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I am researching the possible link of Native American connections of the Craddocks of Patrick County, Virginia.
This is what I have so far. Fellow researcher, Michelle Erbeck states that Isham Craddock(patriarch) married a Frances (confirmed). She believes that Frances was a Goins (NA surname). Hand me down story states that Frances was NA, and she married a white man. Her people didn’t care for this and formed a party to raid and kill the white man. The story goes on to say that Frances killed the raiders before they got to her husband. (with a hatchet). Children of Isham and Frances where: Nancy, Patsy, Nathaniel, Thomas, Isham and James. My line comes from Thomas who married Sarah Bryant (NA surname). She was the daughter of Elias and Susannah Bryant.(confirmed by marriage record). Their son, Thomas Jr.(who was a widower) married Sarah Harris (NA surname). (confirmed by marriage record) She was the daughter of James and Nancy (Craddock) Harris. After the marriage, they left Patrick County and moved west towards West Virginia.
Story goes that Thomas Jr. left to fight in the Civil War and Sarah along with her children walked from Mercer County, WV to Calhoun County, WV. Some 100 miles. Along the way a confederate soldier stopped and gave one of the children a shawl to cover up with. I don’t find them in the census until 1880 in Calhoun County. He is listed as a white man, but is definitely NA by the look of his photo.
I’ve always heard the stories that our Craddock line were part indian. Some stories relate that the children of Thomas and Sarah Harris Craddock had dark/reddish hair…connecting to the NA roots.
Does anyone have any of these lines?
Just wanted to put this up, maybe I can help someone with the info I have provided.
My understanding is that WV ceded from Virginia during the Civil War because it decided NOT to secede from the US, so I guess it’s likely your Thomas fought with the Union, and I guess why it would be remarkable to the family that a Confederate soldier would give them a shawl. How far is Mercer county from Cahoun County?
I have Harrises who show up in PA ca. 1810 with the story they were from Virginia. I’d be interested in seeing your photos.
West Virginia was admitted to the union on June 20, 1863. I believe however, Thomas was a confederate. I’ve other ancestors who were Union and confederate during the war. The state government wanted to cede from Virginia, but there were many citizens who enlisted as confederate.
The story actually came from the daughter, spoken to her children. I guess she was small and it could have been a first memory. Walking a long way in the cold during a war would have been memorable.
Mercer County is about 100 miles from Calhoun County.
There was a Thomas Craddock who served in the 23 Virginia Infantry, but further investigation would need to be done to be certain it is your relative.
The story actually came from the daughter, spoken to her children. I guess she was small and it could have been a first memory. Walking a long way in the cold during a war would have been memorable.
Yes, that does make a lot of sense. Good insight. That sort of thing probably accounts for a lot of the peculiar stories that get handed down. They’re early childhood memories.
DawnGordon wrote: I am researching the possible link of Native American connections of the Craddocks of Patrick County, Virginia.
This is what I have so far. Fellow researcher, Michelle Erbeck states that Isham Craddock(patriarch) married a Frances (confirmed). She believes that Frances was a Goins (NA surname). Hand me down story states that Frances was NA, and she married a white man. Her people didn’t care for this and formed a party to raid and kill the white man. The story goes on to say that Frances killed the raiders before they got to her husband. (with a hatchet). Children of Isham and Frances where: Nancy, Patsy, Nathaniel, Thomas, Isham and James. My line comes from Thomas who married Sarah Bryant (NA surname). She was the daughter of Elias and Susannah Bryant.(confirmed by marriage record). Their son, Thomas Jr.(who was a widower) married Sarah Harris (NA surname). (confirmed by marriage record) She was the daughter of James and Nancy (Craddock) Harris. After the marriage, they left Patrick County and moved west towards West Virginia.
Hi everyone, my name is Becky and I am so happy to have found this site! I too am descended from Elias Bryant and Susannah Smallman via their daughter Nancy Bryant who married Obediah Massey in Patrick County, VA on April 28, 1813. Nancy and Obediah’s daughter Nancy married John Bryant, Sr (as far as I know, he is not blood kin to Elias; he is the son of William Bryan 1760-1848 of Halifax Co, VA, Surry and Stokes Co, NC and finally Patrick Co, VA and this line is said to be Irish or Scots-Irish) in Rockingham Co, NC in 1829; surety for their marriage was provided by James Harris and James Gibson. In 1831, James and Nancy Harris sold land in PCVA to John and Nancy Bryant that by 1840 was owned by Isham Craddock.
Dawn, it looks as if you and I are distant cousins! It’s so great to meet you.
Oh, and I am also descended from Samuel Corn and wife Elizabeth aka Lily of Patrick County via their daughter Elizabeth Corn Adams, wife of Elder Joshua Adams who died in 1850 PCVA.
Sorry to ramble here! Thanks for your time and all the best.
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DawnGordon;32563 wrote: I am researching the possible link of Native American connections of the Craddocks of Patrick County, Virginia.
This is what I have so far. Fellow researcher, Michelle Erbeck states that Isham Craddock(patriarch) married a Frances (confirmed). She believes that Frances was a Goins (NA surname). Hand me down story states that Frances was NA, and she married a white man. Her people didn’t care for this and formed a party to raid and kill the white man. The story goes on to say that Frances killed the raiders before they got to her husband. (with a hatchet). Children of Isham and Frances where: Nancy, Patsy, Nathaniel, Thomas, Isham and James. My line comes from Thomas who married Sarah Bryant (NA surname). She was the daughter of Elias and Susannah Bryant.(confirmed by marriage record). Their son, Thomas Jr.(who was a widower) married Sarah Harris (NA surname). (confirmed by marriage record) She was the daughter of James and Nancy (Craddock) Harris. After the marriage, they left Patrick County and moved west towards West Virginia.
Story goes that Thomas Jr. left to fight in the Civil War and Sarah along with her children walked from Mercer County, WV to Calhoun County, WV. Some 100 miles. Along the way a confederate soldier stopped and gave one of the children a shawl to cover up with. I don’t find them in the census until 1880 in Calhoun County. He is listed as a white man, but is definitely NA by the look of his photo.
I’ve always heard the stories that our Craddock line were part indian. Some stories relate that the children of Thomas and Sarah Harris Craddock had dark/reddish hair…connecting to the NA roots.
Does anyone have any of these lines?
Just wanted to put this up, maybe I can help someone with the info I have provided.
Hello. I am am the great granddaughter of Andrew Craddock, the son of Thomas. (Thomas’s father was also named Thomas) From what we have been able to verify, he was born 1830ish in South Carolina. Spouse of Sarah Harris. We have been searching for more than 20 years. Thomas was to have been born in the beginning of the Trail of Tears and left by his mother with a “family” as she did not want him raised on a reservation. I have checked the TOT archives and no documentation of any Craddock. The legend also says he was known as Tom Lily, as he was fair skinned. A medicine man in the Dekota’s told us if he was NA his birth would be registered on the tribal “skins”. My grandfather Shirley was soooooo proud of his Cherokee heritage, as are we his grandchildren. We also have Blackfoot and Crow nations as well in the bloodline. We also can not find Sarah’s birth records either. Anyone with information we would greatly appreciate any help too. We want proof of our heritage and to learn more background information on our tribal family.
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