From Mecklenburg to Moore: Four North Carolina Families


Gravestone of Nancy McDonald.

Burials in the
McDonald
Family Cemetery,
Crains Creek,
North Carolina

Gravestone of Murdoch Ferguson. Family groups in the McDonald Cemetery:

John Finlayson and Jennet Patterson McDonald

Murdoch and Mary McDonald Ferguson
John and Maria Ferguson
children of Daniel McDonald
D. McDonald
John and Nancy McDonald
Angus McDonald

Other individuals:

Nancy McDonald
Norman McDonald (1736-1796) oldest inscription
John Cammeron
Theodota McDonald
Catherine McDonald
Dougal McDonald
John Monk
Elizabeth Currie, consort of John M. Currie
Catherine Arnold, erected by Henry Arnold her husband
Daniel McDonald
Catherine McDonald, erected by her husband, Donald McDonald
Daniel McDougald
Sergeant Finley McDonald (N.C. Regt. Cont. Line) (DAR memorial, not a grave)8

Gravestone of John Ferguson, born in Scotland, 1793. Gravestone of John Monk, died 1817.


The poem inscribed on the stone pictured below comes from a novel entitled The Dairyman's Daughter, by Reverend Legh Richmond, 1772-1827, a popular English writer of the 19th century. (Grave stone of Mary Ann McDonald, who died April 22, 1851 at the age of 19, the wife of D. M. McDonald.)

Grave stone of Mary Ann McDonald, wife of D. M. McDonald.

Stranger if ee (e'er) by chance or feeling led
upon this hallowed turf thy footsteps tread
turn from the contemplation of this sod
And think on her whose spirit rests with god
lowly her lot on earth but he who bore
tidings of grace and blessings to th poor
gave her his truth and faithfulness to prove
the choicest pleasures of his boundless love
Earth that Dispells afflictions darkest gloom
hope that could cheer the passage to the tomb
peace that Not hells Dark legions could Destroy
And love that fills the soul with heavenly joy
Death of its sting Disarmd she knew No fear
But tasted heaven while she lingerd here
oh happy saint May we like thee be blest
in life be faithful and in Death find rest.

Grave stone of Mary Ferguson, died 1830 at the age of 6 months.

The quote on this stone, "It is well with the child," comes from 2 Kings 4:26, "Is it well with the child? And she answered, It is well." This quote apparently reflected a belief that the souls of infant children were saved, a source of comfort to grieving parents. Thirty-one years after Mary Ferguson died in 1830, the passage was the basis of a sermon on infant salvation by Reverend Charles Haddon Spurgeon of England, defending Calvinists against the charge that they believed that unbaptized infants did not go to heaven.

Links Useful for Learning about the McDonalds and Their Scottish History:

Family & Friends, a list of McDonalds from Moore County by Glenn McGugan, updated 8-7-2004, accessed April 18, 2007.

Skye Roots, research and reporting of family heritage, history and genealogy for anyone with links to or ancestors from Scotland's Isle of Skye.

Moore County Historical Association

Electric Scotland, Scottish history, clans, and everything else.

Books Useful for Learning about the McDonalds and Their Scottish History:

David Dodson, The Original Scots Colonists of Early America: 1612-1783, (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1989)

Douglas F. Kelly, Carolina Scots: An Historical and Genealogical Study of Over 100 Years of Emigration. (Dillon SC: 1739 Publications, 1998)

Alex M. Patterson, Highland Scots Pattersons of North Carolina and Related Families. (Raleigh: Contemporary Lithographers, Inc., 1979)

James Vann Comer, Gone and Almost Forgotten: Crain's Creek Community, (Sanford: James Vann Comer, 1986)

Rassie E. Wicker, Miscellaneous Ancient Records of Moore County, North Carolina, (Southern Pines: The Moore County Historical Association, 1971)



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