Tonight I was trying to find the exact locationof a remote, community cemetery where my aunt is to be buried on Saturday , in the western mountains of North Carolina. She loved music of all types, ITM included, so I’ll be whistling for her service. I has been several years since I’ve been there, so I figured I better get some specific directions instead of relying on memory.
While searching for lists of cemeteries in Mitchell and YanceyCounties, I came upon this picture of the gravesite of one of my ancestors. It seems to explain his unusual first name.
I love it when I accidentally gain information to add to my family tree research.
This seemed to me a bit early for the highland clearances, but it was a long process, and it did apparently start in or before 1772.
Apparently 16 vessels (i.e. ships) left Scotland in 1772 - presumably carrying emigrants looking for a better life abroad (I haven’t time right now to read more). Your Strawbridge and Thomas Young may well have been on one of those ships.
If you could find the names of those ships, and a passenger manifest…
That’s worth a look. My great, great…grandfather, Thomas Gillespie, left Scotland for Virginia in that time frame, but I have no knowledge of the cause.
Who would name their kid “Remote Linking Forbidden”? I mean, its such a ridiculous name to give a child: “Linking”. Why didn’t we see these names on the boys’ names thread?
Well, it seems that Strawbridge is the older brother of my great,great,etc. grandfather Moses Young, who was born in 1775 in NC. So, Joe Tarp is not in my direct line.
In the little reading I’ve had time to do tonight, I did come across an intresting paper on the Highland Immigrants-
