FROM RICHARD FLOYD PICKETT in Mar 1998
Martha BLACKWOOD was born on 10 AUG 1781 in Hillsborough, Orange County, NC. She died in 1865 in Mt Joy, Maury County, TN.
Martha lived until 1865. The story goes that she was attending a church camp at Mt. Joy, Maury Co. After a particularly emotional service she was found dead in her chair. She is buried beside her husband. She was buried after 1865 in Hunter Cemetery, Mt. Pleasant, Maury County, TN.
She was married to Johnston CRAIG (son of Captain David CRAIG and Eleanor JOHNSTON) on 30 APR 1798 in Hillsborough, Orange County, NC. Johnston CRAIG was born on 19 NOV 1774 in Orange County, NC. He died on 17 SEP 1848 in Lawrence County, TN. He was buried after 17 SEP 1848 in Hunter Cemetery, Mt. Pleasant, Maury County, TN.
I have 14 children listed under these two (Johns(t)on/Martha)- David Margaret William John **(my line) Eleanor Elizabeth Samuel Johnson Nancy Charles Mary Isabell James Newton
Alt Death: 15 Oct 1859 Lawrence County, Tennessee
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