William McCraw

1746 - 1816  (70 years)

• Name	William McCraw  [1]
  Birth	1746	, Goochland, Virginia, USA
  Gender	Male
  Name	William McCraw
  Name	William McCraw
  Residence	Deputy Quartermaster General  [2]
  Residence	1781	, Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA   [2]
  Death	16 Apr 1816	, Halifax, Virginia, USA
  Person ID	I24222	Master
  Last Modified	28 Sep 2015

  
  

  Father	William McCraw,   b. 1727, Southam Parish, Cumberland, Virginia, USA d. 1800, , Hawkins, Tennessee, USA (Age 73 years)
  Mother	Elizabeth Mehitabel Sherman,   b. 1730, , , Massachusetts, USA d. 1800, , Hawkins, Tennessee, USA (Age 70 years)
  Marriage	1752	, Goochland, Virginia, USA
  Family ID	F6321	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Susannah Walker,   b. 1755, , , Virginia, USA d. 21 Dec 1795 (Age 40 years)
  Marriage	17 Nov 1782	, Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA   [1]
  Children	1. James Walker McCraw,   b. 21 Oct 1783, , Halifax, Virginia, USA  [Father: Natural]   2. Samuel Harwood McCraw,   b. 11 Jun 1786  [Father: Natural]   3. Joseph Jones McCraw,   b. 28 Aug 1788, , Halifax, Virginia, USA d. 1843, Adrian, Bates, Missouri, USA (Age 54 years)  [Father: Natural]   4. Nancy Ann McCraw,   b. 2 May 1790, , , Virginia, USA d. 1850, , , Missouri, USA (Age 59 years)   5. Mary McCraw,   b. 20 Sep 1793   d. 25 Oct 1794 (Age 1 year)  [Father: Natural]
  Family ID	F6328	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	19 Aug 2015

  
  

  Family 2	Jenny Towles Medley,   b. 1765, , , Virginia, USA d. Missouri City, Fort Bend, Texas, USA
  Marriage	25 Feb 1796	, Halifax, Virginia, USA   [3]
  Children	1. Susanna W McCraw,   b. 5 Feb 1797, , Floyd, Kentucky, USA d. Aft 1860, Missouri City, Fort Bend, Texas, USA (Age > 64 years)  [Father: Natural]   2. William Independence McCraw,   b. 4 Jul 1798, , Adams, Pennsylvania, USA  [Father: Natural]   3. Infant Son McCraw,   b. 22 Feb 1800, , Halifax, Virginia, USA d. 22 Feb 1800, , Halifax, Virginia, USA (Age 0 years)  [Father: Natural]   4. Nathaniel Green McCraw,   b. 11 May 1801, , Halifax, Virginia, USA d. 1888, Independence, Jackson, Missouri, USA (Age 86 years)  [Father: Natural]   5. Janey Towles McCraw,   b. 8 Jul 1803, , Halifax, Virginia, USA d. 1866, Independence, Jackson, Missouri, USA (Age 62 years)   6. Infant McCraw,   b. 1805   d. 1805 (Age 0 years)  [Father: Natural]   7. Elizabeth Medley McCraw,   b. 1 Oct 1808, , , Virginia, USA d. 19 Nov 1880, Independence, Jackson, Missouri, USA (Age 72 years)  [Father: Natural]   8. George Washington McCraw,   b. 8 Jan 1810, , Halifax, Virginia, USA d. 7 Sep 1893, Independence, Jackson, Missouri, USA (Age 83 years)  [Father: Natural]
  Family ID	F6327	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	19 Aug 2015

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 1746 - , Goochland, Virginia, USA Residence - 1781 - , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA Marriage - 17 Nov 1782 - , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA Marriage - 25 Feb 1796 - , Halifax, Virginia, USA Death - 16 Apr 1816 - , Halifax, Virginia, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  Denizations and Naturalizations in the British Colonies in America, 1607-1775 By Lloyd DeWitt Bockstruck, page 346 McCraw, William. Va. Deputy Quartermaster General. 5 Nov. 1812. 4000 acres. McCraw, William. Va. Deputy Quartermaster General. 5 Dec. 1856. 127 1/5 acres. McCraw, William. Va. Deputy Quartermaster General. 5 Dec. 1856. 127 1/5 acres. McCraw, William. Va. Deputy Quartermaster General. 5 Dec. 1856. 127 1/5 acres. McCraw, William. Va. Deputy Quartermaster General. 5 Dec. 1856. 127 1/5 acres. McCraw, William. Va. Deputy Quartermaster General. 5 Dec. 1856. 127 1/5 acres. McCraw, William. Va. Deputy Quartermaster General. 5 Dec. 1856. 317 acres. He was Deputy Quartermaster General of Virginia during the American Revolution. He married Susannah Walker on 19 Nov 1792 and Jane Towes Medley on 25 Feb 1796. He was granted 4000 acres of land in Virgina for his service in the Revolution. Sources Bockstruck, Lloyd DeWitt: Revolutionary War Bounty Land Grants Awarded by State Governments, p. 346. McCraw, Carol: It's McCraw, Not McGraw Daughters of the American Revolution Magazine, Volumes 40-41, p. 257. Daughters of the American Revolution Database (Private Source) Revolutionary War Records VIRGINIA SECTION III (21) Virginia Military Land Warrants 5987 McCraw , William Dept. Q. M. General Virginia Soldiers 1776 William McCraw, Quarter Master General. Va. Land Office. Richmond, Va. Dec. 5, 1856. Recd. of S. H. Parker, Register, warrants 9773-9778 for services of William MeCraw, in the Contl. line. Signed, E. Barksdale, Atty. for J. B. Stovall. Nathaniel G., and George W. McCraw; Solomon Akers, and Susan his wife, formerly Susan McCraw; Richard Richards and Jane T. his wife (formerly Jane McCraw); Alexander [p.32] Walker and Elizabeth (formerly Elizabeth McCraw) Walker his wife; and the children of Nancy Sanders, decd. (formerly Nancy McCraw), namely: James W., Samuel, Susan (Sanders) Webb, Martha (wife of Otho Hall), Nancy (wife of Enoch Cook), and Sarah Sanders, with Otho Hall, guardian of Amos Hall. grandchild of Nancy (McCraw) Sanders; all these children and heirs of William McCraw, decd. who was an officer in the Revolution; appointed Elisha Barksdale their Atty. Acknd. before William L. Bone, J. of P. Jackson Co., Missouri, 18 Sept., 1856. Attest. John R. Sweringer, clerk Jackson Co. Court. Halifax Co. Va. Court, 23 June, 1856, evidence produced that William McCraw, an officer in the Rev. war died in Halifax Co., leaving a widow who has long since died. That the said William McCraw left the following children: Susanna (wife of Solomon Akers); Jane T. (wife of Richard Richards); George W. MeCraw; Nathaniel McCraw; Elizabeth (wife of Alexander Walker); Joseph J. and Nancy McCraw (now Sanders). Joseph J. and Nancy are now dead. Joseph J. left the following children:--John S.. Susan, Martha and Emily Mc-Craw. Nancy Saunders (Sanders) left the following children:--James W., Mary (now a widow), John, Susan (married Webb, and is now a widow), Thomas A., Martha (wife of Otho Hall), Nancy (wife of Enoch Cook), Sarah and Emeline Saunders. That Joseph McCraw, son of William, had two other children who died in the life time of their father; they were William and Nancy. That William, son of Joseph left two children, Gabriel and another whose name is not known. Nancy, the daughter of Joseph married a Mr. Kiser, and they are both dead, but left one child named Tabitha Ann Kiser. Certified, William S. Holt, clerk, 4 July, 1856.

  
  

• Sources

  [S627] Dodd, Jordan, Virginia, U.S., Compiled Marriages, 1660-1800, (Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1997.Original data - Electronic transcription of marriage records held by the individual counties in Virginia.Original data: Electronic transcription of marriage records held by the individu). . [S302] FamilySearch, Virginia, U.S., Select Marriages, 1785-1940, (FamilySearch ([http://familysearch.org http://familysearch.org]/)).