> IF YOU WISH TO RESPOND TO THIS MESSAGE PLEASE USE [email protected] AS BOB > IS NOT A SUBSCRIBER TO THIS LIST > > Second, I just tonight finished An Historical Account of the Settlements of > Scotch Highlanders In America Prior to the Peace of 1783 Together With > Notices ofHighland Regiments and Biographical Sketches, J.P MacLean, > Cleveland, 1900, reprint Heritage Books, Bowie, MD, 2001. Chapter V is > titled "The Highlanders in North Carolina. It states that Highlanders > occupied NC by 1729 beginning along Cape Fear River for 100 miles up its > mouth and then moved in what was the Bladen, now Cumberland County. It > mentions that later, additional Scotch-Irish migrated from the Ulster area. > There are no Nichol clan who filed for a land petition at Wilmington, June > 4, 1740. There was a Duncan Nicol who was a prisoner about 1776 in > Salisbury. > Beyond this, I would need to do some research. If you want, I'll gladly add > you to my address book so we can stay in touch. > > My best, > Bob Nichol > > > >