Seventh Generation

70. Dr. John Craig^225,535,536 was born about 1801 in USA, South Carolina.^64,225 Daughter Pauline lists South Carolina for her father's birthplace in the 1900 census. He died on 2 November 1841 at the age of 40 in USA, Mississippi, Hinds Co., Mississippi Springs.⁵³⁷ MARRIAGES & DEATHS FROM MISS. NEWSPAPERS, VOL. 2 1801-1850
The Raymond Times
November 12, 1841
Died at the Mississippi Springs, on Tuesday the 2d, DR. JOHN CRAIG. The deceased was a son of the late Rev. JOHN CRAIG. (reference courtesy of Norma Walker Anderson)

There is an historical place "Mississippi Springs" in Hinds Co., Mississippi, Clinton map. The city of Raymond is also in Hinds Co.
"There were two famous health resorts near Raymond which were noted during the 1840's. Mississippi Springs was a place of interest which included an amusement hall, cottages, and a library."
"The other popular health spa before the Civil War was "Mississippi Springs", a settlement even older than Cooper Wells, located off what is now Highway 18, near Raymond. The settlement was famous for having seven springs, each with a different water mineral. "Mississippi Springs" became more or less a camp site where people would go that had faith in the healing qualities of the water. Many of these people would build cottages and stay for long periods of time. Seven Springs Road, a few miles from Raymond now marks the area.
Little is known about what happened to Mississippi Springs and why it passed in popularity."

Pauline Craig Hughes says of her father in her memoir:
"John Craig was the youngest child. His brother William never married and upon his baby brother he bestowed all the warmth of his loving, generous heart. William took great interest in the education of his younger brother, and being a good English scholar himself, assisted him in every possible way, also arranging for him to take a classical course. Improving the opportunities thus afforded him, John was a good Greek and Latin scholar while still in his teens.
John followed William to Alabama from Tennessee about 1822. They lived awhile near Nanofolia but the location proved to be unhealthy and a friend, Matthew Parkham, advised them to go to Marengo County. They did so and Parkham used his influence in getting up a school for the young Tennessean. He took him around from house to house, that he might get acquainted with the people, and among other places, they called at Mr. Lewis Barfield's. The next thing was to secure a boarding place for the young teacher and Lewis Barfield's was selected as the most suitable.
In Mr. Barfield's family were two daughters, Mary, then in her twentieth year, and Sarah, some years younger. The young teacher was of medium height and of slender build. His complexion was fair but his eyes were dark brown, and they seemed to penetrate your very soul when he looked earnestly at you. John and Mary were married October 16, 1823.
John Craig taught school at Greensboro, Alabama, in 1824 but returned to Marengo County the latter part of that year and bought a home in sight of the Glover Church, one of the first Methodist churches established in that section. He and his wife joined the church and had their daughter Pauline. Here John practiced medicine with Dr. Sexton.
Soon after his conversion he felt called to preach and was licensed by the quarterly conference as a local preacher. He never joined the itinerancy, but he travelled a great deal as he was very popular and his services were called for far and near by many of his warm friends and admirers. Charles Steveson was one of these, and requested on his death-bed that John Craig should preach his funeral sermon, though twenty miles away.
John joined the Masonic fraternity a short time before the wave of anti-Masonry (which originated in the North) had reached the South. The bitter feeling of the anti-Masons against the Masons was so intense that, in some instances, not only the obligations of Christianity, but even those of common humanity, were forgotten or ignored. He suffered much persecution, principally from ministers who were opposed to Masonry, for in those days a good many ministers in the M.E. Church were against it. Now, a Methodist preacher who is not a Mason would be a Rara-avis. John became a prominent Mason, reaching the degree of Royal-Arch, and was a Knights Templar. He was for some time Grand lecturer of the State of Alabama.* A copy of the By-Laws of Perry Lodge lists John as Master.
John's health began to fail so that he could not travel much but he continued to preach near home. He was a born orator and very earnest in his manner of delivery, and doubtless did much good during the few years of his ministry.
In 1834 he went into the mercantile business in Marion, Alabama, but owing to the rascality of his partner, the business did not meet his expectations, so he turned again to teaching school. This he followed until a few weeks before his death, which occurred at Mississippi Springs November 3, 1841, and was buried by the side of his daughter Mary, who had preceded him just seven weeks before. Just before he died he tried to sing with his faltering tongue, "Hallelujah to the Lamb, Who has purchased our pardon, We will praise Him again when we pass over Jordan."
John's brother William made his home with John's family a good part of the time until after John's death. "

Betty Hughes adds the following:
"Her father (Pauline's), and her grandfather -- John Craig (senior) -- were both ministers in the Methodist Church, the former a teacher as well as preacher. He was a man well-endowed both by nature and training for leadership, having received exceptionally good educational advantage early in youth. As both preacher and teacher he excelled, making scores of friends and admirers wherever he went. He was a mason, and was reckoned among the leaders in that fraternity in the state of Alabama, where he lived much of his life.
He was married to my grandmother, Mary Barfield, in 1823. For a number of years they lived in Marengo County, Alabama, and it was there that my mother and the most of her sisters and brothers were born. He moved to Mississippi with his family when my mother was in the early "tweens." He lived not many months after coming to this state, succumbing to a serious illness in the fall of 1841. He was not much past forty years of age when this fatal illness cut short a career of true usefulness. He left a wife and a "house full" of children, eight in all. The oldest, Jane, barely seventeen at the time, and Pauline, two years younger. There were six sisters, Jane, Pauline, Mary (who died only a month or so before her father), Matilda, Sarah, and Louisa. This youngest of the girls was born in less than a month after her father's death. The two boys, William and John, were among the younger of the children."

A letter written by Rev. Wesley Smith describes his life of Methodism. In 1819 his father moved from Tennessee to Lauderdale county Alabama and settled on Blue-water Creek. Their rude cabin became a preaching place of the Methodist circuit riders. His early recollections are associated with preachers local and itinerent. Among the preachers most remembered he mentions John Craig. He didn't remember what became of him; "but when I reached Texas in the fall of 1851, the first Methodist preacher I met was a brother of our old Tennessee Craig. The Rev. William Craig, who has since died, lived near Henderson, Texas. He was a remarkable man in some respects. He was a terror to all dogs and evil-doers at a camp meeting. My father used to support a tent at a camp-ground, over in the edge of Lawrence County, Tennessee, known as Woolsey's Camp-ground ; and I well remember the terror I felt at seeing old Brother Craig passing to and fro, wielding his terrible shillalah after the dogs." (M'Ferrin 400)

*Oliver Day Street's Sketch of Freemasonry in Alabama lists Rev John Craig among other men who held the important position of Grand Lecturer.
Mary Barfield and Dr. John Craig⁵³⁷ were married on 16 October 1823 in USA, Alabama, Marengo Co..⁵³⁸ Full Context of Alabama Marriages, 1800-1920

Spouse 1: John Craig
Spouse 2: Mary Barefield
Marriage Date: 16 Oct 1823
Marriage Place: Marengo
Surety/Bond Date:
Performed By: Justice of Peace
Surety/Perf. Name: Enoch Bailey
OSPage: 59
They⁵³⁸ appeared in the census in 1830 in USA, Alabama, Marengo Co..⁵³⁹ 1830 CRAIG JOHN Marengo County AL 352 Southern District
5 people:
1 male 20-30, John Craig (29)
1 female 20-30, Mary (27)
1 female 5-9, Eliza J. (6)
2 females under 5, Pauline (4) Mary (~2)

On the same page are Robert Pickens, Miamen Fluker, James Izbys, William H. Davis.
They⁵³⁹ appeared in the census in 1840. Index 1840 Mississippi
John Craig Kemper, Mississippi

Hinds Co, MS is not this John -
1840 Census MISSISSIPPI, Hinds County, no township listed, pg 216
CRAIG, William H.
1 male age 20-29
From a letter written by Elizabeth "Betty" Hughes, the daughter of Pauline. It was written to Craig Hughes July 7, 1949 and she is writing about her mother's side of the family (Craigs mostly). On one page she wrote the following:

"There were six sisters, Jane, Pauline, Mary (who died only a month or so
before her father), Matilda, Sarah, and Louisa. This youngest of the girls
was born in less than a month after her father's death."

"Louisa (Aunt Lou) married a Mr. Gore. Several of her children used to write
to me."

(letter note courtesy of Norma Walker Anderson)

71. Mary Barfield^225,537,540 was born on 22 April 1803 in USA, North Carolina, Duplin Co..^228,541,542 Pauline's memoirs states that her mother was born on the Taylor Estate inherited by her grandmother. "There my mother was born and lived until thirteen years of age. She appeared in the census in 1850 in USA, Mississippi, Winston Co..^537,543 She is living close to her brothers Henry, Jesse Barfield and her father Lewis Barfield. She moved to Texas soon after this census.

Household 765 Barfield, Jesse (Mary's brother)

14 764 771 Craigg Mary 45 F N.C. X
15 764 771 Craigg William 19 M Farmer Ala
16 764 771 Craigg John 16 M Farmer Ala
17 764 771 Craigg Sarah 14 F Ala X
18 764 771 Craigg Matilda 12 F Ala X
19 764 771 Craigg Louisa 10 F Ala
She appeared in the census on 3 July 1860 in USA, Texas, Smith Co., Mt. Vernon Beat.^89,537 Smith County Texas 1860
Mt. Vernon Dist. Pag. 41, HH

272-277 Mary Craig 58 700 500 VA.(should be Ala.)
John 25 Farmer MS
Sarah 23 ARK. (Ala)
Matilda 21 Ark. (Ala)
Louisa 19 Ark. (Ala)
273, 278 Jeff Adair 32 Farmer AL

Mary died after 3 July 1860 at the age of 57 in USA, Texas. " Mary was older than her sister Sarah by some years. She was in her twentieth year when she met John Craig. Mary was a plump, rosy-cheeked girl with handsome features, dark hair and blue eyes. Her usual weight was about 120 pounds. John Craig and Mary Barfield were married October 16, 1823, and Alfred Barfield and Matilda Perkins were married a few minutes later in the same room and in the presence of the same guests.
My precious mother was a devoted wife, and in prosperity and adversity alike was the same loving and patient companion. I can truthfully say that I never heard her utter one cross word to papa. Her quiet dignity of manner won for her the friendship and esteem of those in the highest circles of society, and by those in the lower walks of life she was loved for her unostentatious bearing and ready sympathy. Her religion was deep and earnest, and her implicit trust in God was unshaken by trial. She had a beautiful voice and loved to sing the good old songs. When prospects were bright she sang songs of praise to the Giver of all good, and when storms of adversity raged around she still sang words of trust and sweet assurance. I think that the earliest religious impressions upon my mind were made by her songs."
After her husbands death, Mary moved with her children back to Winston County, Mississippi. There she struggled with what assistance her older children could give her to raise her flock in the name of the Lord. Her oldest girls, Jane and Pauline, both taught school.
In 1850 Mary moved with the children still remaining with her to Texas. Jane had moved there a year earlier with her husband. When Jane's husband died, Jane lived with her mother and helped provide for her own children and her younger sisters."
(Pauline Craig Hughes)

"With so large a group of children to be reared and educated, heavy tasks lay ahead of my dear grandmother when my grandfather died that autymn day in 1841. Being endowed with more than an average degree of courage, determination, and patience, she shouldered these tasks unflinchingly. Soon after grandfather's death, grandmother moved from Mississippi Springs, where they were at the time, to Winston County, where her parents, Lewis and Catherine Barfield were then living. Thanks to timely aid given by Uncle William Craig, who was grandfather's older brother, the older girls, Jane and Pauline, were enabled to continue attendance at good girl's schools, and, and, in a few years, became well-fitted to be teachers as their father before them had ben, and both were soon able to help their widowed mother in the support of the younger members of the family." Betty Hughes

Mary (Barfield) Craig did not move to Texas at the same time as her oldest daughter, Eliza, as Mary was still in Winston Co., MS. in the 1850 census living close to her brother Henry Barfield and her father Lewis Barfield. She did move to Texas soon after that census and lived near Henderson Co. With Mary Craig 45 was William 19, John 16, Sarah 14, Matilda 12 and my Louisa 10. My sister said when Mary came to Texas she and her children stayed with John's brother William who owned land in Smith County (or she believes this was what she heard). Mary Barfield Craig could be buried in Smith County, Texas, but not sure.
(Norma Walker Anderson )

Children were:

	i.	Eliza Jane Craig225,228,544 was born on 14 July 1824 in USA, Alabama.537,544 per 1850 Limestone Co. census She appeared in the census on 14 August 1870 in USA, Texas, Henderson Co., Athens PO.544,545 Athens PO, Precinct # 4 242, 242 Colvin, Eliza J 46 Keeping house, 80, 290, Alabama Elizabeth 13 TX, attended school Eudora 7 TX Adair, John C. 24 Farm labor, MS Theodosia E. 14 TX Mary S. 18 TX Craig, Sarah C. 30 AL Gibson, Burrell 8 TX She died on 31 January 1894 at the age of 69 in USA, Texas. Eliza was buried in USA, Texas, Henderson Co., Leagueville Cemetery.544 Beside Jacob Colvin, they share the same headstone. "After her father's death, Jane taught school for awhile in the home neighborhood, then came to this part of the state and took charge of a school not far from where Bethel Church now stands. Her boarding place was on that little rise on the south side of the Jackson road, just beyond the church as you go west. She married Dr. Armel F. Adair, and lived in that vicinity until the latter part of 1846. They then went to Attala Co., and in January 1849 moved to Texas. Jane visited her sister Pauline in the summer of 1848, but then didn't see her again for 44 years when Pauline visited her in her Texas home in 1892. After Dr. Adair's death, Jane with her three little children, lived with her mother and taught school most of the time, and in this way, not only helped to provide for herself and little ones, but educated her younger sisters. After almost three years of widowhood, she married Jacob Colvin. She still taught occasionally, and after Mr. Colvin's death followed this vocation most of the time. In this way she was enabled to give her three Adair children and her two Colvin children a pretty fair common school education. Dora, her youngest child, began when quite young to teach in the public schools, and later attended the high school at Huntsville, Texas." (Paulline Craig Hughes) "Girls married when pretty young a hundred years ago. In 1843, I believe it was, when Jane was about twenty, she married Dr. Armel Adair. She and her husband started their married life in the southern part of Kemper County, near where Jane had been teaching school before marriage. After a few years, they moved to Atalla County, thence to Texas in 1849. Dr. Adair did not live long after reaching Texas. After a few years of widowhood, Jane married a second time. Jacob Colvin was the name of this second husband. He, too, died after only a few years, leaving Jane again a widow with two little ones in addition to the three of hers by the former marriage. Jane resumed her teaching after the death of Mr. Colvin, and followed this occupation for many years. After John's marriage she lived with him most of the time. Her own daughter, Mary Adair, who had married a Mr. Broyles, died when still quite young, leaving three little children. These, with the help of his mother, John undertook to raise in addition to his two little sons. He cared for them as though they were his very own. The boys grew to manhood in John's home, and proved to be useful citizens of the communities where they afterwards lived. The one girl, whose name was Jane, married when very young against the wishes of her uncle and grandmother, and we seem to have lost sight of her." Betty Hughes Courthouse records show that Eliza Jane, after the death of A. F., had to have the property appraised, etc. One of the individuals selected by the court to do this was a William (H?) Craig. (Barbara Crenwelge)
35	ii.	Pauline Craig.
	iii.	Mary Craig was born about 1828. She died in September 1841 at the age of 13.225 Died a few weeks before her father.
	iv.	William "Will" H. Craig225 was born about 1831 in USA, Alabama.546 calculated from 1850 and 1860 census He appeared in the census in 1840. Index 1840 Census, Mississippi William H Craig , Hinds, Mississippi He appeared in the census in 1850 in USA, Mississippi, Winston Co.. 19 yrs, Living with his widowed mother and family. William appeared in the census on 4 July 1860 in USA, Texas, Smith Co., Mt. Vernon Beat.89,537 292, 298 Wm Craig 26 Farmer 500 MS. Jane 20 LA. Laura 6/12 TX. He appeared in the census on 19 July 1870 in USA, Texas, Smith Co., Etna Beat.89 Etna PO 282, 287 Craig, William, 38 Farm labor 0, 160 AL Amanda 27 Keeping house AL Mary 10 TX John 8 TX William 5 TX Martha 2 TX George 8/12 TX He appeared in the census in 1880 in USA, Texas, Henderson Co., District 4.180 Name Relation Marital Status Gender Race Age Birthplace Occupation Father's Birthplace Mother's Birthplace Wm H. CRAIG Self M <Married> Male W <White> 50 MS Farmer NC NC Amanda J. CRAIG Wife M <Married> Female W <White> 37 AL House Keeper AL AL John H. CRAIG Son S <Single> Male W <White> 18 TX Farmer MS AL Wm. J. CRAIG Son S <Single> Male W <White> 14 TX Farmer MS AL Martha J. CRAIG Dau <Daughter> S <Single> Female W <White> 12 TX MS AL George T. CRAIG Son S <Single> Male W <White> 10 TX MS AL Lucy R. CRAIG Sister S <Single> Female W <White> 8 TX MS AL Linnia O. CRAIG Dau <Daughter> S <Single> Female W <White> 5 TX MS AL Charles L. CRAIG Son S <Single> Male W <White> 1 TX MS AL ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------- Source Information: Census Place District 4, Henderson, Texas Family History Library Film 1255310 NA Film Number T9-1310 Page Number 174D William died after 1880 at the age of 49. "William married and had a considerable family, I understand." Aunt Betty Hughes.
	v.	John Craig was born about 1834 in USA, Alabama.546 He died during the Civil War between 1861 and 1865 at the age of 27.225 "John was killed in the Civil War." Aunt Betty Hughes.
	vi.	Sarah C. Craig66,225,537 was born about 1839 in USA, Alabama.546 calculated from 1850, 1860 or 1870 census. She appeared in the census in 1870 in USA, Texas, Smith Co..545 In the 1870 Smith Co. Tx., census, Sarah C. Craig (31 years) is listed living with her married sister Eliza (Jane) Athens PO, Precinct # 4 242, 242 Colvin, Eliza J 46 Keeping house, 80, 290, Alabama Elizabeth 13 TX, attended school Eudora 7 TX Adair, John C. 24 Farm labor, MS Theodosia E. 14 TX Mary S. 18 TX Craig, Sarah C. 30 AL Gibson, Burrell 8 TX She appeared in the census in 1880 in USA, Texas, Van Zandt Co., E.D. 120.180 Sarah is living with her first cousin Henry M. Barfield in 1880. "Mural Gipson" is Sarah's orphaned nephew Burrel, son of E. Matilda (Craig) Gibson. Name Relation Marital Status Gender Race Age Birthplace Occupation Father's Birthplace Mother's Birthplace H. M. BARFIELD Self M Male W 38 MS Farmer NC NC Eliza A. BARFIELD Wife M Female W 30 AL Keeping House MS AL Elen COSSY Niece S Female W 9 TX MS AL Wm. H. COSSY Nephew S Male W 5 TX MS AL Mural GIPSON Other S Male W 18 TX Works On Farm AL MS Sarah CRAIG Other S Female W 37 MS --- --- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------- Source Information: Census Place E.D. 120, Van Zandt, Texas Family History Library Film 1255330 NA Film Number T9-1330 Page Number 37C "Sarah never married." Betty Hughes
	vii.	E. Matilda Craig66,225,537 was born about 1838 in USA, Alabama.546 calculated from 1850 and 1860 census She died about 1862 at the age of 24. " Matilda, who was not yet grown when Grandmother (Mary Barfield Craig) moved to Texas in 1853, married and lived but a short time afterwards. She left an infant son, Burrell Gibson, who was raised by Aunt Jane as her own son".
	viii.	Louisa Anna Craig225,537 was born on 20 November 1841 in USA, Mississippi, Mississippi Springs. She died on 7 October 1887 at the age of 45 in USA, Texas, Henderson Co.. She was buried in Leagueville Cemetery. "Louisa (Aunt "Lou") married a Mr. Gore. Several of her children used to write to us. In recent years, we've lost sight of them too." Betty Hughes From research by Norma Walker Anderson - In a volume of the East Texas Family Records, Spring 1987, Vol. 11 #1 it shows the following: FRIENDSHIP METHODIST CHURCH 1885 The church was located in the present day New Hope Community. The cemetery is still maintained by Mr. & Mrs. Jim G. Stuart, 1927 Montrose Dr., Tyler, Texas. Among the names listed were: JANE COLVIN L. A. Gore (my Louisa Anna Craig Gore) M. P. Gore (my grandmother Mollie P. Gore daughter of Louisa Craig Gore) J. C. ADAIR DORA COLVIN Ida Gore W. L. ADAIR This was in Henderson Co. I believe. These have to be members of the church as my Mollie P. Gore Walker is buried in California, not Texas. This would be a good place to start looking for the Adairs and Colvins.