Cromer Family

(This page is a placeholder for my Cromer/Kromer research and thus is a work in progress.)

The Wisconsin Historical Society has a book written by Luther W. Hampton that chronicles the SC Cromer family from 1752.  I have not seen this book but it might hold information about lineage of my ancestor Barbara Ann Cromer who married Henry Kesler, Jr. 

1758 plat of Frederick Cromer containing 100 acres lying on the fork of the Broad and Saluda River; bounded NE by a branch of the Broad River known as the Enoree River or Collins River; Bounded SE by land laid out to Herman Geiger.

(Plat courtesy SC Archives)

1757 plat of Jacob Cromer containing 150 acres between the forks of the Broad and Saluda River, lying on a branch of the creek known as Cannon's Creek.

(Plat courtesy SC Archives)

1752 plat of Michael Cromer containing 200 acres lying between the fork of the Broad and Saluda Rivers; butting and bounding the the land laid out to John Conrad Volk.

(Plat courtesy SC Archives)

1752 plat of Maria Briggita Hardlockin containing 250 acres lying between the fork of the Broad and Saluda Rivers and Second Creek; Butting and bounding to the North the lands laid out to Christian Collier and to the East lands laid out to Adam George Keller (Kesler?) and to the South lands laid out to Michael Cromer.  Note that William Henry Kesler's land was on Second Creek - see plat.

(Plat courtesy SC Archives)

1792 plat of Joseph Wallorn containing 200 acres on Campin Creek (?) waters of Saluda River in the fork of the Saluda and Broad Rivers.  Andrew Cromer's land is shown to the NE.

(Plat courtesy SC Archives)

1792 plat of Martin Cromer containing 90 acres on the Broad River.  Two of the adjoining land owners appear to be Henry Ox and John Griffin.

(Plat courtesy SC Archives)

Based on the above plats, we can definitively say that our Cromer/Kromer ancestors lived in the Carolina Dutchfork area.  Cannon's Creek (and its minor tributaries) for example, runs almost due east from the Broad River towards the present day town of Newberry.  The "fork of the Broad and Saluda Rivers" encompasses a rather large area beginning with Columbia and likely ending north of Newberry.

Like my Kesler/Keisler ancestors, many Cromers moved from South Carolina into Georgia.  We know of one Cromer family that lived south of Carnesville in Franklin County, Georgia:  About 5 miles south of Carnesville and 9 miles east of Royston (Georgia) is a historical site called Cromer's Mill Covered Bridge. It is located on Nail's Creek and it is the site of a mill that was operated by the Cromer family just prior to the Civil War.  

(David Seibert; Historical Marker Database)

(David Seibert; Historical Marker Database)

(This page was created on 8/9/2023)