Chapter 1:  The Origins of the MacGilchrists of Western Scotland

Killarow and the McEachen Family of Kintyre * The Gilchrist Coat of Arms *

Chapter 2:  The McGilchrists of 17th & 18th Century Kintyre

The fishing Gilchrists * The Corputechan Gilchrists * The farming Gilchrists * The weaver Gilchrists *

Chapter 3:  The Arrival of John & Malcolm Gilchrist in North Carolina

Chapter 4:  The Gilchrists in south Alabama

Appendix

* These pages are taken from earlier writings by Robert Gilchrist that pertain to this research...

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