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29th June 10, 07:08 PM
#10
 Originally Posted by Andy Proffitt
Man do I feel stupid. I guess my MacLean and MacDonnell ancestors didn't get that memo. They were supposed to be with Ferguson on King's Mountain, not with Sevier. We'll get that fixed. 
Were they Highlanders, or Ulster-Scots? The Overmountain Men were mostly Ulster-Scots, and Sevier was of French Huguenot ancestry. There were Ulster-Scots who were descendants of Highlanders like the Gallowglas, but more recent immigrants from the Highlands did not usually support the Patriots.
Don't blame me; blame scholars such as Calloway, Duane Meyer, etc. There are always exceptions, but Meyer's research on the Highlander communities of NC pretty much confirm that they tended to support the Crown over their rebel neighbors.
T.
Last edited by macwilkin; 30th June 10 at 07:44 AM.
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