Married Capt Robert Craighead of Mecklenburg County NC
Current Craighead Road in Charlotte NC runs through their plantation where they lived until moving to Tennessee. The road was named for them. It is about a mile from Sugaw Creek Prebyterian Church on North Tryon Street in Charlotte NC where Robert's father was pastor.
They moved from North Carolina to Tennessee in 1789 or 1790.
They were the parents of 9 children:
Jane b. 27 Mar 1772, married William McRee
Mary b. 10 May 1776, d. 1778
William b. 1 Oct 1778, married Jane Gillespie
Thomas b. 6 Mar 1781, married Mary Gillespie
John b.14 Jul 1783, married Temperance Nelson
Alexander b. 14 Mar. 1786 d. Oct 1807, never married
Margaret b. 14 Aug 1788, d. 10 Jul 1816, never married
Rachel, b. 22 May 1791, married John M. Cullen
Benjamin, b. 20 Feb 1794, married Orlena Bunch
Sources:
"The Craighead Family: A Genealogical Memoir of the Descendants of Rev. Thomas and Margaret Craighead", by Rev. Dr. James Geddes Craighead, D.D., 1823-1895, Publication date 1876.
Current Craighead Road in Charlotte NC runs through their plantation where they lived until moving to Tennessee. The road was named for them. It is about a mile from Sugaw Creek Prebyterian Church on North Tryon Street in Charlotte NC where Robert's father was pastor.
They moved from North Carolina to Tennessee in 1789 or 1790.
They were the parents of 9 children:
Jane b. 27 Mar 1772, married William McRee
Mary b. 10 May 1776, d. 1778
William b. 1 Oct 1778, married Jane Gillespie
Thomas b. 6 Mar 1781, married Mary Gillespie
John b.14 Jul 1783, married Temperance Nelson
Alexander b. 14 Mar. 1786 d. Oct 1807, never married
Margaret b. 14 Aug 1788, d. 10 Jul 1816, never married
Rachel, b. 22 May 1791, married John M. Cullen
Benjamin, b. 20 Feb 1794, married Orlena Bunch
Sources:
"The Craighead Family: A Genealogical Memoir of the Descendants of Rev. Thomas and Margaret Craighead", by Rev. Dr. James Geddes Craighead, D.D., 1823-1895, Publication date 1876.
Married Capt Robert Craighead of Mecklenburg County NC
Current Craighead Road in Charlotte NC runs through their plantation where they lived until moving to Tennessee. The road was named for them. It is about a mile from Sugaw Creek Prebyterian Church on North Tryon Street in Charlotte NC where Robert's father was pastor.
They moved from North Carolina to Tennessee in 1789 or 1790.
They were the parents of 9 children:
Jane b. 27 Mar 1772, married William McRee
Mary b. 10 May 1776, d. 1778
William b. 1 Oct 1778, married Jane Gillespie
Thomas b. 6 Mar 1781, married Mary Gillespie
John b.14 Jul 1783, married Temperance Nelson
Alexander b. 14 Mar. 1786 d. Oct 1807, never married
Margaret b. 14 Aug 1788, d. 10 Jul 1816, never married
Rachel, b. 22 May 1791, married John M. Cullen
Benjamin, b. 20 Feb 1794, married Orlena Bunch
Sources:
"The Craighead Family: A Genealogical Memoir of the Descendants of Rev. Thomas and Margaret Craighead", by Rev. Dr. James Geddes Craighead, D.D., 1823-1895, Publication date 1876.
Current Craighead Road in Charlotte NC runs through their plantation where they lived until moving to Tennessee. The road was named for them. It is about a mile from Sugaw Creek Prebyterian Church on North Tryon Street in Charlotte NC where Robert's father was pastor.
They moved from North Carolina to Tennessee in 1789 or 1790.
They were the parents of 9 children:
Jane b. 27 Mar 1772, married William McRee
Mary b. 10 May 1776, d. 1778
William b. 1 Oct 1778, married Jane Gillespie
Thomas b. 6 Mar 1781, married Mary Gillespie
John b.14 Jul 1783, married Temperance Nelson
Alexander b. 14 Mar. 1786 d. Oct 1807, never married
Margaret b. 14 Aug 1788, d. 10 Jul 1816, never married
Rachel, b. 22 May 1791, married John M. Cullen
Benjamin, b. 20 Feb 1794, married Orlena Bunch
Sources:
"The Craighead Family: A Genealogical Memoir of the Descendants of Rev. Thomas and Margaret Craighead", by Rev. Dr. James Geddes Craighead, D.D., 1823-1895, Publication date 1876.
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