CRAIG..PA>OHIO

Barbara whitedj@gte.net wrote: I  am of the Craig line that came out of Pa into Ohio. They went into Indiana and KY also. I am looking for information on William CRAIG that was born around 1800 in somewhere in PA. He came out of PA by wagon train with his family. I know his second wife's name but not his first wife. All his children are by his first wife. William children: William Jr. b. 1826, Allen b.1832, Sally b.1833,Martha b.1835, Samuel b.1836 and Ben b. 1840

CRAIG/PORTER>Monroe County, Ohio 1818 

Judy Smith ,Tiffin, Ohio wrote: David H. CRAIG, believed to be a teacher in Monroe Co. OH, b. in 1818. m. Mary A. PORTER b. 1836 d. 1921 (My GG grandparents who moved to Tiffin, OH ) Children 1. William D. Craig 1858-1912 m. Emma R. Della Bachelder Children Harry Craig, Georgeann Craig m. ----Zapp 2. Alfred Charles Craig b. 1863 d. 1950 m. Della Kisling 1867-1927 Mabel Clementine 1889-1970 m. Laurence D. Speed 1886-1954 3. Clara Craig, no info

William and Phebe (LACKEY) CRAIG had seven children in Washington County, PA (1798-1812)

William Craig, born 14 Feb 1771 in York or Adams Co, PA and died 22 Sep 1855 in Vinton Co, OH.  He married Phebe Lackey about 1797. Phebe was born 22 Aug 1776 in PA and died 3 Dec 1856 in Vinton Co, OH. She was the daughter of Thomas and Jane Lackey.  Their first 6 of 7 children were born in Washington Co, PA.     Their children are:

     1)) Sarah Craig b 25 Oct 1798 in Washington Co, PA and died 18 Dec 1865 Vinton Co, OH. Sarah married Matthias SNOOK 9 Oct 1820 Jackson Co, OH
    2) Jane Craig b 28 Mar 1801 in Washington Co, PA, married Samuel HAWK abt 1826
   3)  Thomas Craig b 15 Mar 1803 in Washington Co, PA and died 14 Sep 1892 in Vinton Co, OH.   He married Mary S BROWN 25 Feb 1830 in Jackson Co, OH.
    4) James Craig b 2 Sep 1806 in Washington Co, PA, died young.
   5)  George Craig b 19 Jun 1808 in Washington Co, PA and died 3 Dec 1876 in Vinton Co, OH. George married Belinda McDOUGALL 13 Sep 1832 in Jackson Co, OH
   6) Phoebe Craig b 21 Apr 1812 probably Washington Co, PA and married Thomas HORTON 12 Oct 1834 in Jackson Co, OH
   7)  William Craig b 26 Jul 1817 in Jackson Co, OH married (1) Sophia OGIER 21 Nov 1840 in Clinton Twp, Jackson Co, OH  (2) Elizabeth SANDERSON 22 Sep 1850 in Vinton Co, OH.

I have more on these children if you are interested.  Would like to know who William's parents were and also more about Phebe's parents.  Please contact Nova Weller  (Mrs A E) a-nweller@worldnet.att.net

The United States Census for 1790 gives the following Craigs who were heads of families in Pennsylvania: SOURCE: CRAIG Families of Pennsylvania

ALLEGHENY COUNTY: Alexander Isaac John
BEDFORD COUNTY: Andrew
BERKS COUNTY: Alexander Charles
BUCKS COUNTY: John Robert
CHESTER COUNTY: David Jacob John Samuel Walter
CUMBERLAND COUNTY: Matthias
DAUPHIN COUNTY: Joseph
DELAWARE COUNTY: James
FAYETTE COUNTY: James John Thomas
FRANKLIN COUNTY: Benjamin William
LANCASTER COUNTY: David John
MONTGOMERY COUNTY: Thomas William (pg. 11)
NORTHAMPTON COUNTY: John Henry
NORTHUMBERLAND COUNTY: Henry Robert John
PHILADELPHIA COUNTY: Caldwell John Robert James Joseph William
WASHINGTON COUNTY: John Robert William
WESTMORELAND COUNTY: Alexander Daniel James John Samuel William
YORK COUNTY: James Robert William" *******

THE OLD AND NEW MONONGAHELA
Reminiscences Of 1840.
Rev. Aaron Harvey Kerr
page 75
[From The Daily Republican, July 3, L888.]

THE OLD AND NEW MONONGAHELA
Mrs. Jane Fulton Power.
Rev. Aaron Harvey Kerr (Descendent of WIlliam CRAIG...more info near top of page)
page 77
Last Sunday's Leader is quite off on its guess work history of the Harrisons, as it relates to Western Pennsylvania, in the campaign of 1840. It speaks of Andrew Jackson Ogle as "Spooney Ogle," who earned a national reputation by exposing the extravagance of the White House in Van Buren's day. It was Charles Ogle, an uncle of Jack Ogle. In 1840 Jack Ogle was not a full grown man. He made his first speech from the balcony of the Monongahela House, in Pittsburgh, in 1844, in favor of Henry Clay. He was elected to Congress from the Somerset, Fayette and Greene district in 1548, defeating John L. Dawson. In 1850 he in turn was defeated by Dawson. He was appointed by Fillmore Charge de Affairs to Denmark, but died before he arrived in that country. Charles Ogle served in the 25th and 26th Congress. His celebrated spoon speech gave him a high rank in the campaign. The Leader names as speakers in that campaign, among others, S. T. Hurd, editor of the Washington Reporter, J. W. F. White, J. M. Kirkpatrick. In 1840 Hurd was not a resident of Washington, and never was editor of the Reporter. John Bansman was its editor at that time, and with it printed the "Rolling Ball," as a campaign paper. John M. Kirkpatrick did not graduate at Jefferson College until 1846. J. W. F. White was a student in Allegheny College in that campaign and Rippey, D. N. White and Collier were not active politicians in that day. Rippey was too young and of the age of the other two I cannot say. Andrew Stewart was then in the prime of his life. The [p.76] more prominent whig speakers of the 1840 campaign in this county were the Hon. T. M. T. McKennan, Hon. Joseph Lawrence, William McDaniel, and the local lights in this vicinity were Dr. R. F. Biddle, Wm. Mills and R. F. Cooper, Esq., at that time acting editor of the Carroll Gazette, which had deserted its neutral ground and came out boldly for Tippecanoe and Tyler too. In Allegheny county Hons. Walter Forward, A. W. Loomis, W. W. Irwin, F. C. Flannigan, W. B. McClure and Cornelius Daragh were very active in the cause. In Westmoreland, Edgar Cowan, then a resident of West Newton, was the rising speaker in the Whig cause. He made his first speech in the streets of West Newton from a canoe, on a wagon. That speech gave him the start as a stump-speaker. The campaign was opened in Monongahela City by the great mass-meeting at 'Squire Wall's in Elizabeth township, near Wm. Penn school house. The procession left Hamilton's hotel, preceded by eight men carrying a bark canoe made by the Indians, and the property of Jack McFarland, who had long been a trader among the Indian tribes, in what was then called the far west. It was very light for its size, and about thirty feet long, and of a tan color, neatly made. Dr. Biddle carried a miniature log cabin and some one, whose name we cannot recall, carried on a pole a live coon. The meeting was immense and the pies and cakes were without measure. Cider for the multitude was furnished free by old Abe Applegate. The speakers were F. C. Flannigan and W. W. Irwinwell known as "Pony" Irwina member of Congress and Minister to Denmark. A full description of this meeting was written by R. F. Cooper of the Carroll Gazette with special references to the "old dame with her brood" on Main street, who were so conspicuous in their criticism of the procession as it passed up the street. The Washington Examiner, edited by Grayson and Kaine, also had a Loco Foco view of the whole affair. It was after this great meeting that T. R. Hazzard became a "Straightout" from the Loco Foco Democratic party and remained in opposition to that party to the day of his death. [p.77] The great debate of the local campaign was held in the old church on the hill. The participants were Dr. John Wishart and Wm. Montgomery, Democrats, against Edgar Cowan and Joseph Lawrence, Whigs. There was a daylight and night session of the debate. The discussion was a very able one, but it was conceded that the Whigs had the better of the fight. The writer has a few manuscript copies of some of the more popular songs of that campaign.


THE OLD AND NEW MONONGAHELA
Dr. George E. Lytle
Rev. Aaron Harvey Kerr
page 78
This estimable young man and physician died at Gallatin, Tenn., March 6, 1891, at the home of his sister, Mrs. Frank Pierce. He was 35 years of age, the son of Perry A. Lytle, Esq., of Forward township. He was educated at Washington and Jefferson College, read medicine with Dr. Linn, graduated from Jefferson Medical College, of Philadelphia, in 1876, and afterwards took a special course on the eye. He opened an office here in 1876, and has since been in the active practice of his profession, until failing health obliged him to seek relief in a milder southern climate. Some months ago he went to North Carolina, but still failing, he went thence to Tennessee and, sending for his mother, died at his sister's home, with his friends about his bedside.

THE OLD AND NEW MONONGAHELA
Dr. George E. Lytle
Rev. Aaron Harvey Kerr
page 79
George Elmer Lytle was the son of Perry A. Lytle, Esq., of Forward township, born August 26, 1856, read medicine with Dr. George A. Linn, of this city, received his diploma as Doctor of Medicine from Jefferson Medical College of Philadelphia, began practice when 20 years of age, and returned to Philadelphia a few years later to take a special course on the eye. He was a successful practitioner from the very beginning, was [p.79] popular in social circles, he had the confidence of his clientele, and in his specialty of the Eye had already won an enviable reputation.

INDEX to the WILL BOOKS OF LANCASTER COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA 1729 - 1850 page 9
Name: Craig, Agnes; Year: 1810; Book: K; Volume: 1; Page: 175

INDEX to the WILL BOOKS OF LANCASTER COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA 1729 - 1850 page 9
Name: Craig, Alexander; Year: 1754; Book: B; Volume: 1; Page: 35

INDEX to the WILL BOOKS OF LANCASTER COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA 1729 - 1850 page 9
Name: Craig, Andrew; Year: 1775; Book: C; Volume: 1; Page: 150

INDEX to the WILL BOOKS OF LANCASTER COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA 1729 - 1850 page 9
Name: Craig, David; Year: 1758; Book: B; Volume: 1; Page: 226

INDEX to the WILL BOOKS OF LANCASTER COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA 1729 - 1850 page 9
Name: Craig, John; Year: 1774; Book: C; Volume: 1; Page: 145

INDEX to the WILL BOOKS OF LANCASTER COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA 1729 - 1850 page 9
Name: Craig, John; Year: 1783; Book: D; Volume: 1; Page: 396

INDEX to the WILL BOOKS OF LANCASTER COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA 1729 - 1850 page 9
Name: Craig, John; Year: 1794; Book: F; Volume: 1; Page: 555

Re: Census of Pensioners for Revolution or Military Services New Hampshire- Grafton Co. Romney Twp. p. 25 Name of Pensioner for revolutionary or military services. Elizabeth Craig  age 88 
Name of Heads of Families with whom pensioner resided June 1, 1840  Tappan W. Craig
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Massachusetts  p. 36 Worcester Co. Auburn Susan Craig age 86       Head of Household A. and W. Craig
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New Jersey p. 110 Monmouth Co. Freehold Elizabeth Craig  age 71  Hd. of household
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Virginia p. 132  Western District co. Brooke countyDavid Craig age 58 Hd. of Household
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South Carolina p. 143  Pickins District  John Craig age 81   Hd. of household John Craig
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State of Alabama Northern District  Limestone County p.149 John Craig age 75 Hd. of Household  John Craig
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State of Tennessee Western District  Henry Co. p. 159
Alexander Craig age 85 hd. of household  Alexander Craig
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State of Kentucky Boone Co. John H. Craig age 77 hd. of household John H. Craig
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State of Kentucky Boone Co. p. 160 Joseph Cobbs age 50  hd. of household Samuel Craig
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State of Ohio   p. 169  Butler Co. John Craig age 79  Hd. of household James Craig
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CRAIGE Mass. p. 31 Norfolk Co. Wrentham Twp. Moses Craige age 85 hd. of household Jeremiah McIntosh
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Mass. p. 38 Worcester co. Spencer Twp. Nathan Craige age 86 hd. of household Nathan Craige
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Kentucky, Boone co. p. 160 Cave Johnson age 79 head of household Cave JohnsonListed under Joseph Cobb

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Some Pioneers of Washington CO, PA

Mrs. Reader is the daughter of Rev. Samuel H. Nesbit, D. D., and Lida J. Moore, daughter of Rev. James Moore, Belmont county, Ohio. Their children were: William M. Nesbit married Sarah Elliott and had two children, all deceased, Sue Nesbit died 1896, MayNesbit married John S. Craig, of the firm of Riter and Conley, Pittsburg, and have two children, Ethel May and Samuel Nesbit, James Nesbit died in 1887, Gertrude Nesbit married Rev. Harry S. Free, of the Pittsburg Conference M. E. church in 1892, and had one daughter, Margaret, who makes her home with Mr. and Mrs. Craig, Rev. Free dying in 1896, and Mrs. Free 1898, Jennie B. Nesbit, and four children died young.

 OTHER CRAIG MARRIAGES

Alexander Craig and Sarah Thompson 21 Jan. 1769 Phila.
Ann Craig and John Means 3 May 1785 Mercersburg.
Ann Craig and Lewis P. Mirander 25 Oct. 1785 Phila.
Ann Craig and Lewes Humphries 3 Aug. 1795 Phila.
Bethiah Craig and William Dixon 11 Oct. 1790 Phila.
Charlotte Craig and George W. Campbell, 23 Mar. 1793 Phila.
Daniel Craig and Maria Lacy 2 Mar. 1777 Phila.
Daniel Craig and Margaret Bromfield 15 Jan. 1763 Phila.
Eleanor Craig and David McAndrews 26 Sept. 1759 Phila.
Elizabeth Craig and Charles Mallison 5 June 1767 Phila.
Elizabeth Craig and Robert Oliver 27 Nov. 1786 Phila.
Esther Craig and Wm. Oliphant 15 May 1779 Phila.
Frederick Craig and Deborah Gruff 27 Mar. 1782 Phila. (pg. 8)
George Craig and Catherine Meroney 26 Jan. 1778 Phila.
George Craig and Catherine Williams 31 May 1792 Phila.
Hannah Craig and James Buchanan 28 Dec. 1772 Lancaster.
Hannah Craig and David Taylor 27 Sept. 1804 Chester Co.
Isabella Craig and John Hethrington 8 Aug. 1775 Phila.
Isabella Craig and Matthew Knox 22 Dec. 1772 State Lic.
Isabella Craig and Hugh Watson 9 May 1771 Hanover.
Isabella Craig and Thos. Redman 26 Apr. 1764 Phila.
Isabella Craig and Wm. Cunningham 19 Apr. 1778 Phila.
Jacob Craig and Jean McDonnell 22 June 1792 Cumberland Co.
Jacob Craig and Susanna Balser, 1 Dec. 1766 Phila.
James Craig and Elizabeth Fulton 28 Nov. 1793 Bucks Co.
James Craig and Margaret McCarty 22 Oct. 1791 Phila.
James Craig and Mary Ash 26 Oct. 1773 Phila.
Jane Craig and Robt. Nesbit 14 June 1798 Phila.
Jared Craig and Isabell Miller Sept. 1749 State Lic.
John Craig and Margt Johnson 30 Nov. 1793 Lancaster.
John Craig and Janet Smith 18 Mar. 1797 Phila.
John Craig and Ann Drixcoll 27 Mar. 1775 Phila.
John Craig and Eliz Elder 1 Nov. 1760 Phila.
John Craig and Rebecca Stevens 16 Jan. 1769 Phila.
John Craig and Sarah Hale 4 May 1763 Phila.
Joseph Craig and Elizabeth Hawkins 8 Nov. 1778 Phila. (pg.9)
Margaret Craig and Wm. Johnson 13 June 1758 Phila.
Margaret Craig and John Thos. Cowley 13 Feb. 1800. Phila.
Martha Craig and Geo. Wilson 12 Aug. 1763 Phila.
Martha Craig and James Hanton 15 June 1771 Phila.
Mary Craig and Robt. Blaine 17 Feb. 1795 Cumberland Co..
Mary Craig and Matthew Fey, 16 Oct. 1782 Phila.
Peter Craig and Mary Prescott 14 Sept. 1778 Phila.
Rebecca Craig and Hugh Stevenson 29 Oct. 1766 Phila.
Robert Craig and Jane Royston, 13 Sept. 1800 Phila.
Robert Craig and Sarah Gardener 21 Aug. 1771 Phila.
Robert Craig and Ann Greer 16 Oct. 1751 State Lic.
Robinson Craig and Lydia Fleetwood 24 May 1798 Phila.
Samuel Craig and Jane Morgan 30 Oct. 1760 Phila.
Sarah Craig and Michael Gise, 16 May 1779 Phila.
Sarah Craig and John Moorhead 7 Sept. 1759 Lancaster.
Sarah Craig and John Barnhill Dec. 1750 State Lic.
Thomas Craig and Grace Morris 24 Nov. 1764 Phila.
Thomas Craig and Lydia Jackson 26 June 1775 Phila.
William Craig and Hannah Taylor 5 Dec. 1795 Phila.
William Craig and Mary Johns 28 Apr. 1774 Phila.
William Craig and Mary Hood 22 Aug. 1776 Phila.
William Craig and Jane Barclay 12 Nov. 1776 Phila. (pg. 10)