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William Cromartie

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William Cromartie

Birth
Kirkwall, Orkney Islands, Scotland
Death
21 Sep 1807 (aged 76)
Hickory Grove Crossroads, Bladen County, North Carolina, USA
Burial
Bladen County, North Carolina, USA GPS-Latitude: 34.7534218, Longitude: -78.4105377
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William 1st married Agnes Stewart. She was born 1735 in Scotland and died in Garland NC. c1765. She is buried in Scotland. She was the Mother of William Cromartie, Jr 1765-1807. I question his date of death. He supposedly died on this date in Scotland and his father died that same date in NC.??

Military Service:
Private, NC line
Rev. War - 10th Reg, Coleman's Co.
Enlisted Dec. 5, 1781

Info below from Contributor Charles E. Carroll (#46952409)
William I. Cromartie, born May 1, 1781, died Sep 21, 1807. According to the WPA cemetery survey compiled by Kate Monroe in 1941
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William 1st married Agnes Stewart. She was born 1735 in Scotland and died in Garland NC. c1765. She is buried in Scotland. She was the Mother of William Cromartie, Jr 1765-1807. I question his date of death. He supposedly died on this date in Scotland and his father died that same date in NC.??

Military Service:
Private, NC line
Rev. War - 10th Reg, Coleman's Co.
Enlisted Dec. 5, 1781

Info below from Contributor Charles E. Carroll (#46952409)
William I. Cromartie, born May 1, 1781, died Sep 21, 1807. According to the WPA cemetery survey compiled by Kate Monroe in 1941
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Inscription

The inscription on the front of the stone reads:
William Cromartie I, Emigrant from Scotland. Soldier of Revolutionary War. May 1, 1731-Sept. 21, 1807.
Second wife Ruhamah Doane Oct. 31, 1745-Dec. 26, 1812
Married April 22, 1766
Erected 1932

On the back of the monument appear the names of the children of William Cromartie I. These in their order are: William II, 1765; James, 1767; Thankful, 1768; Elizabeth, 1769; Hannah, 1771; Alexander, 1772; John, 1774; Margaret, 1776; Mary, 1778; Catherine, 1780; Jean, 1783; Peter, 1878; Ann, 1789.

Monument unveiled August 25, 1932.



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