Tartan Week!

**Dominic MacGregor** · 8th April 15, 06:17 AM

Originally Posted by Mael Coluim

Better yet, is the story of Blackbeard, Edward Teach a English pirate hunted down and killed at Ocracoke Island, North Carolina by the order of Virginia Governor Alexander Spotswood, a Scot. The county, Spotsylvania where I reside is named after him.

I'll be marching with my Clan MacCallum Malcolm Society. Just look for the dandelion pinned to my Dixiecat Blue Bonnets O'er the Border!

Great story! I love that the County has been named after him!

**Mael Coluim** · 8th April 15, 06:38 AM

Originally Posted by Dominic MacGregor

Great story! I love that the County has been named after him!

There is an interesting story to that Dominic. Spotswood would be called back to London as he had stepped on some important toes in the Virginia Colony. However, he was good position with the King and received a land grant in the colony. He petitioned the colonial government, House of Burgess in Williamsburg, Virginia to incorporate this area into a county. He knew they would never approve in his petition that it be named after himself, Spotswood County. So he cleverly used the Latin word Sylvania which literally means "forest land" and his request was granted for the new county to be call Spotsylvania!

**Tarheel** · 8th April 15, 01:43 PM

Spotswood was also key in catching my relative (gunner William Ingram). A man that sailed with pirates Anstis and Roberts on the "Good Fortune" before and during the capture of the "Morning Star." The hanging took place on the 11th of June 1714, on the Execution Docks. The "Morning Star" was an immigrant transport vessel carrying Scottish prisoners and indentured servants to the Colonies for work in the tobacco fields and pine plantations. It was rumored by another relative, James Ingram, (a pirate that scripted a text on pirating during the 1700's) that the "Good Fortune" was part of Edward Teach's flotilla. The best source for more on this subject is a book titled, "Blackbeard the Pirate" by Robert E. Lee a professor from Wake Forest University.

**Mael Coluim** · 8th April 15, 07:33 PM

Originally Posted by Tarheel

Spotswood was also key in catching my relative (gunner William Ingram). A man that sailed with pirates Anstis and Roberts on the "Good Fortune" before and during the capture of the "Morning Star." The hanging took place on the 11th of June 1714, on the Execution Docks. The "Morning Star" was an immigrant transport vessel carrying Scottish prisoners and indentured servants to the Colonies for work in the tobacco fields and pine plantations. It was rumored by another relative, James Ingram, (a pirate that scripted a text on pirating during the 1700's) that the "Good Fortune" was part of Edward Teach's flotilla. The best source for more on this subject is a book titled, "Blackbeard the Pirate" by Robert E. Lee a professor from Wake Forest University.

Fascinating history! I'm envious that you know this about your ancestry.

**Mael Coluim** · 8th April 15, 07:49 PM

For those who are marching in the parade. The link to find the parade order and where your group is assigned to form up is here.

**Tarheel** · 9th April 15, 05:54 AM

I hope pictures of all the events, from as many of you that will attend (especially Friday), are posted. I'm sorry to have "Pirated" the thread. Good luck on sales to all our members that offer goods to the public. We here know the quality and so should the population.