Since we're discussing Irish genealogy..... I have an ancestor, George McCullough, who sailed from Larne on the brig Betty in the summer of 1772, and arrived in Charleston, SC, November 1772. Upon arriving in Charleston, he received a Bounty Land Grant. The Privy Council grant records do not record any other individuals with the same surname, so the asumption might be that no other family members accompanied him. There are no known McCulloughs in South Carolina who might have been his siblings, although some descendants are known; The land he received was in an area populated by German Lutherans, and he married into the Lutheran community. Because of the Bounty Land Grant, George was probably at least 18 and without doubt Protestant, not indentured nor a criminal transplant. Question: Is there any likelihood that there is information about George McCullough that could be found in Irish records? Thanks, Douglas McCullough dmccullough@jam.rr.com ----- Original Message ----- From: <GENIRE-D-request@rootsweb.com> To: <GENIRE-D@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, November 24, 2005 10:00 AM Subject: GENIRE-D Digest V05 #339