The Highland Scots of North Carolina, 1732-1776

The Highland Scots of North Carolina, 1732-1776
Author: Duane Meyer
Publisher: UNC Press Books
Total Pages: 231
Release: 2014-03-30
Genre: History
ISBN: 1469620626

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.

Roster of Soldiers from North Carolina in the American Revolution

Roster of Soldiers from North Carolina in the American Revolution
Author: National Society Daughters of the American Revolution of North Carolina
Publisher: Genealogical Publishing Com
Total Pages: 718
Release: 1967
Genre: North Carolina
ISBN: 0806300914

The most complete military roster for the state, this monumental work contains the names of approximately 36,000 soldiers from North Carolina who served during the Revolution. Service records include such information as rank, company, date of enlistment or commission, period of service, combat experience, and whether captured, wounded, or killed. This is a complete roster of soldiers named in both published and unpublished accounts, the information deriving in the main from such sources as military land warrants and vouchers, comptroller's records, state rosters, pension records, army accounts, pay rolls, muster rolls, and militia returns, and from the published accounts found in Pierce's Register, Heitman's Register, and Katherine Keogh White's King's Mountain Men. The entire work, with its various and sundry lists, is completely indexed.