Robert Crosby

Alternate Names

  • R. Crosby
  • R. H. Crosby (as grantor in 1912 deed)
  • Robert H. Crosky (marriage index variant; likely mistranscription)

Land Ownership Summary

Land Lot: Third district, first section, Land Lot 502 (25 acres, east side), Land Lot 507 (25 acres, east side). 1 2
Acreage: 50 acres
Date of Purchase: December 30, 19013
What Happened to the Land: Sold October 29, 19124

Location Today

Modern Location: Heardsville Circle. Legends of Settendown Creek subdivision.5

Genealogy Snapshot

Born: Likely 1872–1877, South Carolina6

Died: October 12, 1918, Ishkooda, Jefferson County, Alabama7

Parents:

  • Daniel (Danl.) Crosby (born South Carolina)
  • Lena Crosby (born South Carolina)8

Siblings:9

  • Nancy Crosby (b. ~1878)
  • Lena Crosby (b. ~1879)

Spouse: Charity Bryant (m. December 31, 1898)10

Children:11

  • Georgia H. Crosby (b. ~1902)
  • Lillie B. Crosby (b. ~1904)
  • Robert Crosby (b. ~1906)
  • William I. Crosby (b. ~1908)

Migration: Jefferson County, Alabama12

Burial: New Grace Hill Cemetery, Birmingham, Alabama13

Footnote

Listed in multiple sources as being an iron ore miner14 15. After expulsion from Forsyth County, Crosby appears again in Ishkooda, a Birmingham-area mining community16 17. His widow Charity remained in Jefferson County, Alabama, where the family appears across multiple federal censuses18 19.

Sources

  1. Forsyth County Tax Digest (1912), “Colored Digest,” Big Creek Militia District. Georgia State Archives, Morrow, GA.
  2. Forsyth County Deed Book X, p. 76. Forsyth County Clerk of Court, Cumming, GA. (Corrective deed Book 1, p. 211)
  3. ibid
  4. Forsyth County Deed Book 1, p. 586. Forsyth County Clerk of Court, Cumming, GA.
  5. Forsyth County GIS Viewer. Accessed January 2026.
  6. United States Census Bureau. Census of the United States, 1900 (Jefferson County, Alabama). Accessed via Ancestry.com.
  7. Alabama, U.S., Deaths and Burials Index, 1881-1974. Accessed via Ancestry.com
  8. United States Census Bureau. Census of the United States, 1880 (Halsellville, Chester County, South Carolina). Accessed via Ancestry.com. (Danl Crosby household)
  9. ibid
  10. County Marriage Records, 1828–1978. Georgia Archives; Morrow, Georgia. Accessed via Ancestry.com. (Robert H Crosky and Charity Bryant)
  11. United States Census Bureau. Census of the United States, 1910 (Hightower, Forsyth County, Georgia). Accessed via Ancestry.com.
  12. United States Census Bureau. Census of the United States, 1920 (Precinct 9, Jefferson County, Alabama). Accessed via Ancestry.com. (Charity Crosby household)
  13. Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/32235172/andrew-jackson-harrell : accessed January 30, 2026); citing New Grace Hill Cemetery, Birmingham, Jefferson County, Alabama, USA.
  14. United States Census Bureau. Census of the United States, 1910 (Hightower, Forsyth County, Georgia). Accessed via Ancestry.com. Occupation listed as miner, industry as iron mines.
  15. Alabama, U.S., Deaths and Burials Index, 1881-1974. Accessed via Ancestry.com. Occupation listed as Ore Miner.
  16. ibid
  17. Bham Wiki ( https://www.bhamwiki.com/w/Ishkooda : accessed January 30, 2026); listing as a mining town.
  18. United States Census Bureau. Census of the United States, 1930 (Precinct 9, Jefferson County, Alabama). Accessed via Ancestry.com.
  19. United States Census Bureau. Census of the United States, 1950 (Birmingham, Jefferson County, Alabama). Accessed via Ancestry.com.