Records of Emigrants from England and Scotland to North Carolina, 1774-1775 - Paperback

by A. R. Newsome (Author)

Contains lists of persons who took passage on ships from Great Britain to North Carolina. The lists include nearly 100 emigrants from England and nearly 500 emigrants, including 100 family groups, from Scotland.

Author Biography

Albert Ray Newsome (1894-1951) was a distinguished historian and writer. He earned a Ph.D. from the University of Michigan. Dr. Newsome served as Secretary of the North Carolina Historical Commission and as Editor of the North Carolina Historical Review (1926-1935), helped to create the Society of American Archivists (1936), and chaired the History Department at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (1936-1951).