In the Fall of 1824, a 49 year old Scott, crossed the Tennessee River, from near Erin in what is now Houston Co (that used to be Humphreys Co., and then used to be Stewart Co.), and searched-out a new Homestead for his family of 6, on Sugar Creek (near current-day Big Sandy) in Benton County (which used to be Barbados, which used to be Virginia, which used to be Carolina, which used to be N. Carolina, which used to be Indian Territory, which used to be Humphreys County)......hoping to move his wife and family into a new home by Christmas....... Just after marring his young Scottish bride of 19, Nancy Beaton, on February 13, 1812 in Stewart Co. at Dover., the then 38 year old Malcolm McKenzie, joined Gen. Andrew Jackson (when he came thru the area recruiting) to fight the British in the War of 1812. Malcolm was reportedly 'Killed-in-Action' during the War, and Nancy received a Widow's Pension.....But then, Malcolm made a miraculous recovery from his 'mortal wounds' and returned home to receive only a 'wounded pension' from the US Government for his service...... Imagine if you would, what it might have been like in 1824, to enter into the Wilderness of then Humphreys County (which just a few years prior had been Indian Territory) and carve-out a new homestead.....alone.....for your wife and 6 kids. Malcom's parents (Gilbert & Margrette McKenzie) came to Wilmington, N. Carolina in December 1774 after a 2 month voyage from Greenock, Scotland aboard the ship, Diana. Margrette was pregnant with Malcolm during the journey....she gave birth to Malcolm during the trip or shortley after arriving in Wilmington. They left Scotland, after being reduced to 'bleeding' their cattle and drinking their blood to survive.....This is another tale in itself...... Gilbert fought in the Revolutionary War with the British.....as did the majority of Scotts who settled in the present day Carolinas and Georgia. They suffered greatly after the War and their children (in this case Malcolm) left the Raleigh area by 1812. Malcolm took the usual boat route from N. Carolina to Dover, Stewart Co. with a lot of the Scottish Clans... A little history......the names..Nancy and Ann... in Gaelic are the same names.....contrary to popular belief....Nancy Beaton WAS NOT NAMED ...Nancy ANN Beaton in 1793......that would be like calling President George Bush....GEORGE GEORGE BUSH....her name was Nancy OR Ann...but NOT Nancy Ann....it was Anglicized to Nancy Ann...... 2nd....in Gaelic....surnames Beaton and Bethune....who were quite prominent in old Stewart, Humphreys, Houston and Benton Counties........are the same.....pronounced ...bee-toon'.......The Beatons' or Bethunes' are an extrememly respected religous name in old Scotland....as they were the priests and ministers of the Church.....and were the founders of the Church of Canada after most of the N. Carolina Scotts went to Canada after the Revolutionary War....... I will tell you the story later as to how these Scotts fought with the English (and this is a VERY, VERY IMPORTANT historical note............it's ENGLISH and not BRITISH......you offend Wales, Ireland and Scotland (these folks HATED the ENGLISH in 1774) by including them in the Revolutionary War as 'British' ........the War was fought with ENGLAND and NOT...Wales, Ireland and Scotland.....it was.... TOTALLY ENGLISH.... More stories later..... But...... I have, in hand, copies of the Royal Peerage Charts of the McKenzies back to the 11th Century.....I received them from the current Laird of the MacKenzies as a gift thru the Clan McKenzie of Canada....for personal research connecting the Clans settlements in the Americas after the Battle of Collouden Moor in April of 1745........ THese are very rare documents, as they are NOT available to the General Public..... Three things..... 1. These gen-charts, from the 1000's to the late 1800's, provide a genealogical history to a number of you in Northern Benton Country (particularly around Big Sandy) and the surrounding counties. If you have an interest in them...I will provide you a copy (at whatever it cost me to reproduce them)......let me know.... 2. I have established the link between Gilbert (b. 1740), his son Malcolm (b. 1774) of Benton Co. and the Ancient MacKenzie Clan gen-charts...........I leave 'the link' for you to discover on your own however......It is important to me..that you do this yourselves......if you find the right connections....I will provide you with missing documents...... 3. However, those of you who are descendant of Malcolms' son, Gilbert, thru his son Jethro, and subsequently Fred McKenzie (who married Grace Thelma Wimberley in 1921) may not find these 'Charts" of interest....you may want to look to the Robbins' family genealogy instead.......There's an old genealogical ryhme, which has stood the test of time, (making a new ryhme here <vbg>)...that goes......'Mamas' Baby...Daddy's Maybe'....You research it.... and figure it out..... Dave