Eighth Generation

140. Rev. John CRAIG\CRAGG Sr.^{363,545,546,547,548} was born about 1772 in USA, South Carolina. [NEED TO DEFINE SENTENCE: Tax List]⁵⁴⁹ Craig John 0547(alphabetical list)
0547 Craig John Crage? See 1809 Intruder Lists and 1810 Sims Petition

He appeared in the census in 1820.⁵⁵⁰ This is a possiblity? -
Tennessee, Smith Co
364, Craig, John 000101 02001
1 male 16-26
1 male 45+
2 females 10-16
1 female 45+
364, Craig, James 100010 40010
1 male under 10
1 male 26-45
4 females under 10
1 female 26-45
366, Craig, John Jun. 100010 10010
1 male under 10
1 male 26-45
1 female under 10
1 male 26-45 He signed a will in 1839 in USA, Alabama, DeKalb Co.. Sources:
Title: Craig, John - Will, 1839
Author: DeKalb Co. Alabama Will Record A
Repository:
Family History Center
Call Number: Film #1035188 - LDS
Media: Census
Page: pp. 5-7
He died after 1839 in USA, Alabama, DeKalb Co. (prob.). " John Craig and his wife, Jane Miller, were born in South Carolina of Scotch ancestry, and were strict members of the old Scotch Presbyterian Church. After becoming acquainted with the Methodists they found that something more than the mere form of Godliness was necessary to Salvation, and after having sought and found "The pearl of great price", John was called to preach. About the year 1805 he went to Tennessee and was a member of the Holston Conference until his death in 1841. He devoted almost his entire time to his work as a travelling preacher.
When Jane died John married again in 1832 to Caroline Mary. He was then about sixty years old and his bride only twenty. Of this union were born one son, Isaac Easterling, and one daughter, Mary.
The old Scotch way of spelling Cragg (pronounced Craig) was followed by our South Carolina ancestry for many years - but the present mode (Craig) is, now almost universally used."
(Pauline Craig Hughes)
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Rev. John Craig went to preach in Pisgah in Giles Co., Tennessee in 1811 (Carden). This was frontier country then and the Methodist church was sending it's missionarys to help establish the church in the new settlements. The Methodists and Primitive Baptists also pioneered in Perry Co., Tennessee. Rev. John Craig, of the Methodist Church, was the first minister that preached in the county, beginning his labors in 1818-19. The leading religious denominations now in the county are the Methodists, Christians and Primitive Baptists.

John Cragg is mentioned in "A History of Methodism in Alabama" by Rev. Anson West, D.D.
"After the Rev. Thomas Stillwell came the Rev. John CRAGG and the Rev. Alson J. Waters for 1821. The Rev. Alson J. Waters had just been received on trial in the Tennessee Conference, and was discontinued at the close of the year. The Rev. John Cragg was received on trial by the Western Conference at the close of the Conference year 1807. In due course he was admitted into full connection and ordained deacon and elder. For the year 1815 he was on Flint Circuit, and for 1821 on Shoal Circuit, so that two years of his ministry were given to Alabama. From 1825 till 1840 he was a member of the Holston Conference. He was thirty-three years an itinerant preacher and twenty-eight of these years he was effective. This was a long service and he filled many important appointments. He died in 1840."

Rev. John CRAIG\CRAGG Sr. and Jane MILLER were married about 1792.

141. Jane MILLER⁵⁵¹ died in 1819. She was born in USA, South Carolina. "Jane was a true helpmate and considered no sacrifice on her part too great if thereby through her husband's ministry, souls were won to Christ. She bore six children. Three died in infancy."

Jane probably came from a Miller family that resided in Lancaster, SC during 1790, as that is the location of John Craig's parents at that time. Geo Miller, Jno Miller are enumerated on the same page as Wm Cragg (John's father), and several other Miller families in the Lancaster area are on nearby pages. Children were:

	i.	William CRAIG175,552 was born before 1800.172 He is older than his brother John. He died in 1854 in USA, Texas.175 "As his father devoted almost his entire time to his work as a travelling preacher, the care of the family devolved principally upon the oldest son, William. William never married and upon his baby brother, John Craig, he bestowed all the warmth of his loving, generous heart. He took great interest in the education of the younger brother, and being a good English scholar himself, assisted him in every possible way, also arranging for him to take a classical course. William went from Tennessee to Alabama about 1822 and later his brother John followed him there. They lived awhile near Nanofolia before going to Marengo County. William made his home with his younger brother John a good part of the time until John's death. He then went to Louisiana and finally to Texas where he resided with John's widow and her children until his death in 1854." (Pauline Craig Hughes) William The brother of John founded with others the First Methodist Church In Tyler, Tx. (Steve Craig)
	ii.	Samuel CRAIG was born before 1800. He died in 1826 in USA, Tennessee.175 Samuel, the second son, lived in Tennessee until his death which occurred in 1826. He left a wife and one son, John Henry Craig. His little girl died about two weeks before him. In 1839, John Henry was living in North Alabama. His post office was Florence, Alabama. John Henry was about five years older than his cousin Pauline Craig.
70	iii.	Dr. John CRAIG.