Francis
John
"Frank"
McCraw
Jr.
Born in Powhatan County, Virginia
Ancestors 
Son of Francis McCraw
and Mary (Woodson) McCraw
Brother of
William McCraw and Mary Miller (McCraw) Thompson
Husband of
Mary Harrison (Word) McCraw
— married
7 Feb 1795 in Littleton Parish, Buckingham, Virginia, United States
Descendants 
Father of
Thomas Word McCraw and Francis Dancy McCraw
Died
at age 74
in “Elysian Fields”, Buckingham County, Virginia, USA
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Biography
Private Francis McCraw Jr. served with 6th Virginia Regiment (1777), Continental Army during the American Revolution.
Francis McCraw Jr. is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A075836.
Francis McCraw was born May 9, 1760 in Powhatan County, Virginia. He was the son of Francis McCraw and Mary Woodson.
On February 7, 1795 he married Mary Harrison Word in Cumberland County, Virginia , the daughter of Lockey Molly Harrison and Thomas Word.[1]
Their children:
- Lockey Harrison McCraw
- Thomas Word McCraw
- Mary Alice McCraw
- Cary Harrison McCraw
- Nancy Ann Word McCraw
- Francis Dancy McCraw
- Miller Woodson McCraw
Before Francis enlisted in the Revolutionary War, he was sent to England to study for the Anglican priesthood; but he returned to Buckingham County and became a lawyer instead.
Francis participated in the American Revolutionary War. He was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Jesse Woodson of the Regiment commanded by Col. Josiah Parker in Virginia for a period of two years. [2][3] His certificate of pension was issued June 28, 1833. [3]
He passed away September 24, 1834 in Buckingham County, Virginia.
Sources
- ↑ Carol McCraw, "It Is McCraw, Not McGraw", 1981, p. 118.
- ↑ Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed January 20, 2019), "Record of Francis McCraw", Ancestor # A075836.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Ancestry.com. U.S., Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty-Land Warrant Application Files, 1800-1900 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. Original data: Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty-Land Warrant Application Files (NARA microfilm publication M804, 2,670 rolls). Records of the Department of Veterans Affairs, Record Group 15. National Archives, Washington, D.C.
See also:
- Author: Gale Research Title: Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2010; Repository: #R2
- 1790 Census, Franklin, North Carolina; Series: M637; Roll: 7; Page: 50; Image: 42; Family History Library Film: 0568147
- 1790 Census, Edgecombe, North Carolina; Series: M637; Roll: 7; Page: 409; Image: 241; Family History Library Film: 0568147
- Waltons of Old Virginia and Sketches of Families in Central Virginia (Chapter 28, Word Family of Buckingham County, Page 442) by Wilmer L. Kerns, Ph.D.
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Francis by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Francis:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Francis by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Francis:
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