Isaac Craige Family Cemetery
Chapel Hill Township, Orange County, North Carolina, USA
Additional information: This property was the home of Isaac Craige, and a nearby house contains portions of the original farmhouse. A large oak tree once shaded this cemetery, but the site is now in an open field. The two 19th-century burials are marked by a modern grave marker and surrounded by a chain link fence installed by Homer Tapp, who at one time owned the property. The original settler William Craige apparently used the Scottish version of the spelling of his surname but most descendants dropped the "e" from the end; Mr. Tapp chose to use the original spelling on the stone here.
Isaac Craige is buried here with his first wife. He married, second, Nancy Jacobs (daughter of Thomas Jacobs) on December 3, 1838 in Orange County. Following the death of Isaac, Nancy married Colonel William McCauley on March 12, 1861 in Orange County. William and Nancy are buried in New Hope Presbyterian Church New Cemetery.
At Isaac Craige's death his nephew, James N. Craig, inherited his land except for the 380 acre plantation "on New Hope [Creek]" which was the life estate of Nancy, and this also later apparently passed to James.
The Craige/Craig families were among the earliest settlers of the area, and were founders and members of the New Hope Presbyterian Church, located a few miles to the east of this homesite. A large number of Craig burials are recorded in the two cemeteries there.
GPS Coordinates: 36 00 11.0 N 79 05 07.0 W
Additional information: This property was the home of Isaac Craige, and a nearby house contains portions of the original farmhouse. A large oak tree once shaded this cemetery, but the site is now in an open field. The two 19th-century burials are marked by a modern grave marker and surrounded by a chain link fence installed by Homer Tapp, who at one time owned the property. The original settler William Craige apparently used the Scottish version of the spelling of his surname but most descendants dropped the "e" from the end; Mr. Tapp chose to use the original spelling on the stone here.
Isaac Craige is buried here with his first wife. He married, second, Nancy Jacobs (daughter of Thomas Jacobs) on December 3, 1838 in Orange County. Following the death of Isaac, Nancy married Colonel William McCauley on March 12, 1861 in Orange County. William and Nancy are buried in New Hope Presbyterian Church New Cemetery.
At Isaac Craige's death his nephew, James N. Craig, inherited his land except for the 380 acre plantation "on New Hope [Creek]" which was the life estate of Nancy, and this also later apparently passed to James.
The Craige/Craig families were among the earliest settlers of the area, and were founders and members of the New Hope Presbyterian Church, located a few miles to the east of this homesite. A large number of Craig burials are recorded in the two cemeteries there.
GPS Coordinates: 36 00 11.0 N 79 05 07.0 W
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Chapel Hill Township, Orange County, North Carolina, USA
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- Percent photographed89%
- Percent with GPS33%
- Added: 27 Aug 2009
- Find a Grave Cemetery ID: 2320425
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