Benjamin Albin McCraw

1740 - 1813  (73 years)

• Name	Benjamin Albin McCraw
  Birth	1740	Southam Parish, Cumberland, Virginia, USA
  Gender	Male
  Residence	1790	, Surry, North Carolina, USA   [1]
  Residence	1812	, Surry, North Carolina, USA
  Death	13 Aug 1813	, Surry, North Carolina, USA
  	Will Book 3, Page 107
  Person ID	I24161	Master
  Last Modified	7 Aug 2023

  
  

  Father	William McCraw,   b. 1690, Isle of Skye, Scotland d. May 1752, Southam Parish, Cumberland, Virginia, USA (Age 62 years)
  Mother	Elizabeth Dancy,   b. 1700, Isle of Skye, Scotland d. 1748, Southam Parish, Cumberland, Virginia, USA (Age 48 years)
  Family ID	F3526	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Ursula East,   b. 1740, , Charlotte, Virginia, USA d. 1820, , Surry, North Carolina, USA (Age 80 years)
  Marriage	1772	, , Virginia, USA
  Children	+ 1. Samuel McCraw,   b. 1770, , , Virginia, USA d. 1840, , Rutherford, North Carolina, USA (Age 70 years)   2. Lockey McCraw,   b. 1774, , Surry, North Carolina, USA  [Father: Natural]  [Mother: Natural] + 3. Baird McCraw,   b. 1784, , Surry, North Carolina, USA d. 1860, Cleveland, Rowan, North Carolina, USA (Age 76 years)  [Father: Natural]  [Mother: Natural] + 4. Sherod Sherwood McCraw,   b. 5 Dec 1791, , Surry, North Carolina, USA d. 27 Jan 1847, Owen, Clark, Indiana, USA (Age 55 years)  [Father: Natural]  [Mother: Natural]   5. Deborah McCraw,   b. 1793, , Surry, North Carolina, USA  [Father: Natural]  [Mother: Natural]   6. Elizabeth McCraw,   b. 1795, , Surry, North Carolina, USA  [Father: Natural]  [Mother: Natural]
  Family ID	F6319	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	19 Aug 2015

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 1740 - Southam Parish, Cumberland, Virginia, USA Marriage - 1772 - , , Virginia, USA Residence - 1790 - , Surry, North Carolina, USA Residence - 1812 - , Surry, North Carolina, USA Death - 13 Aug 1813 - , Surry, North Carolina, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  In the name of God Amen I Benjamin McCraw being in sound mind and memory do make and ordain this my Last Will and Testament. Item. 1st I give and bequeath to my beloved wife Ursley the Tract of land where on I now live together with all my stock of horses cattle hogs sheep and gees with all my household and kitchen furniture farming tools of every description to remain as hur natural property for and during her natural life and at her death to be equally divided together with its increase. my cold excepted which I give unto my youngest son Sherod McCraw as his share of my estate. Iten 2nd. I give unto my three children Deborah Elizabeth and Locky mcCraw to be equally divided between them after my wife deceased. item 3rd. My tract of land lying in Franklin Co. State of VA on Bull Run Branch of blackwater if recovered of suit in the high court of Chancery to be equally divided between all my children and I have appointed Deborah McCraw Elizabeth McCraw to execute this my will. Signed sealed and delivered in presents of us Ano domini Dec. 8th 1812. Banjamin A. McCraw

  
  

• Sources

  [S249] Ancestry.com, 1790 United States Federal Census, (Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. Images reproduced by FamilySearch.Original data - First Census of the United States, 1790 (NARA microfilm publication M637, 12 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Gro), Year: 1790; Census Place: Surry, North Carolina; Series: M637; Roll: 7; Page: 522; Image: 303; Family History Library Film: 0568147.