Thompson and Reeves Families - Person Sheet
NameJohn Johnston Craige 
Birth1806, Williamson County, Tennessee
FatherDavid Craige (1783-1849)
MotherNancy Stockard
Notes for John Johnston Craige
Fred Craig
“At Pontotoc Creek in 1832, the Chickasaws would cede 10,000.000 acres in North Mississippi to the United States. This treaty was concluded in 1834 and family records suggest that John J. Craig arrived at Oxford, Lafayette County Mississippi, the same year.
The historical markers at Oxford indicate that one Thomas Dudley Isom, also from Maury County, Tennessee, was the first white settler in Oxford. However other evidence suggests that John J. Craig arrives at Oxford before him.
On the other hand, it is not difficult to conclude that they traveled the Natchez Trace together. The families had obviously been acquainted for many years since the records show they both left North Carolina for Tennessee at about the same time, and they both left Tennessee for Mississippi at about the same time.
In Mississippi the family relationships became both close and complicated, John Craig was one of the [US Government emc] Land Agents who negotiated with the Indians for the land on which Oxford is built. He and his partners sold 50 acres to the County for a County Seat, John Craig built the first store/trading post in Oxford, a long affair which also served the [Chickasaw emc]Indians. The trading post was built on what is now East. Jackson Street where the old farmer's market is located.”
“At Pontotoc Creek in 1832, the Chickasaws would cede 10,000.000 acres in North Mississippi to the United States. This treaty was concluded in 1834 and family records suggest that John J. Craig arrived at Oxford, Lafayette County Mississippi, the same year.
The historical markers at Oxford indicate that one Thomas Dudley Isom, also from Maury County, Tennessee, was the first white settler in Oxford. However other evidence suggests that John J. Craig arrives at Oxford before him.
On the other hand, it is not difficult to conclude that they traveled the Natchez Trace together. The families had obviously been acquainted for many years since the records show they both left North Carolina for Tennessee at about the same time, and they both left Tennessee for Mississippi at about the same time.
In Mississippi the family relationships became both close and complicated, John Craig was one of the [US Government emc] Land Agents who negotiated with the Indians for the land on which Oxford is built. He and his partners sold 50 acres to the County for a County Seat, John Craig built the first store/trading post in Oxford, a long affair which also served the [Chickasaw emc]Indians. The trading post was built on what is now East. Jackson Street where the old farmer's market is located.”