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photo of The Old Laurel Hill Church McFarland Cemetary Laurinberg, NC, USA© International Clan MacFarlane Society, Inc. • MacFarlane.org

A BRIEF HISTORY OF SCOTS
IN NORTH CAROLINA

by Debbie MacFarland-Webb, Carolinas Commissioner Cape Fear, North Carolina, USA became home to approximately 1200 Jacobite prisoners (as indentured servants) following the 1715 and 1745 uprisings in Scotland. In addition to indentured…