellis], Hawkins [m.Martha Singleton/James]; Richard [m. Mary R. Wright, Sarah Soper, Harriet McAllary, Nancy Ann Boswell, Elizabeth Fleming]; Malinda [m. John Shelten]

Benjamin , 1751-1822, m. Nancy (Ann) Sturman (Stuman?)(see next generation)

Elizabeth, ca. 1750-ca. 1827, m. Richard Cave, son of Benjamin Cave and Hannah Bledsoe
Children:
Reuben[ m. Catherine Hayden (c 1765/1784 VA--Van Buren Co., IA) They had 9 children. Only 3 survived in 1888> William Johnson Cave (c1813-), John B. Cave 12 Apr 1819-13 May 1898) and Jesse Hawkins Cave (14 Aug 1821-12 Mar 1907).]

Hannah [m. John Graves]
Polly [m. Richard Rice]
Richard [m. Sally Wood]
John
Jeremiah [m. Polly Graves].

Another child, who died before reaching adulthood, has been reported.

Generation 3, Benjamin Craig

Benjamin Craig (3/30/1751 Orange Co. VA--12/5/1822 near Port William) & Ann (Nancy) Sturman [Stuman?] (1763/1751?-1830?), married VA 1777.

Joseph (1777-before 1846) never married, lived on an island

Polly (1790-1845), m. William O'Neal [son of Robert O'Neal and Nancy Ann]

John O'Neal, m Miller 1810; m (2) Littrell

James O'Neal, m. (1) Sarah Craig (daughter of Benjamin Craig Jr) 1824 [Polly, Benjamin, Anderson]; m (2) Easterday; m. (3) Amanda North)

Nancy O'Neal m. Joseph Ellis McCann [Levi m. Jane Ellis; William; Simeon m. Polly Scrugg; John Taylor m. Elizabeth A Duvall; James,m. Mary Duvall]; William m. Leonora Russell 1841 [Sarah, Mary, Russell, Emma, Anna Leonora]; Mary m. Daniel Mason [Elizabeth]

William O'Neal m. Leonard Russell (Sarah m. Samuel Pleasants; Mary m. John James McCann, Russell m. Ella Shouse; Emma m. Frank McMakin; Anna m. Samuel Howard, Leonard m. Charles DuFour; Florence)

Mary O'Neal m. Daniel Mason (Elizabeth)

Benjamin (see next generation)

George (1775 ), m1 . Elisa Morton> >Eliza m. Tom Wright, Mary Jane m. J. Eggleston; m 2 Jane Lowry

Elizabeth (1781-), m. Isaac Bledsoe

Nancy (1779-), m. John B. Bernard

Sally (1787-), m. John M. Price>> Silas, Jane [Brown], Esther [Lathrop], Elizabeth [Shaffer], John M., Sarah [Carson], Nanny [Seayland], Millasa [Carig], Alex

Levi m. Catherine Craig

Lewis, (1797-) m. Millicent Smith>> Silas m. L. Easterday, William m. M. Elliot, Nancy [Hanks], Dorcas m. M. Hanks, Isiah m. Nancy Ellis, Sam. m. E. Walsh, George m. D. Bledsoe, Nancy m. John Bernard

Silas (1783-), m. Pauline Peak>> Junius, Silas, Leonidas, Leland, Madison, Levi

Sturman, m. Elizabeth Easterday>>Elizabeth [Hicks], Joseph

Thomas (1789-)?

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Generation 4, Benjamin Craig

Benjamin Craig (9/21/1777-1/1/1847) &Elizabeth Morris (1782-1857), m. Jan 19, 1800

Robert Watkins (1801 -1891) m. lst cousin Malissa Price>> John Mason (1823 45); Benjamin Franklin m. Eliza Dickenson; Mary Ann m. Frances Wisdom Craig; Robert Morris; Albert Gallatin; Robert Watkins; Elvira m. Shaffer; Sarah Price m. Joel Skirvin; Charles Anderson Craig; Louise; Malissa Price m. William Williams; Silas Price m.Annie Cochran; Issac Walton m. Louise Calvert; Enos

Walton (see next generation)

Anderson m. Susan Carr (cousin of Mary Todd Lincoln) [Cave?]

Albert Gallatin (1807-1883) m. Virginia Brooking (1817-1893, KY-)

Elizabeth (c. 1835-) m. Littleton Fanley,

Mary Judith (c. 1838-), m. J. M.Collins,

Laura Brooking,

Robert Edward (c. 1840-) m. Elizabeth Aspinwall Kearney,

Sarah (c. 1843-),

Virginia (c. 1845-),

Silas Leonidas (c. 1847-) m. Ann Collins: Virginia Judith

Joshua Morris (c. 1849-) m. Nannie Keen,

Anderson (c. 1852-) m. Mary Still,

Virginius Throckmorton m. Carrie Gaines

Albert Gallatin (c. 1854-), m. Chloe Leiber

Benjamin m. Caroline Gex

Silas, drowned with father

Joshua m. Annie Goodloe [Betty O'Conner]

Elizabeth m. Edward Brooking 6/25/1834

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Generation 5, Walton Craig

Walton Craig (7/29/1803 Carroll Co-8/6/1892 Ghent KY) & Laurinda Peak (6/9/1809 Scott Co. KY- 8/15/1872 Ghent KY), m. 7/31/1828 Scott Co. KY

Martha (1857 )

Walton Craig (1860 )

Nathaniel (1862 )

Emma C. (1864 )

Mary Elizabeth (1867 )

Laurinda Arrabella (1870 )

James McCoy (1875 )

Evalyn D. m. Claude E. Keeney: Kendall Keeney m. Beatrice H. Senna: Joan M.. m. J. Thomas Raese (J. Craig, David S., Carolyn, Mary Ann)

Walton Wilber (1881 -1937)

James Frank (1879 -1964)

Mary Elizabeth (1881- 1937) m. William Dodds

Annie Talbot (1884- 6); Ulie Paul (1887 -1970)

June Ward (1892 -1979)

Generation 6, Benjamin Craig

Benjamin Craig (4/24/1848 Carroll Co. KY- 2/25/1922 Davenport OK) & Sarah Win(n)ifred (Sallie) Tompson (8/11/1855 Scott Co KY-8/31/1931 Stillwater OK), m. 10/1/1872 Midway, Woodford Co. KY

Ben Craig took his bride and year old son to homestead 640 acres in Andrew County MO, moving by covered wagon, and he built a two room cabin. When Sallie's father visited, he was amazed at the primitive facilities and had a house built and furnished, planted trees and had the land fenced. Ben later traded his farm for one in Kansas, "three degrees lower than Hell to a Kentucky girl who remembered waving a Kentucky flag as Confederate Cavalry rode by her home" (Craig G Matthews). So he traded the farm for one in Lincoln County OK sight unseen. "The Oklahoma land is sand eight feet deep (at least look at the banks of the streams) and grows rather runty blackjack oak, cockelburrs, and sand burrs. The house was a two room plank shack no logs large enough for building." They taught in a mission school in Murphy NC ca. 1906 07, and a picture exists of them with their students. They separated about 1913 and Sallie moved to Kansas City, keeping boarding houses with Harvey (Ben later divorced her). Ben moved to Davenport OK, keeping a general store and hotel
Children:
Harvey Walton, 4/27/1875 Midway KY- 2/13/1965 San Antonio TX m. (1) Margaret Tyler 12/23/1903; m (2) Flora Ella Anderson 8/12/1922 Liberty MO, b. 9/5/1893 Carlisle KY, daughter of Benjamin Ferris Anderson, 1863 1943, & Josie Duncan: lived in Dallas, Corpus Christi, San Antonio TX, died 1995.
Ella, 1/11/1878 Andrew Co. near Bolckow MO- 4/8/1966 Oakland CA, buried Davenport OK:; m. Alexander Hamilton Escue 9/3/1896 Midway, KY (6/24/1867--1/8/1933):

Esther Craig ( --1983), m. Freeland Alfred Henry ( -1981 NC): Alfred Jr. (1922- ) and Elinor Meredeth (1928-) Ralph (--1958), m. Flora Dewar: five children
Albert (1906--1918)
Elmer Nelson(1906--1928):Charles (Albuquerque NM)
Francis (1908--1988): 1 son
Evelyn (1910--1973)
Elinor (1914--), m.Ed Thiel 1951: Alice Faye (8/3/1953-- ) m. Craig James McCulloch 9/1/1973: Jill Anne (9/11/1978-- ) and Mark Edward (9/23/1981-- )

Winnifred, b.12/4/1906 Louisville KY, m. J. Owen Reynolds (1964) (living in Lexington KY 1993)

James Craig, b. 11/4/1909 Midway Ky., m. Margaret Hope Keeney Houseton TX.

• Craig Clan Research Page
• Jim Wilk's Craig Genealogy Site
• Broyles, Briles Family History (Wilhoit)
• Germanna History (Wilhoit)