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Walking With Ghosts - Volume I- Descendants of Angus & Nancy McCutchen MacLeod
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Walking With Ghosts - Volume II - The War Between The States
It's 1861 and the call for volunteers to defend the state of South Carolina have gone out. This second book in the Walking With Ghosts series once again combines fictional story telling with factual recitation of the battles our family fought during the war years, with information on the 2nd, 9th/6th, 15th and 19th and 20th and 23rd (Hatches) South Carolina Volunteer Infantry Regiments, Garden's Palmetto Light Artillery, Rion's Battalion (7th), The Kirkwoods Cavalry and the 3rd Palmetto Battalion and the battles each were engaged in during the war.
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this
site
Walking
with
Ghosts
-
Home Background Mystery
Photos Frequently
Asked
Questions I've
been
published....sort
of
Primary
Research MacLeod/McLeod MacLeod
DNA
Project
Checker/Tskeris
of
Greece/N.Y. Abnett
of
England Hudson
of
South
Carolina
Ives
of
South
Carolina
Sideline
Research These
lines
have
married
into
my
family
(primary
and
secondary
lines
of
research
seen
above)
and
are
included
here
to
aid
other
researchers.
I
am
not
currently
researching
these
names;
however,
the
pages
are
updated
as
information
becomes
available.
Arrants
of
South
Carolina Barnes
of
South
Carolina Blyther
of
South
Caroliina Boykin
of
South
Carolina Cook
Family
of
South
Carolina Coombs
of
Maine Checker/Tskeris
Greece
Davis
of
South
Carolina Dennis
of
South
Carolina Freeman
of
South
Carolina Holland
of
South
Carolina Huggins
of
South
Carolina Hurst
of
South
Carolina Jones
of
South
Carolina Josey/Jossey
of
South
Carolina Keretas
of
Greece Medhurst
of
England
Meyers
of
South
Carolina Moseley
of
South
Carolina Rodgers
of
South
Carolina Ross
of
South
Carolina Yates/Yeates
of
South
Carolina
Kershaw
South
Carolina
Genealogy
County
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Walking
with
Ghosts..........
a
website
for
the
descendants
of
Angus
and
Nancy
McCutchen
MacLeod~~
~~~~~~~
Primary
Research
-
MacLeod/McLeod
This
is
the
entry
page
for
the
MacLeod/McLeod
portion
of
this
website....as
this
is
by
far
the
largest
portion
of
the
site,
links
to
each
MacLeod
section
have
been
provided
-
If
you
suddenly
find
that
you
can't
see
the
tree
for
the
branches.....simply
look
left~:)
Below,
you
will
find
links
to
my
MacLeod
Family;
information
on
the
MacLeods
of
Sumter
and
Kershaw
and
Darlington
Counties
who
have
participated
in
the
YDNA
Projects
and
links
to
pages
with
information
on
"Other
MacLeods"
in
those
counties.
The
original
intent
of
this
web
site
is
the
same
as
it
has
always
been;
to
provide
a
FREE
tool
for
researchers
to
help
each
other
by
the
sharing
of
information
-
please
support
this
intent
by
helping
to
keep
it
as
accurate
as
possible.
Corrections
are
always
welcome
-
rude
emails
are
not...(those
of
you
who
have
sent
them
know
who
you
are....).
When
sending
corrections,
please
remember
to
copy
the
web
address
of
the
page
and
paste
it
into
your
email
-
without
this
information,
it
can
be
difficult
to
make
those
corrections.
Thank
you
in
advance~~
Happy
Researching
and
"Hold
Fast"!
My
MacLeod/McLeod
Family
Our
family
is
blessed
to
have
not
only
an
early
written
history
by
a
great
granddaughter
of
Angus
but
also
an
oral
interview
given
by
a
great
grandson
-
these
great
grandchildren
came
from
two
different
lines
of
descent
and
corroborate
each
other
in
many
ways.
We
have
further
been
blessed
in
that
our
paper
research
has
confirmed
their
stories
and
cleared
up
some
confusion
that
had
developed
over
the
years.The
Interview
with
Albert
John
McLeod
cr.
1920
"Alexander,
with
his
family,
left
Scotland
and
traveled
to
Ireland
(or
the
Island?)
for
a
time.
They
sailed
from
Ireland
(or
the
island?)
to
Virginia
and
a
brother,
Norman,
was
born
on
board
ship.
They
eventually
migrated
to
Robeson,
North
Carolina
where
another
brother
named
Daniel
was
born.
Alexander
with
his
wife,
a
McIntosh,
left
for
Old
Camden
District
in
South
Carolina.
Alexander
had
two
grants
of
land
on
Beaverdam
Branch.
He
(Alexander
the
II?)
had
cousins
who
were
Bethunes.
Daniel's
descendants
remain
in
the
area
today"
(Sumter/Kershaw). "How
are
our
Boykin
cousins?"
Interview
notes
provided
to
Lori
McLeod
Wilke
by
Col.
Purdy
Belvin
McLeod
Jr.,
who
received
them
from
the
late
Jay
Frank
McLeod,
the
Interviewer
of
Albert
John
McLeod.
Albert
was
a
gr
grandson
of
Angus
and
Nancy
McCutchen
McLeod.
Getting
Started:
Angus
and
Nancy
McCutchen
MacLeod -
Our
Earliest
Known
Ancestors
immigrated
from
the
Isle
of
Skye
to
Virginia;
migrated
to
North
Carolina
where
they
are
found
in
Richmond
County
Records
by
the
1790's;
and
then
on
to
Sumter
and
Kershaw
Districts
in
South
Carolina. North
Carolina
Timeline -
A
chronological
listing
of
the
records
found
to
date
in
North
Carolina
and
how
they
correspond
to
the
oral
legend/interview
with
Albert
John
McLeod,
great
grandson
of
Angus
and
Nancy.
South
Carolina
Timeline
-
A
chronological
listing
of
the
records
found
to
date
in
South
Carolina
Alabama
Timeline -
A
chronological
listing
of
the
records
found
to
date
in
Alabama
regarding
three
of
the
daughters
of
Angus
and
Nancy
(some
Texas
records
referenced)
MacLeod
YDNA
Project
at
FTDNA
My
First
Cousin
One
Time
Removed
-
Col.
Purdy
Belvin
McLeod
Jr.
-
participated
in
an
early
DNA
study
performed
by
the
University
of
London
and
learned
that
he
was
part
of
a
group
of
MacLeod
men
who
shared
a
common
ancestor.
In
2005,
a
second
study
was
begun
at
FTDNA
sponsored
by
the
Associated
Clan
MacLeod
Society
where
these
initial
results
were
confirmed
through
expanded
testing.
Purdy
shared
his
matches
with
me
and
asked
me
to
see
if
I
could
"sort
it
out"
-
thus
began
my
obsession
with
YDNA.
Six
years
later,
we
find
that
share
a
common
ancestor
with
approximately
40
other
men
and
may
be
close
to
figuring
out
to
which
of
them
we
are
more
closely
related.
The
ultimate
goal
is,
of
course,
to
get
us
"back
over
the
pond"
in
our
genealogy
research.
There
appear
to
have
been
as
many
as
8
distinct
McLeod
families
in
the
Sumter
and
Kershaw
Districts
in
the
1820's
and
1830's:
1.
Angus
McLeod
of
the
1820
Sumter
District
Census
-
Sons
Alexander
(h/o
Sarah
McIntosh)
and
Daniel
(h/o
Catherine
McLean)
and
Norman
(identity
unknown).
Tested
Haplogroup
R1b
Subclade
L165/S68
2.
Norman
McLeod
(h/o
Elizabeth
Lackey
McLeod
found
in
Sumter
Records)
-
Tested
-
appears
to
be
Haplogroup
R1b
Subclade
L21
downstream
M222
-
this
appears
to
prove
that
this
Norman
McLeod
was
NOT
the
son
of
Angus
(#1
above)
as
had
been
previously
speculated.
3.
James
McLeod
(h/o
Margaret
Blakely
later
Gordon)
-
Tested
-
appears
to
also
be
Haplogroup
R1b
Subclade
L21
downstream
M222
-
this
proves
that
David
and
Angus
(#1
above)
are
not
related
in
several
thousand
years
on
a
paternal
side.
Although
David's
descendant
and
Norman's
descendant
(#2
above)
appear
to
be
of
the
same
Subclade
of
R1b,
there
are
significant
mutations
between
the
two
haplotypes
-
additional
information
is
needed
to
state
that
these
two
lines
were
connected.
4.
Daniel
McLeod
(h/o
Jane
R.
Evans)
-
Kershaw
District
-
Reportedly
the
brother
of
Norman
McLeod
(h/o
Elizabeth
Cade)
of
Darlington
County
SC
-
Norman's
line
has
been
tested
and
found
to
share
the
Haplogroup
of
Angus
(#1
above)
-
Norman's
descendants
and
Angus
descendants
appear
to
have
shared
an
ancestor
cr.
1700
AD.
Daniel's
line
has
NOT
been
tested.
5.
Daniel
McLeod
(h/o
Jane
Christmas)
-
Sumter
District
-
Previously
stated
by
Von
Hacke
to
be
the
son
of
Angus
(#1
above)
Wills
and
Deeds
have
proven
that
he
was
not. Reportedly
a
descendant
of
this
line
has
tested
at
the
12
marker
level
and
has
been
determined
to
be
a
member
of
the
R1b
Haplogroup
but
at
that
level
of
testing,
with
no
SNP
testing,
his
Subclade
and
potential
relationship
to
the
other
lines
is
still
undetermined.
6.
Alexander
McLeod
(h/o
of
Sarah
(--?--)
-
Sumter
District
-
The
parents
of
the
Norman
McLeod
who
married
Angus's
(#1
above)
daughter
Betsy
McLeod
(who
moved
to
Alabama
by
the
1840
Census
-
this
line
has
not
yet
been
tested.
Oral
legend
states
that
Betsy
and
Norman
were
cousins;
YDNA
testing
of
their
descendants
would
confirm
this
belief.
7.
Alexander
McLeod
(h/o
of
Mary
Catherine
McCaskill)
-
Kershaw
District
-Reportedly
immigrated
to
North
Carolina,
migrated
into
Kershaw
District
cr
1820
-
Alexander
died
in
1822
and
his
widow
and
descendants
migrated
to
Ft.
Walton
Florida
by
1840.
This
line
does
not
yet
appear
to
have
been
tested.
8.
Angus
(of
the
1820
Kershaw
Census)
and
Daniel
McLeod
(Angus
h/o
Margaret
McQueen)
-
Kershaw
District
-
the
brothers,
reportedly
the
sons
of
an
Alexander
McLeod
who
was
first
in
North
Carolina
and
may
have
been
in
South
Carolina,
moved
to
Barbour
County
Alabama
in
the
1830's.
This
line
does
not
appear
to
have
been
tested.
Meet
any
MacLeod/McLeod
here
in
the
USA
with
ancestral
history
in
North
or
South
Carolina
and
eventually
the
question
of
how
closely
they
are
related
to
you
will
come
up.
YDNA
is
helping
us
to
figure
this
out.
Those
who
share
a
close
haplotype
(think
signature)
have
definitely
shared
a
common
ancestor
in
genealogical
times
or
since
the
use
of
surnames
while
those
who
are
"outside"
of
allowable
"genetic
distances"
do
not.
Of
course,
this
is
a
very
simplistic
explanation
of
what
YDNA
can
tell
us;
if
you
are
interested
in
learning
more,
please
feel
free
to
email
me.
To
get
started
on
what
may
turn
out
to
be
your
own
obsession
with
YDNA
as
it
relates
to
genealogical
research:
FTDNA
Clan
MacLeod
Project
Haplogroup
Tables
-
includes
all
the
various
Haplogroups
found
to
date
within
the
project.
Includes
the
descendants
of
James
MacLeod/McLeod
and
Margaret
Blakely
{later
Gordon}
of
Sumter
South
Carolina.
FTDNA
Clan
MacLeod
Project/R-L165(S68)
Project
Table
-
the
Related
Group
of
MacLeods
who
share
an
ancestor
born
cr.
1300
AD
-
includes
"Branch
Pages"
which
provide
an
analysis
of
the
YDNA
results
and
Genealogies
where
available.
Included
on
this
page
are
my
family
and
the
family
of
Norman
MacLeod
of
Virginia
and
Gallia
County
Ohio.
FTDNA
R-L165(S68)
Project
-
Clan
MacLeod
has
been
tested
and
found
to
be
in
the
R-L165(S68)
Sub
Clade
of
the
Haplogroup
R1b;
it
is
believed
that
this
is
a
Norse
Cluster
of
R1b.
The
project
was
begun
in
January
of
2011.
Other
MacLeods
In
the
effort
to
determine
the
exact
identities
of
the
brothers
of
my
ggg
grandfather,
I
began
to
research
the
records
of
all
of
the
McLeods
in
South
Carolina;
as
a
result,
I
compiled
a
great
deal
of
research
into
those
other
families.
That
information
is
provided
within
the
pages
of
this
website.
As
my
research
expands
into
North
Carolina,
information
on
the
MacLeods
of
that
state
will
be
included
within
these
pages
as
well.
As
any
researcher
of
the
Scots
in
America
realizes,
the
naming
patterns
(using
the
common
names,
such
as
Alexander,
Daniel,
Norman,
John,
Margaret,
Catherine,
generation
after
generation)
cause
great
confusion
in
determining
whose
records
are
whose.....where
I
have
been
able
to
determine
identity,
it
has
been
placed
here.
For
those
of
you
who
research
other
MacLeod/McLeod
families
of
South
Carolina,
the
following
pages
may
of
interest:
Angus
MacLeods
of
Kershaw
and
Sumter
County
South
Carolina
-
late
1700
to
early
1800
-
a
listing
of
all
the
Angus
McLeods
(of
any
spelling)
found
in
the
aforementioned
counties
of
South
Carolina
who
are
NOT
my
Angus
MacLeod
(husband
of
Nancy
McCutchen)
Alexander
MacLeods
of
Kershaw
and
Sumter
County
South
Carolina
-
a
listing
of
all
the
Alexander
McLeods
(of
any
spelling)
found
in
the
aforementioned
counties
of
South
Carolina
who
are
NOT
my
Alexander
MacLeod
(husband
of
Sarah
McIntosh)
Daniel
MacLeods
of
Kershaw
and
Sumter
County
South
Carolina
-
a
listing
of
all
the
Daniel
McLeods
(of
any
spelling)
found
in
the
aforementioned
counties
of
South
Carolina
who
are
NOT
my
Daniel
MacLeod
(husband
of
Catherine
McLean/son
of
Angus
MacLeod
and
Nancy
McCutchen)
Norman
MacLeods
of
Kershaw
and
Sumter
County
South
Carolina
-
a
listing
of
all
the
Norman
McLeods
(of
any
spelling)
found
in
the
aforementioned
counties
of
South
Carolina
who
are
NOT
my
Norman
MacLeod
(son
of
Angus
MacLeod
and
Nancy
McCutchen)
Von
Hacke
Records
on
MacLeods
of
Sumter
(and
Kershaw)
South
Carolina
-
a
detailed
listing
of
MacLeod
records
included
in
the
Von
Hacke
Files
with
corrections
resulting
from
the
research
contained
within
this
website.
The
Mystery
of
Mary
McInnis
McLeod
of
the
Old
Scotch
Cemetery,
Kershaw
County,
South
Carolina
-
The
descendants
of
this
woman
are
claimed
in
the
Family
Files
of
at
least
three
different
MacLeod
Paternal
Lines
-
this
page
attempts
to
begin
the
process
of
determining
to
which
MacLeod
family
of
South
and/or
North
Carolina
she
belongs.
If
you
would
like
to
contribute
information
on
any
of
the
MacLeods
within
these
pages,
please
email.
YDNA
for
other
Surnames
The
DNA
adventure
is
not
just
for
MacLeods
alone;
there
is
a
project
for
almost
every
known
surname.
Google
"YDNA+Ross"
(or
any
other
surname)
to
find
links
to
these
projects
and
learn
more
about
what
your
ancient
ancestry
may
be.
You
could
be
descended
from
Nial
of
the
Nine
Hostages
-
or
from
Somerled
-
or
related
to
Royalty
of
any
nation
known
to
man.
And
now,
the
DNA
testing
includes
MTDNA
which
both
men
and
women
can
participate
in
-
I've
not
ventured
into
that
part
of
the
DNA
world
just
yet,
but
may
have
to
do
so
in
the
near
future.
Please,
feel
free
to
email
me
for
additional
information
if
you
are
interested
in
joining
in
the
fun!
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McLeod
Wilke
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