James Craig and Eleanor Fearis

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Husband James Craig ^{1 2 3}

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           Born: 1770 - Westmoreland Co, PA 1
     Christened: 
           Died: 2 Jun 1835 - Scrubgrass Twp, Venango Co, PA 2 3
         Buried:  - Scrubgrass Stone Church Cemetery, Scrubgrass Twp, Venango Co, PA 4

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         Father: John Craig (      -      ) 2 3
         Mother: Jane Honeyman (      -      ) 2 3

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       Marriage: 23 Oct 1792 1

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Wife Eleanor Fearis ^{2 3}

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            AKA: Eleanor Faries 1
           Born: 1768 4
     Christened: 
           Died: 26 Jul 1856 3
         Buried:  - Scrubgrass Stone Church Cemetery, Scrubgrass Twp, Venango Co, PA 4

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         Father: [Father] Fearis (      -      )
         Mother: 

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Children

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1 F Jane Craig ^{2 3}

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           Born:  - ? Westmoreland Co, PA
     Christened: 
           Died: Bef 1879
         Buried: 

         Spouse: John Porterfield (      -      ) 2 3

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2 M John Craig ^{2 3}

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           Born: 5 Nov 1795 - Westmoreland Co, PA 2 3
     Christened: 
           Died: 17 Jan 1859 4
         Buried:  - Scrubgrass Stone Church Cemetery, Scrubgrass Twp, Venango Co, PA

         Spouse: Mary Waddle (1794-1855) 5

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3 F Isabella Craig ^{3 6 7}

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           Born: 1801 - Scrubgrass Twp, Venango Co, PA 2 3
     Christened: 
           Died: Bef 1879 - Venango Co, PA
         Buried: 

         Spouse: William B. Stewart (      -1822) 8

         Spouse: Thomas P. Kerr (1793-1857) 2 3 6 9
           Marr: 1830 8

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4 F Elizabeth Craig ¹⁰

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           Born: 20 Jun 1801
     Christened: 
           Died: 23 Apr 1851
         Buried:  - East Unity Presbyterian Cemetery, Allegheny Twp, Butler Co, PA 11

         Spouse: William Perry (1794-1877) 10

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5 M James Craig ^{2 3}

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           Born:  - Scrubgrass Twp, Venango Co, PA
     Christened: 
           Died: Bef 1879
         Buried: 

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6 F Eleanor Craig ^{2 3}

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           Born:  - Scrubgrass Twp, Venango Co, PA
     Christened: 
           Died: Bef 1879
         Buried: 

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General Notes: Husband - James Craig

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He died June 24. [HVC 1879, 644]

In all probability he was the first settler in Scrubgrass township, Venango County, Pennsylvania. From papers in the possession of Ira D. McCoy, we learn that Mr. Craig, in company with James Fearis, came into the township sometime in the year 1795, and built a log cabin a few rods below the house now [1879] occupied by Mr. Ira D. McCoy. He then returned to Westmoreland county. The next spring he moved his family, consisting of his wife and two children, Jane and John, to the cabin, and began clearing out the forest. Shortly after he settled, he built a saw-mill on his property; doubtless the first one in all this part of the country. [HVC 1879, 644]

In 1795 he accompanied James Scott and James Fearis, his brother-in-law, to Scrubgrass Township, Venango County, Pennsylvania. They built a small cabin without floor, and covered with a bark roof, and cleared a field from the surrounding woods, returning to pass the following winter at their former homes in Westmoreland County. Mrs. Craig accompanied her husband to Scrubgrass in the summer of 1796, being the first white woman who came into the township, and their son John, born in Westmoreland County, was the first white child brought into the new settlement. He erected the first sawmill in his neighborhood. During the War of 1812 he served in Captain Witherup's company.

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General Notes: Wife - Eleanor Fearis

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She and other members of her own and the Fearis family returned to Westmoreland County, PA, frequently, bringing back with them the currant bush, asparagus and other garden vegetables. She brought the first geese into the township from the old home.

1 J. H. Newton, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Columbus, OH: J. A. Caldwell Publishers, 1879), Pg 644.

2 —, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 550.

3 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 335.

4 Venango County Historical Society, Venango County Pennsylvania Cemetery Records and Early Church Histories, Vol. 3, Scrubgrass Township (Franklin, PA: Venango County Historical Society, 1995), Pg 66.

5 —, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Waterman, Watkins & Co., 1883), Pg 432.

6 J. H. Newton, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Columbus, OH: J. A. Caldwell Publishers, 1879), Pg 493.

7 —, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 550, 1079.

8 —, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 1079.

9 William C. Armstrong, The Kerr Clan of New Jersey (Morrison, IL: The Shawver Publishing Co., 1931), Pg 91.

10 —, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 550, 976.

11 Venango County Historical Society, Venango County Pennsylvania Cemetery Records and Early Church Histories, Vol. 3, Scrubgrass Township (Franklin, PA: Venango County Historical Society, 1995), Pg 91.