Good Morning Edward: John Craig and Rachel LaHue are my ancestors and as to John's parents, I am against a brickwall. John apparently appeared out of nowhere in Wythe Co., Va where he married Rachel LaHue. Rachel I can trace back to France but John is a mystery. They had one child in Wythe Co, Va and moved to Kentucky. If you can have can help me, I would appreciate it. Thanks, ----- Original Message ----- From: Edward A. Scriven <scriv@uswest.net> To: <CRAIG-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, September 07, 2000 10:09 PM Subject: [CRAIG-L] John and Rachel CRAIG > I am in one of the many orphan CRAIG families. My James CRAIG was born > 12 Apr 1801 in Pennsylvania, possibly in Crawford County. He is said to > have been a son of John CRAIG and his wife Rachel. Nothing more is > known of the parents. James, however, married Elizabeth HASTINGS on 26 > Sep 1822 in Mercer County, Pennsylvania, and he died rather young on 27 > Apr 1847 in Sheakleyville, Mercer, Pennsylvania. > > It seems John CRAIG appears in Sandy Creek, Mercer, Pennsylvania in Dec > or 1808. His will was probated in Mercer County in 1814. We don't know > how old he would have been then. > > One story says John was in the Revolutionary War serving under George > Washington. We have seen nothing to prove that. However, we understand > much of the land in western Pennsylvania was made available to veterans > of the War. > > The only John CRAIG anyone has mentioned with a wife named Rachel was > born abt. 1771 in Frederick County, Virginia, and was married to a > Rachel LAHUE. He would be too young to fight in the Rev. War, but maybe > it was his father who fought and later went to western Pennsylvania when > John was older. This John would be old enough to be our James' father, > but at this point it is still just conjecture. > > Anyone with anything about any of these people in their files? I would > love anything to validate or even repudiate this information, just so we > could know. > > Thanks for your time and help. > > Ed Scriven > > > > ==== 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 > > > ============================== > Genealogy calendars, guestbooks and more: > Visit RootsWeb's Resource Center at > http://resources.rootsweb.com/ >

Unfortunately, I am of no help. You did, however, help me to eliminate them as parents of my James CRAIG, born in Pennsylvania. Thanks for your reply, and, like you, I continue to search. Ed Scriven