This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_00A1_01C07D99.0D332DA0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Wendy .... I wanted to make sure that I had sent this to you in response to an older email of yours. This William went first to Putnam County, Indiana and later ended up in Edgar County, Illinois. Part of the family returned to KY after his death, Tilford went to Washington (state) and others stayed in the Indiana and Illinois areas.... we have no idea where James ended up or of his children .... Gary D. Craig garygdc@att.net ----- Original Message ----- From: "Wendy Braun" <2wander@iwon.com> To: <CRAIG-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, August 07, 2000 2:06 PM Subject: [CRAIG-L] A VERY SAD CRAIG STORY > Dear Friends & Cousins, > I have made a promise to my deceased Great-Great Grandmother to make her > family proud once more. You see my Great-Great Grandmother was Maude Craig > born in Illinois. We are not sure where in Illinois because her birth was a > true disgrace. Maude's Mother was a woman by the name of Belle B Craig. > When Bell was 13 years old she gave birth to Maude. Shortly after that she > abandoned the child into her Mother Jennie Anne (Barnett) Craig's arms. > Maude did not have an easy life. She was working at a hotel in Mt. > Sterling, Brown County, Illinois at the tender age of 17 when she met her > husband George Hedrick. George loved her very much & fell in love with her > at first sight. Their marriage license states that her parents were Belle > Craig (which is BElle's Maiden name) & Lewis Craig who we are still not sure > who he is. Belle would never discuss her Mother but did tell her children > once her Mother's name was Belle Craig. One day a man came to Maude & > George's home in Beardstown, Cass County, Ilinois. He told all the children > that he was Maude's Father. When Maude came out she began to scream at him > & told him never to come back. The children of Maude & George never saw > this man again. Maude spent her entire life being embarrassed of who she > was & where she had came from. I am doing my best to track down information > on her family so that I can reach back into their roots & try to pull out a > piece of information that Maude could be proud of. > > THE FOLLOWING ARE THE FACTS OF MAUDE & HER HERRITAGE THAT I HAVE. > > Maude was born in Illinois ABT 4-4-1887. She married George Hedrick > 10-25-1905. Her Marriage License lists her parents Lewis Craig & Belle > Craig. It also states she was born in Brown County Illinois. > > Belle B Craig (Maude's Mother) married J.L. Moore who was born in Marion Co. > Missouri. His parents were John Moore & Lucinda Gray. She was married Feb. > 9, 1893 this would have made Maude 5 at the time. Belle was going to be 20 > on her next birthday She listed her parents as James Craig & Ann Barnett. > At the time of their marriage they were both living in Clayton, Illinois > which is either in Brown or Adams County. > > Belle's Father according to her Mother's Obituary was James Craig it is > mispelled in the newspaper as CREIG. James Craig & Jennie Ann Barnett > married Jan 17, 1868 but it doesn't state where. It also states in Jennie > Ann's Obituary that she was born Feb 1, 1846. It states that James Craig > died on Dec 25, 1884. Their children are listed as James P. of Eagleville, > MO, Belle B Moore, George F, & Alonzo of Browning. > > If you Can help me or think you can please write me. Also if you are > interested in the entire Obituary of Jennie Ann Barnett, or the License of > Belle B Craig, or any of the newspaper clippings I have found please write > me. I need to make my Great Great Grandmother proud of her family before > these terrible things happened that destroyed her family & caused her to > feel shame all of her life. She was a wonderful woman from all that I have > heard about her. PLEASE HELP > > Sincerely > Wendy Braun > 2wander@iwon.com > > > ............................................................. > voted #1 search engine! http://www.iwon.com why wouldn't you? > ............................................................. > > > ==== CRAIG Mailing List ==== > All Material sent through Craig-L > is copyright 2000 by its original author. > Permission must be obtained from the original author, > for the reuse of any text "whole or in part". > Craig Genealogy Web Page > http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Meadows/9791 > > > ============================== > Join the RootsWeb WorldConnect Project: > Linking the world, one GEDCOM at a time. > http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/ > ------=_NextPart_000_00A1_01C07D99.0D332DA0 Content-Type: text/plain; name="William & Peggy.TXT" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="William & Peggy.TXT" Family Group Record =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D Husband: William Craig -------------------------------------------------------------------------= ----------------- Birth: 1785/86 Amherst, Albermarle County, Virginia (pr Death: 1832 Paris, Edgar County, IL =20 Burial: =20 Marriage: 4 Apr 1805 Jessamine County =20 Father: John W. Craig (b bet 1760 and 1770) Mother: Elizabeth Huffman (b abt 1764) =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D Wife: Peggy Walters/Waters -------------------------------------------------------------------------= ----------------- Birth: Jessamine County (probable) =20 Death: =20 Burial: =20 =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D Children =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D 1 M Frederick Craig Birth: bet 1805-1810 Anderson County, Kentucky =20 Death: bef Sep 1832 Putnam Co. Indiana =20 Burial: =20 Spouse: Elizabeth Van Landingham (Vanlandingham) (m 3 Apr 1828) -------------------------------------------------------------------------= ----------------- 2 M John Craig Birth: bet 1805-1810 Lincoln/Garrard County, Kentucky =20 Death: =20 Burial: =20 Spouse: Nancy Starks (m 3 May 1827) =20 -------------------------------------------------------------------------= ----------------- 3 M Westley Craig Birth: bet 1806-1810 =20 Death: bet 1845-1847 =20 Burial: =20 Marriage: =20 -------------------------------------------------------------------------= ----------------- 4 F Mary/Polly Craig Birth: bet 1810-1815 Mercer County, Kentucky (Unproven) =20 Living: Sep 1850 Cloverdale Township, Putnam County, Indi Death: =20 Burial: =20 Spouse: William Dorrell (m 1 Nov 1832) =20 -------------------------------------------------------------------------= ----------------- 5 M Tilford (Daniel T.) Craig Birth: abt 1824 Putnam Co. Indiana (Unproven) =20 Death: 14 Feb 1879 Leitchville, Whitman County, Washington=20 Burial: Masonic Cemetery, Colfax, Washington =20 Spouse: Margaret Swem (m 19 Jun 1845) =20 Spouse: Sarah Phillips (m 8 Mar 1853) =20 -------------------------------------------------------------------------= ----------------- 6 M Lindsay (David Lindsey) Craig Birth: 1813 Kentucky (per 1850 Census of Anderson Co Death: bet 1856-1867 (probably) Anderson County, Kentucky =20 Burial: =20 Spouse: Mary J. Robertson (m 26 Mar 1834) =20 -------------------------------------------------------------------------= ----------------- 7 F Maria Jane Craig Birth: 1818/19 =20 Death: =20 Burial: =20 Spouse: George Robertson (m 20 Jan 1845) =20 -------------------------------------------------------------------------= ----------------- 8 M William Craig Birth: bef 1820 =20 Death: =20 Burial: =20 Marriage: =20 -------------------------------------------------------------------------= ----------------- 9 M James Craig Birth: bef 1820 Indiana or Illinois =20 Death: =20 Burial: =20 Marriage: =20 =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D Prepared 10 Mar 2000 by: Gary Craig =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D FAMILY NOTES HUSBAND NOTES: William Craig Birth: The date and place of birth is somewhat confused. Most records = show 1785 making=20 him 20 when he married (1805). I have seen no proof of his birth in = Amherst,=20 Virginia in the records passed on to me. Death: See Will for William indicating probate in 1832 General(1,2): Shortly after they were married they moved to Putnam = County, Indiana where we=20 also find the Dorrells. However, William and Peggy moved on to Paris, = Edgar=20 County, Illinois where they prospered. Upon Williams death the family = seemed to=20 split and go in many directions, some staying in Illinois, others = heading west=20 and some returning to their prior home in Kentucky. It is significant = that=20 Lindsay returned to Kentucky, because his is one of the forefathers of = our line=20 and his later marriage to Mary Jane Robertson is a key element the way = our=20 family history plays out. WIFE NOTES: Peggy Walters/Waters General: There is an Elizabeth (often shortened to Peggy) Waters shown = as the wife of=20 William's Uncle Frederick Huffman Jr. In those days there was a habit of = marrying into the same families. We think they were of the same family. = However,=20 Peggy's name sometimes appears as both Waters and Walters. Some of the = records=20 will clearly state the name as Walters only to then carry a notation to = "also=20 see Waters". We tend toward Walters as it is used in the majority of = related=20 Mercer County documents. Also, relating to Peggy Walters Craig, there is a reference to a Mary = Dorrell in=20 a deed filed in Anderson County the 28th of October, 1847. This is the = daughter=20 of Peggy and William, Mary/Polly Craig Dorrell. She shows up later in = Putnam=20 County, Indiana married to a William Dorrell. CHILD NOTES: Frederick Craig Death: When John Craig's property was divided into 3 parts, William's = third was further=20 divided among his 7 heirs since he had preceeded John in death. It was = divided=20 into 7 10 acre lots as follows: 1. to the heirs of his deceased son John Craig 2. to George Robertson, husband of Mariah Jane, daughter of William 3. to William Dorrel (Dorell), husband of Mary/Polly, daughter of = William. 4. to Lindsey Craig, son of William 5. to Daniel T. Craig, son of William 6. to Wesley, son of William 7. to the heirs of Frank Craig, son (although not stated we must assume = Frank=20 was the deceased son Frederick ... "Frank" must of been what his second = son=20 Frederick was commonly called) General: It appears that Frederick (AKA Frank) went to Putnam County, = Indiana to=20 homestead land in that area. The others returned to the Woodford, = Anderson=20 County area while Frederick remained. He is thought to have died between = 1845=20 and 1847. CHILD NOTES: John Craig CHILD NOTES: Westley Craig CHILD NOTES: Mary/Polly Craig Living(3): Mary was found along with husband William Dorrell to be = living in Indiana,=20 Cloverdale Township, possibly Putnam County (Hard to make out the = county). They=20 showed up on the Census of 1850 with 9 children living with them. The = census=20 record was found by Thomas McNinch. They both appeared to be in their=20 mid-forties, she being maybe 46 and he being maybe 43. General: Mary's husband William Dorrell bought land in Putnam County, = Indiana on July 26,=20 1833. He and Mary were living there and returned to claim their part of = the=20 inheritence from her father, Lindsey. The 1830 census in Indiana shows = William=20 H. Craig listed at page 241 in Morgan County and John Craig listed at = page 240.=20 There is a William Craig also listed at Pages 204 and 225, and a John = Craig at=20 225. The current thinking is that some of the family moved up into that = area as=20 part of the new Northwest Territoryg land grab. Possible scenario (from Dana) After the death of Frederick Huffman in = 1804 and=20 before 1810 a group of our Craigs