had murdered Uncle William, taken his vessel south, and sold her. Charlotte's father deeded 35 acres of his Birch Point Farm to her on 15 November 1856, thus providing his widowed daughter with a place to raise her two sons. Charlotte sold the farm to Karl Boulter 's grandfather, James Boulter , fourteen years later. The Tryon settlers spent the winter months clearing their land of trees, some of which were two and one half to three feet in diameter. When spring came, barges were brought up the river to a wharf at the river's edge on the Crossroad property of John Wood , now owned by Richard Newsome . The logs were taken down stream where they were either loaded onto vessels lying at anchor near the Tryon , or unloaded for use in the shipyard close by. Grain was also shipped to England on Island built sailing vessels. — . • ~ Ship building on the Tryon River . Steve Clement. 37