Craig family
Family
Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:
Craig Family Genealogy and History
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 3220
Overview
Genealogical notes and a narrative of the Craig family of Nicholas Co., WV by the James C. Colman. Recorded family members start with the Revolutionary War veteran, Robert Craig, the first of the family to settle in Nicholas County. Altogether five generations of Robert Craig and his descendents are mentioned in the narrative portion. Particularly to be noted in the narrative are those generations of the Civil War era when the family moved as refugees to Ohio and two of its members, James...
Dates:
1996
Frank B. Russell, Compiler, Genealogy Records
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 3103
Overview
The papers and notes of a genealogist compiling information and copies of documents about families of Delaware, Maryland, Virginia and West Virginia. There are major holdings on the Forby/Furbee family, Nutter family, and Pepper family as well as holdings on collateral families. Collateral families include Selby, Craig, Heatherad, Sturman, Lowber, Youlle, Earle, Johnson, Piper, Manlove, Watts, Parker, Purnell, Curtis, Fooks, Osborn, Wharton, Aydelott/Aydelotte, Sturgis, Robinson, Richardson...
Dates:
1990-1991
Moses Farnsworth Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0751
Scope and Contents
Collection includes an 1832 letter from D. D. T. Farnsworth of Buckhannon Town, Upshur County to his brother Moses; an 1845 indenture of land between George E. Craig and Matilda Craig of Pocahontas County, W.Va.; An 1893 catalogue from Siegel-Cooper and Company, Chicago, IL; and an 1895 “Universal Almanac and Catalogue of Seeds.”
Dates:
1832-895
Roy Bird Cook (1886-1961), Collector, Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1528
Overview
Includes genealogy and Civil War records collected by Roy Bird Cook of Lewis County, West Virginia. Series 1 through 5 were compiled by Marcellus W. Zimmerman. They include correspondence, church records, academic records, genealogical records, research manuscripts, and clippings regarding primarily the genealogy and history of Lewisburg and Greenbrier County, and the life and career of Confederate Brigadier General Alexander W. Reynolds. Series 6 through 8 were collected by Roy Bird Cook....
Dates:
1774, 1822-1943
West Virginia University, Family Heritage Project, Records
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 3151
Scope and Contents
West Virginia University (WVU) undertook the Family Heritage Project as part of its 125th-anniversary observance. The project goal was to encourage members of families whose roots in West Virginia extended at least to 1867 to submit family history information. This collection consists of those submissions. Many of the submissions emphasize family ties to WVU. There is a published guide to this collection entitled "West Virginia University family heritage project : a guide to the collection"....
Dates:
undated; Event: 1989
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- Genealogy 3
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 2
- Academies and Institutes. 1
- Accounting 1
- Buckhannon (W. Va.) 1
- Cedar Creek, Battle of, Va., 1864 1
- Cemeteries 1
- Cemeteries -- Recording 1
- Education 1
- Egypt 1
- Frontier and pioneer life 1
- Genealogists' letters and papers. 1
- Georgia 1
- Greenbrier County (W. Va.) 1
- Harpers Ferry (W. Va.) -- History -- John Brown's Raid, 1859 1
- Indians, North American. 1
- Lewisburg (W. Va.) - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 1
- Marriage records 1
- Methodist Episcopal Church. 1
- Military camps 1
- Nicholas County (W. Va.) 1
- Pioneers 1
- Plants -- Classification 1
- Pocahontas County (W. Va.) 1
- Presbyterian Church. 1
- Registers of births, etc 1
- Roads -- West Virginia 1
- Schools 1
- Seminole War, 2nd, 1835-1842 1
- Slaves and slavery. 1
- Taverns (Inns) 1
- Tennessee 1
- Toll roads -- West Virginia 1
- Transportation 1
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Military life 1
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Veterans 1
- Upshur County (W. Va.) 1
- Vicksburg (Miss.) 1
- West Virginia University. Family Heritage Project. 1
- Women -- Education -- United States 1
- Women's history -- 1850-1899 1 + ∧ less
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