WILLIAM JAMES CROMARTIE BIBLE

William James Cromartie, son of John Cromartie and grandson of William Cromartie, was born 23 April 1824 and died 5 May 1898 in Bladen County, North Carolina. He married Mary Douglas Sloan, daughter of Dickson Sloan and Katherine Bryan. They had eleven children, including my grandfather, Robert Samuel Cromartie M.D.

William James possessed a turpentine still, a sawmill, and several thousand acres of farm land in Bladen County. He inherited the home of William Cromartie and lived there. During the Civil War, he served in a Confederate regiment.

He kept a family bible with four pages of family history. My cousin William Ernest Tulluck Jr. inherited the bible. He has recently given it to my grandson, Alexander Drake Cromartie. I’m attaching photos of William James and Mary Douglas, his  gravestone, and the family pages of the bible.