>Date: Wed, 19 Apr 2000 20:07:53 -0700 (PDT) >From: LADONNA VIERTEL <middlebiscuits@home.com> >Subject: JOSEPH CRAIG >To: craig-d-request@rootsweb.com >Organization: @Home Network Member >MIME-version: 1.0 >X-From_: middlebiscuits@home.com Wed Apr 19 20:07:53 2000 >Old-Date: Wed, 19 Apr 2000 13:20:30 -0500 >X-Accept-Language: en >X-Diagnostic: Already on the subscriber list >X-Diagnostic: 81 middlebiscuits@home.com 32760 > middlebiscuits@home.com > >My brick wall is my great great grandfather, Joseph Craig born October >15, 1855 in (he said) Georgia. He was supposedly an orphan, whose >father and either an older brother or an uncle, went to the Civil War >and never returned. Joseph may have lived with family members in >Guntersville, Marshall County, Alabama as a child, but I have been >unable to find him there until the 1880 census when he was living with >the O.H. Alford family. Previous censuses do not show Joseph with them. > >Joseph married Sallie Ann Rebecca Attaway on Feb. 18, 1881 in Marshall >County, Alabama. >Since I know so very little about Joseph, I will tell you what I know >about his descendants which may provide clues. He and Sallie named >their children as follows: >Hattie (which was not Sallie's mother's name because I have her parents' >names), William, Lewis, Lonnie, Lizzie and Alice. I believe the >children's names will help connect Joseph to his parents. >So, does anyone have Craigs who came from the Georgia or perhaps South >Carolina area, who had sons named the above and who were born in 1835 or >previously, and who moved to Alabama, especially the northern part of >the state? Or perhaps someone knows of a female Craig who married and >raised her Craig nephew in Alabama. >There is also one other piece of information, whether it is of help or >not. My grandmother, who was raised for a time by Joseph and Sallie >Craig, said that she thought he was also called Adams Craig. None of >her cousins who are still alive have any knowledge of that being part of >his name. >Also, he supposedly said he was a "flannel-mouthed Scot". I've never >heard that term before. What does it mean? >Thanks for any help. Ladonna Viertel >