Joseph Craig (1741 - 1819)

Born 11 Jun 1741 in Spotsylvania, Virginia

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Died 6 May 1819 at age 77 in Fayette, Kentucky, United States

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Biography

Joseph Craig was a preacher who suffered reproach and imprisonment for patriotic resistance to colonial law. He died in Fayette County, Kentucky, in 1819, aged seventy-eight. His brother, Lewis, was the leader of "The Traveling Church."

Note

Note: From: Ancestry.com Family Tree Feb 2009, U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900

Name: Joseph Craig, Gender: male, Birth Place: VA, Birth Year: 1741, Spouse Name: Sarah Wisdom, Spouse Birth Year: 1744

Number Pages:1, Source Citation: Source number: 56.000; Source type: Electronic Database; Number of Pages: 1; Submitter Code: PJN

Will: Kentucky, Wills and Probate Records, 1774-1989 Fayette Will Records, 1794-1818

Joseph Craig, page 478 Wife, Sarah, son Joseph, daughter Salley Allen, deceased, part to her seven children. I had nine living children and one deceased. Written: September 7, 1818 Probated: March 1819 Exc: Wife, Sally and sons,Reuben, James, Samuel, and Joseph Wittn: Anny Pilcher, Lewis Pilcher and Willis Jenkins

Children

‘The children of Rev. Joseph Craig and Sallie Wisdom were Reuben, who married Fannie Twyman, daughter of William Twyman; James, who married Sallie Mitchum, sister of Dudley Mitchum; Samuel Hawkins who married Patsy Singleton; Thomas, who married Polly Wisdom; and Sally, who married a Mr. Allen; Polly, who married Dudley Mitchum. "

Research Notes

Compiled by Phyllis Brown, geneaologist, on her website/blog May 29, 2021: "One of the sons of Toliver and Mary Hawkins Craig was the Rev. Joseph Craig. ‘He married Sally Wisdom, and came to Kentucky about the period that his father and other members of the family came. He was a noted Baptist minister, and it is a matter of record that a large proportion of his Virginia congregation came with him, and they held religious services all along the route. This statement is born out by a book written by an Episcopal clergyman some years ago that was called “The Traveling Church.” Another interesting bit of history was related by Richard Blanton who lived to be almost one hundred years old. ‘Before the Revolution it was not lawful for preachers or teachers of denominations other than the Church of England to speak in public about Gospel truths. The Baptists were rebellious, and the Rev. Joseph Craig was a leader of those who protested. He was apprehended and convicted. I was sheriff of Frederick County at the time and one of my first duties was to arrest and incarcerate the Rev. Joseph, a very unpleasant duty. While he was in the county bastille it was no determent, as he continued to preach and teach through the bars at the jail. As it became evident that he was accomplishing more in jail than was possible before his incarceration, he was released by order of the ecclesiastical authorities.

‘Both Rev. Joseph Craig and Richard Blanton later in life lived in Woodford County, and were friends, and the Rev. Craig was just as active in Kentucky building churches and congregations, and organizing religious societies as he was in Virginia. He died in 1819 and Richard Blanton about that time, the former 77 years old and the latter over 90.

‘The children of Rev. Joseph Craig and Sallie Wisdom were Reuben, who married Fannie Twyman, daughter of William Twyman; James, who married Sallie Mitchum, sister of Dudley Mitchum; Samuel Hawkins who married Patsy Singleton; Thomas, who married Polly Wisdom; and Sally, who married a Mr. Allen; Polly, who married Dudley Mitchum. "

• ^[1]"The children of Rev. Jo Craig and Sallie Wisdom were the following :

1) Reuben, who married Fannie Twyman, daughter of Twyman, 2) James, who married Sallie Mitchum, sister of Dudley Mitchum, and they had a daughter, Adela Craig, who married Dr. Alfred Hurst; 3) Samuel H., who married Patsy Singleton; 4) Thomas, who married Polly Wisdom; 5) Sally, who married Allen; 6) Polly, who married Dudley Mitchum, Sr. All of these names are familiar to those acquainted with the citizenship of the county before the Civil War."

"Samuel H. Craig and Patsy Singleton had a number of children, two of which were John W. Craig and Mary Craig. John W. Craig married Mary Twyman, daughter of ----- Twyman, and they had 1) a daughter, Mary Craig, who married her cousin, Broadus Twyman 2) a son, John W., Jr., who married his cousin, Eliza Craig, and 3) Judge Edwin Craig, who married first Eliza P. Mason, second Hontas Thornton, daughter of David Thornton and Charlotte Railey." "Judge Craig has a daughter, Mason Craig, by the first marriage, who lives in Versailles; (no issue by second marriage.) She occupies the old Thornton home."

Sources

1. ↑ Register of Kentucky State Historical Society. Vol. 19, No. 55 (January 1921), p. 44 Published by: Kentucky Historical Society

• WikiTree profile Craig-720 created through the import of Hudson.ged on May 29, 2011 by Arletta Hudson. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Arletta and others.

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