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Elijah Craig
Elijah Craig (1738/1743 – May 18, 1808) was a Baptist preacher in Virginia, who became an educator and capitalist entrepreneur in the area of Virginia that later became the state of Kentucky. He has sometimes, although rather dubiously,〔Cowdery, Charles K., "Who Invented Bourbon?" ''Malt Advocate Magazine'' (4th Quarter 2002), pp. 72-75.〕〔〔〔 been credited with the invention of bourbon whiskey.
==Early life and education==
Craig was born in Orange County, Virginia in 1738, the 5th child of Polly Hawkins and Taliaferro or Toliver Craig, Sr. Converted by David Thomas in 1764, Elijah Craig soon began holding meetings in his tobacco barn.〔James Barnett Taylor, ''Lives of Virginia Baptist Ministers,'' at pp. 62-64.〕 In 1766, he convinced David Read to travel from North Carolina to baptize members of the new congregation, including himself. His older brother Lewis and younger brother Joseph Craig also became Baptist preachers.〔James Barnett Taylor, ''Lives of Virginia Baptist Ministers,'' at pp. 84-88 (Lewis Craig).〕 In 1768 Lewis was imprisoned with John Waller, James Childs, James Reed and William Marsh in the Fredericksburg jail for several weeks.〔(http://www.fredericksburgbaptistchurch.org/NHist.htm); cf. 〕 In 1771 Elijah Craig was ordained and became the pastor of Blue Run church, halfway between Barboursville and Liberty Mills, Virginia. He was jailed at least twice for preaching without the required Virginia license from the Anglican Church. In 1774, the convention of independent Baptists designated Elijah Craig and John Waller Apostles (missionaries) to evangelize north of the James River.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Elijah Craig )〕
Although Virginia adopted the principle of freedom of religion in its Declaration of Rights in 1776, Baptists still faced persecution from some elements of the Anglican religious establishment during the early statehood period, particularly when they preached to mixed congregations of freemen and slaves, white and black. Moreover, the Anglican Church (re-established as the Episcopal Church after the American Revolution) received subsidies. Thus Craig became politically active as the legislative liaison of the general convention and general association to Virginia's legislature as well as the ratification convention of 1788.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=A History of Kentucky Baptists Chapter 8: Great Crossing and Tates Creek Churches )〕 As such, Elijah Craig worked with Patrick Henry and James Madison concerning protections to religious freedom in the federal and the state constitutions. Ultimately, religious freedom became protected in the First Amendment, and Baptist membership grew.〔Charles Fenton James, ''A Documentary History of the Struggle for Religious Liberty in Virginia'' (1898), ()〕
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