Benjamin Craig, Jr. was born September 21, 1777 in Spotsylvania County, Virginia. He came to Kentucky with his father and the Travelling Church and family legend says he was the "lost baby," a baby that was miraculously recovered after miscommunication caused him to be left behind by the church caravan (If my record of his birthdate is correct, he wouldn't have been much of a baby--more life 5 or 6 years old). In Kentucky he grew to manhood and on January 19, 1800 he married Elizabeth Morris, the daughter of prominent Baptist minister Joshua Morris. Joshua Morris had been the --- minister of the Richmond?? Baptist Church and the second minister of the Ghent Baptist Church. On May 21, 1800 he conveyed a 347 acre tract on Hunter's Bottom to Benjamin,
and Benjamin and his wife lived on the tract for nine years. His sons Robert and Walton were born on Hunter's Bottom. In 1809 Benjamin built a two-story brick house on knoll overlooking the Ohio River east of Port William (Carrollton).
In the War of 1812 Benjamin served in Captain Allen A. Hamilton's Company, Kentucky Mounted Regiment, under Richard M. Johnson, but his records have apparently been mixed with those of his cousin, Lt. Benjamin Craig of Boone County. According to records sent to me by David Raese, Rev. Joshua Morris was the son of John Morris (born 1730, James City Co., Va.) and the grandson of another John Morris (born in England). Joshua Morris would marry four times during his lifetime. His first wife was named Lucy, and they had two children, Robert Morris and Mary Morris (md. Mr. Boone). His second wife was Sarah Walton, the widow of a Mr. Watkins and the sister of a signer of the Declaration of Independence, George Walton of Georgia. Joshua and Sarah had John H. Morris (md. Sarah Hoagland, daughter of Cornelius Hoagland of New Jersey); Elizabeth Morris (md. Benjamin Craig, Jr.), George Morris (died young), and Samuel Morris (died young).
On ------ Sarah Walton Morris died, and she was buried on the Hunter's Bottom farm. In the late 1800's this farm would be owned by Cornelius Deweese, and the farm was eventually sold and a large gravel pit erected there. The old cemetery is viable in old topographical maps, but when it was eventually moved to the base of the hill in the rear of the gravel pit, it was discovered to have forty graves there. Only a few marked stones can be found there, and Sarah's stone is missing. There is a grave marked with a footstone, marked S.M. Rev. Joshua Morris had no children by his third wife, Elizabeth --- or his fourth wife, Margaret "Peggy" Pendleton Slaughter Lightfoot, whom he married in Nelson County, Kentucky, July 2, 1812 (for Slaughter genealogy, see -----). Joshua died ---- and was buried in Nelson County (david raese).
On the night of January 1, 1847, Benjamin, then sixty-nine years old, his son Silas and several other men, got onto a skiff at Vevay Island above Vevay, Indiana, and left for the Kentucky shore. They were never seen again. In a letter published in the Louisville Journal, January 4, 1847, pg.2, c.4, his sons sought the recovery of their bodies: "....wind was very high." Stones were erected in the field east of the house, by the graves of his daughter Sarah Craig O'Neal and Issac Craig. Family legend says that before Benjamin Craig was discovered to be lost, a servant entered his bedroom to find two mourning doves nestled on Elizabeth's pillow, and that thereafter Elizabeth would spend the anniversary of her husband's death alone in her bedroom. It's said that in her later years, Elizabeth kept a room in each of her sons' homes, and would alternate where she lived. She died of -----, on March 20, 1856, at the Albert Gallatin Craig house, and was listed in the Gallatin County Vital Statistics. A portrait of her hung in the parlor of Albert Craig for many years, and recently a couple of photographs of her have been rediscovered.
Another tragedy occurred in the house in 1886, when the house was owned by Confederate veteran Captain Thomas Barrett. In an upstairs bedroom, perhaps the same bedroom that Benjamin and Elizabeth used, Barrett's governess, Laura Harwood, was shot by a young Barrett relative, William Fuqua Whitehead, who then killed himself.
The current owner of the home, ----- Harris, believes the house to be haunted and says bloodstains are still to be found on the stairs and the floor of the bedroom. The house was later owned by Sen. Perry Gaines, the brother of Carrie Gaines who married Benjamin Craig, Jr.'s grandson Virginius T. Craig. It was apparently during his ownership that a large portion was added to the rear of the house, and the two-story portico replaced by columns and a pediment. The Gaines heirs operated a Drive-in movie theater in the 1960's, and sold the farm to Dow Corning Chemical
plant. Dow Corning later sold the home to Owen Harris, a Craig and Sanders descendant and the son of Thomas Oscar Harris, a state senator and agriculture commissioner. Rosalyn Carter spoke at a rally at the house during the 1976 presidential campaign. The house is currently threatened by Dow Corning's expansion plans.
Father: BENJAMIN CRAIG b: MAY 30 1751 in Ceder Run, Culpepper Co., Virginia
Mother: Nancy "Ann" Sturman b: 00 1753 in Virginia
Marriage 1 Elizabeth Walton Morris b: 00 1781 in Virginia
* Married: JAN 19 1800
Children
•1. Robert Watkins Craig b: JUL 24 1801 in Hunter's Bottom, now Carroll Co.
•2. Walton Craig b: JUL 29 1803 in Hunter's Bottom, now Carroll County, Ky
•3. John Anderson Craig b: CIR ___ 00 1806 in prob. at Riverview, east of Carrollton
•4. Albert Gallatin Craig b: APR 01 1807 in Riverview, Gallatin Co., Kentucky
•5. Sarah Craig b: CIR ___ 00 1809 in prob at "Riverview," east of Carrollton.
• 6. Benjamin Franklin "B. F." Craig b: DEC 26 1814 in prob. at "Riverview," west of Carrollton
•7. Elizabeth Morris Craig b: JUN 25 1816 in Carroll County, Kentucky
•8. Issac Craig b: CIR ___ 00 1824
•9. Silas Craig
•10. Mary Craig
•11. Joshua Morris "Dot" Craig b: 00 1825 in prob. at "Riverview"
and Benjamin and his wife lived on the tract for nine years. His sons Robert and Walton were born on Hunter's Bottom. In 1809 Benjamin built a two-story brick house on knoll overlooking the Ohio River east of Port William (Carrollton).
In the War of 1812 Benjamin served in Captain Allen A. Hamilton's Company, Kentucky Mounted Regiment, under Richard M. Johnson, but his records have apparently been mixed with those of his cousin, Lt. Benjamin Craig of Boone County. According to records sent to me by David Raese, Rev. Joshua Morris was the son of John Morris (born 1730, James City Co., Va.) and the grandson of another John Morris (born in England). Joshua Morris would marry four times during his lifetime. His first wife was named Lucy, and they had two children, Robert Morris and Mary Morris (md. Mr. Boone). His second wife was Sarah Walton, the widow of a Mr. Watkins and the sister of a signer of the Declaration of Independence, George Walton of Georgia. Joshua and Sarah had John H. Morris (md. Sarah Hoagland, daughter of Cornelius Hoagland of New Jersey); Elizabeth Morris (md. Benjamin Craig, Jr.), George Morris (died young), and Samuel Morris (died young).
On ------ Sarah Walton Morris died, and she was buried on the Hunter's Bottom farm. In the late 1800's this farm would be owned by Cornelius Deweese, and the farm was eventually sold and a large gravel pit erected there. The old cemetery is viable in old topographical maps, but when it was eventually moved to the base of the hill in the rear of the gravel pit, it was discovered to have forty graves there. Only a few marked stones can be found there, and Sarah's stone is missing. There is a grave marked with a footstone, marked S.M. Rev. Joshua Morris had no children by his third wife, Elizabeth --- or his fourth wife, Margaret "Peggy" Pendleton Slaughter Lightfoot, whom he married in Nelson County, Kentucky, July 2, 1812 (for Slaughter genealogy, see -----). Joshua died ---- and was buried in Nelson County (david raese).
On the night of January 1, 1847, Benjamin, then sixty-nine years old, his son Silas and several other men, got onto a skiff at Vevay Island above Vevay, Indiana, and left for the Kentucky shore. They were never seen again. In a letter published in the Louisville Journal, January 4, 1847, pg.2, c.4, his sons sought the recovery of their bodies: "....wind was very high." Stones were erected in the field east of the house, by the graves of his daughter Sarah Craig O'Neal and Issac Craig. Family legend says that before Benjamin Craig was discovered to be lost, a servant entered his bedroom to find two mourning doves nestled on Elizabeth's pillow, and that thereafter Elizabeth would spend the anniversary of her husband's death alone in her bedroom. It's said that in her later years, Elizabeth kept a room in each of her sons' homes, and would alternate where she lived. She died of -----, on March 20, 1856, at the Albert Gallatin Craig house, and was listed in the Gallatin County Vital Statistics. A portrait of her hung in the parlor of Albert Craig for many years, and recently a couple of photographs of her have been rediscovered.
Another tragedy occurred in the house in 1886, when the house was owned by Confederate veteran Captain Thomas Barrett. In an upstairs bedroom, perhaps the same bedroom that Benjamin and Elizabeth used, Barrett's governess, Laura Harwood, was shot by a young Barrett relative, William Fuqua Whitehead, who then killed himself.
The current owner of the home, ----- Harris, believes the house to be haunted and says bloodstains are still to be found on the stairs and the floor of the bedroom. The house was later owned by Sen. Perry Gaines, the brother of Carrie Gaines who married Benjamin Craig, Jr.'s grandson Virginius T. Craig. It was apparently during his ownership that a large portion was added to the rear of the house, and the two-story portico replaced by columns and a pediment. The Gaines heirs operated a Drive-in movie theater in the 1960's, and sold the farm to Dow Corning Chemical
plant. Dow Corning later sold the home to Owen Harris, a Craig and Sanders descendant and the son of Thomas Oscar Harris, a state senator and agriculture commissioner. Rosalyn Carter spoke at a rally at the house during the 1976 presidential campaign. The house is currently threatened by Dow Corning's expansion plans.
Father: BENJAMIN CRAIG b: MAY 30 1751 in Ceder Run, Culpepper Co., Virginia
Mother: Nancy "Ann" Sturman b: 00 1753 in Virginia
Marriage 1 Elizabeth Walton Morris b: 00 1781 in Virginia
* Married: JAN 19 1800
Children
•1. Robert Watkins Craig b: JUL 24 1801 in Hunter's Bottom, now Carroll Co.
•2. Walton Craig b: JUL 29 1803 in Hunter's Bottom, now Carroll County, Ky
•3. John Anderson Craig b: CIR ___ 00 1806 in prob. at Riverview, east of Carrollton
•4. Albert Gallatin Craig b: APR 01 1807 in Riverview, Gallatin Co., Kentucky
•5. Sarah Craig b: CIR ___ 00 1809 in prob at "Riverview," east of Carrollton.
• 6. Benjamin Franklin "B. F." Craig b: DEC 26 1814 in prob. at "Riverview," west of Carrollton
•7. Elizabeth Morris Craig b: JUN 25 1816 in Carroll County, Kentucky
•8. Issac Craig b: CIR ___ 00 1824
•9. Silas Craig
•10. Mary Craig
•11. Joshua Morris "Dot" Craig b: 00 1825 in prob. at "Riverview"
Benjamin Craig, Jr. was born September 21, 1777 in Spotsylvania County, Virginia. He came to Kentucky with his father and the Travelling Church and family legend says he was the "lost baby," a baby that was miraculously recovered after miscommunication caused him to be left behind by the church caravan (If my record of his birthdate is correct, he wouldn't have been much of a baby--more life 5 or 6 years old). In Kentucky he grew to manhood and on January 19, 1800 he married Elizabeth Morris, the daughter of prominent Baptist minister Joshua Morris. Joshua Morris had been the --- minister of the Richmond?? Baptist Church and the second minister of the Ghent Baptist Church. On May 21, 1800 he conveyed a 347 acre tract on Hunter's Bottom to Benjamin,
and Benjamin and his wife lived on the tract for nine years. His sons Robert and Walton were born on Hunter's Bottom. In 1809 Benjamin built a two-story brick house on knoll overlooking the Ohio River east of Port William (Carrollton).
In the War of 1812 Benjamin served in Captain Allen A. Hamilton's Company, Kentucky Mounted Regiment, under Richard M. Johnson, but his records have apparently been mixed with those of his cousin, Lt. Benjamin Craig of Boone County. According to records sent to me by David Raese, Rev. Joshua Morris was the son of John Morris (born 1730, James City Co., Va.) and the grandson of another John Morris (born in England). Joshua Morris would marry four times during his lifetime. His first wife was named Lucy, and they had two children, Robert Morris and Mary Morris (md. Mr. Boone). His second wife was Sarah Walton, the widow of a Mr. Watkins and the sister of a signer of the Declaration of Independence, George Walton of Georgia. Joshua and Sarah had John H. Morris (md. Sarah Hoagland, daughter of Cornelius Hoagland of New Jersey); Elizabeth Morris (md. Benjamin Craig, Jr.), George Morris (died young), and Samuel Morris (died young).
On ------ Sarah Walton Morris died, and she was buried on the Hunter's Bottom farm. In the late 1800's this farm would be owned by Cornelius Deweese, and the farm was eventually sold and a large gravel pit erected there. The old cemetery is viable in old topographical maps, but when it was eventually moved to the base of the hill in the rear of the gravel pit, it was discovered to have forty graves there. Only a few marked stones can be found there, and Sarah's stone is missing. There is a grave marked with a footstone, marked S.M. Rev. Joshua Morris had no children by his third wife, Elizabeth --- or his fourth wife, Margaret "Peggy" Pendleton Slaughter Lightfoot, whom he married in Nelson County, Kentucky, July 2, 1812 (for Slaughter genealogy, see -----). Joshua died ---- and was buried in Nelson County (david raese).
On the night of January 1, 1847, Benjamin, then sixty-nine years old, his son Silas and several other men, got onto a skiff at Vevay Island above Vevay, Indiana, and left for the Kentucky shore. They were never seen again. In a letter published in the Louisville Journal, January 4, 1847, pg.2, c.4, his sons sought the recovery of their bodies: "....wind was very high." Stones were erected in the field east of the house, by the graves of his daughter Sarah Craig O'Neal and Issac Craig. Family legend says that before Benjamin Craig was discovered to be lost, a servant entered his bedroom to find two mourning doves nestled on Elizabeth's pillow, and that thereafter Elizabeth would spend the anniversary of her husband's death alone in her bedroom. It's said that in her later years, Elizabeth kept a room in each of her sons' homes, and would alternate where she lived. She died of -----, on March 20, 1856, at the Albert Gallatin Craig house, and was listed in the Gallatin County Vital Statistics. A portrait of her hung in the parlor of Albert Craig for many years, and recently a couple of photographs of her have been rediscovered.
Another tragedy occurred in the house in 1886, when the house was owned by Confederate veteran Captain Thomas Barrett. In an upstairs bedroom, perhaps the same bedroom that Benjamin and Elizabeth used, Barrett's governess, Laura Harwood, was shot by a young Barrett relative, William Fuqua Whitehead, who then killed himself.
The current owner of the home, ----- Harris, believes the house to be haunted and says bloodstains are still to be found on the stairs and the floor of the bedroom. The house was later owned by Sen. Perry Gaines, the brother of Carrie Gaines who married Benjamin Craig, Jr.'s grandson Virginius T. Craig. It was apparently during his ownership that a large portion was added to the rear of the house, and the two-story portico replaced by columns and a pediment. The Gaines heirs operated a Drive-in movie theater in the 1960's, and sold the farm to Dow Corning Chemical
plant. Dow Corning later sold the home to Owen Harris, a Craig and Sanders descendant and the son of Thomas Oscar Harris, a state senator and agriculture commissioner. Rosalyn Carter spoke at a rally at the house during the 1976 presidential campaign. The house is currently threatened by Dow Corning's expansion plans.
Father: BENJAMIN CRAIG b: MAY 30 1751 in Ceder Run, Culpepper Co., Virginia
Mother: Nancy "Ann" Sturman b: 00 1753 in Virginia
Marriage 1 Elizabeth Walton Morris b: 00 1781 in Virginia
* Married: JAN 19 1800
Children
•1. Robert Watkins Craig b: JUL 24 1801 in Hunter's Bottom, now Carroll Co.
•2. Walton Craig b: JUL 29 1803 in Hunter's Bottom, now Carroll County, Ky
•3. John Anderson Craig b: CIR ___ 00 1806 in prob. at Riverview, east of Carrollton
•4. Albert Gallatin Craig b: APR 01 1807 in Riverview, Gallatin Co., Kentucky
•5. Sarah Craig b: CIR ___ 00 1809 in prob at "Riverview," east of Carrollton.
• 6. Benjamin Franklin "B. F." Craig b: DEC 26 1814 in prob. at "Riverview," west of Carrollton
•7. Elizabeth Morris Craig b: JUN 25 1816 in Carroll County, Kentucky
•8. Issac Craig b: CIR ___ 00 1824
•9. Silas Craig
•10. Mary Craig
•11. Joshua Morris "Dot" Craig b: 00 1825 in prob. at "Riverview"
and Benjamin and his wife lived on the tract for nine years. His sons Robert and Walton were born on Hunter's Bottom. In 1809 Benjamin built a two-story brick house on knoll overlooking the Ohio River east of Port William (Carrollton).
In the War of 1812 Benjamin served in Captain Allen A. Hamilton's Company, Kentucky Mounted Regiment, under Richard M. Johnson, but his records have apparently been mixed with those of his cousin, Lt. Benjamin Craig of Boone County. According to records sent to me by David Raese, Rev. Joshua Morris was the son of John Morris (born 1730, James City Co., Va.) and the grandson of another John Morris (born in England). Joshua Morris would marry four times during his lifetime. His first wife was named Lucy, and they had two children, Robert Morris and Mary Morris (md. Mr. Boone). His second wife was Sarah Walton, the widow of a Mr. Watkins and the sister of a signer of the Declaration of Independence, George Walton of Georgia. Joshua and Sarah had John H. Morris (md. Sarah Hoagland, daughter of Cornelius Hoagland of New Jersey); Elizabeth Morris (md. Benjamin Craig, Jr.), George Morris (died young), and Samuel Morris (died young).
On ------ Sarah Walton Morris died, and she was buried on the Hunter's Bottom farm. In the late 1800's this farm would be owned by Cornelius Deweese, and the farm was eventually sold and a large gravel pit erected there. The old cemetery is viable in old topographical maps, but when it was eventually moved to the base of the hill in the rear of the gravel pit, it was discovered to have forty graves there. Only a few marked stones can be found there, and Sarah's stone is missing. There is a grave marked with a footstone, marked S.M. Rev. Joshua Morris had no children by his third wife, Elizabeth --- or his fourth wife, Margaret "Peggy" Pendleton Slaughter Lightfoot, whom he married in Nelson County, Kentucky, July 2, 1812 (for Slaughter genealogy, see -----). Joshua died ---- and was buried in Nelson County (david raese).
On the night of January 1, 1847, Benjamin, then sixty-nine years old, his son Silas and several other men, got onto a skiff at Vevay Island above Vevay, Indiana, and left for the Kentucky shore. They were never seen again. In a letter published in the Louisville Journal, January 4, 1847, pg.2, c.4, his sons sought the recovery of their bodies: "....wind was very high." Stones were erected in the field east of the house, by the graves of his daughter Sarah Craig O'Neal and Issac Craig. Family legend says that before Benjamin Craig was discovered to be lost, a servant entered his bedroom to find two mourning doves nestled on Elizabeth's pillow, and that thereafter Elizabeth would spend the anniversary of her husband's death alone in her bedroom. It's said that in her later years, Elizabeth kept a room in each of her sons' homes, and would alternate where she lived. She died of -----, on March 20, 1856, at the Albert Gallatin Craig house, and was listed in the Gallatin County Vital Statistics. A portrait of her hung in the parlor of Albert Craig for many years, and recently a couple of photographs of her have been rediscovered.
Another tragedy occurred in the house in 1886, when the house was owned by Confederate veteran Captain Thomas Barrett. In an upstairs bedroom, perhaps the same bedroom that Benjamin and Elizabeth used, Barrett's governess, Laura Harwood, was shot by a young Barrett relative, William Fuqua Whitehead, who then killed himself.
The current owner of the home, ----- Harris, believes the house to be haunted and says bloodstains are still to be found on the stairs and the floor of the bedroom. The house was later owned by Sen. Perry Gaines, the brother of Carrie Gaines who married Benjamin Craig, Jr.'s grandson Virginius T. Craig. It was apparently during his ownership that a large portion was added to the rear of the house, and the two-story portico replaced by columns and a pediment. The Gaines heirs operated a Drive-in movie theater in the 1960's, and sold the farm to Dow Corning Chemical
plant. Dow Corning later sold the home to Owen Harris, a Craig and Sanders descendant and the son of Thomas Oscar Harris, a state senator and agriculture commissioner. Rosalyn Carter spoke at a rally at the house during the 1976 presidential campaign. The house is currently threatened by Dow Corning's expansion plans.
Father: BENJAMIN CRAIG b: MAY 30 1751 in Ceder Run, Culpepper Co., Virginia
Mother: Nancy "Ann" Sturman b: 00 1753 in Virginia
Marriage 1 Elizabeth Walton Morris b: 00 1781 in Virginia
* Married: JAN 19 1800
Children
•1. Robert Watkins Craig b: JUL 24 1801 in Hunter's Bottom, now Carroll Co.
•2. Walton Craig b: JUL 29 1803 in Hunter's Bottom, now Carroll County, Ky
•3. John Anderson Craig b: CIR ___ 00 1806 in prob. at Riverview, east of Carrollton
•4. Albert Gallatin Craig b: APR 01 1807 in Riverview, Gallatin Co., Kentucky
•5. Sarah Craig b: CIR ___ 00 1809 in prob at "Riverview," east of Carrollton.
• 6. Benjamin Franklin "B. F." Craig b: DEC 26 1814 in prob. at "Riverview," west of Carrollton
•7. Elizabeth Morris Craig b: JUN 25 1816 in Carroll County, Kentucky
•8. Issac Craig b: CIR ___ 00 1824
•9. Silas Craig
•10. Mary Craig
•11. Joshua Morris "Dot" Craig b: 00 1825 in prob. at "Riverview"
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