This was sent to me because I have a Wm Craig...it is not my Wm Craig but it might help someone else. peggy http://www.ls.net/~newriver/va/grayrev.txt State of Virginia Grayson County On the 24th day of September 1832 personally appeared in open Court, before the Justices of the Court of Grayson County now sitting, Benjamin Phipps, a resident of Grayson County in the State of Virginia aged 70 years, who being first duly sworn in according to Law, doth, on his oath, make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7th 1832. That he entered the service of the United States after the happening of the following circumstances. He was living at the house of Capt. John Cox on New River in Montgomery County Virginia, now Grayson County Va, about the year 1779 or 80 engaged in making a crop of corn, when Col Roberts at the head of a company of tories, came there and made prisoners of himself, William Craig & Beverly Watkins, then said tories took the declarant and carried him to the British army commanded by Lord Roden. He remained with the said army, sick, at the time of the Battle of the Hangingsock, and when the said army marched toward Camden in South Carolina in order to give battle to Genl. Gates he run off from the British, and was making towards the residence of some of his relations in South Carolina when he fell in with a party of Ferguson's army who took him back and kept him a prisoner until they arrived with him at head quarters, very shortly afterwards he again made his escape and succeeded in getting to his relations in South Carolina and stayed there some time, while there he entered the American service as a volunteer under the command of Capt Anderson Thomas & Lieutenant Gullion, and .... Shortly after he returned from the South he again entered the service under the command of Capt. Elisha Leak as a substitute for Richard Pleasants and served 3 months chiefly in the county of Henrico Virginia. After this he again served a tour of 3 months in Henrico County Virginia as a substitute for Benjamin Watkins, under Capt. Gideon Hatcher of Goochland Va. & John Pleasants of Henrico Co Va. was his Col. After this time he again marched as a substitute for Benjamin Woolion under the command of Capt Richardson, who was commanded by Col. Charles Fleming, and served 3 months more, mostly in Henrico County Va. He again marched under the command of Elisha Leak Capt; William McCall and Anderson Pear[?] Lieutenant and Ensign, to the town of Winchester in Virginia, with prisoners and was in the service this time 3 months, as a substitute of Thomas Underwood. He -- Peggy <'}}}}>< Winton Family Homepage http://sites.netscape.net/mawpeggywilson/homepage

>Capt. John Cox on New >River in Montgomery County Virginia, now Grayson County Va, about the >year 1779 or 80 I believe this may be the brother of Mary Cox who married John CRAIG who was captured by Indians in PA while rescuing Richard and (I think) John Cox. He went on to establish a place at Hans Meadow in Montgomery Co, VA. When his son, Robert was killed by Indians, he moved to Wythe County VA. The Coxes moved into Grayson Co, and down New River into N. Carolina. I believe This is the family that links to the MONTGOMERY family that you are looking into. Ann MONTGOMERY dau. of John MONTGOMERY and Anne Agnes CROCKETT.m. John and Mary's son, James and they lived at Hans Meadow. The family members who didn't inherit vast amounts of land moved on. John CRAIG sent Joseph COLVILLE (son of Andrew COLVILLE and Mary CRAIG) to find land in KY and sued him when he didn't. In his will, John mentions land in KY near Simpson's Creek. Joseph COLVILLE and his wife Sarah LUSK moved to McMinnville, Blount, TN after he lived for a while in Green Co, KY, giving power of attorney to my ancestor, James CRAIG (who doesn't belong to anyone). Joseph m. 2nd Martha CHEEK SMARTT. the MONTGOMERY, CROCKETT, CARTER AND HOUSTON families intertwine. VANCE, COLVILLE, LUSK. intertwine. A daughter of Mary COX & John CRAIG, Cynthia (Sinthia) m. James STOTTS and he and members of his family traveled along with (my) James CRAIG's sons John, Hiram T and William H. to Morgan and Johnson Counties, Indiana. Mary CRAIG COLVILLE dau of William CRAIG of PA mentions her father in her will in Wythe Co,VA. John CRAIG is about the same generation from PA. John CRAIG has a son, Hiram. James CRAIG has a son Hiram. Still can't find a link. Back to the original story. There are several groups of CRAIG's in Augusta Co, and I kept bumping into them. the common link is the marriage of John C. MONTGOMERY son of Sarah Jane COLVILLE and Robert MONTGOMERY and Elizabeth Christy CRAIG dau of David CRAIG and Margaret CARSON. David is the son of Robert CRAIG (of PA) and Margaret WHITEHILL. This linked the "Whitehill Craigs" and the "Wythe Co. Craigs" Krealyn