I am looking for the family or family tree of MURDOCK McLEOD b. 1785 NC. Married Sarah b. 1810 GA. Children: Mitilda, Sarah Ann, George W., Andrew Jackson, Baneta, William. Parents of Sarah and Murdock are unkn. Birth place unkn except state. Last name of Sarah unkn. List of children in household on the 1850 census...could be more! Burial is unkn and also dates of death. 1860 GA census indicates that Murdock died before 1860 census. Murdock was a farmer in Baker Co. GA in 1850. His family is listed in Mitchell Co. on the 1860 census. This indicates that when Baker split in 1856-57 they were in the territory of Mitchell Co. GA which had previously been Baker. If anyone is going to the games this weekend in RED SPRINGS, NC, please asked about this man at the McLeod tent! No one seems to know or claim him on their tree! This effort would be gratefully appreciated. Make a copy of this and leave it at the tent! Thanks for the help you may give me. Nora

Hello, For those of you who might need directions to the Flora Macdonald Highland Games in Red Springs, North Carolina this coming weekend, hopefully, this will help. <A HREF="http://www.capefearscots.com/page3.html">Click here: Cape Fear Scots Events and Directions</A> http://www.capefearscots.com/page3.html Have a safe trip. Thanks John Lester

Hello, I have noticed several inquirys concerning ships list to N. C. from Scotland. Perhaps this will be of some help. <A HREF="http://www.rootsweb.com/~ote/caroship.htm">Click here: The OLIVE TREE Genealogy Homepage</A> http://www.rootsweb.com/~ote/caroship.htm Thanks John Lester

Hello, Here is a site of the Dalriada Celtic Heritage Trust which might be interesting to you. <A HREF="http://www.dalriada.co.uk/">Click here: Index Page</A> http://www.dalriada.co.uk/ Also, don't forget the Flora Macdonald Highland Games at Flora Macdonald Campus in Red Springs, North Carolina next week end, October 1, 2 and 3rd. Thanks John Lester

Sue, I apologize for the delayed response. Wilmington is the port where many of the Scottish immigrants landed. Now in Hanover Co., Wilmington was part of the port of New Brunswick. The highlanders were the only large goup to immgrate directly to North Carolina, the rest coming from Virginia, Maryland, and Pennsylvania. The largest exodus from Scotland came after the Scots' defeat at the battle of Culloden in 1745. The British imprisoned many of the Scots, appropriated their land, forbade the wearing of tartans, and forced the Highlanders to pledge allegiance to the Crown as a condition of release from prison. From that point until the Revolutionary War, Scots immigrated into North Carolina "in hordes," most of the settling near the Cape Fear River. Unlike other American colonists, the Scots still looked at themselves as British subjects and felt obligated by their pledges to the Crown. So many of North Carolina Scots became Tories, under the leadership of Flora McDonald and her husband, and had a few skirmishes with the rebelling milita. Scots not only flooded into North Carolina with like-sounding given names surnames; they also married cousins or other kin with the exact-same surnames. Thus Camerons married Camerons, McDonalds married McDonalds, etc. My advice to you would be to start with yourself and work back, avoiding the temptation to start with a certain ancestor and working down to you. By starting with yourself, you'll have better control over the outcome you seek and more concrete evidence of your ancestry. You'll find a lot of help in the Internet, both free and for-fee. Other sources would be county courthouses, local libraries, state libraries, the Latter-Day Saints (LDS) libraries, past issue of local newspapers, cemeteries, the National Archives and Records Administration, passenger ship logs, service records (with Union records being in NARA and Confederate records by state). I hope I haven't bored you with stuff you already know. I just thought I'd share my personal experience that having big family trees is not enough. You should focus on points you're trying to make or stories you trying to tell. Interviews of the old folks would then help point your way. Then get as much as you can of the original source records and evidence published by academic historians. You still will have mistakes -- every family has skeletons they had rather leave in the closet -- but you will be able to substantiate your work. Of course, that's easier said than done. I've inherited three large volumes of family history. Trouble is, I don't know fact from wishful thanking -- embellished stories -- so deeper research should be done. I live near tremendous resources at the LDS Washington Temple, the Census Burea, NARA, Library of Congress, colleges and universites. All I lack is time. I'm not good at check this e-mail account every day. I do check wjcaligan@hotmail ever day and william.j.caligan@trw.com every workday. Bill Caligan

Hello List, Finally got the McNeill & McEachin Cemetery site up. The URL is: http://home.att.net/~hbridges/mcnmce.htm I've linked it from http://home.att.net/~hbridges/myrtle.htm ,my personal web page. Please take a look, Myrtle Bridges

I am looking for any links or info on the family of JOHN CLARK, son of ARCHIBALD who was the son of GILBERT CLARK who came to N.C. from Jura, Hebrides Islands of Scotland. It is thought that he settled at Cross Creek about 1736. John Clark had eleven known children named BENJAMIN, WILLIAM, ARCHIBALD, JOHN, JR., LEWIS, ELIZABETH, DANIEL, NATHAN, DAVID, PENELOPE, and JAMES. His will proved July 1796 mentions his cousin Gilbert Clark living on Barbecue Creek south side of the Arvest to be one of the executors. BENJAMIN CLARK was b. Jan. 1758 in Dobbs Co., N.C. He m. abt 1782 in Duplin Co., N.C. to MARY MCCLENDON who was the daughter of JESSE and ELIZABETH BALL MCCLENDON. Benjamin served as a private and Quarter Master Sergeant in the Revolutionary War. He mentions in his pension application that he was in battle at the Cape Fear River. Benjamin is said to have been a Methodist Preacher. He moved his family from N.C. to S.C. to Ky. to Tn. and finally to Hempstead Co., Ar. Two of his sons, James and Gilbert, moved on to Tx. where they were instrumental in establishing the town of Clarksville, Tx. which was named for James. Benjamin Clark d. Feb. 1828 in Red River Co., Tx. He was my gggg grandfather. Any help would be appreciated.

Hello, Don't forget the Flora Macdonald Highland Games in Red Springs, North Carolina on October 1, 2 and 3. Thanks John Lester

If you are searching for Farquhard Campbell try this: http://www.rootsweb.com/~nccumber/farqdes.htm I posted this tonight. Enjoy, Myrtle Bridges

Doug, By the way, I recieved your Robeson map and mailed it Priority Mail yesterday afternoon. Good Hunting, Larry ====== On Monday, September 20, 1999, Doug Purcell <dpurcell@the-link.net> wrote: >Seeking information on Phalby (Falby) HORN who was born c 1786 and married >Alexander TORRY (TORRIE, TORY, TORREY) probably in Cumberland or Robeson >Co., NC. Alexander TORRY was born in 1776 and died in Claiborne, Monroe >County, Alabama in 1835. He and his family also lived in Hancock and Clarke >Counties in Georgia. Phalby HORN was probably the second wife of Alexander >TORRY. Children included: Rebecca, George William, James, Mary Elizabeth, >Frances, David and John TORRY. These may be children from both >marriages. > >Also what is the origin of the given name "Phalby" or "Falby"? Is it a nick >name for a more formal forename? Thanks for any help offered with this >query. > >Doug Purcell >633 North Randolph Avenue >Eufaula, AL 36027-1209 >dpurcell@the-link.net or >dpurcell@zebra.net > > >

Seeking information on Phalby (Falby) HORN who was born c 1786 and married Alexander TORRY (TORRIE, TORY, TORREY) probably in Cumberland or Robeson Co., NC. Alexander TORRY was born in 1776 and died in Claiborne, Monroe County, Alabama in 1835. He and his family also lived in Hancock and Clarke Counties in Georgia. Phalby HORN was probably the second wife of Alexander TORRY. Children included: Rebecca, George William, James, Mary Elizabeth, Frances, David and John TORRY. These may be children from both marriages. Also what is the origin of the given name "Phalby" or "Falby"? Is it a nick name for a more formal forename? Thanks for any help offered with this query. Doug Purcell 633 North Randolph Avenue Eufaula, AL 36027-1209 dpurcell@the-link.net or dpurcell@zebra.net

Hello, Here is a site which you may be interest in. <A HREF="http://members.tripod.com/~rosters/index-16.html">Click here: SHIPS PASSENGER LISTS</A> Thanks John Lester

Hello, Here is another site from BJ which she sent me and is an excellent one. It does not necessarily pertain to research in the area of Scotland but in comprehensive as to the English personage. This site and lists are of the nature not found under normal searching. <A HREF="http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~hughw/files.html">Click here: Marriage Witness Indexes</A> Thanks John Lester

Thanks, Sue. Add me to the list of parties interested in the Scottish (and one Irish) emigrants who settled in North Carolina's Cape Fear region. I hope all my fellow Tar Heels weathered the storm in good shape. I have a sister in Wilmington and other kin scattered across N.C. We got a lot of rain here in Northern Virginia, enough for flash floods, and some gusts strong enough to topple a few trees and power lines. But it didn't approach the havoc wreaked by Hugo and Fran, which brought sustained hurricane winds inland through Charlotte and Raleigh respectively. --Bill from the D.C. area

Hello, Here is a National Genealogical Society Web Page which has used Genealogical books for sale. Thought Y'all might be interested. <A HREF="http://www.ngsgenealogy.org/">Click here: National Genealogical Society</A> Thanks John Lester

The Cape Fear area of today is much on the minds of all of us. Hold on tight you folks. Sue in CA

Right, Doug! I found evidence of that many years ago in George Black's The Surnames of Scotland...and then again more recently when I spent quite a spell in the Outer Hebrides: North/South Uist and Benbecula. Many MacPhails still bide there. It's my challenge to bring the threads together. Cheers, Amber

Dear Scots listers, I am very new to this list, as research of several Scots ancestors has pointed to NC as entrypoint. Has anyone come across either MACFALL/MCFALL, HAGUE, or WANN (from Edinburgh, according to tattered family records)? Much obliged for any guidance or info. Thanks, Amber presently in monsoon-swept White Mountains of AZ

Hello, I do not normally send something of this nature on a Genealogical listing and frankly do not believe in doing so, but due to the importance and nature of Hurricane Floyd and the service areas of these listings, I urge you to keep alert. I apologize in advance if sending this map site offends anyone. But if it makes a difference to even one person, I will take the risk. <A HREF="http://www.gismaps.fema.gov/1999/storms/Floyd/fl28bufg32.gif">Click here: http://www.gismaps.fema.gov/1999/storms/Floyd...</A> http://www.gismaps.fema.gov/1999/storms/Floyd/f128bufg32.gif Thanks John Lester

My take on bogus shipwreck stories is that they were started in a given family to disguise another fact. Keeping in mind that shipwrecks were quite common during the 1700's and early 1800's, an individual in a family might go to an "obvious" solution to a family story that is embarrassing. This is just a general response, and I too would like others to ring in on this. Jim