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The list that follows was reported in Appendix B of The Scotch-Irish in 
America by Henry Jones Ford, Princeton University Press, 1915, and it 
consists of two sections: 1) the first list of applicants, and 2) the 
final list of applicants. According to Ford, the first list of Scottish 
applicants for Ulster land  was completed by September 14, 1609, and he 
cites as his source Volume VIII of the official edition of the Register 
of the Privy Council of Scotland. The applicants were restricted to 
English and lowland Scots, the Highlanders being excluded because of the 
clan system which was too similar to the Irish systems of government 
that King James I and VI was trying to eradicate in Ulster. 
              
FIRST LIST OF APPLICANTS (September 14, 1609)

ADAMSON, JAMES, brother of Mr. William Adamson of Graycrook [Craigcrook]: 

  surety, Andrew Heriot of Ravelston: 2,000 acres. 

AITCHISON, HARRY, in Edinburgh: 

  surety, Mr. James Cunningham of Mountgrennan: 2,000  acres.

ALEXANDER, ROBERT, son of Christopher Alexander, burgess of Stirling: 

   surety, his said  father: 1,000 acres.

ANDERSON, JAMES, portioner of Little Govan: 

   surety, John Allison in Carsbrig: 1,000 acres;

ANDERSON, JOHN, burgess of Edinburgh: 

   surety, Thomas Anderson, burgess there.

BELLENDEN, JOHN, son of the late Justice-Clerk Sir Lewis Bellenden: 

   surety, Sir George  Livingstone of Ogilface:  2,000 acres.

BELLENDEN, WILLIAM, also son of the late Sir Lewis Bellenden: 

   surety, Mr. John Hart,  younger, in the Canongate: 2,000 acres.

BORTHWICK, DAVID, Chamberlain of Newbattle: 

   surety, George Thorbrand, burgess of  Edinburgh: 2,000 acres.

BROWN, JOHN, in Gorgie Mill: 

   surety, Harry Aikman, in Brumehouse: 2,000 acres.

 CARMICHAEL, DAVID, son of James Carmichael of Pottishaw: 

   surety, Mr. John Ross, burgess  of Glasgow:  1,000 acres.

COLQUHOUN, MR. MALCOLM, burgess of Glasgow: 

   surety,   Alexander Colquhoun of Luss:  2,000 acres.

COUTTS, ROBERT, of Corswoods: 

   surety, John Coutts, skinner, burgess of Edinburgh: 1,000  acres.

CRANSTOUN, NATHANIEL, son of Mr. Michael Cranstoun,  minister of Cramond: 

   surety,  Robert Wardlaw in Edinburgh: 1,500 acres.

CRAWFORD, DANIEL, goldsmith in Edinburgh: 

   surety, George Crawford goldsmith there: 1,000  acres.

CRAWFORD, DAVID, son of Andrew Crawford of Bedlair: 

   surety, Robert Montgomery of  Kirktown: 2,000 acres.

CRAWFORD, JAMES, goldsmith, burgess of Edinburgh: 

   surety, Archibald Hamilton of Bairfute:  2,000 acres.

CRAWFORD, ROBERT, of Possil: 

   surety, John Montgomery of Colkilbie: 2,000 acres.

CRICHTON, ABRAHAM, brother of Thomas Crichton of Brunstone: 

   surety, said Chrichton of  Brunstone: 2,000 acres.

CRICHTON, THOMAS, of Brunstone: 

   surety, Mr. James Cunningham of Mountgrennan: 2,000  acres.

CUNNINGHAM, ALEXANDER, of Powton: 

   surety, George Murray of Broughton: 2,000 acres.

CUNNINGHAM, JOHN, of Raws: 

   surety, James Guidlet in Strabrock: 2,000 acres.

DALYRYMPLE, JAMES, brother of Dalyrymple of Stair: 

   surety, George Crawford, younger of  Auchincorse: 2,000   acres.

DOUGLAS, GEORGE, of Shiell, 

   surety, Douglas of Pumpherston: 2,000 acres.

DOUGLAS, JAMES, of Clappertoun: 

   surety, George Douglas of Shiell: 1,000 acres.

DOUGLAS, WILLIAM, son of Joseph Douglas of Pumpherston: 

   surety, his said father: 2,000  acres.

DUNBAR, ALEXANDER, of Egirness: 

   surety, George Murray of Broughton: 2,000 acres.

DUNBAR, JOHN, of Avach, 

   surety, David Lindsay, Keeper of the Tolbooth of Edinburgh: 2,000  acres.

FINLAYSON, MR. JOHN, heir apparent of Killeith: 

   surety,  John Dunbar of Avach: 2,000 acres.

FORRES, JOHN, in Dirleton: 

   surety, Walter Ker of Cocklemill: 2,000 acres.

FORSTER, WILLIAM, in Leith: 

   surety, John Forster in Edinburgh: 1,000 acres.

FOWLER, WILLIAM, merchant-burgess in Edinburgh: 

   surety, James Inglis, skinner, burgess of  Edinburgh: 2,000 acres.

GUIDLET, JAMES, in Strabrock: 

   surety, John Cunningham of Raws: 2,000 acres.

HAMILTON, CLAUD, of Creichness: 

   surety, Archibald Hamilton of Bairfute: 2,000 acres.

HAMILTON, GEORGE, of East Binnie 

   surety, Mr. Edward Marshall, clerk of commissary of  Edinburgh: 2,000 acres.

HAMILTON, ROBERT, of Stanshouse: 2,000 acres.

HAMILTON, ROBERT, son of the late Gilbert Hamilton: 

   surety, Gavin Hamilton of Raploch:  2,000 acres.

HEPBURN, ALEXANDER, of Bangla: 

   surety, Sir Robert Hepburn of Alderstoun: 2,000 acres.

HOME, ROBERT, of Blackhills: 

   surety, Mr. John Home of Swansheill: 2,000 acres.

INGLIS, THOMAS, younger of Auldliston: 

   surety, James, Lord Torphichen: 1,000 acres.

IRVING, ROBERT, at the mill of Cowie: 

   surety, Edward Johnston, younger, merchant in  Edinburgh: 2,000 acres.

JOHNSTONE, JOHN, bailie of Water of Leith: 

   surety, Daniel Coutts in Dalry Mill: 2,000 acres.

KER, WALTER, of Cocklemill: 

   surety, John Forres in Dirleton: 1,500 acres.

LAUDER, ALEXANDER, son of William Lauder of Bellhaven: 

   surety, his said father: 2,000  acres.

LINDSAY, MR. JEROME, in Leith: 

   surety, David Lindsay, keeper of the Tolbooth of Edinburgh:  2,000 acres.

LINDSAY, MR. ROBERT, in Leith: 

   surety, George Smailholm in Leith: 2,000 acres.

 LIVINGSTON, SIR GEORGE of Ogilface: 

   surety, John Crawford of Bearcrofts: 2,000 acres.

LOCKHART, STEPHEN, Of WicketShaw: 

   surety, Thomas Weir of Kirktoun: 2,000 acres.

MCCLELLAN, HERBERT, Of Grogrie: 

   surety, George Murray of Broughton: 2,000 acres.

MCCULLOCH, JAME8, Of Drummorell: 

   surety, George Murray of Broughton: 2,000 acres.

MCGILL, M. SAMUEL, burgess of Glasgow: 

   surety, Robert Gray, brother of Patrick, Lord Gray:  2,000 acres.

MAC WALTER, PARLANE, Of Auchinvennell: 

   surety, Alexander Colquhoun of Luss: 2,000  acres.

MARJORIBANKS, THOMAS, son of Thomas Marjoribanks of  Ratho: 

   surety, John  Marjoribanks, apparent of Ratho: 2,000 acres.

MELDRUM, JOHN, brother of the Laird of Seggie: 

   surety, Ramsay of Balmonth: 2,000 acres.

MELVILLE, JAMES, Son of John Melville of Raith: 

   surety, James Melville of Fodinche: 2,000  acres.

MONTGOMERY, ROBERT, Of Kirktown: 

   surety, Robert Crawford of Possill: 2,000 acres.

MOWBRAY, WILLIAM, son of John Mowbray of Groftangry: 

   surety, his said father: 2,000 acres.

MURE, JAMES, Portioner of Both-Kenner: 

   surety, Cuthbert Cunningham, provost of Dumbarton:  2,000 acres.

MURRAY, GEORGE of Broughton: 

   surety, Alexander Dunbar of Egirness: 2,000 acres.

 ORROCK, CAPTAIN DAVID: 

   surety Lord Ochiltree: 2,000 acres.

PONT, MR. TIMOTHY, minister: 

   surety, Alexander Borthwick of Nether Laich: 2,000 acres.

PURVES, THOMAS, in Bald: 

   surety, John Purves, cordiner in Edinburgh: 1,000 acres.

RAMSAY, ALEXANDER, brother of Thomas Ramsay of Balmonth: 

   surety, Meldrum of Seggie:  2,000 acres.

ROSS, MR. JOHN, burgess of Glasgow: 

   surety, James Carmichael of Pottishaw: 1,500 acres.

SMAILHOLM, GEORGE, in Leith: 

   surety, Mr. Robert Lindsay in Leith: 2,000 acres.

STEWART, HARRY, Of Barskimming: 

   surety, Lord Ochiltree:  2,000 acres.

STEWART, JAMES, Of Rossyth: 

   surety, William Stewart of  Dunduff: 2,000 acres.

STEWART, ROBERT, Uncle of Lord Ochiltree: 

   surety, said  Lord Ochiltree: 2,000 acres.

STEWART, ROBERT, Of Robertoun: 

   surety, William Stewart  of Dunduff: 2,000 acres.

STEWART, ROBERT, in Edinburgh: 

   surety, William Stewart  of Dunduff: 2,000 acres.

STEWART, WILLIAM, Of Dunduff: 

   surety, Lord Ochiltree:  2,000 acres.

TARBET, JAMES Servitor to the Earl of Dumfermline:  

   surety, Thomas Inglis, younger of  Auldliston: 1,000  acres.

THORBRAND, ALEXANDER, son of George Thorbrand, burgess of Edinburgh: 

   surety, his said  father: 1,500 acres.

WATSON, MR. JAMES, portioner of Sauchton: 

   surety, John  Watson, portioner of Sauchton:  2,000 acres.

WATSON, JOHN, Portioner of Sauchton: 

   surety, dames Crawford, goldsmith, burgess of  Edinburgh: 2,000 acres.

WEIR, THOMAS, Of Kirktoun: 

   surety, Stephen Lockhart of  Wicketshaw: 2,000 acres.

WILKIE, JOHN, burgess of Edinburgh: 

   surety, James Murray, burgess there: 2,000 acres.

WOOD, ANDREW, brother of John Wood of Galstoun: 

   surety, his said brother: 2,000 acres.

                       THE FINAL LIST OF UNDERTAKERS

This list consists of those Scottish Undertakers who were actually 

granted allotments in Ulster and were on the final list made up in 1610 

by the King and his English Privy Council sitting in London. The 

following schedule is taken from Vol. IX of the Register of the Privy 

Council of Scotland. Some of the finalists had multiple awards. 

UNDERTAKERS FOR 5,000 ACRES EACH

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BALFOUR, MICHAEL, Lord of Burley (in County Fermanagh).

HAMILTON, JAMES, Earl of Abercorn (in County Tyrone).

STEWART, ANDREW, Lord Ochiltree (in County Tyrone).

STEWART, ESME, Lord D'Aubigny, brother of the Duke of Lennox (in County Cavan).

STEWART, LUDOVIC,  Duke of Lennox (in Donegal County).

UNDERTAKERs FOR 2,000 ACRES EACH

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CLAPEN, JOHN (in County Tyrone).

CUNNINGHAM, SIR JAMES of Glengarnock (in County  Donegal) .

DOUGLAS, SIR JAMES (in County Armagh).

HAMILTON, SIR ALEXANDER (in County Cavan).

HAMILTON, SIR CLAUD (in County Tyrone).

HOME, SIR JOHN (in County Fermanagh).

MACLELLAN, SIR ROBERT of Bomby (in County Donegal).

UNDERTAKERS FOR 1,500 ACRES EACH

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BALFOUR, ___________,Younger of Montquhany (in County  Fermanagh).

BOYD, SIR THOMAS (in County Tyrone).

FOWLER, WILLIAM (in County Fermanagh).

HAIG, JAMES (in County Tyrone).

HAMILTON, ROBERT (in County Fermanagh).

HEPBURN, SIR ROBERT late Lieutenant of the King's Guard in Scotland 

   (in County Tyrone).

MURRAY, GEORGE of Broughton (in County Donegal).

STEWART, WILLIAM brother of Lord Garlies (in County Donegal) .

WISHART, SIR JOHN of Pitarro (in County Fermanagh).

UNDERTAKERS FOR 1,000 ACRES EACH

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AITCHINSON, HENRY (in County Armagh).

AUCHMUTIE, ALEXANDER (in County Cavan).

AUCHMUTIE, JOHN (in County Cavan).

BAILLIE, WILLIAM (in County Cavan).

BROWN, JOHN (in County Cavan).

CRAWFORD, __________ of Liefnoreis (in County Tyrone).

CRAIG, JOHN (in County Armagh).

CUNNINGHAM, ALEXANDER of Powton (in County Donegal).

CUNNINGHAM, CUTHBERT (in County Donegal).

CUNNINGHAM, JAMES (in County Donegal).

CUNNINGHAM, JOHN of Granfield (in County Donegal).

DRUMMOND, SIR JOHN of Bordland (in County Tyrone).

DUNBAR, ALEXANDER (in County Donegal).

DUNBAR, JOHN (in County Ferrnanagh).

DUNBAR, WILLIAM (in County Cavan).

GIBB, JAMES (in County Fermanagh).

HAMILTON, SIR CLAUD (in County Cavan).

HAMILTON, CLAUD (in County Armagh).

HAMILTON, GEORGE (in County Tyrone).

HUME, ALEXANDER (in County Fermanagh).

LAUDER, WILLIAM (in County Armagh).

LINDSAY, BARNARD (in County Tyrone).

LINDSAY, JOHN (in County Fermsn8gh).

LINDSAY, ROBERT (in County Tyrone).

MACAULAY, ALEXANDER of Durling (in County Donegal).

MACCULLOCH, JAMES (in County Donegal).

M'KIE, SIR PATRICK (in County Donegal).

MONEYPENNY, _________ of Kinkell (in County Fermanagh).

RALSTON, JOHN (in County Cavan).

SMAILHOLM, GEORGE (in County Fermanagh).

STEWART, JOHN (in County Donegal).

STEWART, ROBERT of Haltoun (in County Tyrone).

STEWART, ROBERT of Robertoun (in County Tyrone).

STEWART, SIR WALTER of Minto (in County Donegal).

STEWART, WILLIAM of Dunduff (in County Donegal).

TRAIL JAMES(in County Fermanagh).

VAUS, PATRICK (in County Donegal).

_________

End of List

Shelley McWhorter Wright, Some Descendants of David McWhorter and his wife Mary (Poston) McWhorter, "Plantation of Ulster," p. 19

"Plantation of Ulster" -- Scotch Irish

Henry VIII of England for his own reasons withdrew from the Catholic Church and established Episcopacy in England, in 1534, and when his daughter Mary (known to history as "bloody Mary " ), a bigoted Catholic, succeeded him to the throne, in 1553), she re-established the roman church in England and Ireland; but in 1558 Elizabeth, daughter of Henry VIII, succeeded Mary to the throne of England, and again the religion of England and was changed. "The will of one weak woman determined the future faith of the race which speaks the English tongue ."Elizabeth established the Episcopacy as the State Church--the same that has endured to this day.

In the year 1550 an Act of English Parliament provided of the uniformity of the Irish Church with the English, in doctrine and worship, and the laws made for the punishment of heretics were repealed.

By the year 1600 the Puritan party had become powerful in England, and its influence had spread to and gained headway in Ireland.

The Reformation in Scotland had produced a vast effect on the inhabitants of Scotland. The Presbyterian principles of John Knoxs and into their hearts and changed the habits of their lives. An ignorant and changeable people became the foremost race in the world, possessed of all the qualities necessary to render the Kelts (natives) of Ireland subject to the authority of England. Hitherto, English colonists had been absorbed by the native Irish. Now another kind of colonist was to settle in Ulster (the lands that had been confiscated from the O'Neil kings ) capable of holding the Kelt in subjection" the great plantation of Ulster movement was set in motion.

Accordingly the Plantation of Ulster began in 1606. The Scots chosen for this initial plantation were chiefly from the western highlands of Scotland--picked men and women. The thrifty Scots made the land that had had a long period of rest produce abundantly. The success of these settlers induced many of their kinsmen and friends from Scotland to follow. The vacant parts of the country were occupied. The native Irish Catholics did not "absorb" these hard-headed Scotch Presbyterians. They were like the "Jews and Samaritans"-- there was practically no amalgation . The name "Scotch-Irish" most definitely does not mean a mixture; it means the Scotch who  lived in Ireland. The first time this term is recorded was in1780 when Francis Makemie, a young man from Ulster, matriculated at the University of Edinburgh. The term used in this record is : "Scotticus-Hibernicus." (Latin for "Scotch-Irish")

As a result of the Plantation settlement, Protestantism gained a stronghold in Ulster . As a part of this Protestantism, Presbyterianism got a footing in the province quite as soon as Episcopacy--not in the form of ecclesiastical government, but in the hearts of the people, in the doctrines of the Church, and even in the external mode of worship that prevailed.

A large majority of the Plantation settlers were of Puritan or Presbyterian principles (all Calvinistic), and with these principles themselves, made a praiseworthy attempt to embrace the entire Protestant population in one religious settlement.

(In 1615 a convocation of the clergy adopted a Confession of Faith as Calvinistic as the Sho r t er Catechism, which was formed by the Westminster Assembly some twenty-three years later. I t ,therefore, followed that the Irish Church was then Presbyterian in theory, although Episcopalian form,and was so strongly Protestant that it was joined by several Scotch Presbyterian ministers, who were recognized as clergymen with out re-ordination.

The Scots knew the character of James VI, and were not afraid to resist his attempts to substitute an Episcopal for Presbyterian form of Church government. (James VI of Scotland, son of Queen MaryandLordDarnley,became James I of Great Britain in 1603) They knew him tob e a tyrant at heart, but a coward in his actions. He had no love for Presbyterianism and expressed his mind on the subject when he made the famous statement that, "Presbytery agrees as well with Monarchy as God and the Devil."

In 1618 James put over his "Five Articles of Perth" in Scotland,which meant conformity with the English Church, in a determined effort to force the Episcopacy on the Scottish Presbyterian s. Rather than submit to this Act of Conformity, the Presbyterian clergy and people flocked to Ulsteras a place of refuge.

It was during the Plantation of Ulster (1606-1610),andt he years immediately following, that the McWhirters--practically all of them--leftScotland for a new home in Ulster, the exact time of removal, my research has failed to disclose. At least a few of them remained in Ayrshire for some years, as John McWhorter was at the Battle of Bothwell Bridge in 1679. But it appears that all of them finally followed the Clan to Ulster--my research failed to find the name in Scottish histories or records after 1700.

James VI of Scotland (James I of England) died in 1625 and was succeeded by his son Charles . F or a few years after the accessionofCharles,thefaithful ministers in Ireland went about their work as usual. Then in 1639 the Black Oath was forced upon the Ulster Scots, that is , all those above sixteen years of age were compelled to take oath, on their knees that they would obey all the King's "royal commands." Troops, who were sent to compel the Presbyterians to swear, executed their orders with ruthless severity.

Charles was having so much trouble with the non-conforming Scots, by 1640, he prepared to invade Scotland. But before he was ready to take the field, the canny Scots, in a surprise move, invaded England, and drove the Royalists in headlong flight before them. Thus began the sanguinary war between the Royalists and the Presbyterians of Scotland.

After this got into full swing, certain descendants of the northern Chieftains, the O'Neils of Ulster, whose estates had been confiscated at the beginning of the century, decided that while England was so well occupied at home it was a proper time to come back and take possession of those old estates.

Accordingly by correspondence, they plotted with the native Irish to expel all Protestant settlers of Anglo Saxon race. This was the beginning of what is known as the "Killing Time," or the "Irish Rebellion." All over Ulster the rebellion broke out on that fatal Saturday,October 3 ,1641.The native Irish who hated work and loved plunder more than they feared death, sprang to arms on the first call of their new leaders.

At first the rebels acted with comparative moderation, and they very generally refrained from molesting the Scots, but this lasted for only a very short time. The entire population flew to arms in multitudes, and they acted more like demons than human beings. The whole Irish Race aimed at exterminating the entire Protestant population. The atrocities of these Irish in 1641 reads much the same as the hitlerite Germans of1941,the main difference being in the employment of modern equipment for torture, by the Germans.

The Scots, having been disarmed some time previously were sitting ducks, as it were, unable to defend themselves, perished by the thousands, men, women and children. It was during this awful slaughter of innocent people that the MacWhirter name was almost wiped out.

Our ancestress, Jean McWhirter, (She was a McWhirter before her marriage, but have no record of her father's Christian name) lost her maternal grandparents with nine of their ten children in this bloody massacre. Her mother, an infant, was saved by her nurse, who ran to the hills with her and hid her so successfully the butcherers could not find her. Her parents were hung to a tree in front of their home, and the children were killed in various ways all over the place.

Hugh and Jean McWhorter lived in County Armagh where he was for many years a successful linen merchant. Their eldest son, Alexander, who was a student at the University of Edinburgh preparing for the ministry, decided that he wanted to come to America and finish his course at Princeton, New Jersey. His father and his father's brother (given name uncertain, but have some evidence that it was "James") decided they would remove with their families to America, "the land of the free" at the same time Alexander came in 1735. Hugh and Jean had ten children--do not know how many, if any, his brother had when they left Ulster. They landed at New Castle Delaware.

Hugh settled in the County of New Castle Delaware and became an extensive farmer and an elder of the Presbyterian church near the village of Middletown, and generally called "the Forest Congregation," near the Pennsylvania line, on the other side of which was Lancaster Count y ,which at that time covered a large area.

Alexander, the eldest son, died at the age of twenty-two, before he had graduated from Princeton. About two months after his death another son was born to Hugh and Jean. This baby was named "Alexander" after his deceased brother, but his name was not allowed to be spoken in the family until he was several months old. This son became the Rev. Dr. Alexander McWhirter of Revolutionary fame.

From the records of the Scotch-Irish Congress of America (records in the Historical Foundation Library, Montreat, North Carolina)some old Church records of the Reformed Church and Tax lists in Pennsylvania, the following was gathered;

The Scotch Irish who landed at New Castle, Delaware, for the most part pushed on into Pennsylvania, settling in Lancaster and York,the adjoining counties. They formed the settlements of: "The Barrens," southeastern York county, the "Monaghan" settlement, northeastern York County : "Marsh Creek" and the "Great Conewego" settlements near Gettysburg,  York County.

"In 1731 a good number of Scotch-Irish settled at Marsh Creek....In 1736 the Proprietors determined to survey for themselves a Manor in this territory. In 1741 an order was issued for the survey to be made....1743, the settlers strenuously objected, but "John McWirter said he would move out soon. In 1754 the surveyor reported he could not yet make a tolerable draft of it . " And it was not until 1765 that a compromise was effected.

Wherever the Scotch Irish settled, they built their churches as soon as their cabins were finished---all logs, of course. Marsh Creek Church was an organized church in 1747. Buionstion Church, in "the Barrens" inChanceford township was built about 1753. Moses, Henry and Aron McWhirter were members of this church in 1771. An old Reformed preacher's baptismal record shows that Moses had a baby named "Jean" baptized in 1778. He was still living here in 1782.

Among the Scotch Irish who settled at Marsh Creek in 1731-35 was one, Hance Hamilton. He was sheriff, a highly honored position at that time, and knew exactly what such an officer should do to protect his own and to keep all others at a distance. He was quite a character. He appears to have been very closely associated with the McWhirters, though I can't prove intermarriage had anything to do with bringing the two names, "Hance" and "Hamilton" into our family as Christian names. Our father had a near kinsman named "Hance McWhirter;" his brother Jim's middle name was "Hamilton," and I have seen this name attached to a number of McWhirters, and so with the name "Hance."

(I cannot prove, but I believe that John McWhirter of Marsh Creek, mentioned above, was the son of Hugh and Jean McWhirter, and the father of David McWhirter (born ca. 1741, in Pennsylvania) who married Mary Poston, and was my great-great grandfather. There is evidence that Hance Hamilton "moved out" of Marsh Creek at about the some time John McWhirter moved, and both of them settled for a time in Chanceford township, thence on to Mecklenberg county, North Carolina .

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