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Subject: [KYHENDER] Re: Craig ancestors
Date: 16 Nov 2003 18:08:25 -0700

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Hello, Susan.

I found your four-year-old inquiry about the Craig family on Rootsweb today. Waddy Street Craig was my great uncle. My grandfather was George Edward Craig and part of the family that moved from Rosewood Plantation to Henderson a few years after the war. George went to medical school at the U of K, along with his brother-in-law. Both of them moved to Evening Shade, Arkansas, and practiced medicine until their deaths.

I had wondered what happened to Waddy. My Landon C. Bell books both mention he served in the Confederate Army under his father, Major Edward Chambers Craig, but I have been unable to find any Confederate service records on either one so I am a little skeptical. Edward's marker in Fernwood Cemetery lists him as "Major, CSA." However, I don't want to infer that our Craig family is prone to making things up.

I am just getting started in this genealogy project and about all I have are the two Bell books (Cumberland Parish and The Old Free State) that trace our family back to the Rev. James Craig.

The Moses Craig group came over to Henderson, I believe, from Penn., not Virginia and I do not believe we are related. I, too, want to find out why our family selected Henderson.

I have just retired to Virginia from Arkansas and will have access to libraries at Richmond. I'll be happy to pass on to you anything that I find.

-- Craig

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