I found out soon after my original post here that James left some money to his mother who was still living at the time (1832) in Lochmaben! Cliff. From: Sandy Pittendreigh [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, May 22, 2012 4:43 AM To: Clifford Johnston; [email protected] Subject: Re: [DUMFRIES-GALLOWAY] JOHNSTON, James, b. 1755 Hi You may have some difficulty sorting out the correct James from the Johnstone births in Dumfriesshire at this time. You may already have done this using the free search on Scotlandspeople. According to Scotlandspeople the Dumfriesshire OPRs for the period 1750 – 1760 record 22 James Johnstone births. 3 – Dumfries : 3 – Gretna : 3 - Kirkpatrick Juxta 2 – Kirkpatrick Fleming : 2 – Moffat : 2 – St Mungo and 1 each in the following Parishes Annan : Eskdale muir : Kitkmahoe : Lochmaben Mouswald : Ruthwell : Sanquhar MI for Kirkpatrick Juxta graveyard Correct location and birthdate but Its not much help other than to eliminate this one Adam JOHNSTON, tenant in Nether Hetheriehaugh, died 29th Dec 1765 age 50 Also 3 of his children Margaret ALLAN, spouse, died 5th May 1803 age 53 James their son died 8th May 1799 age 44 Cheers, Sandy From: Clifford Johnston <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Monday, 21 May 2012, 18:57 Subject: [DUMFRIES-GALLOWAY] JOHNSTON, James, b. 1755 Greetings from Sunny Texas, Lately we've had a wee bit of good luck and been extraordinarily busy tracing a promising lead that links our Y-DNA testing with documented family history. We are searching for a James Johnston, b. 1755 in the area of Dumfries/Moffatt, Scotland. In an year unknown James left for North America. His future wife, Frances Haley, has been found in Pennsylvania with her parents. It is likely that James was there too. Later, year unknown, James and his wife moved to South Carolina as did the Haley family. During the Revolutionary War James served with the noted General Francis Marion, "the Swamp Fox". Eventually James and his family moved to the Sumter, Georgia, area. James and his wife are well documented in SC and GA; however, it gets a wee bit sketchy before this time. Some years ago a cousin of mine talked with a distant relation who claimed to have letters written by James in which he mentions both Dumfries and Moffatt. Unfortunately James did not mention where he was born. Any help finding our James Johnston, b. 1755 in the Borders will be appreciated. Good hunting, Cliff. Johnston ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message