Audrey - i had to get some information for a question i received at the local historical society. ithough you might be interested in my answer since it concerned the BOB family of Spartanburg Co., SC The town of Cross Anchor abt 5 miles west of Spartanburg was named for a house built by the Capt. of the British ship Sally. Crossed anchors were in the bricks of the chimney.This house burned in 1832. The owner of the plantation is not known. But Barnum Bobo was a purser on the ship the Sally. Barnum Bobo built his home om 1813 below Spartanburg near Union, and put crossed keys in his chimney since as the purser of the ship, he was the holder of the keys. This is where thename of the town of Cross Keys came from. I believe this house still exists with the keys in the chimney. leigh

While we are on the subject of the Bobo family, does anybody know anything about Barram Bobo who lived on the Union County side of Tyger River. He was a neighbor to my Wright family who named a son Barram. Mildred "Mickey" Fournier 1730 SE CR 252 Lake City, FL 32025 mickey@se.rr.com > -----Original Message----- > From: LSmith3437@aol.com [mailto:LSmith3437@aol.com] > Sent: Wednesday, February 15, 2006 4:34 AM > To: SC-Genealogy-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [SC] Re: [SC) BOBO > > Audrey - i had to get some information for a question i > received at the local historical society. ithough you might > be interested in my answer since it concerned the BOB family > of Spartanburg Co., SC The town of Cross Anchor abt 5 miles > west of Spartanburg was named for a house built by the Capt. > of the British ship Sally. Crossed anchors were in the > bricks of the chimney.This house burned in 1832. The owner > of the plantation > is not known. But Barnum Bobo was a purser on the ship the > Sally. Barnum > Bobo built his home om 1813 below Spartanburg near Union, and > put crossed keys in his chimney since as the purser of the > ship, he was the holder of the keys. > This is where thename of the town of Cross Keys came from. > I believe this > house still exists with the keys in the chimney. > > leigh > > > ==== SC-Genealogy Mailing List ==== > South Carolina GenForum Page > http://genforum.genealogy.com/sc/ > > ============================== > Jumpstart your genealogy with OneWorldTree. Search not only > for ancestors, but entire generations. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13972/rd.ashx >

Leigh, That is a very interesting story; wonder how many towns have names that we would like to hear about. I've never been to SC and work from counties when doing research, but have heard of Cross Anchors because there were POOLS/PETTYPOOLS there. Thanks for sharing. Audrey ----- Original Message ----- From: <LSmith3437@aol.com> To: <SC-Genealogy-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, February 15, 2006 1:33 AM Subject: Re: [SC] Re: [SC) BOBO > Audrey - i had to get some information for a question i received at the > local historical society. ithough you might be interested in my answer > since it > concerned the BOB family of Spartanburg Co., SC > The town of Cross Anchor abt 5 miles west of Spartanburg was named for a > house built by the Capt. of the British ship Sally. Crossed anchors were > in the > bricks of the chimney.This house burned in 1832. The owner of the > plantation > is not known. But Barnum Bobo was a purser on the ship the Sally. > Barnum > Bobo built his home om 1813 below Spartanburg near Union, and put crossed > keys > in his chimney since as the purser of the ship, he was the holder of the > keys. > This is where thename of the town of Cross Keys came from. I believe > this > house still exists with the keys in the chimney. > > leigh > > > ==== SC-Genealogy Mailing List ==== > South Carolina GenForum Page > http://genforum.genealogy.com/sc/ > > ============================== > Jumpstart your genealogy with OneWorldTree. Search not only for > ancestors, but entire generations. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13972/rd.ashx > >