----- Original Message ----- From: "Joeher@mindspring.com" <joeher@mindspring.com> To: <ncrobeso@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, April 30, 2007 9:25 PM Subject: Re: [NCROBESO] ScottishAncestryTelevision > Michael, > I'd like to know more about the "Gaelic speaking" communities of Bladen > County, having grown up in Robeson County but never being aware of my > Scottish/Welsh/English ancestry at the time. I suppose all the > "transplanted" Scots spoke Gaelic and only later were those in Britain > forced to speak English (after the Pretender's defeat). Specifically, > what > do you know about how the Bladen settlers from Scotland arrived and when? > Thanks for any insights. > Marion Davis Herndon > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <Mc539@aol.com> > To: <ncrobeso@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Monday, April 30, 2007 8:35 PM > Subject: Re: [NCROBESO] ScottishAncestryTelevision > > >> Kilmartin - my 5th GGrandfather was a teacher the Ford there. Beautiful >> area, been there several times. the old home was just between Loch Awe >> and >> Loch >> Ederline. >> >> My 4th GGrandfather was in the Highland Infantry (71st, then promoted and >> transferred to the 74th). He came over in 1778, fought under Cornwallis, >> wounded >> several times. Took the oath of allegience to the US after Yorktown, and >> "set out on foot" to the Gaelic speaking communities of Bladen County >> (now >> Robeson county) North Carolina. >> >> I'll send a CD tomorrow. >> >> Regards, >> Michael T McAlpin >> >> >> >> >> ************************************** See what's free at >> http://www.aol.com. >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> NCROBESO-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NCROBESO-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >