Seventh Generation  

104. Thomas CRAGO Sr. was born before 1718 ²⁷ and died in 1771 in Greene Co., PA, USA.²⁷

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General Notes: [BO:Mother, Father and brothers of Thomas Crago, Sr. are complete speculation. I am using data from a source found to be bad, but I am keeping the information in here so as to warn others that their is a bad source out there. :BO] ___________________________________________ An except from "Local History of Greene County and Southern Pennsylvania" by Andrew J. Waychoff. Published about 1900, reprinted 1975 by Green Co. Historical Society. "Murder of Thomas Crago: I quote as follows from John Crawford, a son of William Crawford, who wrote of those times when the facts were clear within his recollection.
'At the mouth of Muddy Creek, my father met Thomas Crago, an old acquaintance from Conocochaegue. Crago told my father he had two cows, that they gave plenty of milk, and that he could make butter if he had a churn, whereupon my father directed him where to find his cabin, and told him to take his churn and keep it until his return from the mountains. Accordingly, Crago went in a few days for the churn, and on his return was met by four Indians, two men and two women. the Indians attempted to take Crago's horse to carry one of their party, who had been wounded shortly before on the Monongahola, ner Laurel Point, by some whits men, from whom the Indians had stolen some property. Crago would not give up his horse; a scuffle ensued; Crago got the sound Indian down, and one of the squaws took a rifle and shot Crago through the head.' '...Cook came to see the corn in company of John Moore, and when they came within Three-fourths of a mile of my father's cabin they came upon the body of Crago. the churn was lying beside him. Moore left his gun with Cook, to watch the corpse, and, gathering some of the neighbors, buried Crago, and followed the Indians to where they had camped the previous night. They had not taken the horse half a mile until they had tomahawked a dog to prevent him from barking, as was supposed. After burying Crago, the party charged Cook not to tell Mrs. Shepherd that he had been killed by the Indians, but when Cook returned, Mrs. Shepherd asked if he had seen anything of Crago, and Cook he made her no answer. She asked him if the Indians had killed Crago, and Cook told her that the men had told him not to tell. This was telling her well enough. A lie was unnatural to Cook.'
This story I had from Mrs. Shepherd's own mouth in June, 1831, for she is still living and intelligent, although upwards of eighty. Mrs. Shepherd's reasons for thinking that the Indians had killed Crago were as follows: Two Boys Left Orphans Crago had as yet built no cabin, but with his two little boys (Thomas and Robert) lived in camp by the side of a log. The oldest boy was eleven. the youngest had burned his hands, and every morning came to Mrs. Shepherd to get his hands dressed. The morning after Crago was killed, the boys came as usual to get Robert's hand dressed. They told Mrs. Shepherd, 'Dada has run away.' 'Where has he gone?' asked Mrs. Shepherd. Whereupon, they told her he had gone to Bill crawford's to get a churn, and had not returned. From that moment Mrs. Shepherd suspected that the Indians had killed him, for he would not have left the little boys all night by themselves.
The place of this murder is about one-eighth of a mile north of the homestead of James D. Flenniken, one and one-half miles east of Carmichaels. It is on top of the hill on the left of the road as you go from J.D. Flenniken's towards the brick house of William Crago. He seems to have had potatoes in his pockets, as potatoes sprouted up for many years on his grave." "...Ancestors of Greene County Cragos
The Crago boys were taken back east of the mountains. When grown to manhood they came back and improved the farm the father owned. From them sprang all, or nearly all of the Cragos of this county. The Cragos of Wheeling are descendents of Professor Felix Hughes Crago, one of these people, and for many years a prominent educator of West Virginia.
The oldest sons of the families in the direct line of the boy Thomas, were called alternately john, Thomas, John, Thomas, etc.., the late Congressman Thomas S. Crago, of Waynesburg, being of the line, and lad John the last."

Research Notes: No land or probaterecords at the Clerk of Circuit Court for Frederick Co.; 100 West Patrick St.; Fredrick, MD 21701-5485: They sent me a list of other places that I can write to.

Also wrote to Court House; Prince George's Co.; Upper Marlboro, MD 20870, to get info on land records prior to 1748. They would not do the research.

I requested a search for Thomas Crago Sr.'s will from the Cumberland Co., PA Courthouse (Register of Wills & Cerk of the Orphans' Court; Cumberland County Courthouse; Carlisle, PA 17013) and Bedford County, PA Courthouse (Bedford Co. Register & Recorder; 200 South Juliana St.; Bedford, PA 15522-1795).
There are no will record's at either place.

Wrote to Cumberland County Recorder of Deeds; 1 Courthouse Sq.; Carlisle, PA 17013 to get land records for Thomas Crago (between 1718 and 1770). They wrote back on 4/16/02 and said they had nothing on record.

Thomas married Elizabeth FLENNIKEN .

Marriage Notes: NO PROOF YET

Children from this marriage were:

52        i.   Thomas CRAGO Jr. (born on 28 Dec 1759 Cumberland Co., PA - died in 1843)

         ii.   James CRAGO (born after 1759)

105. Elizabeth FLENNIKEN, daughter of James FLENNIKEN and Jane GILLESPIE , was born on 12 Mar 1736 in Lancaster, PA, USA ^28,29,30 and died in Mecklenburg, NC.

General Notes: I found Flenniken scribbled on a page in the Green Co., PA library. there is no proof so far that Thomas Crago's wife was a Flenniken.

Elizabeth married Thomas CRAGO Sr. .

106. Thoroughman .³¹

Thoroughman married (name unknown).

Children from this marriage were:

53        i.   Priscilla THURMAN (born after 1767 - died on 14 Sep 1828 in Cumberland Twp., Greene Co., PA)

         ii.   William THOROUGHMAN ()

        iii.   Thomas THOROMAN (born on 18 Oct 1755 PA, USA - died on 19 Feb 1835 in OH, USA)

         iv.   Samuel THOROMAN (born in 1767 - died on 25 May 1845 , buried in Dunkinsville, OH)

          v.   THOROMAN (born after 1767)

         vi.   THOROMAN (born after 1767)

108. Henry VANMETER Sr., son of John VANMETER and Margaret, Wife Of John Vanmeter ? .

General Notes: [FN:An except from "A History of Greene County" as follows, "In 1768, these two men (John Swan and Thomas Hughes) brought their families, Swan taking his negro slaves, a goodly number, which were probably the first human chattels brought into the country. Subsequently a number of families from Maryland and Virginia brought thither slaves. Along with these two came also Henry and Jacob Vanmeter, with wagons and pack-houses, altogether a train of over fifty persons". Also, this book states that Sarah, Henry's daughter rode all the way from Maryland at the age of 10.:FN]

Noted events in his life were:

• Occupation:. County Treasurer

• Occupation:. Associate Judge

Occupation Surety:0

• Tax Roll: 1788, Cumberland Twp, Washington Co, PA. ²⁵

Henry married Martha MOORE in 1743 in Prince George Co., MD.

Children from this marriage were:

54        i.   Jesse VANMETER Sr. ()

         ii.   Sarah VANMETER (born in 1758)

        iii.   Joseph VANMETER (born after 1743)

         iv.   Rachel VANMETER (born after 1743)

          v.   Absolom VANMETER Sr. (born after 1743)

         vi.   Rebecca VANMETER (born after 1743)

        vii.   Martha VANMETER (born on 24 Dec 1754 - died on 24 Oct 1836 in Greene Co., PA, USA)

       viii.   Alice "Elsie" VANMETER (born after 1743)

         ix.   Phoebe VANMETER (born after 1743)

          x.   Elizabeth VANMETER (born after 1743)

         xi.   Mary VANMETER (born after 1743)

        xii.   Henry VANMETER Jr. (born after 1743)

109. Martha MOORE, daughter of George MOORE and Elizabeth LUCAS , was born in 1728 in Prince George Co., MD.

Martha married Henry VANMETER Sr. in 1743 in Prince George Co., MD.

110. James SEALS died in 1797 in Greene Co., PA, USA.²⁵

Death Notes:

James married Sarah, Wife Of James Seals, Sr. ? .

Children from this marriage were:

55        i.   Nancy SEALS ()

         ii.   Mary SEALS (died about 1811 in Pickaway Co., OH)

        iii.   Elizabeth SEALS ()

         iv.   Joseph SEALS (died about 1814 in Greene Co., PA, USA)

          v.   James, Jr. SEALS (born in 1755 - died on 6 Nov 1832 in Greene Co., PA, USA)

         vi.   Samuel SEALS (died in Jan 1859)

        vii.   Martha SEALS ()

111. Sarah, Wife Of James Seals, Sr. ? .

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