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GENEALOGICAL NOTES AND ANECDOTES

   


ANTECEDENTS and DESCENDANTS
of
DENNIS CROSBY
(11 December 1724 - BY 10 October 1771)

   

G0498A: Thomas CROSBY [008]
Birth: BEF 1670, Virginia, British North America
Death: AFT 1696

Marriage: ABT 1695, Virginia
Spouse: Unknown UNKNOWN (BEF 1674, Virginia, British North America - AFT 1696)

Child 1: William CROSBY (1696, Berkeley County, South Carolina, British North America - AFT 1724) [M]: m. Susannah BENTON (ABT 1695, Craven County or Berkeley County, South Carolina, British North America- AFT 1724), ABT 1723, Berkeley County, South Carolina

 

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G0497A: William CROSBY [007]
Birth: 1696, Berkeley County, South Carolina, British North America
Death: AFT 1724
Father: Thomas CROSBY (BEF 1670, Virginia, British North America - AFT 1696)
Mother: Unknown UNKNOWN (BEF 1674, Virginia, British North America - AFT 1696)

Marriage: ABT 1723, Berkeley County, South Carolina, British North America
Spouse: Susannah BENTON (ABT 1695, Craven County or Berkeley County, South Carolina, British North America - AFT 1724)

Child 1: Dennis CROSBY (11 December 1724, Crosbyville, St. Mark’s Parish, Berkeley County [later Fairfield County], South Carolina, British North America - 11 October 1771, Crosbyville, St. Mark’s Parish, Camden District [later Fairfield County], South Carolina, British North America) [M]: m. Hannah REVELS (ABT 1728, Fairfield County, South Carolina, British North America - 12 August 1785, Creosbyville, Camden District [later Fairfield County], South Carolina, British North America), 1748, Chester County, South Carolina, British North America

Note 1: A William CROSBY patented land in South Carolina in 1696. Dennis CROSBY is probably related this William CROSBY. The earliest record of the CROSBY family in South Carolina is a land-patent granted to this William CROSBY. In the records of the Secretary of State’s office in Columbia, South Carolina is the following entry:

  William CROSBY, Berkeley County, 200 acres, Vol. 38, page 326, December 5, 1696.

Note 2: That William CROSBY was the father of Dennis CROSBY seems to be a matter of conjecture.

   

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G0496A: Dennis CROSBY [006]
Birth: 11 December 1724, Crosbyville, St. Mark’s Parish, Berkeley County (later Fairfield County), South Carolina, British North America
Death: BY 10 October 1771, Crosbyville, St. Mark’s Parish, Camden District (later Fairfield County), South Carolina, British North America
Probate: Will filed at St. Mark's Parish, Berkeley County (later Fairfield County), South Carolina, British North America, 5 August 1771 and recorded at Camden District Courthouse, South Carolina, British North America, 10 October 1771
Interment: Crosbyville, Camden District (later Fairfield County], South Carolina
Father: William CROSBY (1696, Berkeley County, South Carolina, British North America - ?)
Mother: Susannah BENTON (ABT 1695, Craven or Berkeley County, South Carolina, British North America - ?)

Marriage: 1748, Chester County, South Carolina, British North America
Spouse: Hannah REVELS (ABT 1728, Berkeley County [later Fairfield County], South Carolina, British North America - 12 August 1785, Crosbyville, Camden District [later Fairfield County], South Carolina)

Child 1: Richard CROSBY (ABT 1749, Berkeley County, South Carolina, British North America - BEF 10 January 1791, Chester County, South Carolina) [M]: m. Rhoda DAVIS or BOND (born in Camden District, South Carolina - AFT 10 January 1791), 1777

Child 2: Thomas CROSBY (Sr.) (ABT 1751, Berkeley County (later Chester County), South Carolina, British North America - 7 March 1791, Charleston District, South Carolina) [M]: m. Margaret DAVIS (17 December 1751, Berkeley County [later either Fairfield or Chester County], South Carolina, British North America - 18 February 1825, Chester County, South Carolina), 1770

Child 3: Lydia CROSBY (1753, Berkeley County [later Fairfield County], South Carolina, British North America - ABT 1828, Fairfield County, South Carolina) [F]: m. Benjamin DOVE, Sr. (ABT 1742, Fairfield County, South Carolina, British North America - AFT 25 May 1820 and BEF 16 February 1821, Fairfield County, South Carolina), ABT 1775, Chester County, South Carolina

Child 4: William CROSBY (1755, Berkeley County, South Carolina, British North America - 1797, Camden District [later Chester County], South Carolina) [M]: m. Mary ("Polly") DAVIS (ABT 1758, Ulster, Great Britain - AFT 27 February 1824, Chester District, South Carolina)

Child 5: John Taylor CROSBY (1761, Craven County, South Carolina, British North America - 1 September 1797, Camden District [Chester County], South Carolina) [M]: m. Sarah ("Sally") JETER (ABT 1767, Lunenburg County, Virginia, British North America - 1840, Monroe County, Mississippi), ABT 1781

Child 6: Mary ("Polly") CROSBY (1765, Berkeley County [later Fairfield County], South Carolina, British North America - 30 May 1843, Union County, South Carolina) [F]: m. James J. JETER, Captain (15 January 1759, Amelia County, Virginia, British North America - 16 March 1840, Union County, South Carolina), 1782

Note 1: Land grants to Dennis CROSBY:

  18 August 1763: Land grant of 300 acres of land on Thickety Creek, Berkeley County, South Carolina.
20 February 1760: Land grant of 150 acres on Broad River, Craven County, South Carolina
24 November 1767: Land grant of 150 acres on Beaver Creek, Craven County, South Carolina
24 November 1767: Land grant of 150 acres on Broad River, Craven County, South Carolina

Note 2: By the terms of his Will, Dennis CROSBY left 800 pounds sterling, 900 acres of land and many slaves to his wife and six children.

Note 3: Hannah REVELS was interred in the Stephen P. Crosby Family Cemetery, Crosbyville, Fairfield County, South Carolina.

Note 4: Richard CROSBY appears to have been a soldier in the Revolutionary War. South Carolina Historical Commission’s Stubs to Indents, Book O, page 51, no. 275, issued 12th of April 1785 to Richard Crosby for 22 pounds for sundries for militia use in 1780, 1781, 1782, and 1783.

  Will of Richard Crosby

IN THE NAME OF GOD, AMEN. I, Richard Crosby, of Chester County in South Carolina, being through the abundant mercy and goodness of God, though weak in body, yet of a sound and perfect understanding and memory, do constitute this my last will and testament and desire it may be received by all such.

First, I most humbly bequeth my soul to God my maker, beseeching his most gracious acceptance of it to take me to Himself into that peace and rest, and incomparable felicity, which He has prepared for all that love and fear His holy name, Amen.

Blessed be God, I give my body to the earth from whence it was taken, in full assurance of its resurrection from thence at the last day.

As for my burial, I desire it may be decent, without pomp or state at the discretion of my dear wife and my executors hereafter named who, I doubt not, will manage it all with requisite prudence.

As to my worldly estate, I will and positively order that all my debts be paid.

First, I lend to my dear and loving wife for the term of her widowhood this house wherein I now live with all the furniture.

(1) Item. Three negroes named James, Sine, and Chain all of my property (2) and the hundred acres of land where I now live with all the tenements that lie about it, (3) two horses creatures, six cows and calves, all the sheep and hogs that I now own.

Item. I give and bequeth to my beloved daughter Sarah Crosby one negro girl named Temar, one horse, bridle and saddle, three head of cattle.

Item. I give and bequeth to my beloved son William Crosby one hundred acres of land lying on Sandy River beginning at the mouth of Sandy River and running up the head of the line, and across to Broad River as far as the line may extend, it being part of a three hundred acre tract and two neqroes, one named Benn and the other Tener, likewise one horse creature and saddle and bridle and three head of cattle.

Item. I give and bequeth to my beloved daughter Anne Crosby one negro girl, named Chloe and three head of cattle and one horse creature and saddle and bridle.

Item. I give and bequeth to my beloved son Moses Crosby one negro boy named Aryn, and another named Sam, one horse creature and a saddle and bridle and five head of cattle, likewise one hundred acres of land joining William Crosby his brother.

Item. I give and bequeth to my beloved son Richard Crosby one hundred acres of land joining Thomas Crosby on one side and his brother Moses’s land on the other and one negro boy named Harry and another negro boy named Abram, one horse creature and saddle and bridle and three head of cattle.

Item. I give and bequeth to my beloved son Chesley Crosby the tract of land whereon I now live, with all its appurtenences and one negro boy named Sol and fifty pounds of sterling money one horse creature and bridle and saddle and three heads of cattle.

Item. I give and bequeth to my beloved daughter Usley Crosby one negro girl named Dinah and fifty pounds sterling in money.

Item. All and every part of my property that is left to my wife at the end of her widowhood [is to be] divided among my children and I do constitute and appoint my beloved wife, and my beloved brother John Crosby to be executors of this my last will and testament, and if any money should be left after my debts are being paid and my children’s part taken out, I desire that it may be equally divided amongst all my children

IN WITNESS HEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and seal this twenty fifth day of September one thousand seven hundred and ninety.

/s/ Richard [X] Crosby , his mark

Witnesses:

/s/ Nathan Jaggars

/s/ Dennis Crosby

/s/ William Crosby

Proven 10 January 1791, recorded in Book A, dated 25 March 1790, page 39, apartment no. 0, package no. 142. Estate appraised 4 January 1791, Will Book A, will dated 3-25-1790, per Mrs. Sara C. McBride, History of the Crosby Family. Wife Rhoda (neé DAVIS) CROSBY was living on 4 January 1791, the date of the appraisal.

Land grant maps show the following: Richard Crosby, 600 acres, 1775, located at the intersection of the Broad and Sandy Rivers; Richard Crosby, 100 acres, 1767; Thomas Crosby, 90 acres, 1795, located east of Sandy River, bordered on the south by Cool Branch, adjacent to Richard Crosby’s 600 acre tract. Fishdam Ferry, site of the Revolutionary battleground is very close to these Crosby properties.

Note 5: Richard CROSBY, Rhoda DAVIS, and George NIX: Indenture of 31 December 1777:

  This indenture made 31st of December 1777 between Richard Crosby and Rhoda, his wife, both of Camden District of South Carolina. Yeoman of the one part and George Nix of aforesaid district and state of the other part were in and by a certain grant bearing date 24th of November 1767 under the hand of the Hon. C. G. Montague, governor in the province of South Carolina, and the great seal of the province for the purpose appointed did give and and grant unto Dennis Crosby a plantation containing 150 acres on the north side of Broad River on a branch of Beaver Creek in Craven Creek. Now this indenture witnesseth that Richard Crosby and his wife Rhoda at and before the sealing and deliverance of these presents for and in consideration of the sum of 1050 pounds current money to them in hand paid by the said George Nix.

IN WITNESS THEREOF we have hereunto set our hands and affixed our seals the day and year above written.

IN THE PRESENCE OF:

/s/ Richard Crosby

/s/ Mrs. Embrey Rhoda Crosby

/s/ Thomas Hughes

/s/ John Davis

Note 6: Thomas CROSBY, Sr. appears to have been a soldier in the Revolutionary War.

Note 7: By occupation, Benjamin DOVE, Sr. was a planter.

Note 8: William Crosby: ". . . issued April 12, 1785, to William Crosby . . . for a mare lost and for militia duty in1781, 1782." Stubs to Indents for Revolutionary Claims, Book Q, Page 52, No. 276.

Note 9: Mary ("Polly") DAVIS landed in Charlestown, South Carolina on 28 December 1767.

Note 10: James JETER and Sarah JETER were the children of William JETER (1717, Amelia County, Virginia - 1797, Edgefield County, South Carolina) and Margaret VAUGHAN (ABT 1721, Spotsylvania County, Virginia - 1793/97, Edgefield County, South Carolina) who were married in 1741. The Will of William JETER, dated July 1793, was proven in Edgefield County.

   

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G0495A: Thomas CROSBY (Sr.) [005]
Birth: ABT 1751, Berkeley County, South Carolina, British North America
Death: 7 March 1791, Charleston District, South Carolina
Interment: Stephen P. Crosby, Sr. Family Cemetery, Camden District (later Fairfield County), South Carolina
Father: Dennis CROSBY (11 December 1724, Craven County, South Carolina, British North America - 11 October 1771, Crosbyville, St. Mark’s Parish, Camden District [later Fairfield County], South Carolina, British North America)
Mother: Hannah REVELS (ABT 1728, Berkeley County, South Carolina, British North America - 12 August 1785, Crosbyville, Camden District [later Fairfield County], South Carolina)

Marriage: 1770, Berkeley County, South Carolina, British North America
Spouse: Margaret DAVIS (7 December 1751, Berkeley County [later Fairfield or Chester County], South Carolina, British North America - 18 February 1825, Chester County, South Carolina

Child 1: Dennis CROSBY (12 November 1771, Camden District [later Chester County], South Carolina, British North America - 15 April 1818, Fairfield County, South Carolina) [M]: m. Lucy CONWAY (ABT 1777, Camden District [later Chester County], South Carolina - 1843, Fairfield County, South Carolina), ABT 1798, Chester County, South Carolina

Child 2: Nancy CROSBY (16 August 1773, Camden District [later Chester County], South Carolina, British North America - 7 September 1794) [F]: m. Alexander M. DANIELS (ABT 1769 - ?)

Child 3: Thomas CROSBY, Jr. (2 May 1775, Camden District [later Chester County], South Carolina, British North America - 18 October 1795, Camden District [later Fairfield County], South Carolina) [M]

Child 4: Margaret CROSBY (1 February 1777, Chester District, South Carolina - 16 March 1851, Fulton County, Georgia) [F]: m. Adam S. POOLE, Jr. (17 November 1776, Camden District [later Chester County], South Carolina - 21 June 1855, Fulton County, Georgia) [See See G0494A: Adams S. POOLE (Jr.) in Descendants of Captain William "the Joyner" Poole (ABT 1703 - BEF November 1777).]

Child 5: John CROSBY (29 January 1780, Camden District [later Chester County], South Carolina - 11 October 1795) [M]

Child 6: Stephen P. CROSBY, Sr. (10 November 1782, Camden District [later Chester County, at the Fairfield County line], South Carolina - 20 March 1856, Fairfield County, South Carolina) [M]: m. Charity COLEMAN (22 January 1772, Camden District [later Fairfield County], South Carolina, British North America - 29 July 1855, Fairfield County, South Carolina), 1801, Fairfield County, South Carolina

Child 7: Richard CROSBY (20 March 1785, Camden District [later Chester County], South Carolina - 1790) [M]

Child 8: Allen CROSBY (16 August 1787, Camden District [later Fairfield County], South Carolina - 31 May 1834, Chester County, South Carolina) [M]: m. Mary HUGHES (24 September 1799, Chester County, South Carolina - 22 May 1867, Chester County, South Carolina), 1820

Child 9: Mary ("Polly") CROSBY (14 August 1789, Camden District [later Chester County], South Carolina - 10 October 1826) [F]: m. Robert PARKS, Sr. (ABT 1784, South Carolina - September 1853, Chester County, South Carolina), ABT 1808, Fairfield or Chester County, South Carolina

Note 1: Thomas CROSBY, Sr. appears to have been a soldier in the Revolutionary War.

Note 2: Thomas CROSBY, Jr. was interred in the Stephen P. Crosby, Sr. Family Cemetery, Fairfield County, South Carolina

Note 3: Stephen P. CROSBY and Charity COLEMAN are both interred in the Stephen P. Crosby, Sr. Family Cemetery in Fairfield County, South Carolina. Charity COLEMAN was the daughter of Thomas COLEMAN (ABT 1745, Halifax County, North Carolina? - 1821, South Carolina) and Sarah ("Polly") PRI(T)CHETT (born ABT 1745). It is known that Charity COLEMAN obtained her marriage license in 1801. Stephen P. Crosby’s middle name may have been "Pierce."

J. P. COLEMAN, former governor of Mississippi, The Robert Coleman Family, From Virginia to Texas: 1652-1965 (1965), p. 68, refers to the Will of Thomas COLEMAN, who moved to Kentucky and whose Will on p. 377 of Book B of the Warren County Wills. The Will of Thomas COLEMAN is dated 23 February 1816; but it was not proven until October 1821. According to J. P. COLEMAN, Thomas COLEMAN was born not later than 1745. His Will names his wife, Polly, sons, William, John, Thomas, and Benjamin, and a daughter, Betsy FRAKER.

Note 4: Dennis CROSBY, 26 May 1818, File 12-104, Fairfield County, South Carolina, died intestate. His estate was administered 26 May 1818 by John CROSBY, Administrator. The bond was signed by John Whittle. Final division occurred 3 June 1819 among Lucy CROSBY, widow, and ten children. Lucy CROSBY, citation, 30 January 1843, File 79-115, Fairfield County, South Carolina: Lucy CROSBY, widow, died intestate. Her estate was administered 13 February 1843 by Richard CROSBY and Alfred COLVIN. Their bond was signed by Andrew CROSBY and Jacob Stone. Inventory of her estate was made by Jacob Feaster, Sr., John C. Boyce, William D. Seymour, Jacob Stone, Jr., and John E. Boyce.

Note 5: Stephen P. Crosby, son of Thomas Crosby, was born 10 November 1782. He inherited the land on which he resided, which was located on Broad River. He is listed as a private on a list of companies which left Chester in 1814, going from Charleston to take part in the War of 1812. He was a deacon at Beaver Creek Baptist Church in October 1850 and is listed as a member on 12 July 1852 and again in December 1864, when the church roll included 192 Whites (64 males, 128 females) and 128 Negroes (42 males, 78 females). Stephen P. Crosby was a large land-owner. His home is still standing (as of 2001) where it was built on a high hill with an elevation of 700 feet.

Note 6: Notes for Charity COLEMAN: "Aunt Frances said that her grandmother, Bettie Crosby CLARK, told her a story about Stephen and Charity Coleman CROSBY. Stephen, the 19 years old, was a coach driver for the wealthier family of Thomas Coleman. Charity, 29 years old, had a club foot and had never married. Stephen and Charity fell in love, were married, and had seven (8) children." Charity COLEMAN was buried in the Stephen P. Crosby Family Cemetery in Fairfield County, South Carolina.

Charity (Coleman) CROSBY, wife of Stephen P. CROSBY, was born 22 January 1772 and died 29 July 1855. Her dates of birth and death were recorded in the Crosby Family Cemetery of the Cool Branch community of Fairfield County, South Carolina, on the west side of Highway 215 at rhe county line separating Fairfield and Chester Counties. See J. P. COLEMAN, former governor of Mississippi, The Robert Coleman Family, From Virginia to Texas: 1652-1965 (1965).

Note 7: Mary HUGHES was interred in the Calvary Baptist Church Cemetery, Chester County, South Carolina. The inscription on her tombstone is as follows: "Sacred to the memory of Mary Crosby, wife of Allen Crosby. Born Sept. 24, 1799. Died May 22, 1867. Aged 67 yrs 7 mo & 28 days." This cemetery is located near the Baton Rouge section of Chester County.

Note 8: Robert PARKS, Sr. was second marrried to Nancy ROBBINS.

Note 9: Thomas CROSBY, Sr. is listed as a Revolutionary War soldier in the Crosby Family Cemetery. From Salley’s Indents, vol. U-W, p. 41: "Issued 11th of July 1785 to Mr. Thomas Crosby for 18 pounds, s. 8, d 63/4 sterling for military duty as private as per account.

Note 10: Thomas CROSBY, Sr.’s last Will and Testament is recorded in Journal Book A, Probate Court, Chester County, South Carolina, pp. 46-47. It was witnessed by Richard Cox, William CROSBY, and Elizabeth VAUGHN, her mark, on 3 March 1791. Thomas CROSBY, Sr., therefore, died four days after having signed his Will. At his father’s death, Allen CROSBY was three years of age. In 1825, Allen CROSBY and John CROSBY were appointed administrators for the esate of their mother, Margaret (Davis) CROSBY.

  Chester County, South Carolina, Will Book (Journal Book) A, pp. 46 and 47, Probate Judge:

Will of Thomas Crosby

IN THE NAME OF GOD AMEN: I, Thomas Crosby, of Chester County in the State of South Carolina, being weak of body but of perfect memory do constitute this my last will and testament, and I desire it may be received by all as such:

FIRST I most humbly bequeth my soul to almighty God, beseaching His most gracious acceptance to take me to Himself into that peace and rest and incomparable felicity, who has prepared for all that love and fear His holy name, Amen. Blessed by God, I give my body to earth from whence it was taken, in full assurance of its resurrection from thence at the last day

As for my burial, I desire it may be decent, at the discretion of my dear wife, and my executors hereafter named, who I doubt not will manage it with all requisite prudence and, as for such worldly goods wherewith it has pleased God to bless me, I give and dispose of in the following manner.

FIRST, I lend to my wife Margaret (Davis) Crosby during her life or widowhood the plantation where I now live and two negroes named Limbrick and table and one feather bed and furniture and all my stock of horses, cattle, and sheep and hogs. And at her death or marriage to be equally divided among all my children, except the land which is to be mentioned hereafter.

I give and bequeth to William Malven and his heirs and assigns fifty acres of land where he now lives on the waters of Beaver Creek.

I give and bequeth to my sons Dennis and Thomas Crosby one tract of land on the waters of Beaver Creek containing three hundred acres to be equally divided into two parts by a line and each one to have an equal part and to Dennis one negro named Will and to Thomas one negro named Amey.

I give and bequeth to my daughter Nancy Crosby one negro named Sylvia, and one feather bed and furniture.

I give and bequeth to my daughter Margaret Crosby one negro named Fanny, and one feather bed and furniture.

I give to my son John Crosby one hundred and fifty acres of land lying on a branch of Brushy Fork and one negro named Zokel.

I give and bequeth to my sons Stephen and Allen Crosby this tract of land containing three hundred acres where I now live on Broad River, at their mother’s death or marriage, to be equally divided by a line from the river out to the back line.

I give to my son Stephen one negro named Moses and to my son Allen one negro named Patty.

I give to my daughter Mary Crosby one negro named Rachael and one feather bed and furniture.

I do constitute and appoint my trusty and well beloved wife, Margaret (Davis) Crosby, and my son Dennis to be executors of this my last will and testament, and revoking all other wills made by me do confirm this to be my last will and testament, in witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this third day of March 1791: signed, sealed, and pronounced in the presence of

Richard Cox (signed)

William Crosby (signed)

Thomas Crosby (signed)

Elizabeth Vaughn (signed)

South Carolina, Chester District, Deed Book V, pages 257 - 258.

Whereas, I, Margaret Crosby, on 12-14-1813 in the presence of Thomas Mooreman and Moses Crosby executed a writing under seal purporting that my late husband, Thomas Crosby, had by this last will and testament given and bequethed to his son John Crosby then a minor a certain malato man named Ezekial with other property to him and his heirs forever, and whereas, the said John Crosby died during his minority and without heirs of his body, in the year 1795 (though in the writing stated by mistake to be in the year 1787), and at which time by parole he gave and bequethed the said molato man slave, Ezekial, to his younger brother Allen Crosby. And whereas the said slave, by the laws of the land of that day, was vested in one as my right property, I do hereforth confirm the said gift of the said John Crosby, as before set forth and stated in the said [writing], [to] Allen Crosby, relinquishing all claim or claims which I or any person may have in the said malato slave Ezekial, absolutely to him and his heirs forever and at the same time it is to be fully understood that, [by] the said confirmation and transfer of the said slave Ezekial, I am not considering him as a part of the estate by one to be given to him.

Given under my hand and seal this 18th day of July in the year of our Lord 1823.

/s/ Margaret Crosby

/s/ Moses Crosby

/s/ Joseph Crosby

/s/ James Crosby - State of South Carolina, Chester District

Before me personally appeared Moses Crosby and being duly sworn saith on his oath he saw Margaret Crosby sign and seal and acknowledge the above as her act and deed for the use and purpose mentioned. Sworn and subscribed this 3-9-1825.

/s/ Moses Crosby

/s/ E. P. Lyles, J. P.

In Chester County, South Carolina, Deed Book V, pages 257 -258, there appears an instrument executed by Margaret Crosby July 18, 1854 stating that her son, John Crosby, died during his minority and that other deposition be made of his part of the estate of his father.

Note 11: Allen CROSBY and John CROSBY, in 1825, were appointed administrators for the estate of Margaret ( née DAVIS) CROSBY. Margaret (DAVIS) CROSBY’s Will was dated 18 July 1823. Source: Judge of Probate’s Office, Chester, South Carolina. Deed Book, pp. 258-259, South Carolina, Chester District.

Note 12: According to Bobby Gilmer Moss, South Carolina Patriots of the American Revolution, p. 219, Thomas Crosby, Sr. served in the militia under General Pickens after the fall of Charleston. See Columbia State, January 4, 1904 - February 1905, Audited Accounts in the South Carolina Archives.

Note 13: Mrs. Mary P. T. Daniels, Applicant’s Working Sheet, National Society, Daughters of the American Revolution: Stephen CROSBY was the child of Thomas CROSBY who was born about 1751 at Chester District and died at Charleston District on 4 March 1791 (actually 7 March 1791). Thomas CROSBY’s wife was Margaret DAVIS, born 7 December 175? at Fairfield County, married in 1770, and died at Fairfield County 18 February 1825.

Note 14: Laurens County, South Carolina, Estate Book A-1, p. 224:

  Will of Edward Musgrove of Enoree in Laurens County

To son Edwards Beaks Musgrove, £50 sterling. To my little son William Musgrove, my dwelling, plantation, mill, and all the land. To my daughter Rebecca Cannon, £20. To my daughter Mary Berry, £20. Five slaves (named). Her seven children, William, Margaret, Ann, Hannah, Leah, Rachael, and Lincy . . . . and wife Ann with Thomas CROSBY of Broad River, executors.

25 August 1790

Edward Musgrove [Seal]

Witnesses: George Gordon, John Hanna, Alexr Morrison, John George.

An account of the appraisement of the estate of Edward Musgrove, deceased, includes five negroes (named), total 861.15: Robert, Hannah, Benja., Adair, Roger Brown.

The above Will from Laurens County, South Carolina seems to establish a close relationship between Edward Musgrove, whose plantation was the site of the Battle of Musgrove Hill at the boundary of Spartanburg County and Laurens County, at the Enoree River, and ThomasCROSBY, who was a patriot in the American Revolution, said to have fought in every major battle in South Carolina. Thomas CROSBY died within seven months of Edward Musgrove.

Note 15: Chester, South Carolina. Minutes of County Court, 1785 - 1789; Court 1791, item 129:

At a court for Chester County, the fourth day of April, one thousand seven hundred & ninety one: The Last Will & Testament of Thomas Crosby, deceased, was produced in open court and approved by the oath of William Crosby & the affirmation of William Cox, two of the subscribing witnesses thereto & ordered to be committed to record and Dennis Crosby one of the executors there in mentioned took the oath of an exor. & ordered that letters of testamentary be issued.

Note 16: From the CROSBY family file owned by Allen Elmo CROSBY: Thomas CROSBY was the "father of 9 children . . . . His place of residence during the Revolutionary War was Camden District (now Chester County), South Carolina. He served in the South Carolina militia as a soldier and also furnished sundries to the Whigs in 1781 - 1782." See stub entries to indents for Revolutionary War claims, South Carolina Historical Commission, Book U-W, p. 41 and Book P, p.118.

Note 17: Hannah (née REVELS) CROSBY furnished supplies to the Whigs for the use of the militia in 1781, as follows: "Issued the 20th day of May, 1785, to Mrs. Hannah Crosby, for twenty three pounds, sixteen shillings, and three pence sterling for forage for Continental and militia use in 1781, as per account audited." Book Q, p. 278, Indent no. 441, Stub Entries to Indents for Revolutionary Claims.

Note 18: "Issued 11th day of July to Mr. Thomas Crosby for 12 pounds for military duty as private per account audited." Stubs to indents: South Carolina Historical Commission, Book U-W, page 259.

Note 19: Patricia Law Hatcher, Abstract of Graves of Revolutionary Patriots, Vol.1, A-D (Pioneer Heritage Press), "Graves of Revolutionary War Patriots," page 219:

Crosby, Hannah, Mrs. Near Broad River, 1 mile from Highway 215, northwest Fairfield County, South Carolina

Crosby, Richard. Near Broad River, 1 mile from Highway 215, northwest Fairfield County, South Carolina

Crosby, Thomas. Near Broad River, 1 mile from Highway 215, northwest Fairfield County, South Carolina

Crosby, William. Near Broad River, 1 mile from Highway 215, northwest Fairfield County, South Carolina

Note 20: Allen CROSBY and Mary HUGHES engendered Mary Ann CROSBY (18 February 1834, South Carolina - 6 August 1893) who, in 1849, was married to Thomas Ralph COLVIN (15 April 1820, Chester District, South Carolina - 6 May 1880, Vienna, on Cypress Creek, "Old Home Place," Lincoln Parish, Louisiana). Mary Ann CROSBY and Thomas Ralph COLVIN engendered Rhoda Missouri ("Tiny") ("Tennie") COLVIN (9 October 1858 - 20 January 1944, in or near Ruston, Lincoln Parish, Louisiana) who, on 18 December 1881, was married to James Madison SCAIFE (19 January 1860, Claiborne Parish, Louisiana - 10 August 1912). Because James Madison SCAIFE was the great grandson of Margaret CROSBY and Adam S. POOLE, Jr., he and his wife were both descended from Thomas CROSBY, Sr. and Margaret DAVIS and, therefore, were cousins. [See Child 4: James Madison SCAIFE under G0492A: Charner Poole SCAIFE in Descendants of Robert Scaife I of Winton (ABT 1515 - 11 January 1591) and G0494A: Adam S. POOLE (Jr.) under Descendants of Captain William "the Joyner" Poole (ABT 1703 - BEF November 1777).]

Thomas Ralph COLVIN was the son of Andrew Feaster COLVIN (30 March 1785 - 3 February 1849) and Jemima PETRIE (5 September 1785 - 5 June 1872).

See Ethelle and Baker Colvin, Colvin and Allied Families.

   

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G0494A: Margaret CROSBY [004]
Birth: 1 February 1777, Chester District, South Carolina
Death: 16 March 1851, Fulton County, Georgia
Interment: Poole Family Cemetery, Poolesville, Fulton County, Georgia
Father: Thomas CROSBY (Sr.) (ABT 1751, Berkeley County [later Chester County], South Carolina, British North America - 7 March 1791, Charleston District, South Carolina)
Mother: Margaret DAVIS (17 December 1751, Berkeley County [later either Fairfield or Chester County], South Carolina, British North America - 18 February 1825, Chester County, South Carolina)

Marriage: 18 June 1798, South Carolina
Spouse: Adam S. POOLE (Jr.) (17 November 1776, Camden District [later Chester County], South Carolina - 21 June 1855, Fulton County, Georgia) [See G0494A: Adams S. POOLE (Jr.) in Descendants of Captain William "the Joyner" Poole (ABT 1703 - BEF November 1777).]

Child 1: Nancy Davis POOLE (11 July 1800, Chester County, South Carolina - 29 November 1854, Fulton County, Georgia) [F]: m1. Jesse SCAIFE (22 September 1795, Henry County, Virginia - 20 October 1827, Poolesville, now Blair Village, near Jonesboro, Fulton County, Georgia) [See Child 1: Jesse SCAIFE under G0494A: William SCAIFE (Sr.) of South Carolina in Descendants of Robert Scaife I of Winton (ABT 1515 - 11 January 1591) and see Child 1: Nancy Davis POOLE under G0494A; Adam S. POOLE (Jr.) in Descendants of Captain William "the Joyner" Poole (ABT 1703 - BEF November 1777).]: m2. Jacob T. CAIN (died 26 March 1854).

Child 2: Mary Crosby POOLE (19 April 1802, Poolesville, now Blair Village, near Jonesboro, DeKalb County [later Fulton County], Georgia - 11 March 1892, Claiborne Parish, Louisiana) [F]: m. William SCAIFE (Jr.) (13 December 1799, Camden District [later Chester County], South Carolina - 11 May 1837, Decatur, DeKalb County, Georgia), 23 October 1821, Chester County, South Carolina.[See G0493A: William SCAIFE (Jr.) in Descendants of Robert Scaife I of Winton (ABT 1515 - 11 January 1591) and see G0493A: Mary Crosby POOLE in Descendants of Captain William "the Joyner" Poole (ABT 1703 - BEF November 1777).]

Child 3: Sara Hues POOLE (5 April 1804, Chester County, South Carolina - 15 September 1850, Fulton County, Georgia) [F]: m. Leonard H. TOMLINSON (5 April 1800 - 30 October 1854 ["54 years,6 months, 25 days"]), BEF 1836

Child 4: Edna POOLE (17 September 1806, Chester County, South Carolina - 26 June 1886, West Point, Troup County, Georgia) [F]: m. Thomas WARD, Jr. (14 February 1801, Jackson County, Georgia - 18 August 1873, Lee County, Alabama), 9 February 1826

Child 5: Thomas Manning POOLE (30 March 1808, Chester County, South Carolina - 19 December 1856, Fulton County, Georgia) [M]: m. Mahulda S. WILSON, 20 October 1836

Child 6: Anne POOLE (ABT February 1810, Chester County, South Carolina - 16 June 1860) [F]: m. Edgar GARLICK (ABT 1800 - ?)

Child 7: Ephraim Mabry POOLE (11 April 1811, Chester County, South Carolina - 14 April 1855, Fulton County, Georgia) [M]: m1. Jane E. ALLEN (? - August 1853): m2. Arabella SMITH (? - 19 January 1856), AFT August 1853

Child 8: Adam POOLE (3 January 1813, Chester County, South Carolina - 5 December 1857) [M]

Child 9: Allen Jackson ("Jack") POOLE (5 August 1817, Chester County, South Carolina - 17 September 1876, Atlanta, Columbia County, Arkansas) [M]: m. Martha ("Mattie") Davis DISMUKES (ABT 1821, Georgia - ?, Atlanta, Columbia County, Arkansas), 13 January 1842, Russell County, Alabama

Child 10: Margaret Rebecca POOLE (13 September 1823, Chester County, South Carolina - 30 January 1891, Fulton County, Georgia) [M]: m. Edward Mobley TALIAFERRO, 6 January 1846, DeKalb County [later Fulton County], Georgia

Note 1: The following remarks are taken from Henry T. Poole III, Genealogy - Descendants of William Poole.

  Adam S. POOLE Jr. was born on 17 November 1776 in Camden District, South Carolina. He died on 21 June 1855 in Fulton County, Georgia. He was buried in Poole Family Cemetery, Poolesville, Fulton County, Georgia.

1797 - Adam POOL, John Watson, and Alex Robinson are on jury duty on July 19, 1797 in Fairfield County, South Carolina. This is Adam Jr. since Adam Sr. was in Pendleton District by this time.

1810 - Adam, Walter, and William lived adjacent to each other in the Fairfield District census.

1824 - Adam, Jr. moved to DeKalb County, Georgia, and established a grist mill on Jonesboro Road at Poole's Creek. This area was called Poolesville and later became part of Fulton County.

He was married to Margaret CROSBY on 18 June 1798 in Fairfield County, South Carolina. Margaret CROSBY was born on 1 February 1777 in Chester County, South Carolina. Dr. Thomas Hugh Poole had listed the date of birth as 29 June 29 1780. Her tombstone says she died on 16 March 1851, aged 74 years, 1 month, and 15 days. She died on 16 March 1851 in Fulton County, Georgia. Dr. Thomas Hugh Poole had listed the date of death as 16 March 1854. She was buried in Poole Family Cemetery, Poolesville, Fulton County, Georgia.

Note 2: Sarah Hues POOLE is buried in the Poole Family Cemetery, Poolesville, now Blair Village, near Jonesboro, DeKalb County (later Fulton County), Georgia.

Note 3: Edna POOLE and Thomas WARD, Jr. are both buried at the Methodist Church cemetery, Salem, Lee County, Alabama.

Note 4: Thomas Manning POOLE was interred at the Mt. Zion Methodist Church cemetery, Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia.

Note 5: Ephraim Mabry POOLE is buried in the Poole Family Cemetery, Poolesville, now Blair Village, near Jonesboro, DeKalb County (later Fulton County), Georgia.

Note 6: Allen Jackson ("Jack") POOLE and Martha ("Mattie") DISMUKES are buried at the Baptist Church cemetery, Atlanta, Columbia County, Arkansas. Martha ("Mattie") DISMUKES was the daughter of Jeptha Vining DISMUKES (11 August 1798, Hancock County, Georgia - 1 November 1867, Crawford, Russell County, Alabama) and Amelia KING (ABT 1802 - ABT 1868).

Note 7: Margaret Rebecca POOLE is buried at the Mt. Zion Methodist Church cemetery, Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia.

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