When John Covington Craig was born on 14 September 1817, in Grayson, Kentucky, United States, his father, John Craig III, was 42 and his mother, Rachel Lehew, was 47. He married Nancy Jane Howard Peake on 15 June 1841, in Ohio, Kentucky, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 5 daughters. In 1860, at the age of 43, his occupation is listed as farmer. He died in 1891, at the age of 74.
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The western part of Kentucky purchased by Andrew Jackson from the Chickasaw Indians in 1818. It became known as the Jackson Purchase. This included land that wasn't originally part of Kentucky when it became a state.
With the Aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars the global market for trade was down. During this time, America had its first financial crisis and it lasted for only two years.
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Scottish: topographic name for someone who lived near a steep or precipitous rock, Older Scots crag, craig. Compare the synonymous English Cragg .
Manx: either a shortened form of Gaelic Mac Concharraige ‘son of Cu Charraige (‘hound of the rock’) or possibly of Mac Thorveig ‘son of Thorveig’, from the Old Norse personal name Thórveig (from the god's name Thórr + veig ‘pith, strength’).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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