Buried in Old Polkville Cemetery, Polkville, Smith county, Mississippi. Her neice Artamissa Smith, daughter of her brother Peter was named after her.
Sources
Family Bible
Smith County Genealogical Society, Smith County, Mississippi Cemeteries (1999)
Family knowledge
Smith Y DNA testing/atDNA testing
"Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVK2-2NYL : 13 December 2015), Artemesia Craft, 1894; Burial, Polkville, Smith, Mississippi, United States of America, Old Polkville Cemetery; citing record ID 51106006, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.
"United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4LN-M8H : 12 April 2016), Artamissa Croft in household of Reuben Croft, Smith county, Smith, Mississippi, United States; citing family 220, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
"United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MFSR-PPP : 12 April 2016), Artamissa Craft in household of Reuben Craft, Mississippi, United States; citing p. 5, family 34, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 552,248.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Artamissa by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA.
However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line.
It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Artamissa: