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This marker is a memorial (cenotaph) to Michael Craver. It is located at the end of the walkway running through the middle of the Reeds Methodist Church Cemetery.
It reads:
"The first Craver to settle here came from Holland about 1777, lived and was buried near this location."
The monument also lists his children. He had 7 sons and 3 daughters.
William "Billy"
Phillip
Andrew
Lewis
Daniel
Rowan
John
Sally
Phebe
Mary
Most Davidson County Reeds Crossroads' Craver's are descended from son Rowan.
A group of immigrants (Graber, Kraber, eventually Craver) left the Saxony area of Germany and settled in Holland in the early 1700's. They later crossed the Atlantic to Pennsylvania. Finding that state too cold, Michael Craver, son of Phillip, obtained a land grant in Georgia. In 1777, upon traveling to Georgia, Michael stopped to rest in the Reeds Crossroads area where he found other Dutch and Lutheran friends and decided to remain here.
He built the "red house" in Reeds and entertained George Washington there at a noon dinner.
Most Davidson County Craver's are descended from sons Michael and Rowan.
--Kathy Merris Mills
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The following is from Joe Craver who now maintains this memoral and is a great-great-great-grandson of Michael Craver:
The "red house" actually existed, but another historical marker mounted on a large boulder, stands about a 100 yards from the cemetery, on the highway from Salisbury to Winston-Salem. It commemorates another version of the George Washington event stating:
"On this rock President George Washington
rested and ate dinner, enroute
from Salisbury to Winston-Salem
May 31, 1791."
-- https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=55238
The "red house" was rebuilt in the late 1800's and was occupied by Michael's great-grandson, Arthur Richardson Craver and his wife, Alda Myers Craver. After Mrs. Alda's death in 1967, the house actually became a restaurant called The Red House Inn, capitalizing on the George Washington story. The house was destroyed by fire in the 1980's.
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Michael was the son of Philip Craver and Anna Catherine Ebrecht
Michael was married to Elizabeth ?? born circa 1769
Their Children:
Sally Craver
Andrew Craver, b. c 1790
Lewis Craver, b. c 1791
Phebe Craver
John Craver, b. 1794
Captain Phillip Craver, b. 6 Oct 1796, d. 31 Oct 1886
William Craver "Billy," b. c 1800, d. c 1870
Mary Craver, b. 1803
Daniel Craver, b. 1804
Alexander Rowan Craver, b. 1 Apr 1812, d. 26 Mar 1901
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This marker is a memorial (cenotaph) to Michael Craver. It is located at the end of the walkway running through the middle of the Reeds Methodist Church Cemetery.
It reads:
"The first Craver to settle here came from Holland about 1777, lived and was buried near this location."
The monument also lists his children. He had 7 sons and 3 daughters.
William "Billy"
Phillip
Andrew
Lewis
Daniel
Rowan
John
Sally
Phebe
Mary
Most Davidson County Reeds Crossroads' Craver's are descended from son Rowan.
A group of immigrants (Graber, Kraber, eventually Craver) left the Saxony area of Germany and settled in Holland in the early 1700's. They later crossed the Atlantic to Pennsylvania. Finding that state too cold, Michael Craver, son of Phillip, obtained a land grant in Georgia. In 1777, upon traveling to Georgia, Michael stopped to rest in the Reeds Crossroads area where he found other Dutch and Lutheran friends and decided to remain here.
He built the "red house" in Reeds and entertained George Washington there at a noon dinner.
Most Davidson County Craver's are descended from sons Michael and Rowan.
--Kathy Merris Mills
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The following is from Joe Craver who now maintains this memoral and is a great-great-great-grandson of Michael Craver:
The "red house" actually existed, but another historical marker mounted on a large boulder, stands about a 100 yards from the cemetery, on the highway from Salisbury to Winston-Salem. It commemorates another version of the George Washington event stating:
"On this rock President George Washington
rested and ate dinner, enroute
from Salisbury to Winston-Salem
May 31, 1791."
-- https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=55238
The "red house" was rebuilt in the late 1800's and was occupied by Michael's great-grandson, Arthur Richardson Craver and his wife, Alda Myers Craver. After Mrs. Alda's death in 1967, the house actually became a restaurant called The Red House Inn, capitalizing on the George Washington story. The house was destroyed by fire in the 1980's.
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Michael was the son of Philip Craver and Anna Catherine Ebrecht
Michael was married to Elizabeth ?? born circa 1769
Their Children:
Sally Craver
Andrew Craver, b. c 1790
Lewis Craver, b. c 1791
Phebe Craver
John Craver, b. 1794
Captain Phillip Craver, b. 6 Oct 1796, d. 31 Oct 1886
William Craver "Billy," b. c 1800, d. c 1870
Mary Craver, b. 1803
Daniel Craver, b. 1804
Alexander Rowan Craver, b. 1 Apr 1812, d. 26 Mar 1901
Family Members
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Andrew Michael Craver
1790–1868
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Lewis Craver
1791–1870
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Phebe Craver
1792 – unknown
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John Craver
1795–1872
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Philip Craver
1796–1886
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William "Billy" Craver
1800–1863
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David Daniel Craver
1804–1880
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Sally Sarah Craver Shoaf
1807–1876
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Joseph Craver
1808–1870
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Alexander Rowan Craver
1812–1901
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Jesse Craver
1815–1878
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Mary "Polly" Craver Reap
