Tracing the Lineage of the Crail and Creek Families
Hand-written notes on Crail family lineage in possession of HCR Conservators.
Authorship is uncertain, but assumed to be Lilian Crail.
Authorship is uncertain, but assumed to be Lilian Crail.
Augustus Franklin Crail's lineage can be traced back six generations to Scotland.
He was born in Decatur, Indiana in November of 1842. His father was Samuel Spencer Crail II, born in Allegheny, Pennsylvania in 1816; his father was Samuel Spencer Crail I, born in Maryland in 1775; his father was Philip Crail, born in Maryland in 1750; his father was Thomas Crail, born in Virginia in 1720; and his father was Thomas Creal [not visible on chart], born in Crail Fife, Scotland in 1695. who emigrated to the United States and died in St John's, Maryland in 1765. The Crail family name derives from the Scottish place name.
Augustus Franklin Crail's mother was Catherine Weaver, whose family emigrated to the Hudson River Valley region of New York from Germany in the 1700s.
He was born in Decatur, Indiana in November of 1842. His father was Samuel Spencer Crail II, born in Allegheny, Pennsylvania in 1816; his father was Samuel Spencer Crail I, born in Maryland in 1775; his father was Philip Crail, born in Maryland in 1750; his father was Thomas Crail, born in Virginia in 1720; and his father was Thomas Creal [not visible on chart], born in Crail Fife, Scotland in 1695. who emigrated to the United States and died in St John's, Maryland in 1765. The Crail family name derives from the Scottish place name.
Augustus Franklin Crail's mother was Catherine Weaver, whose family emigrated to the Hudson River Valley region of New York from Germany in the 1700s.
Sarah (Sallie) Lorrie Creek was born in January of 1864 in Platte County, Missouri. She was the second of twelve children born to Abraham Creek and Rachel Ella Grayson. Abraham Creek was born in Liberty, Clay County, Missouri in 1830. His family can be traced back to Kentucky and Virginia in the 1700s.
Sallie's mother's family, the Graysons, can be traced back five generations to Colonel William Grayson, born in Virginia in 1736, a Revolutionary War hero and one of the first two senators representing Virginia in the US Congress.
Sallie's mother's family, the Graysons, can be traced back five generations to Colonel William Grayson, born in Virginia in 1736, a Revolutionary War hero and one of the first two senators representing Virginia in the US Congress.
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Historic Crail Ranch researchers started our research on the Crail and Creek families with a two-page, hand-written fragment. Using the facilities of Ancestry.com, our reserachers have traced the lineage of Augustus Franklin Crail and Sallie Creek Crail back to Colonial times in America. Along the way, we have uncovered interesting and exciting information about many members of these remarkable families.
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