Joseph Craft b 7 Dec 1816 Floyd Co KY d 5 Dec 1886 Laurel Co KY age 69; buried Sue Bennett College, London KY; s/o James Craft and Drusilla Hammons Hammonds. Joseph Craft m. 20 Mar 1834 Perry Co KY to Martha Irby Bates b 11 Dec 1816 d 18 Apr 1895 at age 78 Laurel Co KY; buried Sue Bennett College, London KY; d/o John Wallis Bates and Sarah Walthrop. Children of Joseph Craft and Martha Irby Bates;
1. John Henderson Craft b 20 Dec 1834 Letcher Co KY d 13 Sept 1920 Laurel Co KY; m. Nancy Jane Caudill b 5 Nov 1840 Morgan Co KY d 12 Nov 1922 Laurel Co KY; d/o John Adams Caudill and Rachel Cornett.
2. Sarah Craft b 10 Feb 1837 Pike Co KY
3. Drusilla Craft b about 1838 KY
4. James W Craft b about 1841 KY
5. William Richardson Craft b 24 Nov 1843 Letcher Co KY
6. Martha Manerva Craft b about 1846 KY
7. Mary Craft b about 1848 KY
8. Joseph Craft b about 1850 KY
9. Eliza Craft b 9 Oct 1852 Letcher Co KY d 17 Nov 1921 Laurel Co KY; buried Landrum Cemetery, London, Laurel Co KY; m. 4 Jan 1871 to John Christopher Reynolds b 1851 Scott Co VA d Seco, Letcher Co KY; s/o Noah Milburn Reynolds and Mary Chaney Stone. Eliza Craft (listed as Eliza Reynolds) m. 1 May 1893 (2) Henry William Hensley b 27 Jun 1855 Clay Co KY d 30 Sept 1934 Laurel Co KY; s/o William Hensley and Sally M Mobley. Henry William Hensley m. 11 Feb 1879 Clay Co KY to (1) Sallie A Bowling (Bolling) b 1 Nov 1861 Clay Co KY d 16 May 1889 Clay Co KY.
10. Nancy Craft b abt 1846 KY
11. Robert Craft b abt 1849 KY
1860 Letcher Co KY Census
03 147 147 Craft Joseph 43 M . Farm Laborer 1,600 1,200 KY
04 147 147 Craft Martha 43 F . . . . VA
05 147 147 Craft James 18 M . . . . KY Idiot
06 147 147 Craft William 16 M . Farm Laborer . . KY
07 147 147 Craft Martha 14 F . . . . KY
08 147 147 Craft Mary 12 F . . . . KY
09 147 147 Craft Joseph 10 M . . . . KY
10 147 147 Craft Eliza 7 F . . . . KY
11 147 147 Craft Nancy 4 F . . . . KY
12 147 147 Craft Robert 3/12 M . . . . KY
