Friday, April 10, 2015

The Roseborough Mystery

Stumbled on this in a book on SC Presbyterians (

History of the Presbyterian Church in South Carolina, Volume 2

 By George Howe), discussing the Covenanters:

The Covenanters had no difficulties about the jury laws Mr Rosborough the clerk of the court would state to the Judge that they had conscientious scruples in taking the oath to serve as jurors The Judge would then order them to be excused In the Revolutionary War there were no tories among them all fought on the side of the country

The covenanters migrated to Ohio (Rev. John Orr supposedly a teacher of Rev. John Black and MacMillan_

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