James Craddock in 1830 and Dibby / Libby Craddock in 1850 lived near Joanna as far as I can tell. I will recheck my locations. Richard Lorenz [ Richard thanks for this information ] Brenda Compton [email protected] Hello, list, this was sent to me from Richard, does any one have any information to where this family came from and the children they had? I would appreciate any help. Does anyone have any information on the Horan Family? These people were in Laurens and the area/ I have a James Craddock that came to Laurnens County and is on the 1829 census of Laurens County; we don't know if he was born in Laurens or was passing thorugh, he migrated to Alb. then to Texas. James Craddock was born in 1810 and here are some notes: Part of notes from the Laurens County Library: He was married to Permelia Horan (daughter of Willam Horan and Anna Bowlin Simpson) about 1829 in South Carolina. Permelia Horan9 was born in 1810 in South Carolina.3,7,8,5,6 She died between 1870 and 1880 in Texas. Died between 1870 and 1880. Descendants of John Simpson Generation No. 1 1. JOHN1 SIMPSON1 was born 1733. He married BARBARA BOWLIN2. She was born in Ireland. Notes for JOHN SIMPSON: As of early 1999 we do not have any information on the previous generation. This John Simpson was the youngest of three brothers, William, Alexander and John, born in Ireland. His nephew, "Col" John, wed Mary Wells on September 21, 1786, Holmes - i.e. "The Simpson Genealogy". "The Scrapbook", p.337, says that John Simpson bought land in South Carolina in 1785. I suspect that the person who bought that land was William's brother John, Barbara's husband. Alexander and John came together with their families sometime between 1782 and 1789, the years of the known Irish/American births of two of their children. Their son Alexander and daughter Nancy were born between those years, in 1784 and 1786, respectively, but my sources do not specify location. Alexander's son Alexander died in his youth which might have been associated with typical disease-plagued sea-voyages at that time. One scenario would be that William's brothers Alexander and John, left Ireland with their families about 1784/1785 and little Alexander, Jr. succumed. That would have placed William's brothers Alexander and John Simpson in SC, where both of them could have obtained land by 1785. William had already arrived in late 1772, taking his land in early 1773. For more on this genealogy see the document "The Simpson Genealogy" by Rev. Zelotes L. Holmes. A copy may be obtained from the Laurens County South Carolina Public Library. A web page version has been posted at: http://www.geocities.com/bourbonstreet/4492/fam.htm 1. James Craddock1,2 was born in 1810 in South Carolina.3,4,5,6,7,8 He died after 1880 in Texas. He was a Farmer. 1820 CRADDOCK BATT Laurens County SC 004 010001-01001 1820 CRADDOCK DAVID Laurens County SC 006 100110-10100 1820 CRADDOCK EDMUND Laurens County SC 008 000010-01010 1820 CRADDOCK JOHN A. Laurens County SC 021 310010-20100 1820 CRADDOCK WILLIAM Laurens County SC 032 110211-00201 1820 CRADDOC ARCHIBALD Laurens County SC 003 000010-20010 Moved to Alabama between 1839 and 1840 as James is listed in the 1840 Chambers County, Al census, but his last child born in SC was in 1839. Craddock, Sarah SC LAURENS DIST. LAURENS DISTRICT 256 1830 Craddre, Jaems SC LAURENS DIST. LAURENS DISTRICT 204 1830 1840 CRADDOCK JAEMS Chambers County AL 200 No Township Listed Under 5 Female: 2 5 - 10 Female: 2 20 - 30 Male & Female: 2 1850 CRADDOCK JAMES Chambers County AL 351 District 19 James Craddock + Pamelia both age 40 Martha E., Eliza J., Barbary (S.), William W., Margaret L., Pamelia A., James W., Ann Horn age 69, born Ireland. 1860 CRADDOCK JAMES Houston County TX 247 Pennington P.O. James Craddock + Pamelia ages 53 and 50 Liza J., Margaret, Cornelia, J.W., Sarah. 1870 CRADDOCK JAMES Houston County TX 208 Crockett Prec. 1 Jas. Craddock + P. ages 65 and 70 ( i think this is backwards) S.A. (Sarah), Taylor Is., Thos. (Thomas). 1880 CRADDOCK JAMES Limestone County TX 448 E. D. 97 The 1880 Limestone County, Texas census shows that he was born in South Carolina and his father and mother were born in Virginia. 1880 census of Tx. Limestone Co., Mexia James Craddock age 70.; Here is listed with his daughter Eliza J. Goodrum her husband had passed away by this time. I believe that we will find that James died in Limestone Co. and is burried there near Mexia. I have not checked on or confirmed this as yet. Eliza Jane Craddock married Robert Benjamin Goodrum 1-6-1861 Eliza was born 10-18-1832 died 7-12-1914 Robert was b. 3-22-1838 d. 6-20-1874, I believe that Robert Goodrum will also be found to have died and was buried in Mexia area of Limestone Co. Robert G. + Eliza J. C. have the following children listed for 1880, have yet to find them in 1870. Leonidas O ( Oscar )., James C. (Clayton), and Robert W. (Wells). In 1900 and in 1910 Eliza J. Goodrum is listed with nephew-in-law and niece Joe E. Robincon in Houston Co. pr. 4. _________________________________________________________________________ ______________ Notes for WILLIAM HORAN: Birth year per W. Danny Honnoll, posted query on SCGenWeb, Jan. 3, 1999. Children of ANNA SIMPSON and JOHN WALLACE are: 3. i. MARY ANN3 WALLACE, b. May 23, 1803; d. November 04, 1855. ii. BARBARA WALLACE. Children of ANNA SIMPSON and WILLIAM HORAN are: 4. iii. WILLIAM3 HORAN II, b. 1808. iv. ANN HORAN2. v. PERMELIA HORAN2, m. JAMES CRADOCK. @@@@@@@@@@@@@@James Carddock Notes for JAMES CRADOCK: Married and "..moved to Texas