Person:Toliver Craig (1)

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Deed of gift from Toliver Craig to his son-in-law John Faulconer:

Know all men by these presence that for reasons to me known, I hereby give my daughter, Joyce Falkner, present wife of John Falkner, of the county of Fayette and State of Virginia, a negro girl by the name of Gemima otherwise called Mima. I give her to the above Joyce together with said Mima’s increase forever and for the only use of the said Joyce, to will and dispose of as to her seemeth fit, hereby revoking all other claims of right or title to the said Gemima alias Mima of her increase forever.

Witness my hand and seal this 19th day of April, Anno Domini 1791.

(Signed) Toliver X Craig [His Mark]

Signed, sealed and delivered in the presence of

Godfred Ragsdale

Elizabeth X Ragsdale [Her Mark]

Rich’d Foley

Elijah Foley

1.   Yates Publishing. U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900: [database online] (not considered a reliable primary source). (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004).

   Name: Toliver Craig
   Gender: Male
   Birth Place: VA
   Birth Year: 1704
   Spouse Name: Mary Hawkins
   Spouse Birth Place: VA
   Spouse Birth Year: 1716
   Marriage Year: 1730
   Number Pages: 1