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Photo by permission: DeCody Brad Marble, Florida Society
SAR.Plaque in the Craig Family Cemetery Family Veteran's Walk states: John Craig Revolutionary War, 1st Brigade of SC Troops, SC Continental Line, 1761 - 1842
photo used with permission of Compatriot Mitchell Anderson, 229001, KYSSAR
Directions to Cemetery / Gravesite:
On Old Pickens Church Road, North off of East Pickens Highway (183), east of the Oconee Nuclear Station. Southeast of Keowee Key and due North of Keowee by Highway 130. Between Keowee River and Keowee Lake
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Author: DeCody Brad Marble
JOHN NEAN CRAIG was born March 10, 1761 in Cork or Down County, Ireland, and died February 10, 1842 in Keowee Lake Home, Pickens District, South Carolina. He married (1) CLARKE. He married (2) CATHERINE WILSON November 11, 1788 in Abbeville District, South Carolina, daughter of JOHN WILSON. She was born 1767, and died September 29, 1859 in South Carolina. JOHN NEAN CRAIG a Revolutionary War soldier at the age of 15. His first marriage was to a Miss Clark who bore him a son, William H. on Dec. 13, 1785. His second marriage was to Catherine Wilson. She bore him nine children. They lived on a 425 acre tract of land bordered on the west by Keowee River, about half way between the old Pickens and Nimmons bridges. He was buried in the Craig Cemetery, which has been moved because of the Duke Lake which will cover the area, to a plot adjacent to Old Pickens Church cemetery. He died Feb. 10, 1842 at the age of 81.
Following from Bobby G. Moss "South Carolina Patriots in the American Revolution"
He moved to York District, South Carolina, at the age of fifteen and entered service under Col. Thomas Neal. He was sent against the Indians under Gen. Williamson. His second and third tours of duty were under Capt. Sadler and Col. Neel and he was sent to Black Swamp to serve under Gen. Moultrie. He was in the battle at Stono. Next, he served under Lts. Hugh McClure and John Steele and Capt. John McClure. He was in the engagements at Mobley's Meeting House and Ramsour's Mill. He also served under Cols. Neel, Locke (of N.C.), Lacey and Bratton and Maj. Dickson. He was in the skirmish with Tories at Williamson's Lane (Huck's Defeat) and was in the battles at Rocky Mount, Hanging Rock, Congaree Fort, Blackstock's Plantation, Thompson's Fort and Fort Watson. A.A. 1569; P614; The Chester Standard, 16 March 1854.
The ten children of JOHN CRAIG and CATHERINE WILSON are: 01. MARTHA CLARK CRAIG, b. July 21, 1792, South Carolina; d. January 03, 1876, Pickens County, South Carolina; m. ELISHA LAWRENCE, July 01, 1814; b. November 15, 1789, South Carolina; d. November 24, 1875, South Carolina. 02. ARTHUR R. CRAIG, b. December 02, 1794, South Carolina; d. December 20, 1854, Pickens County, South Carolina; m. LUCINDA PARTHENIA GRESHAM, September 23, 1818; b. December 05, 1795, Pendleton District, South Carolina; d. October 07, 1875, Pickens County, South Carolina. ARTHUR R. CRAIG and LUCINDA GRESHAM are buried at Craig Family Cemetery, Pickens County, South Carolina. 03. AMANDA G CRAIG, b. December 05, 1795; d. October 07, 1825. Burial: Craig Family Cemetery, Pickens County, South Carolina. 04. MARGARET"PEGGY" CLARK CRAIG was born June 29, 1797 in South Carolina, and died after 1880 in Chickasaw County, Mississippi. She married THOMAS DANIEL BOON February 28, 1822 in Pickens District, South Carolina, son of NATHAN BOON and FRANCIS ANN. He was born about September 16, 1800 in South Carolina, and died March 09, 1876 in Chickasaw County, Mississippi. MARGARET CRAIG and husband,THOMAS DANIEL BOON are buried at Boon's Chapel United Methodist Church, Okalona, Chickasaw County, Mississippi. 05. ROBERT CRAIG, b. May 14, 1800, Pendleton District, South Carolina; d. November 07, 1876, Keowee, Oconee County, South Carolina; m. RACHEL ANN SPEED, February 17, 1825, Anderson, South Carolina; b. November 22, 1803, Pendleton District, South Carolina; d. July 06, 1881, Keowee, Oconee County, South Carolina. ROBERT CRAIG ROBERT CRAIG and RACHEL ANN SPEED are buried at Craig Family Cemetery, Pickens County, South Carolina. 06. JANE BROWN CRAIG, b. April 26, 1802; d. November 30, 1824; m. ANDREW MCMULLEN, November 30, 1824. 07. ESTER G CRAIG, b. June 21, 1804; d. June 21, 1804. ESTER G CRAIG buried at Craig Family Cemetery, Pickens County, South Carolina. 08. MARY CRAIG, b. July 24, 1806. 09. SARAH WILSON CRAIG, b. July 28, 1809, Pickens County, South Carolina; d. About 1846, Pickens County, South Carolina; m. ROBERT KNOX, February 17, 1835; b. July 28, 1809; d. 1891. SARAH WILSON CRAIG is buried at Craig Family Cemetery, Pickens County, South Carolina. ROBERT KNOX is buried at New Hope Baptist Church, Oconee County, South Carolina. 10. CATHERINE BROWN CRAIG, b. March 24, 1812; m. HIRAM GIBSON, April 25, 1833; b. January 03, 1807, South Carolina; d. Bef. 1875, Rabun County, Georgia
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