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Joseph B Craft 1816–1886 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 7 December 1816

Birth Location: Rockhouse, Pike County, Kentucky, United States of America

Death Date: 5 December 1886

Death Location: Laurel County, Kentucky, United States of America

Father: James Craft

Mother: Druscilla Craft

Spouse(s): Martha None

Children(s): John Craft, Sarah Craft, James Craft, Martha Craft, Mary Craft, Joseph Craft, Eliza Craft, Nancy Craft, Robert Craft, Morgan Craft, Pearl Craft, Elizabeth Craft, Drusilla Craft

In 1816, Joseph B Craft entered the world in Rockhouse, Pike County, Kentucky, United States of America, born to James Washington Craft And Druscilla Hammons Craft. In 1860, Joseph B Craft resided in District, Whitesburg, Letcher, Kentucky, USA. Joseph B Craft married Martha, and had children including Drusilla Craft, Eliza Jane Craft, Elizabeth Virginia Craft, James W Craft, John Henderson Craft, Joseph Aston Craft, Martha Minerva Craft, Mary Magdeline Craft, Morgan Tennyson Craft, Nancy Jane Craft, Pearl Craft, Robert Brock Craft, Sarah Craft. Joseph B Craft passed away in 1886 in Laurel County, Kentucky, United States of America.

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Biography

  • In 1816, Joseph B Craft entered the world in Rockhouse, Pike County, Kentucky, United States of America, born to James Washington Craft And Druscilla Hammons Craft.
  • In 1860, Joseph B Craft resided in District, Whitesburg, Letcher, Kentucky, USA.
  • Joseph B Craft married Martha, and had children including Drusilla Craft, Eliza Jane Craft, Elizabeth Virginia Craft, James W Craft, John Henderson Craft, Joseph Aston Craft, Martha Minerva Craft, Mary Magdeline Craft, Morgan Tennyson Craft, Nancy Jane Craft, Pearl Craft, Robert Brock Craft, Sarah Craft.
  • Joseph B Craft passed away in 1886 in Laurel County, Kentucky, United States of America.

Immediate Family

Parents

James Craft
1790–1867
Birth Location: Harris Creek, Wilkes, North Carolina, USA
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Druscilla Craft
1790–1867
Birth Location: Roaring River, Wilkes, North Carolina, United States
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Spouses(s)

Martha None
1816–1885
Birth Location: Washington County, Virginia, USA
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Children(s)

John Craft
1834–1920
Birth Location: Boone Fork River, Perry County, Kentucky, USA
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Sarah Craft
1837–1898
Birth Location: Rockhouse, Pike, Kentucky, USA
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James Craft
1841–1870
Birth Location: Whitesburg, Letcher, Kentucky, USA
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Martha Craft
1845–1936
Birth Location: Whitesburg, Letcher County, Kentucky, USA
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Mary Craft
1848–1938
Birth Location: Whitesburg, Letcher County, Kentucky, USA
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Joseph Craft
1849–1929
Birth Location: Whitesburg, Letcher, Kentucky, United States
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Eliza Craft
1853–1921
Birth Location: Whitesburg, Letcher, Kentucky, USA
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Nancy Craft
1856–1950
Birth Location: Whitesburg, Letcher, Kentucky, USA
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Robert Craft
1860–1901
Birth Location: Letcher, Letcher, Kentucky, United States
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Morgan Craft
1862–1888
Birth Location: Whitesburg, Letcher, Kentucky, United States
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Pearl Craft
1836–
Birth Location: Whitesburg, Letcher, Kentucky, USA
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Elizabeth Craft
1855–1855
Birth Location: Whitesburg, Letcher, Kentucky, United States
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Drusilla Craft
1838–1875
Birth Location: Whitesburg, Letcher, Kentucky, USA
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Joseph Craft's Ancestors

Self
Joseph Craft
1816–1886
Birth Place: Rockhouse, Pike County, Kentucky, United States of America
Parents
James Washington Craft
1790–1867
Harris Creek, Wilkes, North Carolina, USA
Druscilla (Hammons) Craft
1790–1867
Roaring River, Wilkes, North Carolina, United States
Grandparents
Archelous Craft
1749–1853
Roaring River, Rowan, North Carolina, USA
Elizabeth ("Betsy") Adams
1770–1810
Loudoun, Virginia, United States
Joseph (Ambrose) Hammons
1763–1867
Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA
Sarah (Ann (Catherine)) Collins
1767–1850
Westmoreland, Westmoreland, Pennsylvania, USA
Great-Grandparents
James Craft
1714–1793
Sarah Craft
1730–1818
John II
1747–1815
Nancy Caudill
1752–1785
Rupert Collins
1742–1791
Tecumpolas Pukeshenwa
1746–1772
2nd-Great-Grandparents
John Craft
1699–1735
Mary Holderness
1698–1738
REV. HAMMON
1702–1793
SARAH PARSONS
1710–1793
John Sr
1727–1804
Mary Adams
1730–1803
Pvt. Caudill
1730–1771
Mary Caudill
1734–1790
John Collins
1717–1795
Elizabeth Major
1715–1810
Alexander Capt.
1720–1774
Sewatha-Sarah Opessa
1726–1768

Joseph Craft's Descendants

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Joseph (B) Craft (7 December 1816–5 December 1886) m. Martha (11 Dec 1816–18 Apr 1885)
  1. 1. John (Henderson) Craft 1834–1920
  2. 2. Sarah Craft 1837–1898
    1. 1. Nancy (Jane) Mullins 1863–1904
      1. 1. Joseph (Smith) Horne 1883–1963
        1. 1. Leslie (Lee) Horne 1919–2000
      2. 2. Minerva Adington 1882–1970
        1. 1. Mabel (Violet) Montgomery 1914–2006
    2. 2. Drucilla Mullins 1860–1935
    3. 3. Elizabeth (Mullins) _## 1855–1923
    4. 4. Mary (Polly Ann) Mullins 1857–1929
    5. 5. Elizabeth Greer 1855–1923
      1. 1. Franklin Greer 1879–1964
        1. 1. Joy Greer 1917–1942
        2. 2. Mary (Frances) Greer 1903–1980
        3. 3. Virginia (Dare) Greer 1923–1979
      2. 2. Joseph (Nathan) Greer 1886–1977
        1. 1. Joseph (Nathan Greer) Jr 1921–1977
    6. 6. Joseph (Syphus) Mullins 1865–1934
    7. 7. Minerva Mullins 1868–1953
    8. 8. John (Morgan) Mullins 1872–1958
    9. 9. Martha (Alifair) Mullins 1873–1920
    10. 10. Robert (Lee) Mullins 1877–1965
    11. 11. John (Henry) Mullins 1878–1913
  3. 3. James (W) Craft 1841–1870
  4. 4. Martha (Minerva) Craft 1845–1936
    1. 1. John (Calvin) Fouts 1870–1959
      1. 1. Samuel (Joseph) Fouts 1907–1970
        1. 1. Frank (Fouts) Sr 1932–1993
        2. 2. Jack (Ronald) Fouts 1934–2000
    2. 2. Samantha (Martha Fouts) (Rawlings) 1881–1955
      1. 1. George (Fouts) Rawlings 1909–1998
  5. 5. Mary (Magdeline) Craft 1848–1938
    1. 1. Betty (Jane) Mullins 1876–1926
      1. 1. Rufus Webb 1909–1998
      2. 2. Westina (Martha) Webb 1916–2008
      3. 3. Denver Webb 1920–1990
      4. 4. Janie (Geneva) McGlothlin 1905–1996
    2. 2. Joshua Mullins 1874–1957
      1. 1. Dolly Mullins 1921–1990
      2. 2. Vernie (Lee) Gilliam 1904–1990
      3. 3. John (Worwick Daniel) Mullins 1923–1990
    3. 3. Jurusia (A.) Mullins 1873–1959
      1. 1. Harold (Bryan White) Damron 1907–1950
    4. 4. Martha (Westina) Mullins 1878–1945
      1. 1. Bessie (Belle) Hand 1906–1998
      2. 2. Bryan (Patrick) Ausbun 1909–1976
      3. 3. Alice (Westina) AUSBUN 1912–1974 m. Theodore (R) Fisher 1908–
      4. 4. James (Harmon) Ausbun 1898–1981
        1. 1. James (H J) Ausbur 1924–
        2. 2. Freda (Ann) Ausbun –2023
    5. 5. Mary (Mae) Mullins 1885–1978
      1. 1. Percy (Arnold) Elkins 1907–1997
      2. 2. Goldie (Iona) Elkins 1906–1995
      3. 3. Flora (Jane) Belcher 1909–1989
      4. 4. Nona (Marie) Elkins 1916–2002
  6. 6. Joseph (Aston) Craft 1849–1929
  7. 7. Eliza (Jane) Craft 1853–1921 m. John (C) Reynolds 1851–
    1. 1. Martha (J) Reynolds 1872–
    2. 2. Mary (C) Reynolds 1874–
    3. 3. Joseph (H) Reynolds 1877–
      1. 1. John (C) Reynolds 1897–1968
      2. 2. Henry (Mack) Reynolds 1905–
    4. 4. Noah (Milburn) Reynolds 1879–1955 m. Lou Reynolds 1884–
      1. 1. lou (Ellen) Carpenter 1902–1997
        1. 1. Calvin (Milburn) Carpenter 1924–1992
    5. 5. Sarah Reynolds 1887–
    6. 6. John (C) Reynolds 1890–
    7. 7. Nancy Hensley 1894–1894
    8. 8. Harvey (George) Hensley 1896–1961
      1. 1. Janet Hensley 1942–2011
      2. 2. Ray (Clark) Hensley 1930–2000
    9. 9. Emma (O) Reynolds 1882–
      1. 1. Lena (Pearl) Pedigo 1905–1993
        1. 1. Elizabeth Tallman 1922–1973
        2. 2. Dorothy Parks 1924–2011
    10. 10. Morgan (T) Reynolds 1885–
    11. 11. Fred Hensley 1882–
    12. 12. James (B) Hensley 1884–
    13. 13. Lizzie Hensley 1888–
  8. 8. Nancy (Jane) Craft 1856–1950
  9. 9. Robert (Brock) Craft 1860–1901
  10. 10. Morgan (Tennyson) Craft 1862–1888
    1. 1. Joseph (Walton Craft) Sr 1886–1958
      1. 1. Margaret (Pearl) Craft 1914–2005
  11. 11. Pearl Craft 1836–
  12. 12. Elizabeth (Virginia) Craft 1855–1855
  13. 13. Drusilla Craft 1838–1875

Joseph Craft's Timeline

6 Records

1816
7 Dec 1816
Birth of Joseph B Craft in Pike, Kentucky, United States
Pike, Kentucky, United States
1816
7 December 1816
Birth of Joseph B Craft in Rockhouse, Pike County, Kentucky, United States of America
Rockhouse, Pike County, Kentucky, United States of America
1860
1860
Age 44
Joseph B Craft resided here in District, Whitesburg, Letcher, Kentucky, USA
District, Whitesburg, Letcher, Kentucky, USA
1870
1870
Age 54
Joseph B Craft resided here in Precinct 2, Whitesburg, Letcher, Kentucky, USA
Precinct 2, Whitesburg, Letcher, Kentucky, USA
1886
5 Dec 1886
Age 70
Death of Joseph B Craft in Whitesburg, Letcher, Kentucky, United States
Whitesburg, Letcher, Kentucky, United States
1886
5 December 1886
Age 70
Death of Joseph B Craft in Whitesburg, Letcher County, Kentucky, United States of America
Whitesburg, Letcher County, Kentucky, United States of America

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 7 Dec 1816
    Event Place: Pike, Kentucky, United States
    Record Source:
    [1] 1860 United States Federal Census, The National Archives in Washington D.C.; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census; Record Group Number: 29; Series Number: M653; Residence Date: 1860; Home in 1860: District, Letcher, Kentucky; Roll: M653_381; Page: 688; Family History Library Fi
    [2] U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 7 December 1816
    Event Place: Rockhouse, Pike County, Kentucky, United States of America
    Record Source:
    [1] Ancestry Family Trees, Ancestry Family Tree
    [2] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1860
    Event Place: District, Whitesburg, Letcher, Kentucky, USA
    Record Source: 1860 United States Federal Census, The National Archives in Washington D.C.; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census; Record Group Number: 29; Series Number: M653; Residence Date: 1860; Home in 1860: District, Letcher, Kentucky; Roll: M653_381; Page: 688; Family History Library Fi

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1870
    Event Place: Precinct 2, Whitesburg, Letcher, Kentucky, USA
    Record Source: 1870 United States Federal Census

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Place: Letcher, Kentucky, USA
    Record Source: Kentucky, U.S., Birth Records, 1847-1911, Kentucky Department of Libraries and Archives; Frankfort, Kentucky; Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records - Microfilm (1852-1910)

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 5 Dec 1886
    Event Place: Whitesburg, Letcher, Kentucky, United States
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current

    Genealogy Event 7
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 5 December 1886
    Event Place: Whitesburg, Letcher County, Kentucky, United States of America
    Record Source:
    [1] Ancestry Family Trees, Ancestry Family Tree
    [2] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 8
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Laurel County, Kentucky, United States of America
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current
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