Robert Robin Cravens "Major Bob" b. 1755 Augusta Co./Rockingham Co., VA d. 1830 Arkansas Married: abt 1780 Father: William Cravens Mother: Jane Harrison
1st Wife: Abigail Harrison b. 1760 NY d. 1780 Father: Jeremiah Harrison Mother: Elizabeth X
2nd Wife: X Harrison (relative of 1st wife)
Children
Hester E. Cravens b. abt 1777 VA d. aft 1850 married: 15 Sep 1793 Christian Co., KY
Husband: John Gray b. 25 Sep 1773 Botetcourt, VA d. 1 Feb 1858 Christian Co., KY Father: Robert Gray (Ireland) Mother: Margaret Wilson (Ireland)
Jeremiah Cravens b. 1785 Rockingham Co., VA d. 1830 Cane Creek Twp., Logan Co., AR Married: 12 Jan 1808 Hopkinsville, Christian Co., Kentucky
Wife: Margaret Cravens b. 1790 VA d. 1841 Cane Creek Twp., Logan Co., AR Father: Rev. William Cravens Mother: Mary Lamme (Lamb)
Eleanor Cravens b. 1790 Rockingham Co., VA d. Clarksville, Johnson Co., AR Married: 13 Mar 1809 Christian Co., KY
Husband: David Ward, Jr. b. abt 1780 Tazewell Co., VA. d. 1848 Clarksville, Johnson Co., AR 2nd marriage: 27 Feb 1847
2nd Wife: Agnes Shropshire White
Agnes Shropshire White Ward's 3rd Husband: X Coose.
Joseph Cravens b. 1780 VA d. Oct 1844 Clarksville, Johnson Co., AR Married: 1824 Lawrence Co., AR
Wife: Nancy McKee
Josiah Cravens b. 1790 SC d. Mar 1852 Upper Fourche, Yell County, AR Married: Missouri
Wife: X Pheby Fulton b. 1792
William Cravens b. 1795 d. 1860 Married: Missouri
Wife: ?
John Cravens b. 1799 Christian Co., KY d. 1868 Johnson Co., AR Married: MO
Wife: Missouri Jane Belcher b. 1803 d. 1870
Margaret Cravens b. 1810 Christian Co., KY d. 1862 Buried: Patterson's Bluff Cemetery, Logan Co., AR Married: Lawrence Co., AR
Husband: Thomas Whittaker b. 4 Dec 1802 d. 7 Apr 1873 Buried: Patterson's Bluff Cemetery, Logan Co., AR
Jeremiah Harrison b. 1746-1750 Hardin, TN d. 1778 Hardin, TN on US Revolutionary War Rolls, 1775-1783 in Virginia. He resided in Fayette Co., KY in 1789 USFC. 1799 USFC: in Christian Co., KY
Jeremiah Cravens moved to Missouri in 1808, then to Crawford Co., AR at the Arkansas River bottom. He died on Cane Creek at Horsehoe Ford in an accident from an overturned wagon in 1830.
Children of Jeremiah Cravens & Margaret Cravens:
Robert Cravens b. 1800 Married: Mary Lee Cader [Robert & Mary Cravens children: Abigail 1810-1815, Eleanor 1818, Nancy 1820, Josiah 1820-1825]
Abigail Cravens b. 1812 Christian Co., KY
Eleanor Cravens b. 1818 Christian Co., KY
Nancy Cravens b. 1820 Cane Creek Twp., Logan Co., AR
Josiah Cravens b. 1823 Cane Creek Twp., Logan Co., AR
Joseph Cravens came to Crawford Co., AR in the year 1825/26.
Josiah Cravens b. 1790 migrated to Lawrence Co., AR to Spadra Creek. He had 3 sons. His wife, X Fulton, was the sister of James and Andrew Fulton.
John Cravens moved to Crawford Co., AR in 1824.
Josiah Cravens 1850 USFC in Yell Co., AR Co., AR
Child of William Cravens and X wife: Hester Cravens married X Taylor
Children of Eleanor Cravens & David Ward:
Ellen Ward b. 1809 d. abt 1888 Husband: Philamon Williams
X Ward b. 1812
Abigail Ward b. 11 Mar 1814
David Ward b. 1816 d. Clarksville, Johnson Co., AR Married: Christian Co., KY Buried: Oakland Cemetery, Clarksville, Johnson Co., AR
X Ward b. 1817 VA
Josiah Cravens & X Fulton moved to Lawrence Co., AR to Spadra, Johnson Co., AR. They had 3 sons.
John Cravens & Missouri Jane Belcher's children: Robert B., Amanda, Elizabeth, Hester G., Nancy Jane, Margaret A., Ellen, Abigail H.
Thomas Whittaker & Margaret Cravens' children: William b. 1830, Thomas 1836, Nancy 1834, Hester 1836, Margarette A., 1840, Ewen 1843. The family moved to Morrison's Bluff and ran a tanyard on Cane Creek.
1850 USFC: Hester Cravens Gray b. 1777 VA, District 2, Christian Co., KY
1860 Federal Census, Clark Township, Johnson County, Arkansas:
Whittaker, Thomas
Lee, Margaret, 6
Arabella, 5
Sophia, 2
Center, R. W., 27, AL, MD $300 (living with Whittaker)
1860 Federal Census, Spadra Township, Johnson Co., AR:
Ward, David, 44, MO, $3000 - $3000
Ellen, 15, AR
Fulton, Robert, 21, AR
Lovill, Robert, 24, VA
Lovill, Amelia, 17, KY
Lovill, Edmond, 61, VA
David Ward purchased land in the Johnson County, Arkansas area as early as 1824. Their children were born in Missouri/Arkansas Territory.
Children of David Ward & Eleanor Cravens
Virginia Ann Ward b. 1812 d. 1835. Husband: James Fulton
Abigail Ward b. 1814 d. 1845. Husband: Andrew Fulton Moore
David Ward b. 1815 d. 1888 1st Marriage: 24 Nov 1866 Johnson Co., AR. 1st Wife: Mary McKee 2nd Wife: Polly Collins Hardgraves
Ellen Ward b. 1822. 1st Husband: Philamon Williams. 2nd Husband: James M. Baird.
David & Agnes Ward's child: Jane Ward b. 1847. 1st Husband: John M. Yearwood. 2nd Husband: James C. Wetherton.
Children of Hester E. Cravens & John Gray:
William G. Gray b. 1795
John Gray, Jr. b. 1800 Christian Co., KY
Young E. Gray b. 13 Jul 1891 Christian Co., KY
Eleanor Gray b. 1804 Christian Co., KY
Margaret W. Gray b. 1806 Christian Co., KY
Daniel G. Gray b. 1809 Christian Co., KY
Reason D. Gray b. 2 Feb 1818 Christian Co., KY
In October 1850, guardianship of Jane Ward was assigned to David Ward's nephew, Augustus M. Ward. In 1856, Agnes Shropshire White Ward Coose filed a court action related to the guardianship of Jane Ward.
1870 Federal Census, Spadra Township, Johnson Co., AR:
Ward, David, 55, MO
Mary, 45, TN
Effa, 3, AR
Andrew, 1, AR
Nehemiah Cravens & Sophia Thompson
James L. Cravens & Winaford E. Lee
Joseph Cravens & Nancy McGee
George Marion Cravens & Minnie Adlee Cox
Adeline Cravens & John L. Walton, Sr.
William L. Cravens & Nancy Caroline S. L. Haney
Robert B. Cravens & Margarette Matilda Grubb
John Jackson Cravens & Emma B. Smith
Logan County, Arkansas Families
