Name |
John Craig |
Title |
Rev. |
Birth |
21 Sep 1710 |
Donegore, Co Antrim, Ulster, Ireland |
Gender |
Male |
Religion |
1740 |
Augusta Stone Church, Augusta Co, Virginia |
established |
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Augusta Stone Church
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Religion |
Between 1 Apr 1761 and 3 Oct 1764 |
Fishersville, Tinkling Spring, Augusta Co, Virginia [1] |
- meeting of the presbytery, held at Tinkling Spring on 1 April 1761, the Reverend Richard Sankey of Buffalo, in Prince Edward County, son-in-law of Reverend John Thomson, was "continued" as moderator of the group. Tinkling Spring continued to be a favored meeting place and the Reverend John Craig also often served as the moderator. However, problems mounted after the end of the French and Indian War in 1763. Craig's original mission included serving the Stone House just north of Beverly Manor, as well asTinkling Spring, with the understanding that he would become a full time pastor for whichever could first afford his services. At the spring meeting held 5 May 1763 at Tinkling Spring, the Stone Meeting House asked for a separati on from Tinkling Spring, with a decision deferred until the next meeting.
At the fall meeting of the presbytery in Cumberland County, 3 October 1764, the first item of business, following "Suplications for Supplies," was that:
Mr Craig is dismissed from the Tinkling Spring, and sustains the pastoral relation as to the Congregation of Stone meeting House only.The elder representing Tinkling Spring at this meeting was John Finley.
http://www.joepayne.org/finley2.html
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Religion |
Aft 3 Oct 1764 |
Congregation of Stone Meeting House, Augusta Co, Virginia [1] |
- At the fall meeting of the presbytery in Cumberland County, 3 October 1764, the first item of business, following "Suplications for Supplies," was that:
Mr Craig is dismissed from the Tinkling Spring, and sustains the pastoral relation as to the Congregation of Stone meeting House only.The elder representing Tinkling Spring at this meeting was John Finley.
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Religion |
Nov 1765 |
Tinkling Spring Church, Augusta Co, Virginia [1] |
farewell sermon |
- Mr. Craig preached his farewell sermon at Tinkling Spring in November 1764.
Wilson, in discussing post war problems of the French and Indian War, summarized the situation succinctly:
Tinkling Spring people, with Rev. John Craig as their pastor, pioneered in the practice of religious freedom in the Colony of Virginia . . .
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Death |
21 Apr 1774 |
Beverley Manor, Augusta Co, Virginia |
Person ID |
I52949 |
Roots |
Last Modified |
4 Jun 2014 |
Family |
Isabella Helena Russell, b. Abt 1730, Co Antrim, Ulster, Ireland d. Aft 1780, Augusta Co, Virginia (Age ~ 51 years) |
Marriage |
11 Jun 1744 |
Augusta Co, Virginia |
Children |
| 1. Jennnett Jane Craig, b. 1743, Nicholas, West Virginia d. 1818, Madison Co, Illinois (Age 75 years) |
| 2. Isabella Helena Craig, b. 29 May 1745, Augusta Co, Virginia d. 1805, Fishersville, Tinkling Spring, Augusta Co, Virginia (Age 59 years) |
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Family ID |
F17338 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
Last Modified |
4 Jun 2014 |