John Craft

<505> John Craft -- Born 1720. Parents unknown; husband of
Mary <506>; father of Mary (--->; grandfather of Dorcas
(276> and John <201>. Residing at Forest in 1782 and 1785
(tithable). Sent from Forest to the Shenandoah tract in
April 1787. Residing at Sagittarius in 1788 and 1791.
Described as prizer [of hoçsheads?] and swineherd in 1787.
Over 45 year. old in 1791. Possibly emancipated by deed
proved in Westmoreland County Court on June 24, 1794 (text
not recorded). Sources: Deed of Emancipation, August 1,
1791, pt. 2, pp. 11, 27; 2d Book of Miscellanies," p. 48;
Letterbook, 1782-1784, p. 8; Westmoreland County Personal
Property Tax List, 1785, VSA; Nomony Hall Journal, 1784-
1785, p. 31; Letterbook, 1785-1787, pp. 251-53, 255-56, 263-
64; Westmoreland County Orders, 1790-1795, VSA microfilm,
pp. 367-68.