Basic Information
- Location Greenwood County
At the intersection of Mathews Road and Barksdale Ferry Road
- Origin of name The house received the name Scotch Cross because it was built near a settlement by the same name. Was also called the J. Wesley Brooks House for the home's builder and first owner (National Register, p. 6).
- Other names Scotch Cross House, J. Wesley Brooks House
- Current status Believed to be privately owned and restored
Timeline
- 1815 Earliest known date of existence when J. Wesley Brooks built the house for his wife Anne Lipscomb (National Register)
- ? Dr. Samuel Perryman became owner. His wife, Sarah Ann Watson Perryman was J. Wesley Brooks' niece (Virginia Historical Genealogies, p. 143).
- 1838 Dr. Perryman died leaving Scotch Cross to his wife to support her and their children (Virginia Historical Genealogies, p. 143).
- 1840 The widow Perryman married Captain Henry Hunter Creswell. Creswell purchased the plantation from the Perryman heirs (Virginia Historical Genealogies, p. 143).
- 1896 Creswell remained at Scotch Cross until his death on March 23 (Virginia Historical Genealogies, p. 143).
- 1973 Mrs. Olin Turner was owner of record (National Register, p. 1),
Land
- Number of acres Less than 10 in 1973 (National Register, p. 4)
- Primary crop Probably cotton
Owners
- Chronological list Captain John Wesley Brooks (1815-?); Dr. Samuel Perryman (?-1838); Sarah Ann Watson Perryman (1838-1840); Captain Henry Hunter Creswell (1840-1896); Mrs. Olin Turner (1973)
Slaves
- Number of slaves ?
Buildings
- The house is in the Federal style with Palladian features and of hand-sawed construction from timber found on the property (National Register).
Web Resources
- National Register of Historic Places
Nomination form - PDF - submitted in 1975
Photographs, architectural overview
Print Resources
- John Bennett Boddie, Virginia Historical Genealogies
(Memphis, TN: General Books LLC, 2009)
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