Hello Lindseys! This came to me from my Morton List. I didn't find any Mortons listed but LINDSAY is listed two times -- once as MATTHEW LINDSAY and once just in a list of surnames. Someone might find use for this. Lou ----- Original Message ----- From: <CSCUNC@aol.com> To: <MORTON-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, March 19, 2002 9:35 PM Subject: [MORTON] The Laggan Presbytery and Battle of King's Mountain > >From Chapter 1 of Alexander Lecky's 1905 book, "The Laggan and its > Presbyterianism we find the following description of the district know as the > LAGGAN: > > "On looking at a map of the County Donegal, it will be seen that the > north-eastern part of the county, which is the most northerly part of > Ireland, is a peninsula washed on the eastern side by the waters of Lough > Foyle and on the western by Lough Swilly. This is Inishowen, a mountainous > and, to a large extent, a barren country. Immediately to the south of it is > a fertile and comparatively flat country, lying between the river Foyle and > the upper reaches of Lough Swilly, and extending in one direction from the > City of Derry to Stranorlar, and in another from Lifford to Letterkenny. > This is the district which in by-gone times was known under the name of THE > LAGGAN, and formed the most productive and desireable portion of the ancient > territory of Tyrconnell..." > > This is also where many of my ancestors and yours came from; Defenders of > Derry during the great siege, the defining moment in Ulster Protestant > history. To an Ulsterman the Siege of Londonderry is what the War Between > the States is to an American. Shortly after this event great waves of > Derrymen left for America, first settling in Pennsylvania and then moving > down the Valley of Virginia and into the Carolinas. This genealogical > connection between the families of those who fought at Derry and those who > settled in Augusta/Rockbridge counties Virgina and the Settlement of the > Northwest Carolina Frontier (Carolina Cradle by Ramsey) eventually reaches a > climax on a little mountain in North Carolina on October 7, 1780. This is > the area of history that myself and fellow researcher John Giocoletti from > Florida have always wanted to explore in detail. This June we will be > travelling to Derry and Belfast for some extended research into the family > histories of those names that appear both in the records of the Laggan and at > King's Mountain. > > Lecky's two books, "The Laggan and its Presbyterianism," and "In the Days of > the Laggan Presbytery," published in 1905 and 1908 Belfast, Davidson & > McCormack, North Gate Works, are a must for anyone wanting to discover their > Ulster roots. The books real value for the genealogist is in the Appendix > which is divided into several parts, the most important being the following: > > "The following are the names of men who attended the meetings of the Laggan > Presbytery between the years 1672 and 1700, as ruling elders or as > commissioners, together with the names of the congregations which they > represented. They were doubtless the leading men in the districts in which > they lived..." These lists are by Parish and I will give a couple of > examples: > > Taboyn: Matthew Lindsay, John Aikine, Alexander Houston, Robert Cowan, > Archibald Alexander, Robert Scott, Wm. Mackie, Wm. Bell, Robert M'Clellan, > Richard Armstrong, Richard Moore, John Kilgore, Wm. Inglis, John Gay, John > Harvey, David Paterson, George Brown, Robert Moore, James Marshall, John > Graham > > Raphoe: Joseph Henderson, Edward Hervies, William Mills, Michael Henderson, > Robert Anderson, Patrick Bell, Robert Dick, Alexander Stuart, William Ramsay, > James Laird, Robert Walker, John M'Clure, Robert Gray, John Sproul > > Londonderry: John Craig, William Cunningham, John Campsie, William Rodger, > James Fisher, Horace Kennedy, James Wilson, William Macky, James Lennox, > William Smith, John Cowan, Alexander Lecky, William Davidsson, James Wallace, > George Henderson, others > > In addition to the ruling elders there is a list of people from the Hearth > Money rolls of 1665 by Parish and TOWNLAND which places a person in an area > sometimes as small as a few acres. These lists are important when comparing > names with the early landowners of Augusta county or the Baptismal records of > the the Rev. Craig at Tinkling Spring Presbyterian Church or the early > settlers of the Yadkin settlement in Rowan county, North Carolina. > > I will be willing to furnish copies of these two books for a limited time to > researchers who want to explore their Ulster genealogy. Many of you > purchased copies of Professor Hagy's thesis, "Castle's Woods; Frontier > Virginia Settlement" and I have received numerous e-mails about the quality > of that document. I believe these two books by Lecky are superior in the > information contained and if you would like a copy please contact me > privately at cscunc@aol.com for the details. > > Any information John and I discover specific to your surname will be posted > on the appropriate list after our return from Ireland. I will provide a list > of surnames that have "made the cut" so far, the requirements being that the > family is found in Derry and also found at King's Mountain. Any suggestions > for additional names will be considered as long as the request is > substantiated with a reasonable amount of documentation. > > Regards, > Robert Cowan > 525 Harrogate Rd. > Matthews, North Carolina 28105 > > Names on the list so far: Alexander, Anderson, Bell, Black, Blair, Brown, > Buchanan, Campbell, Cowan, Craig, Cunningham, Denniston, Edmondson, Finley, > Fleming, Gillespie, Graham, Hamilton, Houston, Irvin, Kilgore, King, Knox, > Lindsay, McClure, Maxwell, Moffatt, Montgomery, Moore, Ramsay, Robinson, > Russell, Scott, Steele, Stewart/Stuart, Thompson, Walker, Weir, Young > spellings may vary > > John and I will stay in touch with the various lists as best we can. It will > not be possible to remain of all the surname lists all the time for obvious > reasons. Feel free to contact me at cscunc@aol.com if you have any > suggestions or questions. This may make a nice book one day. > > > ==== MORTON Mailing List ==== > > > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >