Is there any information available for Scotch-Irish Gordons ship landings in VA/PA in the 1700-1735 timeframe? There are literally thousands of us who have ancestors detailed in the "Gordons of the Deep South" book by Erminie Northcutt Marshall, 1961 who descend from John and Ruth Gordon from Truro Parish, Fairfax (now Loudoun) Co, VA settling in the "Back Country or Upper Country" of SC about 1750. Unless there is new information from some source I have not heard, the origin of John and Ruth Gordon is unknown. Ms. Marshall in her book suggests that burned records in Stafford Co, VA might have assisted. However, logic would suggest that they would be among the half million to one million Scotch-Irish (from Ulster Plantation) who fled as a result of religious oppression. That part of the Carolinas was settled predominantly by Scotch-Irish Presbyterians originating initially in PA an VA, but later directly from Ulster to SC. A huge majority of those who fought in the successful battles against the Red Coats at Ramsour's Mill, Rocky Mount, in Huck's Defeat, Yadkin, and even Kings Mountain and Cowpens were Scotch-Irish. John and Ruth's four surviving sons (Maj. Thomas Gordon, Capt. William Gordon, Capt. Govin Gordon, and ? George Gordon) at the time of the Rev War all served with Col Thomas Brandon's Regiment and Gen. Rutherford. Again, this implies Scotch-Irish heritage as these militia units were raised primarily from the Presbyterian congregations in the area. I suspect that to find John Gordon's (pre 1710-1756) origin we must pursue the Scotch-Irish ships. Does anyone know where such information might be obtained? Hurston Anderson