If I'm not mistaken, I think this was probably the Union Church area. There were many Scots who settled around what became the Union Church community. Bev ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kate mullins" <lucygilbert@msn.com> To: <MSJEFFER-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, July 12, 2003 9:17 AM Subject: Re: [MSJEFFER-L] New Scotland > I grew up in that area and never heard of it--you will find that "looking Backers" often have fancy names for family "plantations" (read that as 150 acres of cotton farm in red clay) and other events that begin to glow in retrospect. Kate > ----- Original Message ----- > From: gonesi@numail.org > To: MSJEFFER-L@rootsweb.com > Sent: Saturday, July 12, 2003 8:38 AM > Subject: [MSJEFFER-L] New Scotland > > > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > Surnames: Montgomery > Classification: Query > > Message Board URL: > > http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/EJB.2ACE/551 > > Message Board Post: > > Has anyone ever heard of an area called New Scotland....it is suppose to be the area about 30 miles east of Natchez and the area around the rivers that feed into the Homochitto River? I grew up in Brookhaven, which is close to, but not in that area, I was amazed when I came across something mentioning it...It said that in the 1790s or so that so many Scottish, fresh off the boat, and Scottish born in NC came to this area that it became known as New Scotland...I was surprised, growing up down there, never to have heard this...I guess it does explain why we are so stubborn when we are right! > gail > > > ==== MSJEFFER Mailing List ==== > "Every time I think I know where they are, they move." > > > > > ==== MSJEFFER Mailing List ==== > "Isn't genealogy fun? The answer to one problem, leads to two more." >