John was born in about 1814 or about 1824 depending on which census record is taken as correct. He married Mary Kessler in 1844.[1]
Sources
↑ "Virginia Marriages, 1785-1940," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X5Y1-CXH : 5 December 2014), John C. Webb and Mary Elizabeth Kesler, 15 Oct 1844; citing Giles Co., Virginia, reference pg49; FHL microfilm 31,740.
See also:
"United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8DS-H77 : 12 April 2016), John C Webb, Giles county, Giles, Virginia, United States; citing family 335, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
"United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MFGL-8V7 : 12 April 2016), John C Webb, Virginia, United States; citing p. 25, family 169, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 553,157.
"Texas Deaths, 1890-1976," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K3HP-2YC : 5 December 2014), John Webb in entry for Rufus Benton Webb, 17 Oct 1937; citing certificate number 49989, State Registrar Office, Austin; FHL microfilm 2,117,299.
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with John 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 John:
I show John Craig Webb married Mary Elizabeth Kessler on 15 Oct 1844 in Giles County, VA. I assume it is from the original Giles County marriage records that I viewed in the 1980’s, but my tree was added to Wikitree by a GED so the source isn’t shown. I also show John Craig Webb as the son of William Webb, 1789-1868, and Mary Polly Mason, 1792-1832. I also show John Craig Webb as the grandson of John Webb, 1750-1815, my fourth great-grandfather, and son of Julius Webb, 1725-1780. My Y-DNA matches two other male descendants of sons of Julius Webb,