CAMPBELL, DUNCAN, merchant in Inveraray, son of Alexander Campbell tacksman of Auchlian, was admitted as a burgess of Inveraray, ... S/H] CAMPBELL, GEORGE, of Elister was served as heir to his brother Colin Campbell, 17 July 1753. [NAS.
This is part of a series by David Dobson designed to identify the origins of Scottish Highlanders who traveled to America prior to the Great Highland Migration that began in the 1730s and intensified thereafter.
Scottish Highlanders on the Eve of the Great Migration, 1725-1775: The People of the Grampian Highlands
This series is designed to identify the kinds of records that are available in the absence of parish registers and to supplement the church registers when they are available.
The first four volumes cover Scottish Highlanders from Argyll, Perthshire, Inverness, and the Northern Highlands. This fifth volume in the series pertains to the Northern Isles, commonly known as the Orkney Islands and the Shetland Islands.
Scottish Highlanders on the Eve of the Great Migration, 1725-1775: The People of the Grampian Highlands
Scottish Highlanders on the Eve of the Great Migration, 1725-1775: The People of Inverness-shire
In some cases, we also learn the identities of relatives, the individual's employment, vessel traveled on, and so forth.See also the other volumes in this series: The People of Argyll The People of Highland Perthshire The Peopl
Such alternative sources as do exist include court records, estate papers, wills and testaments, services of heirs, registers of sasines, registers of deeds, port books, rent rolls, tax records, monumental inscriptions, and published works- ...