Utilized during the battle by the British Army as a hospital, it is one of many 18th century farmhouses that have been preserved at Monmouth Battlefield State Park.

[2] In 1664, the Duke of York (later James II & VII) granted the Monmouth Tract to Sir George Carteret and various Scottish Presbyterian and English Quaker settlers, fleeing religious persecution at home.

When Archibald died in 1751, he bequeathed the estate to his grandson (and Samuel's son) John Jr. (1737-1824), however he was not of adult age to take claim his inheritance.

[5] This brought the house to its modern proportions and to what it would've looked like at the time of the Battle of Monmouth, roughly seven years later.

Once it became clear that the British were heading towards Monmouth, she escaped with her child, two slaves, and her household goods to Upper Freehold, New Jersey.

[6] These efforts ended up in no avail, as the British shortly after reaching the farmstead were able to find the mineral wealth at the bottom of the well.

This was mainly due to the fact of how severely hot it was on the day of that fated battle, the soldiers' first priority would have been to get fresh water from the well.

[8] As the family returned after the battle, they were stunned to see that the house was miraculously still standing but also equally saddened that their hidden prized possessions had vanished.

While despite Samuel not residing in the Craig House (he would rent it out to tenant farmers) he was still very enamored with the homestead's rich history and the role it played during the Battle of Monmouth.

It is a contributing property of the Monmouth Battlefield State Park, which was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1966.