1782 - 1856 (73 years)
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Name |
Stephen P (Pierce) Crosby |
Birth |
10 Nov 1782 |
Chester Co., S.C. |
Gender |
Male |
Death |
20 Mar 1856 |
Chester Co., S.C. |
Burial |
Cool Branch, Fairfield, S.C. |
Person ID |
I70296 |
My Genealogy |
Last Modified |
17 Nov 2020 |
Father |
Thomas Crosby, b. 1751, Craven District, S.C. d. 7 Mar 1791, Chester Co., S.C. (Age 40 years) |
Mother |
Margaret Davis, b. 17 Dec 1751, Berkeley County, South Carolina, British North America d. 18 Feb 1825, Chester County (Age 73 years) |
Marriage |
1770 |
Family ID |
F26072 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
Family |
Charity Coleman, b. 22 Jan 1772, Fairfield Co, Fairfield, S.C. d. 25 Jul 1855, Chester Co., S.C. (Age 83 years) |
Marriage |
1801 |
Children |
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Family ID |
F25656 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
Last Modified |
24 Jan 2013 |
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Notes |
- BURIED AT COOL BRANCH, ESTREME NW FAIRFIELD CO., LEFT OFF HWY 215 NEAR CHESTER
AND UNION COUNTIES. BEHIND FAULKNER HOUSE ON FAULKNER ROAD.
Stephen P. Crosby inherited the land on which he resided, which was located on Broad River. He is listed as a private on a list of conpanies which left Chester in 1814, going from Charleston to take part in the War of 1812. He was a decon at Beaver Creek Baptist Church in Oct 1850 and is listed as a member on 12 July 1852 and again in Dec 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.
Stephen Crosby, at 19 years old, was a coach driver for the wealther 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, SC.
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