Ninth Generation

280. William Cragg \ Craig^228,247 was born about 1736.²⁴⁷ From England or South Carolina? He died on 10 September 1820 at the age of 84. He has Ancestral File Number BL9K-3C.²⁴⁷

Martha and William Cragg \ Craig were married about 1760 in USA, South Carolina. They appeared in the census in 1790 in USA, South Carolina, Lancaster Co., Camden District.¹¹⁰⁵ 1790 > SOUTH CAROLINA > LAURENS > NO TWP LISTED
Series: M637 Roll: 11 Page: 429
Craig, William 122
1 male 16+
2 males under 16
2 females

1790 > SOUTH CAROLINA > LAURENS > NO TWP LISTED
Series: M637 Roll: 11 Page: 439
Craig, John 213
2 males 16+
1 male under 16
3 females

Craig, William 121
1 male 16+
2 males under 16
1 female

1790 > SOUTH CAROLINA > LAURENS > NO TWP LISTED
Series: M637 Roll: 11 Page: 441

Craig, William

1790 > SOUTH CAROLINA > LANCASTER > NO TWP LISTED
Series: M637 Roll: 11 Page: 239
Cragg, Wm. 372
3 males 16+
7 males under 16
2 females

They¹¹⁰⁵ appeared in the census in 1800 in USA, South Carolina, Kershaw Co..¹¹⁰⁶ next door is Martin Trantham
pg 417 27 Cragg William 1 2 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 0
1 male under 10
2 males 10-16
1 male 16-26 (William Jr.)
1 male 45+ (William)
2 females 16-16
1 female 45+ (Martha)

281. Martha²⁴⁷ was born about 1739. She died on 23 July 1833 at the age of 94.

Children were:

	i.	Sarah Craig228 was born after 1760 in South Carolina Province. FamilySearch® International Genealogical Index™ North America IGI Record ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------- Sarah CRAIG Sex: F Marriage(s): Spouse: John ALLEN Marriage: ABT 1821 South Carolina Film Number: 1761128 ----------------------------------------------- Not sure if this is the right ones ? There are other Sarah Craig's and Allen's in the IGI records.
	ii.	Jane Craig228 was born after 1760 in South Carolina Province.
	iii.	Nellie Craig93,228 was born after 1760 in South Carolina Province, Kershaw Co.. The South Carolina Magazine of Ancestral Research SCMAR, Volume XVII Number 3, Summer, 1989 Camden District Equity Journal (Continued from Vol. XVII, p.85) SCMAR, Vol. XVII, Summer 1989, No. 3, p.162 Elizabeth Horton etal vs William Cragg etal - Bill for Partition. Ordered that the legal title to the Lands mentioned in deft. William Cragg's answer be vested in said William Cragg and that a writ of Partition do issue directed to John Truesdale, George Perry, Joseph Patterson, Lovick Young and Benjamin Bineham or a majority of them to run out and fix the boundaries of the said Land according to the description of the same contained in said William Cragg's answer, and also to divide the real estate of the said John Horton amongst the parties to the above bill according to the Prayer of the said Bill. The South Carolina Magazine of Ancestral Research SCMAR, Volume XVII Number 3, Summer, 1989 Camden District Equity Journal (Continued from Vol. XVII, p.85) SCMAR, Vol. XVII, Summer 1989, No. 3, p.162 Eliz. Horton etal vs William Cragg etal - Bill for Partition. It appearing that Charlotte Horton one of the defendants is an infant under the age of 21 years, ordered that George Petty be appointed her Guardian ad litem.
	iv.	Mary "Polly" Craig228 was born after 1760 in South Carolina Province.
	v.	Elizabeth Craig228,1107 was born on 11 November 1767 in South Carolina, British America.1107 She died on 25 June 1823 at the age of 55 in USA, Tennessee, Maury Co., Mount Pleasant.1107,1108 She was buried at Shiloh Cemetery in Mount Pleasant, Maury, Tennessee, United States.1107 Inscription reads: Elizabeth Nixon Wife of Rev Jno Nixon Sr. was born Nov. 11th 1767 and died June 25th 1823 Elizabeth was the daughter of William & Martha Craig and the husband of John Nixon. She and John were married Oct. 25, 1787 and were the parents of Martha Elizabeth Nixon, John Nixon Jr., and Nancy Nixon.
140	vi.	Rev. John Craig\Cragg Sr..
	vii.	Rev. William Craig1109,1110 was born on 13 May 1786 in USA, South Carolina, Kershaw Co..1110 He died on 25 May 1865 at the age of 79 in USA, Texas, Rusk Co., Henderson.1110 "William went to Texas and was a popular minister - and useful - of the Methodist church in that state." (Pauline Craig Hughes) He married REBECCA HORTON b. 13 May 1786, Kershaw Co, SC; d. 28 May 1865, Henderson, Rusk Co, TX; m. WILLIAM CRAIG, 15 Feb 1806, Kershaw Co, SC. Notes for WILLIAM CRAIG: William Craig was born in Camden, Kershaw County, South Carolina, on May 13, 1786 and died in Henderson, Texas, May 25, 1865. He was buried in the Henderson City Cemetery west of the Rusk County Courthouse. His grave is now marked with a Texas State Historical Marker, which was erected November 5, 1978, in commemoration of his sixty-two years of service in the Methodist ministry as a circuit rider. William's father was William Craig, Sr., who died September 10, 1820 at the age of eighty-four years, and his mother was (most likely) Martha Craig, who died July 23, 1833 at the age of ninety-two years. William married Rebecca Hortense Horton February 15, 1806, and they lived together for over sixty years, becoming the parents of six children. Rebecca was born March 3, 1786 in Camden, South Carolina and died May 13, 1866 in Marshall, Texas. She was the daughter of John Horton and his wife Elizabeth, and the granddaughter of Amos Horton and Sarah Peebles Horton, who left Brunswick County, Virginia, and moved to Craven County, South Carolina, before the American Revolution. John Horton served in the South Carolina Militia in 1779 and died in Kershaw County in 1813. William and Rebecca's children were: Cynthia Curtis, born November 17, 1807, who married William McClanahan; Elizabeth Izel, born November 19, 1809, who married George Hanzel Wright; John Wesley, born January 6, 1812 and died as a young man; Reuben Terry, born September 9, 1815, who married Margaret Oliver; William De La Fletcher, born July 6, 1817, who married Amanda Jane North; and Usuva Jane, born August 5, 1819, who married Campbell Wright. William Craig was ordained as a minister at an early age and preached in South Carolina, Tennessee, and Mississippi before coming to Texas about 1839 or 1840. In 1841 he was appointed to the Nacogdoches District in the Texas Mission Conference, and there he held services in the historic Old Stone Fort in Nacogdoches. In 1845 William was sent to Henderson, where he soon organized a building committee and the first Methodist Church was established. He also organized the Church Hill Circuit, which still exists today. Reverend Craig served as pastor for many churches in East Texas, including those in Panola County, Harrison County, Tyler, Salem, and others. One important event in Craig's life occurred in 1857 when he was appointed to serve as Chaplain to the Texas State Senate. He was also one of the earliest members of the Masonic organization in the state. Many famous people called Reverend Craig “friend,” including: Littleton Fowler, Oran M. Roberts, Martin Ruter, Orceneth Fisher, and others. One very good friend, Charles Chevallier, a Nacogdoches merchant, gave him (for a few dollars) a 320-acre farm in Rusk County near Oakland, where he lived and died and where his descendants have homes today. Written by Margaret Brown