CrossonFamily Annals of Newberry, Part Two by John A. Chapman, page 633 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 conntry and landed at Charlestown. About three years after his arrival he heard where his son was and went to Virginia and brought him to Sonth 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.