Archelious
Craft 1749
and Elizabeth Adams
Archelious Craft b
23 Dec 1749 Roaring River Wilkes Co., NC d 8 Nov 1853 Craft's Colly, KY buried
Colly, KY Rev War Vet, NC Continental Line, s/o
James Craft and Sarah
Hammonds. Archelious Craft m. 1 Dec 1785 Wilkes Co NC to Elizabeth "Betsy"
Adams b about 1770 Louden Co VA d Floyd Co KY, d/o
John Adams Jr and
Nancy Ann Caudill. Archelous Craft m. Scena Wright a widow from VA. Archelous
Craft and Scena Wright had no children. (1850
Letcher Co KY Census). Children of Archelious Craft and
Elizabeth Betsy Adams;
Nancy
Craft b 1787 in NC m. about Apr 1803 to William Caudill b about 1779 NC d 27 Jul
1880, s/o James Caudill Jr and Mary A Unknown.
Ezekiel
Craft b about 1788 d in infancy.
James Craft b 25 Nov
1790 d 12 Jan 1867 (some say d about Dec 1879 in Wayne Co KY) m. 17 Feb 1812 to
Drusilla Hammons b 1790 Perry Co KY d 12 Jan 1867 Wayne Co KY, d/o Joseph
Ambrose Hammons and Sarah Collins.
Sarah
"Sally" Craft b about 1794 Harris Creek, Wilkes Co NC m. 12 Apr 1812 to William
Hammons b about 1790.
John
W Craft b about 1796 Harris Creek, Wilkes Co NC m. 2 Aug 1818 Floyd Co KY to
Susanna Hagins b about 1798 NC, d/o William R Hagins and Mary Linville.
Stephen
Craft b 1798 in KY m. Elizabeth Unknown b about 1810. Children;
Mary
Craft b 1822 KY m. John Simon?
Archillus
Craft b 1827 in KY m. Loucinda ??
Sarah
Craft b 1830 in AL
Sintha
Craft b 1837 AL
Mattie? Craft b 1840 AL
Absalom
Craft b 1841 AL
John
Craft b 1844 AL
Simon
Craft b 1800.
Archelous
"Cheed" Craft Jr b about 1802 Wilkes Co NC d 7 Oct 1853 at Colly Creek,
Letcher Co KY m. 23 Aug 1822 Perry Co KY to
Nancy Jane Polly b 1805 TN,
d/o Edward Polly (Rev War
Vet) and Mary Agnes Mullins.
Malinda
Craft b 1804.
William
Craft b 1807 in Floyd Co KY d 1898 m. 26 May 1826 to
Rachel Parker b about 1812
TN. William Craft built spinning wheels.
Thanks to Gary Kahler for submitting the
John N Craft Ancestors PDF file containing this family and many others of
the Craft lineage.
