Thank you so much for that! That gives me a time-frame, and also some families to watch for. Again, my gracias. ann in CA Elizabeth Harris wrote: > > Ann in CA wrote, > > >Reading a 1940 WPA writing project book on VA I discovered that the > >Scots-Irish from PA came into Charlotte County early on. Can anyone > >give me a source for information on their leaders, where in PA they came > >from, where they settled, the churches they founded? This is new to me, > >but my WILSONs carried the tradition they were "Scotch-Irish." > > My IRVINE family settled next door to Charlotte, in Campbell County, and I > wouldn't be surprised if some of their friends and relations ended up in > Charlotte County early on; they certainly intermarried with Charlotte Co. > families later. The Irvines were part of a large group of families who > left northern Ireland on the "George and Anne" in 1729, and went first to > Pennsylvania, settling I believe in what was then Lancaster County > (subsequently subdivided, however, so I don't know what modern county they > were in). > > John IRVINE and his wife Mary BOYD came from there to Virginia in the late > 1730s and were among the first settlers of what is now Hat Creek, in > Campbell County, founding Hat Creek Presbyterian Church. I would suppose > that other Scots-Irish settlers probably came south from PA around the same > time. > > Elizabeth Harris > ncgen@mindspring.com > > state coordinator for NCGenWeb: http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncgenweb/ > > ==== VACHARLO Mailing List ==== > If you need assistance with this list, I will try to help! > JoLee Gregory Spears spearsj@bellsouth.net > Happy Hunting!