Sandy Craig, Company I

Sandy Craig appears to have led an uncomplicated life after his military service. He settled in Norfolk, worked as a laborer, and suffered from ailments common to veterans of the cavalry.  Though he died without a widow or children, Craig might have had siblings  whose lives might yield information about the soldier and family.

 

Invalid — 818,228 / 661,593

General Affidavit, Lazarus Taite, 11 May 1891
“That he has known Sandy Craig since during the War of Rebellion and lives close neighbors to him for many years back and can and do testify to his being afflicted with rheumatism of joints and pleurisy which has lasted him from time of discharge from army to present and that they are permanent and could not be from vicious habits as he is well known as a sober and industrious man and well thought of by those who know him he has been a resident of this city since his return from army in 1866.”

 

Declaration for Original Invalid Pension, Sandy Craig, 30 July 1891 
47 years old; resident, Norfolk, Va. …”treated in hospitals as follows: McClellan Freedmen’s Hospital for over 4 months by Dr. Manley … that since leaving the service this applicant has resided in the city of Norfolk … and his occupation has been that of a laborer … post-office address is No. 21 Fox Lane, City of Norfolk, Va.”

 

Sworn Statement, Walter Price & Lazarus Tate, 17 December 1891
[Price] 27 years old and [Tate] 68 years old …”That they are both residents of [Norfolk, Virginia] and that they were personally acquainted with Sandy Craig during his lifetime, and were his neighbors, and that the said Sandy Craig departed this life on the 10th day of October 1891, and that he left neither widow or minor children or any effects other than the pension money that due him under the certificate no. 661,593, which is required to pay the debts incurred by him during his illness.”

 

Transcript from the Record of Deaths, Health Department, Norfolk, Virginia, Sandy Craig, 18 December 1891
[name] Sandy Craig
[death date] October 10, 1891
[age] 60 years
[race / sex / condition / occupation] colored / male / widowed / laborer
[birthplace] North Carolina
[cause / place / length of illness] phthisis / Norfolk, Va. / 6 months
[cemetery] Calvary Cemetery
[medical attendant] Jas. G. Riddick
[undertaker] J.N. Jones

 

Accrued Pension, Sandy Craig, 5 January 1892
“Date of death, October 10, 1891, payable to John F. Dezendorf, Admr., Norfolk, Va., Bond [is] $350.00 … That pensioner left neither widow nor minor children is shown by testimony of Walter Price and Lazurus Tate who also state that pensioner left no effects other than his pension money. Fact and date of pensioner’s death shown by transcript from the public record and by testmony of Walter Price and Lazurus Tate.”