Born Fighting (36 page)

1. Ned Landsman,
Scotland and Its First American Colony, 1683–1765
(Princeton University Press, 1985), p. 46, quoted in David Hackett Fischer,
Albion’s Seed
(New York: Oxford University Press, 1989), p. 665.
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2. Landsman, quoted in Fischer,
Albion’s Seed
, p. 666.
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3. Fischer,
Albion’s Seed
, p. 667.
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4. James G. Leyburn,
The Scotch-Irish: A Social History
(Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1962), p. 185.
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5. Ibid., p. 183.
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6. Gaius Jackson Slosser, ed.,
They Seek a Country: The American Presbyterians
(New York: Macmillan, 1955), p. 8.
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7. Fischer,
Albion’s Seed
, pp. 666–67.
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8. Leyburn,
The Scotch-Irish
, p. 237.
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9. Ibid., pp. 238–41. See also Ian McBride,
The Siege of Derry in Ulster Protestant Mythology
(Dublin, 1977).
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10. Leyburn,
The Scotch-Irish
, p. 244.
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11. Taken from Frederick B. Tolles,
James Logan and the Culture of Provincial Pennsylvania
(1957).
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12. Cited in John H. Finley,
The Coming of the Scot
(New York, 1940), pp. 58–59, quoted in Leyburn,
The Scotch-Irish
, pp. 191–92.
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13. George Chambers,
A Tribute to the Principles, Virtues, Habits and Public Usefulness of the Irish and Scotch Early Settlers of Pennsylvania
(Chambersburg, 1856), p. 10, quoted in Leyburn,
The Scotch-Irish
, p. 192.
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14. Daniel Rupp,
History and Topography of Northumberland, Huntington, Mifflin, Union, Columbia, Juniata, and Clinton Counties, Pa.
(Lancaster, 1847), p. 17, quoted in Leyburn,
The Scotch-Irish
, p. 193.
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15. Leyburn,
The Scotch-Irish
, p. 199.
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16. Ibid.
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17. John Dalzell, “The Scotch-Irish in Western Pennsylvania,”
Proceedings of the Second Scotch-Irish Congress
, p. 175, quoted in Whitelaw Reid,
The Scot in America and the Ulster Scot
(London: Macmillan and Co., Ltd., 1912), p. 31.
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18. Leyburn,
The Scotch-Irish
, p. 196.
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19. Fischer,
Albion’s Seed
, pp. 748–49.
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20. Ibid., p. 787.
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21. 1911 Encyclopedia, statistics at
www.1911encyclopedia.org
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22. Ibid.
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23. Leyburn,
The Scotch-Irish
, p. 201.
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24. See generally Ibid., pp. 201–5; see also
www.1911encyclopedia.org
at Virginia.
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25. Leyburn,
The Scotch-Irish,
pp. 201–5.
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26. Winston Churchill,
A History of the English-Speaking Peoples
, vol. 3,
The Age of Revolution
(New York: Dorset Press, 1990), p. 133.
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27. Leyburn,
The Scotch-Irish
, p. 213.
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28. John Solomon Otto,
The Southern Frontiers, 1607–1860
(New York: Greenwood Press, 1989), p. 65.
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29. Patrick Griffin, “The People with No Name: Ulster’s Migrants and Identity Formation in Eighteenth-Century Pennsylvania,”
William and Mary Quarterly
58, no. 3 (July 2001).
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30. Penn MSS, Official Correspondence, 1683–1727, II, 145, quoted in Leyburn,
The Scotch-Irish
, p. 330.
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31. R. D. W. Connor,
Race Elements in the White Population of North Carolina
(Raleigh, 1920), p. 83, quoted in Leyburn,
The Scotch-Irish
, p. 215.
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32. Reid,
The Scot in America
, p. 28.
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33. Leyburn,
The Scotch-Irish
, pp. 330–31.
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34. R. F. Foster,
Modern Ireland, 1600–1972
(London: Penguin Books, 1989), p. 216.
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35. See
www.1911encyclopedia.org
at Virginia.
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36. Bernard Bailyn,
Voyagers to the West
(New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1986), p. 26.
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37. Ibid., pp. 30–31.
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38. Ibid., p. 37.
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39. Ibid., p. 40.
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40. James Anthony Froude,
The English in Ireland
(London, 1872), vol. 1, p. 392, quoted in Reid,
The Scot in America
, p. 35.
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41. T. C. Smout,
A History of the Scottish People, 1560–1830
(London: Fontana/Collins, 1981), p. 43.
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42. Foster,
Modern Ireland
, p. 216.
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43. Charles Woodmason,
The Carolina Backcountry on the Eve of the Revolution
(Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1953), p. 14.
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44. Ibid., p. 60.
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45. Fischer,
Albion’s Seed
, p. 644.
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46. Ibid., p. 646.
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47. Reid,
The Scot in America
, p. 6.
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48. Leyburn,
The Scotch-Irish
, p. 305
.
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49. Robert Leckie,
The Wars of America
(New York: Harper & Row, 1968), vol. 1, pp. 205–6.
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50. See Leyburn,
The Scotch-Irish
, p. 308.
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51. Wilma Dykeman,
With Fire and Sword: The Battle of King’s Mountain
(Washington, DC, Department of the Interior Publication, 1978), p. 17.
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52. Ibid.
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53. Ibid., p. 18.
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54. Leckie,
The
Wars of America
, vol. 1, pp. 198–99.
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55. Ibid.
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56. Dykeman,
With Fire and Sword
, p. 21.
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57. Leckie,
The Wars of America
, vol. 1, p. 199.
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58. Dykeman,
With Fire and Sword
, pp. 21–22.
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59. Ibid., p. 34.
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60. Ibid., pp. 35–36.
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61. Ibid., p. 37.
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62. Ibid., p. 40.
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63. Ibid., p. 49.
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64. Ibid., p. 67.
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65. Leckie,
The
Wars of America
, vol. 1, p. 205.
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66. Ibid., p. 209.
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PART FIVE: RISE AND FALL: THE HEART OF THE SOUTH

1. James G. Leyburn,
The Scotch-Irish: A Social History
(Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1962), p. 317.
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2. “Growth and Expansion of the United States in the Era of James Madison,” part 3, p. 2. James Madison University document, available at
www.jmu.edu/madison/1810pop.htm
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3. Wilbur Cash,
The Mind of the South
(New York: Vintage Books, 1969), p. 27.
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4. David Hackett Fischer,
Albion’s Seed
(New York: Oxford University Press, 1989), pp. 635–39.
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5. Ibid., p. 753.
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6. Ibid., p. 758.
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7. Numerous sources, as quoted in Robert V. Remini,
Andrew Jackson
(New York: Perennial Library, 1966), p. 19.
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8. Fischer,
Albion’s Seed
, p. 642.
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9. Remini,
Andrew Jackson
, p. 20.
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10. Ibid., p. 25.
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11. Ibid., p. 28.
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12. Fischer,
Albion’s Seed
, p. 775.
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13. See generally Remini,
Andrew Jackson
, pp. 57–61.
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14. Robert Leckie,
The Wars of America
(New York: Harper & Row, 1968), vol. 1, p. 273.
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15. Ibid., p. 275.
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16. Remini,
Andrew Jackson
, p. 61.
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17. Ibid., pp. 57–58.
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18. Leckie,
The
Wars of America
, vol. 1, pp. 287–90.
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19. Ibid., pp. 307–13; Remini,
Andrew Jackson
, pp. 68–72.
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20. Remini,
Andrew Jackson
, p. 76.
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21. Ibid., p. 82.
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22. Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr.,
The Age of Jackson
(Boston: Little, Brown & Company, 1953), p. 37.
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23. Ibid., p. 93.
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24. Joseph Nathan Kane,
Facts about the Presidents
(New York: H. W. Wilson, 1981), p. 57.
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25. Vernon Louis Parrington,
Main Currents in American Thought
(New York: Harcourt Brace & World, 1958), vol. 2, pp. 146–47.
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26.
London Times
, November 20, 1828.
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27. Remini,
Andrew Jackson
, p. 103.
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28. Ibid., p. 150.
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29. Parrington,
Main Currents in American Thought
, vol. 2, p. 149.
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30. Schlesinger,
The
Age of Jackson
, pp. 92, 96.
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31. Ibid., pp. 74–76.
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32. Ibid., pp. 84, 86, 89.
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33. Remini,
Andrew Jackson
, p. 154.
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34. Parrington,
Main Currents in American Thought
, vol. 2, p. 149.
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35. Schlesinger,
The
Age of Jackson
, p. 90; Remini,
Andrew Jackson
, pp. 151–52.
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36. Schlesinger,
The
Age of Jackson
, p. 30.
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37. Ibid., p. 97.
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38. Parrington,
Main Currents in American Thought
, vol. 2, p. 69.
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39. Ibid., p. 70.
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40. John C. Calhoun, “A Disquisition on Government,” quoted in Parrington,
Main Currents in American Thought
, vol. 2, p. 79.
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41. Ibid., p. 82.
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42. Numerous sources as quoted in Remini,
Andrew Jackson
, p. 133.
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43. Ibid., pp. 134–35.
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44. Parrington,
Main Currents in American Thought
, vol. 2, pp. 151–52.
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45. Henry Steele Commager, ed.,
The Blue and the Gray
(New York: Fairfax Press, 1982), p. xxxiv.
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46. Ibid., pp. xxxiii, xxxiv, xxxviii.
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47. The Tenth Amendment reads:
“The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.”
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48. Schlesinger,
The
Age of Jackson
, pp. 505–6.
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