Cathy, This looks interesting - let's go see what we can find. I don't know if this will be any help but until today, I didn't know that Archibald had been a weaver but now I realize that the bunch of Craigs who blew into Franklin Co. IN a bit later - think it would have been around 1840 as well, must have all belonged to him - they were all well regarded weavers - obviously a family trade. Unfortunately, I don't have so much as a hint that my James Craig was a weaver and he was in Franklin Co., IN at least 6 years before Archibald shows up - too bad! Nevertheless, there appear to have been plenty of Craigs in Kilmarnock, Scotland and that alone makes it worth a looksee!<g> Gee - I wonder if there were any James Craigs there?<big joke> Teri -----Original Message----- From: Cathy Pinner <cjp@agn.net.au> To: CRAIG-L@rootsweb.com <CRAIG-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Thursday, June 29, 2000 6:40 PM Subject: Re: [CRAIG-L] Archibald Craig b 1793 Kilmarnock, Scotland > >I also have a James Craig (2 Feb 1804, Scotland - 25 Nov 1862, South >Australia) and I don't know whether he may be related to this Archibald >Craig though Archibald is a family name. I'm still trying to definitely >identify his family in Scotland. > >I am interested in families in and around Kilmarnock at this time because >about 1840 a group emigrated from there and my James Craig seems to have >been a part of it even though he married in Glasgow in 1829 and seems to >have lived there after marriage. > >I'd like to know more of the group involved in social reforms in Kilmarnock. > >Thanks >Cathy Pinner > >At 15:27 29/06/00 -0700, you wrote: >>I have acquired a fair amount of information regarding Archibald Craig m >>Agnes Gilchrist and although I cannot at this point (don't I just wish), tie >>into this line, I hate to see good information go to waste. My first >>thought was to post it all to the list, but it would be quite a lengthy post >>and therefore, instead, if anyone is working this line, I will be glad to >>give them what I have. > >>regarding the family, including the information that Archibald Craig's name >>is engraved upon a monument at Kilmarnock along with five or six others who >>took part in the movement for social reforms. Apparently, he would have >>come to America sooner but he was imprisoned for his political activities. >>When his enemies learned that he had decided to go to America upon his >>release, they offered him the chance to go free with the condition that he >>go to America immediately but he refused, preferring to serve out his time, >>settle his business and then go to America as he planned. > >>Teri >