Reunion

The 2023 Cromartie Reunion will take place the weekend of October 7th and 8th.

Saturday October 7th, 2023: In the evening, we will have dinner at the Little Pond Catering Restaurant at 2016 Princess Place Drive in Wilmington, NC.  Fee for the dinner will be $40. 
Fee for the dinner will be $40, payable at the event. YOU MUST RSVP to this event! Space is limited to the first 24 that RSVP.

Sunday October 8th, 2023: 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 is $20.00 per person. 

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 speakers this year will be Bob McLeod, President of the Cape Fear Scottish Immigration memorial and Catherine Fort, President of the Scottish Society of Wilmington . 

Please sign up on the website below if you plan to attend. We need an RSVP for all events to ensure accurate dinner and lunch provisions. You may email us as well: [email protected]

We will adhere to all Covid guidelines in place at that time.

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.