Reunion

The 2024 Cromartie Reunion will take place the weekend of October 12th and 13th.

Saturday October 12th, 2024: The Saturday evening event sign up has closed.

Sunday October 13th, 2024: Reunion at the South River Presbyterian Church in Bladen County with lunch following on the grounds. Registration begins at 10:00 AM with the Service at 11:00 AM. Please be at the church no later than 10:30 so we may register everyone by 11 am. Lunch cost will be released soon. 

The Sunday reunion will be both onsite at the church and will stream online via YouTube for those that cannot attend in person. We will send out the YouTube information closer to the Reunion via email. 

Our speaker this year will be Dr. James Leutze, Chancellor Emeritus of the University of North Carolina Wilmington and former History Professor at the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill.  He will be speaking on the Civil War in North Carolina, Bladen County and our Cromartie Family. The Church will also be receiving a plaque from the Cape Fear Scottish Immigration Memorial (CFSIM) recognizing our family and the Church's significance and importance in the Scottish Heritage of North Carolina. This is an exciting moment for our family and our precious church. You may read more about the CFSIM on their website: https://www.<wbr></wbr>capefearscotsmemorial.org/

The Cromartie Family Reunion was first observed on August 29, 1929 and was attended by various descendants of William Cromartie, an immigrant from Orkney, Scotland. "William of Orkney" settled the Cape Fear River area of North Carolina in 1750 and became the patriarch of the Cromartie Family in America. That first meeting of Cromartie descendants was held at White Lake, North Carolina to form a family organization for the preservation of Cromartie Family history, its genealogy, and to honor their family patriarch.

A granite marker in memory of William Cromartie was unveiled in a commemorative program at the South River Presbyterian Church on August 18, 1932.

This marker was installed and can still be viewed near the site of his Revolutionary period home near the intersection of Highway 701 and 210 which have the following coordinates 34*44'53.53" North, 78*25'18.05" West.