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...One person is of particular interest here, and that was
Joseph K. CROSSETT. Joseph and his family were from South Carolina and had
moved to Carrol County [Tennessee] by 1830 if not earlier. Joseph was
born in 1815 and was most likely the son of W. K. CROSSETT who was a neighbor
of James THOMPSON in the 1830 census. In 1846, Joseph K. CROSSETT entered 48
acres in Range 2, Section 2, to be surveyed, this area being in the same area
as James THOMPDON and his neighbors in Civil Districts 1, 5, and 6. Range 2,
Section 2 could be in all three of these Districts, as you can see by comparing
the two maps of Carroll County.
Joseph K. CROSSETT married in 1836,
Elizabeth CUPP, who was most likely the d/o John CUP/CUPP who was seen on page
173 of the 1830 census living very close to an Andrew CROSET, who seems to have
been an older brother of Joseph K. or s/o Wm. K. CROSSETT. John CUPP is also
paying taxes in Range 2, Section 2.
Sometime after Joseph married, he and
his family moved from Carroll County and went to De Soto County, MS where they
showed up in 1845 and 1850, and in 1853, they left Mississippi and went to what
was then St. Francis County in Arkansas and what became Woodruff County in
1862. These CROSSETTs became friends of a family that arrived around 1856 or 7,
from Hardeman County, TN named CORELY. They were the sons of John W. and
Elizabeth W. (HUDSON) CORLEY, the parents having remained behind in Hardeman
County. However, John W. CORLEY died soon thereafter and his widow left the old
homestead and packed up her youngest children and joined her older sons and
their families. About that time, Joseph K. CROSSETT became a widower with a
large family and he and Elizabeth married, joining "his", "hers", and adding
"their" children to become one big family.
And living in the this same area
and known to each other, were the THOMPSONs, sons of Robert P. and his family.
One wonders why Joseph K. CROSSETT, neighbor of James THOMPSON of Carroll
County is now seen living next door and being friendly with the sons of Robert
P. THOMPSON of Madison County. Again, pure coincidence? Quite possibly, but
interesting nonetheless. |
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