James Thomas Rosborough, M.D.

A RECORD OF THE DESCENDANTS ISAAC ROSS and JEAN BROWN, Compiled by Anne Mims Wright, Jackson, MS, 1911, p. 84

Became a doctor and moved to Ridgway, S C. A scale carried in his saddlebag is in the possession of a direct descendant

From the Institute for Southern Studies, Vol. XII:51 (1965)

"Ridgeway Houseseats and Plantations

Ridgeway's Century House acquired its name in recent years after having weathered one hundred years of war and storm. Built by the Coleman family in 1853 in what is now the center of the town of Ridgeway, it was first known as the Brick House. The house was acquired in recent years by the Ridgeway Garden Club and now serves the entire area as a gathering place for all kinds of meetings, as well as housing the local library. On this site also had been the old John Rosborough home which James Buchanan Coleman acquired circa 1842, when Dr. James Thomas Rosborough moved to Texas. It was ten years later when James Coleman built the present Brick or Century House.

This old house also carries memories of the Confederate War since it was here that General Pierre G. T. Beauregard had his headquarters from February 17 to February 19, 1885, when Sherman after shamelessly burning Columbia was beginning his march northward. The Fairfield County Chamber of Commerce has recently placed an historical marker on the site to indicate this event."

Century House

The house was built in 1853 by James Buchanan Coleman, an extensive landowner. His properties were scattered from Blythewood, in the lower section of the county, to the DEVIL'S RACE TRACK community in the upper section. On locating in Ridgeway, he purchased the Rosborough home and a large tract of land from his friend, James Thomas Rosborough, M.D., some time before 1842 when Dr. Rosborough moved to Texas. Coleman family records indicate that this "two-story (Rosborollgh homestead) wooden house was near the BRICK HOUSE on the same level . . . with beautiful pink climbing roses on the piazza . . . large rooms on both floors and silver doorknobs and walnut stair-rails . . . built before 1800 by Dr. Rosborough's father, Mr. John Rosborough." The older Coleman children were born in the Rosborough house before Mr. Coleman built the BRICK HOUSE. The Colemans were hospitable and fond of company and entertaining; this is evidenced by the large and gracious home that they erected.