I am descended from the 5 Ray brothers that got ran out of Scotland after the Battle of Culloden. They settled in North Carolina, around what is now Fayetteville. Back then it was called Campbellton. They were all proud Jacobites. My GGGGG grandmother was Catherine Ray, daughter of Donald Ray, one of the brothers. She married William Black, also from Scotland. Their GG grandson was Duncan Black, 15 NC Infantry, my GG grandfather. He was present for duty at Appomatox when Lee surrender. He was born in 1844 and died in 1919. My grandmother (his granddaughter) was born in 1897 and died in 1975. She told all her grandchildren about him and how he fought alongside his brother Daniel, who was KIA at Bristoe Station, VA in 1863. On my father’s side I have a great Uncle Travis Porter, 3rd NC Infantry, who was captured on the 3rd day of fighting at Gettysburg and transferred to Point Lookout POW Camp in Maryland, where he died in that hell-hole in Dec 1863. I have many more Confederate ancestors and have been a member of SCV for many years.
I loved that family history!
My people received one of those land grants from Lord Granville on my dad’s side and arrived in 1725, and on mom’s side they were followers of John Knox who later married up with Huguenots.
Nice family tree. I have worked on mine since the 70’s when it wasn’t very easy. Now it’s so much easier with the internet, but it’s hard to find the time.
One branch is Scotch-Irish and settled in the Appalachian mountains in the 1600’s. I don’t know if the records exist for another branch since so many court houses burned in Virginia during the war and other times too. I haven’t done in depth on a couple of branches but even those seem to go back to the early days of this country formation. I’m sure there are indentured servants in my family tree.