Craig, Benjamin

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Title: Craig, Benjamin
Gender: Male
Biography: Benjamin Craig appears in the Boone County tax list in 1800. The 1820 Burlington, Boone, Kentucky census shows Benjamin Craig living in a household with one other white male between 16 and 25. The 1840 and 1850 census shows Benjamin Craig living in Grant, Kentucky with his wife and children.
Member: Craig family
Birth date: 1775
Place of birth: Virginia
Father: Craig, John Hawkins
Mother: Page, Sarah
Life event(s): Marriage 1: 2 May 1797; Campbell County (Ky.); Campbell County (Ky.); Marriage 2: 17 Sep 1835; Boone County (Ky.); Boone County (Ky.)
Spouse(s): Cave, Elizabeth; Montgomery, Henrietta
Child(ren): Craig, Cyrus; Craig, Sarah P.
Death date: Mar 1851
Place of death: Grant County (Ky.)
Military service: 1st Co., Johnson's Regiment, Kentucky Mounted Volunteer Infantry
Allegiance: United States
Held rank: Private
Service began: 20 May 1813
Service ended: 19 Nov 1813
Participant in: 1799--Frank, Ginne, and Phillis Escape; 1812--Patience Excluded from Bullittsburg Baptist Church
Relationship: Known enslaved: Unknown, Frank [10]; Unknown, Ginne; Unknown, Merritt; Unknown, Patience [1]; Unknown, Rachel [17]; unknown, Frank [10]; unknown, Ginne; unknown, Patience [1]; unknown, Merritt [1]; unknown, Rachel [19]
Source(s): Kentucky, Tax Lists, 1799-1801; Northern Kentucky Marriages, 1795-1850; U.S., War of 1812 Service Records, 1812-1815; Fourth Census of the United States, 1820; Sixth Census of the United States, 1840; Seventh Census of the United States, 1850; War of 1812 Pension Application Files Index, 1812-1815

Item sets: AA--Slaveholders--Kentucky--Boone County--C; War of 1812--Veterans--Kentucky--Boone County

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Items with "Participant: Craig, Benjamin"
Title	Class
1799--Frank, Ginne, and Phillis Escape	Event
1812--Patience Excluded from Bullittsburg Baptist Church	Event

Items with "Relationship: Craig, Benjamin"
Title	Class
unknown, Frank [10]	Person
unknown, Ginne	Person
unknown, Merritt [1]	Person
unknown, Patience [1]	Person
unknown, Rachel [19]	Person

Items with "Father: Craig, Benjamin"
Title	Class
Craig, Cyrus	Person
Craig, Sarah P.	Person

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Craig, John Hawkins	Person

Items with "Spouse(s): Craig, Benjamin"
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Cave, Elizabeth	Person

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Craig, Cyrus	Person