Stephanie Posted March 1, 2009 Share Posted March 1, 2009 Hey Y'all, I don't work on my ancestors as the line has already been run to the early 1700's and that's far enough for me! I thought that some of you might be interested in what I know and who knows , it may help you too... This is as far Back in Time as I know.... Lachlan McGillivray This is a snippit from the following link - http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~cm...l#anchor1257125 From Dr. Marion Elisha Tarvin's "The Muscogees or Creek Indians, from 1519 to 1893-- also an Account of The McGillivray Family and Others of Alabama": "Lachlan McGillivray, a Scotch boy of sixteen summers, had read of the wonders of America. He ran away from his parents at Dunmanglass, Scotland, and took passage for Charleston, S.C., arriving there safely in 1735, with no property but a shilling in his pocket, a suit of clothes, a stout frame, an honest heart, a fearless disposition and cheerful spirits. About this period the English were conducting an extensive commerce with the Muscogees, Cherokees and Chickasaws. McGillivray went to the extensive quarters of the packhorse traders in the suburbs of Charleston; there he saw hundreds of packhorses, pack-saddles and men ready to start to the wilderness. The keen eyes of the traders fell on this smart Scotch boy, who, they saw would be useful to them. On this page - http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http:/...=image&cd=1 You'll see an actual image/painting of the McGillivray family, their oldest daughter Sophie/Sophia was my line and they are all very noted in the Alabama History books. Well, I just thought y'all might like to see that! Link to comment
Stephanie Posted March 2, 2009 Author Share Posted March 2, 2009 http://www.mcgillivray.us/ I found this clan page, pretty cool. Link to comment
Snowmom Posted March 2, 2009 Share Posted March 2, 2009 I guess I just like to go as far back as I can in my genealogy, as well as oldpine's. I know there are a lot of people who only go back a couple generations and only direct, but, I get all the info I can. Again, thank you for sharing with us. I'll have to go do some reading. Link to comment
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