I am seeking information on the ancestors of James Duncan Johnson and Sarah Jane McNeill who were married around 1856. Family tradition says that James Duncan's father was Daniel Johnson who was married three times: first to a Miss McNeill, second to a Miss McDougald, and third to Sallie McBride. I do not know who Daniel's father was. He was supposedly a grandson of Peter Johnson who migrated from Kintyre Scotland to North Carolina about 1760 and settled about 5 miles from the present town of Raeford on the North side of Rockfish Creek. Sarah Jane McNeill Johnson was the oldest daughter of John McNeill (Squire Jack) and Patsey Oates McNeill. John McNeill's father was Neill McNeill (Big Neill) who was married to Polly Matthews (Margaret?), daughter of Revolutionary Col. Thomas Matthews of Crane's Creek. Neill McNeill's father, Daniel McNeill came to North Carolina about 1759 and settled about 12 miles up the Cape Fear River from Campbellton (Fayettville) at a settlement with his brother Neill who had come over some years earlier. Daniel supposedly remained there for a year , then moved up lower Little River some 30 miles and acquired lands in a peninsula between James Creek and Little River. Daniel McNeill was married to Sarah, daughter of Alexander McCoy. Their sons were Neill, John and Alexander. None of this information has been documented. Any help anyone can give will be appreciated. I would especially like to hear from any other descendants of any of these people or persons living in that area of North Carolina who may be familiar with these names. It is difficult because in both families Scotch given names are used and some favorites are used more than once in a family. Hoping to hear, Ruth Johnson Edens