Patriarch of the Third Oldest of Ten Early Crago/Craigo Families in America
This Thomas Crago came by keelboat down the Ohio River from the Redstone River area of SW Pennsylvania about 1793, settling near Piketon, Ohio. We believe the area was, more specifically, very near the point where the county lines of Jackson, Vinton, and Ross counties come together today. At different times this same general area has apparently been a part of six different counties -- Washington (1788), Hamilton (1790), Adams (1797), Ross (1798), Jackson (1816)and Vinton (1850).
DNA research tells us that this Thomas Crago and the Greene Co Thomas Crago definitely share a common paternal ancestor, but we are not sure of the actual degree of relationship between the two. The DNA profile of this Thomas Crago is now known. Go to this contributor's home page on FAG for links to more information about the Crago's of America.
While his actual burial place is uncertain, the earliest known Crago burials in this area are found in the Queen-Lane Family Cemetery. Many of these stones are now missing or unreadable. I'm hopeful that we may yet find the stone or a burial record for him.
Family letters written by Nathaniel Winks (a grandson) identify four sons of Thomas Crago and Marie Pertie -- Thomas, John, James, and George -- who all served in the War of 1812, and a daughter, Deborah. Nathaniel Winks was a son of Deborah Crago.
This Thomas Crago of Southern Ohio is reported to have arrived in Ohio from SW Pennsylvania in the early 1790's. We know little about him except that he came from SW Pennsylvania and operated a grist mill there in Ohio. Reportedly, some people felt they may not have always received their rightful portion of flour from this mill. The excuse offered was that birds were able to eat grain as it was being ground. -- Tom G Crago, Colorado Springs, 30 Apr 2022
PERSONAL NOTE added 10 Dec 2022: I believe, but cannot definitely prove, that this man may have been known as James Crago while he was living in SW Pennsylvania near his supposed father, Thomas Crago, the early settler in Greene County who was killed by Indians about 1771. I believe he may have decided to change his name to Thomas Crago upon arriving in Ohio Territory. If this theory is true, his brother born in 1759 (who remained in Greene Co, Pennsylvania), would also have been known as Thomas Crago. While this theory, on its face, seems implausible, I know of no information, either from DNA studies or from known written records, which would logically refute this idea. I accept responsibility for this unproven theory. I simply find it to be the easiest way to reconcile the known facts about Crago males in America born before 1790. They appear to number fewer than 10 individuals.
Specifically, a married James Crago with one young son is known to have appeared in SW Pennsylvania in the 1790 census but he and his son are not found anywhere in America in subsequent Census records, unless he changed his name as suggested above. Likewise, we find no mention of any Crago male of the right age in any records prior to learning of this man's arrival in southern Ohio about 1793 -- unless James decided to use the name Thomas, as suggested above.
This Thomas Crago came by keelboat down the Ohio River from the Redstone River area of SW Pennsylvania about 1793, settling near Piketon, Ohio. We believe the area was, more specifically, very near the point where the county lines of Jackson, Vinton, and Ross counties come together today. At different times this same general area has apparently been a part of six different counties -- Washington (1788), Hamilton (1790), Adams (1797), Ross (1798), Jackson (1816)and Vinton (1850).
DNA research tells us that this Thomas Crago and the Greene Co Thomas Crago definitely share a common paternal ancestor, but we are not sure of the actual degree of relationship between the two. The DNA profile of this Thomas Crago is now known. Go to this contributor's home page on FAG for links to more information about the Crago's of America.
While his actual burial place is uncertain, the earliest known Crago burials in this area are found in the Queen-Lane Family Cemetery. Many of these stones are now missing or unreadable. I'm hopeful that we may yet find the stone or a burial record for him.
Family letters written by Nathaniel Winks (a grandson) identify four sons of Thomas Crago and Marie Pertie -- Thomas, John, James, and George -- who all served in the War of 1812, and a daughter, Deborah. Nathaniel Winks was a son of Deborah Crago.
This Thomas Crago of Southern Ohio is reported to have arrived in Ohio from SW Pennsylvania in the early 1790's. We know little about him except that he came from SW Pennsylvania and operated a grist mill there in Ohio. Reportedly, some people felt they may not have always received their rightful portion of flour from this mill. The excuse offered was that birds were able to eat grain as it was being ground. -- Tom G Crago, Colorado Springs, 30 Apr 2022
PERSONAL NOTE added 10 Dec 2022: I believe, but cannot definitely prove, that this man may have been known as James Crago while he was living in SW Pennsylvania near his supposed father, Thomas Crago, the early settler in Greene County who was killed by Indians about 1771. I believe he may have decided to change his name to Thomas Crago upon arriving in Ohio Territory. If this theory is true, his brother born in 1759 (who remained in Greene Co, Pennsylvania), would also have been known as Thomas Crago. While this theory, on its face, seems implausible, I know of no information, either from DNA studies or from known written records, which would logically refute this idea. I accept responsibility for this unproven theory. I simply find it to be the easiest way to reconcile the known facts about Crago males in America born before 1790. They appear to number fewer than 10 individuals.
Specifically, a married James Crago with one young son is known to have appeared in SW Pennsylvania in the 1790 census but he and his son are not found anywhere in America in subsequent Census records, unless he changed his name as suggested above. Likewise, we find no mention of any Crago male of the right age in any records prior to learning of this man's arrival in southern Ohio about 1793 -- unless James decided to use the name Thomas, as suggested above.
Patriarch of the Third Oldest of Ten Early Crago/Craigo Families in America
This Thomas Crago came by keelboat down the Ohio River from the Redstone River area of SW Pennsylvania about 1793, settling near Piketon, Ohio. We believe the area was, more specifically, very near the point where the county lines of Jackson, Vinton, and Ross counties come together today. At different times this same general area has apparently been a part of six different counties -- Washington (1788), Hamilton (1790), Adams (1797), Ross (1798), Jackson (1816)and Vinton (1850).
DNA research tells us that this Thomas Crago and the Greene Co Thomas Crago definitely share a common paternal ancestor, but we are not sure of the actual degree of relationship between the two. The DNA profile of this Thomas Crago is now known. Go to this contributor's home page on FAG for links to more information about the Crago's of America.
While his actual burial place is uncertain, the earliest known Crago burials in this area are found in the Queen-Lane Family Cemetery. Many of these stones are now missing or unreadable. I'm hopeful that we may yet find the stone or a burial record for him.
Family letters written by Nathaniel Winks (a grandson) identify four sons of Thomas Crago and Marie Pertie -- Thomas, John, James, and George -- who all served in the War of 1812, and a daughter, Deborah. Nathaniel Winks was a son of Deborah Crago.
This Thomas Crago of Southern Ohio is reported to have arrived in Ohio from SW Pennsylvania in the early 1790's. We know little about him except that he came from SW Pennsylvania and operated a grist mill there in Ohio. Reportedly, some people felt they may not have always received their rightful portion of flour from this mill. The excuse offered was that birds were able to eat grain as it was being ground. -- Tom G Crago, Colorado Springs, 30 Apr 2022
PERSONAL NOTE added 10 Dec 2022: I believe, but cannot definitely prove, that this man may have been known as James Crago while he was living in SW Pennsylvania near his supposed father, Thomas Crago, the early settler in Greene County who was killed by Indians about 1771. I believe he may have decided to change his name to Thomas Crago upon arriving in Ohio Territory. If this theory is true, his brother born in 1759 (who remained in Greene Co, Pennsylvania), would also have been known as Thomas Crago. While this theory, on its face, seems implausible, I know of no information, either from DNA studies or from known written records, which would logically refute this idea. I accept responsibility for this unproven theory. I simply find it to be the easiest way to reconcile the known facts about Crago males in America born before 1790. They appear to number fewer than 10 individuals.
Specifically, a married James Crago with one young son is known to have appeared in SW Pennsylvania in the 1790 census but he and his son are not found anywhere in America in subsequent Census records, unless he changed his name as suggested above. Likewise, we find no mention of any Crago male of the right age in any records prior to learning of this man's arrival in southern Ohio about 1793 -- unless James decided to use the name Thomas, as suggested above.
This Thomas Crago came by keelboat down the Ohio River from the Redstone River area of SW Pennsylvania about 1793, settling near Piketon, Ohio. We believe the area was, more specifically, very near the point where the county lines of Jackson, Vinton, and Ross counties come together today. At different times this same general area has apparently been a part of six different counties -- Washington (1788), Hamilton (1790), Adams (1797), Ross (1798), Jackson (1816)and Vinton (1850).
DNA research tells us that this Thomas Crago and the Greene Co Thomas Crago definitely share a common paternal ancestor, but we are not sure of the actual degree of relationship between the two. The DNA profile of this Thomas Crago is now known. Go to this contributor's home page on FAG for links to more information about the Crago's of America.
While his actual burial place is uncertain, the earliest known Crago burials in this area are found in the Queen-Lane Family Cemetery. Many of these stones are now missing or unreadable. I'm hopeful that we may yet find the stone or a burial record for him.
Family letters written by Nathaniel Winks (a grandson) identify four sons of Thomas Crago and Marie Pertie -- Thomas, John, James, and George -- who all served in the War of 1812, and a daughter, Deborah. Nathaniel Winks was a son of Deborah Crago.
This Thomas Crago of Southern Ohio is reported to have arrived in Ohio from SW Pennsylvania in the early 1790's. We know little about him except that he came from SW Pennsylvania and operated a grist mill there in Ohio. Reportedly, some people felt they may not have always received their rightful portion of flour from this mill. The excuse offered was that birds were able to eat grain as it was being ground. -- Tom G Crago, Colorado Springs, 30 Apr 2022
PERSONAL NOTE added 10 Dec 2022: I believe, but cannot definitely prove, that this man may have been known as James Crago while he was living in SW Pennsylvania near his supposed father, Thomas Crago, the early settler in Greene County who was killed by Indians about 1771. I believe he may have decided to change his name to Thomas Crago upon arriving in Ohio Territory. If this theory is true, his brother born in 1759 (who remained in Greene Co, Pennsylvania), would also have been known as Thomas Crago. While this theory, on its face, seems implausible, I know of no information, either from DNA studies or from known written records, which would logically refute this idea. I accept responsibility for this unproven theory. I simply find it to be the easiest way to reconcile the known facts about Crago males in America born before 1790. They appear to number fewer than 10 individuals.
Specifically, a married James Crago with one young son is known to have appeared in SW Pennsylvania in the 1790 census but he and his son are not found anywhere in America in subsequent Census records, unless he changed his name as suggested above. Likewise, we find no mention of any Crago male of the right age in any records prior to learning of this man's arrival in southern Ohio about 1793 -- unless James decided to use the name Thomas, as suggested above.
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