Family:John Faulkner and Rejoice 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: John Faulconer
   Gender: Male
   Birth Year: 1730
   Spouse Name: Joyce Jossie Craig
   Spouse Birth Place: VA
   Spouse Birth Year: 1734
   Number Pages: 1

2.   Edmund West (compiler). Family Data Collection - Individual Records (not a reliable source). (Ancestry.com Operations Inc).

   Name: John Faulconer
   Spouse: Joyce Jossie Craig
   Parents: Nicholas Faulconer, Sibillah Newton
   Birth Place: Essex Co, VA
   Birth Date: 1726
   Marriage Place: Spotsylvania Co, VA
   Marriage Date: 1747
   Death Place: Fayette Co, KY
   Death Date: 1800