Tag: Rawdon Hants Co. Nova Scotia Canada

Margaret Dinsmore (1747-1806?) and Son John Dinsmore (1774-1858): Wayne County, Kentucky, Land Grant Records — Additional Information

August 26, 2026

Or, Subtitled: “Agreebly to an act of aſsembly for Settling and improving the Vacant lands of this Commonwealth” The information I’m posting below supplements and expands on a previous discussion of the Kentucky land grant that John Dinsmore received after the Dinsmore family moved in 1800 from Spartanburg County, South Carolina, to Wayne County, Kentucky. … More Margaret Dinsmore (1747-1806?) and Son John Dinsmore (1774-1858): Wayne County, Kentucky, Land Grant Records — Additional Information

David Dinsmore, Ulster-Scots Loyalist in South Carolina and Nova Scotia Exile: Every Life Worth a Novel (8)

January 28, 2023

Or, Subtitled: New Documents Casting New Light on Old Mysteries And now another addendum to a series of postings from the past — these tracking the life of my ancestor David Dinsmore, who was born in Ulster in 1750, arrived from Belfast with his wife Margaret aboard the Earl of Donegal in Charleston, South Carolina, on 10 … More David Dinsmore, Ulster-Scots Loyalist in South Carolina and Nova Scotia Exile: Every Life Worth a Novel (8)