Person:Lewis Craig (6)

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Rev. Lewis Craig
b.Abt 1740 Orange County, Virginia
d.1825 Minerva, Mason County, Kentucky
Parents and Siblings
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m. Abt 1731
  1. John Craig, Sr.1732 - 1815
  2. Rejoice 'Joyce' Craig1734 - 1817
  3. Tolliver Craig, Jr.1738 - 1819
  4. Rev. Elijah Craig1738 - 1808
  5. Rev. Lewis CraigAbt 1740 - 1825
  6. Rev. Joseph Craig1741 - 1819
  7. Jane CraigAbt 1743 - Abt 1800
  8. Sarah 'Sally' CraigAbt 1748 - Abt 1830
  9. Benjamin Craig1751 - 1822
  10. Jeremiah CraigAbt 1753 -
  11. Elizabeth 'Betsy' CraigAbt 1755 - Bet 1827 & 1830
Spouse and Children
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m. Abt 1758
  1. Catherine CraigAbt 1759 - Aft 1838
  2. Mary CraigAbt 1765 -
  3. Elijah CraigAbt 1771 -
  4. Sarah 'Sally' CraigAbt 1775 -
  5. Maj. Lewis Craig1778 - Abt 1839
  6. Frances CraigAbt 1779 - 1834
  7. John Lewis Craig1783 -
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Facts and Events
Name Rev. Lewis Craig
Gender Male
Birth[3] Abt 1740 Orange County, Virginia
Marriage Abt 1758 Virginiato Elizabeth Sanders
Residence[1] 1781 Fayette County, Kentuckycame with The Traveling Church of Baptists
Death[3] 1825 Minerva, Mason County, Kentucky
References
  1. ↑ Mentioned, in Ranck, George W. The Traveling Church: an account of the Baptist exodus from Virginia to Kentucky in 1781 under the leadership of Rev. Lewis Craig and Captain William Ellis. (Louisville, Kentucky: Press of Baptist Book Concern, 1891).
  2.   Mentioned, in Staples, Charles Richard. The history of pioneer Lexington, Kentucky, 1779-1806. (Lexington, Kentucky: Transylvania Press, 1939).

    [Town Fork Baptist Church, 1779-1806]
    The Baptist Church probably exceeded all other denominations in numbers for many years after the first settlements. A large increase was secured when Elder Lewis Craig left Spottsylvania county, Virginia, in 1781, with his entire congregation, in a caravan that since has been known as "The Traveling Church." Some of these members stopped near Gilbert's creek in what is now Garrard county, but in the following year many of the families removed to South Elkhorn where they erected a church and employed Mr. Lewis Craig as their pastor. Tradition mentions that a large number of Lexington Baptists attended this church, which was the scene of frequent revivals. One letter written from Lexington August 10, 1801, says: "Last Sunday the Association was held at Higbee's six miles from Lexington, where it is said there were 8 to 10,000 persons."

  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Biography, in Kleber, John E. The Kentucky encyclopedia. (Lexington, Kentucky: University Press of Kentucky, c1992).

    Lewis Craig was in born about 1740 in Orange County, Virginia to Toliver Craig and Mary "Polly" Hawkins, daughter of John and Mary Hawkins. While he was pastor of the Upper Spottsylvania Church, he was on several occasions imprisoned for his Baptist beliefs. Lewis Craig, led his congregation of Baptists along with his brothers, John, Joseph and Elijah Craig from Virginia to Kentucky. Stopping along the way to deliver his message, Craig and his followers became know as "the Traveling Church". They settled for a while at Craig's Station, located along David's Fork east of Lexington, Kentucky. The station was established in 1779 primarily to give refuge to Baptist seeking religious freedom.

    Reverend Craig served as pastor of the South Elkhorn Church until 1792. In late 1792 Lewis Craig migrated to the Mason, Bracken County, Kentucky area where he showed his talents as an architect. In 1793 he built the church in Minerva and in 1794 at Washington, Kentucky, Craig built the first courthouse of Mason County. Lewis married Elizabeth Sanders and had children; Frances, Mary "Polly", Sarah "Sally", Elizabeth "Eliza", John, Whitfield, Lewis, Elizabeth and Catherine. Reverend Lewis Craig died in 1825 and is buried in a private plot near Minerva. ...

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