This entry is from David Dobson's book "Scots in the Carolinas", page 8--the entire book is available on Ancestry.com and is searchable. The only Beattie of any spelling: Beattie, Francis 22. Farmer. Dumfries-shire. Emigrated from Greenock, Renfrewshire, to Charleston, SC, on the Countess, R. Eason, in October 1774. [Public Record Office, London/ T47.12] Laurel Baty, L252