from a 1983 booklet about Congruity Church and Burials from collection of Marianne McNair of Jacksonville FL. "The following, for whom grave stones have been lost, are also recorded as having been buried in Congruity cemetery":
"First Lt Samuel Craig was a noted Indian fighter, ever working for the safety of the neighborhood, but he was taken prisoner, along with many others, by the Indian in 1781. He was taken to Detroit and sold to the British. He was the only prisoner to escape death by the Indians and was saved because they liked his singing. After his return to Westmoreland County, he married Elizabeth Shields, daughter of Col. John Shields, in 1784."
Additionally (thanks to Meliss Strobel):
Samuel Craig was another settler of Derry Township. He removed from New Jersey to Westmoreland County about 1770, and purchased a large farm on the Loyalhanna, where the Crabtree run flows into it. He entered the Revolutionary War and was with Washington in a number of campaigns. His three sons, John, Alexander and Samuel, were also soldiers in the Revolution. After the father returned from the war he took an active part in the defense of the frontiers from the Indians, and filled several military offices among the Home Guards. The duties of one of these offices called him to Fort Ligonier, a place he had frequently visited. He started out one morning and was never heard of again. His horse was found on Chestnut Ridge, between his home and the fort, with eight bullet holes in it, but all efforts of the family to obtain any information about Captain Craig were fruitless. The Craig boys were active soldiers in the Revolutionary War. Alexander at one time had a lock of hair shot off his head by a bullet from the enemy. In 1793 he was commissioned a colonel in the militia, and was a brigadier in 1807 and again in 1811. He was, however, better known as Captain Craig, and with the Shields, Sloans, Wilsons and Wallaces, formed a strong band of fighting men who in an early day defended the settlers of Derry Township from the meandering Indians. He is buried in Congruity churchyard, about eight miles north of Greensburg. His brother John afterwards moved to a farm near Freeport, and earned the high respect of his neighbors in that community. He lived to be ninety-five years old.∼
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"First Lt Samuel Craig was a noted Indian fighter, ever working for the safety of the neighborhood, but he was taken prisoner, along with many others, by the Indian in 1781. He was taken to Detroit and sold to the British. He was the only prisoner to escape death by the Indians and was saved because they liked his singing. After his return to Westmoreland County, he married Elizabeth Shields, daughter of Col. John Shields, in 1784."
Additionally (thanks to Meliss Strobel):
Samuel Craig was another settler of Derry Township. He removed from New Jersey to Westmoreland County about 1770, and purchased a large farm on the Loyalhanna, where the Crabtree run flows into it. He entered the Revolutionary War and was with Washington in a number of campaigns. His three sons, John, Alexander and Samuel, were also soldiers in the Revolution. After the father returned from the war he took an active part in the defense of the frontiers from the Indians, and filled several military offices among the Home Guards. The duties of one of these offices called him to Fort Ligonier, a place he had frequently visited. He started out one morning and was never heard of again. His horse was found on Chestnut Ridge, between his home and the fort, with eight bullet holes in it, but all efforts of the family to obtain any information about Captain Craig were fruitless. The Craig boys were active soldiers in the Revolutionary War. Alexander at one time had a lock of hair shot off his head by a bullet from the enemy. In 1793 he was commissioned a colonel in the militia, and was a brigadier in 1807 and again in 1811. He was, however, better known as Captain Craig, and with the Shields, Sloans, Wilsons and Wallaces, formed a strong band of fighting men who in an early day defended the settlers of Derry Township from the meandering Indians. He is buried in Congruity churchyard, about eight miles north of Greensburg. His brother John afterwards moved to a farm near Freeport, and earned the high respect of his neighbors in that community. He lived to be ninety-five years old.∼
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from a 1983 booklet about Congruity Church and Burials from collection of Marianne McNair of Jacksonville FL. "The following, for whom grave stones have been lost, are also recorded as having been buried in Congruity cemetery":
"First Lt Samuel Craig was a noted Indian fighter, ever working for the safety of the neighborhood, but he was taken prisoner, along with many others, by the Indian in 1781. He was taken to Detroit and sold to the British. He was the only prisoner to escape death by the Indians and was saved because they liked his singing. After his return to Westmoreland County, he married Elizabeth Shields, daughter of Col. John Shields, in 1784."
Additionally (thanks to Meliss Strobel):
Samuel Craig was another settler of Derry Township. He removed from New Jersey to Westmoreland County about 1770, and purchased a large farm on the Loyalhanna, where the Crabtree run flows into it. He entered the Revolutionary War and was with Washington in a number of campaigns. His three sons, John, Alexander and Samuel, were also soldiers in the Revolution. After the father returned from the war he took an active part in the defense of the frontiers from the Indians, and filled several military offices among the Home Guards. The duties of one of these offices called him to Fort Ligonier, a place he had frequently visited. He started out one morning and was never heard of again. His horse was found on Chestnut Ridge, between his home and the fort, with eight bullet holes in it, but all efforts of the family to obtain any information about Captain Craig were fruitless. The Craig boys were active soldiers in the Revolutionary War. Alexander at one time had a lock of hair shot off his head by a bullet from the enemy. In 1793 he was commissioned a colonel in the militia, and was a brigadier in 1807 and again in 1811. He was, however, better known as Captain Craig, and with the Shields, Sloans, Wilsons and Wallaces, formed a strong band of fighting men who in an early day defended the settlers of Derry Township from the meandering Indians. He is buried in Congruity churchyard, about eight miles north of Greensburg. His brother John afterwards moved to a farm near Freeport, and earned the high respect of his neighbors in that community. He lived to be ninety-five years old.∼
Abstract of Graves of Revolutionary Patriots
Ancestry.com
"First Lt Samuel Craig was a noted Indian fighter, ever working for the safety of the neighborhood, but he was taken prisoner, along with many others, by the Indian in 1781. He was taken to Detroit and sold to the British. He was the only prisoner to escape death by the Indians and was saved because they liked his singing. After his return to Westmoreland County, he married Elizabeth Shields, daughter of Col. John Shields, in 1784."
Additionally (thanks to Meliss Strobel):
Samuel Craig was another settler of Derry Township. He removed from New Jersey to Westmoreland County about 1770, and purchased a large farm on the Loyalhanna, where the Crabtree run flows into it. He entered the Revolutionary War and was with Washington in a number of campaigns. His three sons, John, Alexander and Samuel, were also soldiers in the Revolution. After the father returned from the war he took an active part in the defense of the frontiers from the Indians, and filled several military offices among the Home Guards. The duties of one of these offices called him to Fort Ligonier, a place he had frequently visited. He started out one morning and was never heard of again. His horse was found on Chestnut Ridge, between his home and the fort, with eight bullet holes in it, but all efforts of the family to obtain any information about Captain Craig were fruitless. The Craig boys were active soldiers in the Revolutionary War. Alexander at one time had a lock of hair shot off his head by a bullet from the enemy. In 1793 he was commissioned a colonel in the militia, and was a brigadier in 1807 and again in 1811. He was, however, better known as Captain Craig, and with the Shields, Sloans, Wilsons and Wallaces, formed a strong band of fighting men who in an early day defended the settlers of Derry Township from the meandering Indians. He is buried in Congruity churchyard, about eight miles north of Greensburg. His brother John afterwards moved to a farm near Freeport, and earned the high respect of his neighbors in that community. He lived to be ninety-five years old.∼
Abstract of Graves of Revolutionary Patriots
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