Robert Craighead

1814 - 1884  (70 years)

• Name	Robert Craighead
  Born	23 Sep 1814	Tennessee
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	Jun 1850
  	Merchant
  1850 Census	25 Aug 1850
  	Knoxville, Knox Co., TN, p. 96a, as Robert Craighead, age 36, b. TN
  		1850 Census Knoxville, TN Showing Robert Craighead, age 36, and family.
  1880 Census	1880
  	Knoxville, Knox Co., TN, w/James Park
  Died	30 Sep 1884
  Person ID	I21387	DNA Family 1 Genealogies
  Last Modified	4 May 2006

  
  

  Father	John Craighead,   b. 14 Jul 1783, North Carolina ,   d. 21 Jul 1826, Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee  (Age 43 years)
  Mother	Temperance Nelson,   b. 25 Sep 1787, Rockbridge County, Virginia ,   d. Unknown
  Married	Bef 1806
  Family ID	F7486	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Sophia Elizabeth White,   b. 6 Aug 1822, Tennessee ,   d. 19 Jun 1850  (Age 27 years)
  Married	28 Sep 1841
  Children	1. James Park Craighead,   b. 6 Jan 1843, Tennessee ,   d. 26 Mar 1888  (Age 45 years)   2. Eliza Lawson Craighead,   b. 12 May 1846, Tennessee ,   d. 2 Jan 1848  (Age 1 years)   3. Hugh Lawson Craighead,   b. 26 Oct 1848, Tennessee ,   d. 5 Jan 1904  (Age 55 years)   4. John Patterson Craighead,   b. 11 Apr 1850, Tennessee ,   d. 14 Apr 1853  (Age 3 years)
  Last Modified	4 May 2006
  Family ID	F7464	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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• Notes

  http://www.rootsweb.com/~tnsmith/ccarticles/jan28-ABCD-1954.htm KENTUCKY LETTER           Princeton, Ky.           Nov. 15, 1953 Dear Elder Gregory: I have been enjoying Macon County Times very much.  After I read them, I send them to my brother and his wife, Mr. and Mrs. Norris Adams, in Nashville.  She was, prior to her marriage, Miss Olena Brooks, formerly of Carthage, Tenn.  They say they enjoy your paper even more than they do the Nashville papers.  So it is very likely that they will send you a subscription at an early date. As I have told you before, I have been working on my Adams genealogy for the past few years, but am at a standstill.  I have your record of the New Harmony Adam's and am anxious to learn of the Gibb’s Cross Roads and the Salathiel Adam lines.  Do you think you will e able to work these into your Column soon? My oldest Adam that I know of, was named Drury Adams, spelled back in Virginia, Drewery Adams.  I notice that you have members of the Drury family about Lafayette.  I wonder if they could have any connection with my Drury Adams ancestor, since it is an unusual given name.  However, I have found only one Adams of that name in the Virginia records. I know you are a busy man and it is hard to grant every person’s request who may call on you for help.  I wonder if you know of someone who would copy those records for me if you do not have the time nor space for them in your paper at an early date. Since Craighead ancestors settled in Smith County and some of them later came to Western Kentucky, I have a feeling that our Adams ancestors might have come from there too.           Sincerely,           Mrs. Gladys Linton,           106 Good Street,           Princeton, Ky. REPLY We hope to find time soon to do some more research work on the Adams line and to publish some in the Times.  We are sorry that we do not know of anyone who has the time or the willingness to do the work that Mrs. Linton wants done in copying the old records.  There is much more to the work than merely copying it that is nearly impossible to find anyone with the ability who will undertake the task.  However, if we find such a person available, if we find such a person available, we shall be glad to use him or her. As Craigheads, I find the following:  Craighead’s Corner was located in Knoxville as early as 1791.  This is found on page 560, Ramsay's Annals of Tennessee; but we have no idea as to who Craighead was.  One of the leading Presbyterian ministers in the early history of Nashville was Thomas B. Craighead.  Sophia Eliza Park married Robert Craighead September 29, 1841.  This is from the James Park Bible records. Park was born in Ireland April 14, 1770.  T. B. Craighead was a witness to a codicil of the will of John Hope, of Davidson County in the year 1804.  Thomas Craighead married Polly Gillespie on Dec. 23, 1803, in Knox County, Tennessee.  In the same county on May 30, 1810 John Cullen married Rachel Craighead. Anthony Craighead, born Oct. 27, 1854 and died Aug 21, 1856, is buried in the old City Cemetery in Nashville.  In 1775 Rev. Thomas Craighead, above referred to, was called to preach in the Spring Hill meeting house near Nashville.  The next year he was called to "hold school" in the old church  house.  The same man gave ten acres of his land from his old home place, now known as the Walton Place, to be used for a cemetery, which is now called the Spring Hill Cemetery, located a few miles out of Nashville.  Some time after the Civil War, the Woman's Craighead Association was formed to care for the graves of members of the family. We do not know if the organization is still in existence.  One of the boundaries of the present cemetery is know as Craighead's Branch or Love's Branch. On the monument to the memory of Rev. Thomas B. Craighead are the following words:  Rev. Thomas B. Craighead born in Mecklenburg County, N. C., A. D. 1750, first pastor of the First Presbyterian church of Nashville, Tenn., founder of Davidson Academy and successor of Davidson College, form which sprang the University of Nashville; man of fine talents and capable of close thought.  He did the cause of Religion much service.  Died, A. D. 1825. Mrs. Elizabeth B. Craighead, wife of Rev. Thomas B. Craighead, is supposed to lie in a double vault (box) beside her husband in Spring Hill Cemetery.  Near the burial places of the father and mother is that of a daughter, with the following inscription:  Sacred to the memory of Jane Craighead, only daughter of Rev. Thoams B. Craighead and Elizabeth B. Craighead. Hugh L. Craighead was one of the four descendants of Hugh Lawson and Elizabeth Carrick White, his mother having been Sophia, daughter of C. A. C. White, son of Judge White. Peter Craighead lived in Smith County, Tenn., as early as 1820.  In the census of that year he is listed with the following family:  Three males under 10 and one from 26 to 45 years of age, himself no doubt; and one female between 16 to 26 years of age, his wife I presume. Shelton Craighead had the following family in the same year:  Two males under 10, two from 10 to 16, one from 16 to 18, one from 18 to 26, one from 26 to 45, supposedly Shelton himself.  Females in the family:  Two under 10, one from 10 to 16, one from 16 to 26, and one from 26 to 45, Mrs. Shelton Craighead, we suppose.  These were the only Craighead families in Smith County in 1820. By the year 1850 we find the following Craighead families in Smith County:  Peter Craighead, born in Virginia in 1790; wife, Jincy Craighead, born in South Carolina, in 1800; and a 14-year-old daughter, Charity.  Their neighbors’ names indicate that they lived on lower Defeated Creek in Smith County, some 25 miles southeast of Lafayette. Obadiah Craighead was another Smith County head of family in the year 1850.  Here is the record of is family:  Obadiah, 30 years old and born in Tenn., German T. Craighead, three; and Mary E. Craighead, aged one year.  They were also apparently residents of the Defeated Creek section. Cyrus Craighead had the following in 1850:  Himself, 34 years old and born in Tenn., his wife, Marina, same age and also born in Tenn., Arminella, 16; Louisiana, 15; Pariler, 12; Pinckney, 10; Matilda, eight; and Alfred, six, all of the children having been born in Tennessee.  This family, judging from their neighbors, were almost certainly residents of Defeated Creek. William Craighead is the last head of a family of this name listed in Smith County in 1850.  He was born in Tennessee in 1825.  His wife, Susan Craighead, was born in 1823 in Tenn., Sarah Craighead, 17, was supposedly a sister to William, James, supposed to have been William’s twin brother, was 25.  Mary, 6; Martha, four; and Thomas, one year old, are supposed to have been children of William Craighead, who also appears to have lived in the vicinity of Lower Defeated Creek. We hope that this information may be of some help to Mrs. Linton in her search for her ancestors. We shall be glad to have any additional information she may be able to give.  In the meantime, we are going to try to learn more of the Adams line and publish same. __________________________ 1880 Name  Relation Marital Status Gender Race Age Birthplace Occupation Father's Birthplace Mother's Birthplace James PARK   Self   M   Male   W   58   TN   Minister   IRE   TN Pheby PARK   Wife   M   Female   W   56   VA   Keeping House   VA   VA Preston PARK   Son   S   Male   W   29   TN   Physician   TN   VA Sallie PARK   Dau   S   Female   W   25   TN      TN   VA Mary PARK   Dau   S   Female   W   23   TN   Teacher   TN   VA Welker PARK   Son      Male   W   20   TN   Clerk In Store   TN   VA Willie PARK   Son      Male   W   17   TN   At School   TN   VA Hattie PARK   Dau      Female   W   15   TN   At School   TN   VA Andrew PARK   Son   S   Male   W   12   TN   At School   TN   VA Juliet ALEXANDER   MotherL   W   Female   W   84   VA      VA   VA R. CRAIGHEAD   Other   W   Male   W   60   TN   Clerk   TN   TN Mary MARQUETT   Other      Female   W   29   TN   House Servant   TN TN -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------ Source Information:   Census Place Knoxville, Knox, Tennessee   NA Film Number   T9-1265   Page Number   113B