Crozier Christy (1796-1880) was another prominent local farmer, from Ballyreagh. He was very active in the D&AFS and was its secretary for over 30 years. He frequently judged classes in its annual show, and the shows of nearby societies, such as Glen and Markethill.
He was a frequent member of Petit Juries at Co Armagh assizes, and an occasional Grand Jury member. Given the way that potential grand jury members were selected, based on property, that put him in the top 40-50 of Co Armagh society in the 1840s.
In 1851, he was, along with Peter Quinn, part of a committee formed to try to bring a sugar beet factory to the Newry area!
He served on the Newry Board of Guardians as one of the Poyntzpass electoral district’s two delegates from the late 1830s until the mid-1860s.
In the late 1840s, he petitioned for the sale of lands in Glaskermore and Glaskerbeg, owned by the Marston family, under the Encumbered Estates Acts, presumably to repay debts they owed him. The order was finally granted in January 1852 and an auction was held in October that year. Alexander Kinmonth dropped out of the bidding at £1200, and the final purchaser was Robert Glenny, for £1811.
His wife Susanna had predeceased him many hears earlier; she died on 15th Dec 1836 aged just 34. In January 1841 he re-married, to Nancy Allen of Tullynacross.
He died on 5th June 1880, aged 84. His obituary in the Banbridge chronicle said
“Mr Crozier Christy belonged to that class who have done so much to make Ulster prosperous and happy. He was an intelligent farmer, shrewd, straightforward, reliable, and capable of solving the problem [of] how to make farming pay.”