City Directories and History: This pre Revolutionary log dwelling, measuring some 16-20 feet, is a remarkable testament to the construction methods used by early settlers in the region. In 1985 when the home was recorded by the survey team and images were taken, it appears the house was in distress but remained many of the fine qualities of the original owner’s plan. Members of the Crosson family lived in this dwelling for at least six generations.
The first Crosson who ever came to this country was Alexander, who landed at Philadelphia. His emigration was not voluntary, having been banished from his home and country as a punishment for killing his lord’s game without license. He settled in the Shenandoah Valley at Woodstock, Virginia. Afterwards his father came to this country and landed at Charleston. About three years after his arrival he heard where his son was and went to Virginia and brought him to* South Carolina. Alexander and John were the only children the old man had. Alex married a Steel or a Smith and became the father of seven children, viz: Tom, Huey, Robert, Jane, Ann, Ellen and Mary.
Tom, the eldest son, married Jane Neily in 1800. His children were James M., Margaret and Jane. James Crosson’s children were J. T. P., H S. N., David, Allen, Lizzie and Jane.
(Information from: The Annals of Newberry Co., SC – O’Neall and Chapman, Aull and Houseal Publishers – 1892)
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