— Scotch Cross Plantation © Mike Kitchens —

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)