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State of Service: VA
Qualifying Service: Patriotic Service
Author: James English Vaughn Jr.
Taliferro Craig was born on a ship in transit from Scotland to Spotsylvania Co., Virginia in 1704 or 1705. His father, John Craig, died prior to leaving Scotland, and his mother, Jane Taliferro, died soon after Taliferro’s ship board birth. Jane Taliferro’s two brothers also were on the voyage to Virginia, and the orphan Taliferro lived with these uncles in Virginia. The name “Taliferro” soon came to be called “Toliver”, and as Toliver he was known throughout his long and active life. Toliver Craig died in Woodford Co., Kentucky on 5 August 1799. He married Mary (Polly) Hawkins in 1730. She was born in 1716 in King William Co., Virginia, and died the 6th of January 1804 in Craig’s Settlement, Clear Creek, near Scott Co., Kentucky. Toliver and Mary had a large family of eleven children, John, Toliver, Jr., Lewis, Elijah, Joyce, Jane, Elizabeth, Joseph, Benjamin, Jeremiah and Sallie. All of the Craig children were married adults before the family moved from Virginia to Kentucky to escape religious persecution. In 1777, Toliver Craig was a company Captain in the Orange Co., Virginia Militia under Colonel James Madison. He is a patriot through whom a number of compatriots have joined the NSSAR. Toliver/Taliferro Craig also is listed as the Daughters of the American Revolution Ancestor #A027277 for his patriotic service in the defense of Bryan’s Station, Kentucky against Canadian Rangers and Wyandot Indians led by Captain William Caldwell and Simon Girty. Craig was 78 years old at the time of the Siege of Bryan’s Station, but there is evidence that he shouldered his musket and fought with the other men of the fort. His eldest son, John, was a Captain in the Virginia (Kentucky) Militia, and John Craig was in command of Bryan’s Station during the siege in August of 1782. Toliver Craig’s wife, Mary (Polly) Hawkins Craig, also is listed as a NSSAR Patriot (P-140278) and a NSDAR Ancestor (A027259) for her role in the defense of Bryan’s Station.
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