No, I don't know the year, or exactly where I read it, but it was in the 1700s. Annette Rawls wrote: >Steve, >Do you know when this group of Scots were "marooned" in VA and then when >they made their trip on to NC? >Thanks, >Annette Rawls > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Steve E." <[email protected]> >To: <[email protected]> >Sent: Monday, January 29, 2007 1:23 PM >Subject: Re: [NCCUMBER] Bladen County Historical Society- Steve > > > > >>Well, Helen, a lot of Virginian Scots emigrated from Virginia and >>Pennsylvania to Cape Fear area. One band of Scots were marooned in >>Virginia when their ship's captain refused to take them on to the Cape >>Fear River where they had expected to be disembarked. The government of >>Virginia had to pay for their trip down to NC. >> >> > > >------------------------------- >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 > > >