Correct me if I am wrong but Galloway is in the southwest of Scotland, right? The Douglas family were the power base there if memory serves.

As far as geneology goes, we came to the United States many years ago (not exactly sure when). Records were poorly kept if at all.

Our ancestors hen settled in the Ozarks for several generations before my grandfather moved the family to California in the 1940s.

I have also found the name tied to England and Ireland BUT given a lot of the cultural and linguistic characteristics inherent to the hillfolk of the Ozarks and the surrounding areas I would lean toward a Scottish origin.

My other grandfather was, as mentioned before, a Shaw. That is a Highland name with a modest but old clan tradition.