Author: Douglas F. Kelly
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Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 1864
Book Description
The Scottish Blue Family in North America
Author: Douglas F. Kelly
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 1864
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 1864
Book Description
The Scottish Blue Family from Carolina to Texas
Author: Douglas F. Kelly
Publisher:
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Category : Genealogy
Languages : en
Pages : 1148
Book Description
Malcolm Blue (1700-1766) married Sarah Smith and the family immigrated in 1748 from Scotland to Cumberland County, North Carolina. Other Blue families immigrated later from Scotland to North Carolina and elsewhere. Descendants lived throughout the United States. Includes ancestors in Scotland.
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Category : Genealogy
Languages : en
Pages : 1148
Book Description
Malcolm Blue (1700-1766) married Sarah Smith and the family immigrated in 1748 from Scotland to Cumberland County, North Carolina. Other Blue families immigrated later from Scotland to North Carolina and elsewhere. Descendants lived throughout the United States. Includes ancestors in Scotland.
Charm Culmhne to Our Scots of North Carolina
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Category : Jacksonville (Fla.)
Languages : en
Pages : 320
Book Description
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Category : Jacksonville (Fla.)
Languages : en
Pages : 320
Book Description
The Highland Scots of North Carolina, 1732-1776
Author: Duane Meyer
Publisher: UNC Press Books
ISBN: 1469620626
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 231
Book Description
Meyer addresses himself principally to two questions. Why did many thousands of Scottish Highlanders emigrate to America in the eighteenth century, and why did the majority of them rally to the defense of the Crown. . . . Offers the most complete and intelligent analysis of them that has so far appeared.--William and Mary Quarterly Using a variety of original sources -- official papers, travel documents, diaries, and newspapers -- Duane Meyer presents an impressively complete reconstruction of the settlement of the Highlanders in North Carolina. He examines their motives for migration, their life in America, and their curious political allegiance to George III.
Publisher: UNC Press Books
ISBN: 1469620626
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 231
Book Description
Meyer addresses himself principally to two questions. Why did many thousands of Scottish Highlanders emigrate to America in the eighteenth century, and why did the majority of them rally to the defense of the Crown. . . . Offers the most complete and intelligent analysis of them that has so far appeared.--William and Mary Quarterly Using a variety of original sources -- official papers, travel documents, diaries, and newspapers -- Duane Meyer presents an impressively complete reconstruction of the settlement of the Highlanders in North Carolina. He examines their motives for migration, their life in America, and their curious political allegiance to George III.
The McConnel and McConnell Families
Author: Ralph A. Lawrence
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1456764071
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 746
Book Description
"With extensive data provided by many family members."
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1456764071
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 746
Book Description
"With extensive data provided by many family members."
North American Cornucopia
Author: Ernest Small
Publisher: CRC Press
ISBN: 1000219038
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 796
Book Description
Many North American plants have characteristics that are especially promising as candidates for expanding our food supply and generating new economically competitive crops. This book is an informative analysis of the top 100 indigenous food plants of North America, focusing on those species that have achieved commercial success or have substantial market potential. The book's user-friendly format provides concise information on each plant. It examines the geography and ecology, history, economic and social importance, food and industrial uses, and the economic future of each crop.
Publisher: CRC Press
ISBN: 1000219038
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 796
Book Description
Many North American plants have characteristics that are especially promising as candidates for expanding our food supply and generating new economically competitive crops. This book is an informative analysis of the top 100 indigenous food plants of North America, focusing on those species that have achieved commercial success or have substantial market potential. The book's user-friendly format provides concise information on each plant. It examines the geography and ecology, history, economic and social importance, food and industrial uses, and the economic future of each crop.
Carolina Scots
Author: Douglas F. Kelly
Publisher: Seventeen Thirty Nine Publications
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Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 516
Book Description
"Part I stands on its own as an historical study of early emigrations following the lead of the Argyll Colony in 1739 ... Part II provides a comprehensive listing of names and locations of Scottish North and South Carolina families beginning in 1739 and continuing with the descendents down to three, four or five generations for nearly a century."--Front flap of jacket.
Publisher: Seventeen Thirty Nine Publications
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 516
Book Description
"Part I stands on its own as an historical study of early emigrations following the lead of the Argyll Colony in 1739 ... Part II provides a comprehensive listing of names and locations of Scottish North and South Carolina families beginning in 1739 and continuing with the descendents down to three, four or five generations for nearly a century."--Front flap of jacket.
The Scottish Nation; Or The Surnames, Families, Literature, Honours, and Biographical History of the People of Scotland. [With Plates and Illustrations, Including Portraits.]
Author: William Anderson (Miscellaneous Writer.)
Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 788
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 788
Book Description
American Revisions and Additions to the Encyclopaedia Britannica
Author: William Harrison De Puy
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Category : Encyclopedias and dictionaries
Languages : en
Pages : 636
Book Description
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Category : Encyclopedias and dictionaries
Languages : en
Pages : 636
Book Description
Born Fighting
Author: Jim Webb
Publisher: Crown
ISBN: 0767922956
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 386
Book Description
In his first work of nonfiction, bestselling novelist James Webb tells the epic story of the Scots-Irish, a people whose lives and worldview were dictated by resistance, conflict, and struggle, and who, in turn, profoundly influenced the social, political, and cultural landscape of America from its beginnings through the present day. More than 27 million Americans today can trace their lineage to the Scots, whose bloodline was stained by centuries of continuous warfare along the border between England and Scotland, and later in the bitter settlements of England’s Ulster Plantation in Northern Ireland. Between 250,000 and 400,000 Scots-Irish migrated to America in the eighteenth century, traveling in groups of families and bringing with them not only long experience as rebels and outcasts but also unparalleled skills as frontiersmen and guerrilla fighters. Their cultural identity reflected acute individualism, dislike of aristocracy and a military tradition, and, over time, the Scots-Irish defined the attitudes and values of the military, of working class America, and even of the peculiarly populist form of American democracy itself. Born Fighting is the first book to chronicle the full journey of this remarkable cultural group, and the profound, but unrecognized, role it has played in the shaping of America. Written with the storytelling verve that has earned his works such acclaim as “captivating . . . unforgettable” (the Wall Street Journal on Lost Soliders), Scots-Irishman James Webb, Vietnam combat veteran and former Naval Secretary, traces the history of his people, beginning nearly two thousand years ago at Hadrian’s Wall, when the nation of Scotland was formed north of the Wall through armed conflict in contrast to England’s formation to the south through commerce and trade. Webb recounts the Scots’ odyssey—their clashes with the English in Scotland and then in Ulster, their retreat from one war-ravaged land to another. Through engrossing chronicles of the challenges the Scots-Irish faced, Webb vividly portrays how they developed the qualities that helped settle the American frontier and define the American character. Born Fighting shows that the Scots-Irish were 40 percent of the Revolutionary War army; they included the pioneers Daniel Boone, Lewis and Clark, Davy Crockett, and Sam Houston; they were the writers Edgar Allan Poe and Mark Twain; and they have given America numerous great military leaders, including Stonewall Jackson, Ulysses S. Grant, Audie Murphy, and George S. Patton, as well as most of the soldiers of the Confederacy (only 5 percent of whom owned slaves, and who fought against what they viewed as an invading army). It illustrates how the Scots-Irish redefined American politics, creating the populist movement and giving the country a dozen presidents, including Andrew Jackson, Teddy Roosevelt, Woodrow Wilson, Ronald Reagan, and Bill Clinton. And it explores how the Scots-Irish culture of isolation, hard luck, stubbornness, and mistrust of the nation’s elite formed and still dominates blue-collar America, the military services, the Bible Belt, and country music. Both a distinguished work of cultural history and a human drama that speaks straight to the heart of contemporary America, Born Fighting reintroduces America to its most powerful, patriotic, and individualistic cultural group—one too often ignored or taken for granted.
Publisher: Crown
ISBN: 0767922956
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 386
Book Description
In his first work of nonfiction, bestselling novelist James Webb tells the epic story of the Scots-Irish, a people whose lives and worldview were dictated by resistance, conflict, and struggle, and who, in turn, profoundly influenced the social, political, and cultural landscape of America from its beginnings through the present day. More than 27 million Americans today can trace their lineage to the Scots, whose bloodline was stained by centuries of continuous warfare along the border between England and Scotland, and later in the bitter settlements of England’s Ulster Plantation in Northern Ireland. Between 250,000 and 400,000 Scots-Irish migrated to America in the eighteenth century, traveling in groups of families and bringing with them not only long experience as rebels and outcasts but also unparalleled skills as frontiersmen and guerrilla fighters. Their cultural identity reflected acute individualism, dislike of aristocracy and a military tradition, and, over time, the Scots-Irish defined the attitudes and values of the military, of working class America, and even of the peculiarly populist form of American democracy itself. Born Fighting is the first book to chronicle the full journey of this remarkable cultural group, and the profound, but unrecognized, role it has played in the shaping of America. Written with the storytelling verve that has earned his works such acclaim as “captivating . . . unforgettable” (the Wall Street Journal on Lost Soliders), Scots-Irishman James Webb, Vietnam combat veteran and former Naval Secretary, traces the history of his people, beginning nearly two thousand years ago at Hadrian’s Wall, when the nation of Scotland was formed north of the Wall through armed conflict in contrast to England’s formation to the south through commerce and trade. Webb recounts the Scots’ odyssey—their clashes with the English in Scotland and then in Ulster, their retreat from one war-ravaged land to another. Through engrossing chronicles of the challenges the Scots-Irish faced, Webb vividly portrays how they developed the qualities that helped settle the American frontier and define the American character. Born Fighting shows that the Scots-Irish were 40 percent of the Revolutionary War army; they included the pioneers Daniel Boone, Lewis and Clark, Davy Crockett, and Sam Houston; they were the writers Edgar Allan Poe and Mark Twain; and they have given America numerous great military leaders, including Stonewall Jackson, Ulysses S. Grant, Audie Murphy, and George S. Patton, as well as most of the soldiers of the Confederacy (only 5 percent of whom owned slaves, and who fought against what they viewed as an invading army). It illustrates how the Scots-Irish redefined American politics, creating the populist movement and giving the country a dozen presidents, including Andrew Jackson, Teddy Roosevelt, Woodrow Wilson, Ronald Reagan, and Bill Clinton. And it explores how the Scots-Irish culture of isolation, hard luck, stubbornness, and mistrust of the nation’s elite formed and still dominates blue-collar America, the military services, the Bible Belt, and country music. Both a distinguished work of cultural history and a human drama that speaks straight to the heart of contemporary America, Born Fighting reintroduces America to its most powerful, patriotic, and individualistic cultural group—one too often ignored or taken for granted.