Person:John Tyree (1)

the passenger ship, the abigail, carried john c. tyree from scotlandto the usa , at age 20, with 3 brothers whose names are unknown.

he served in the revolutionary war. he paid taxes in 1786 in franklin county, virginia.

he was purportedly fun-loving, strong willed, independent and willing to fight to the death..

he is quoted as saying he was a staunch jacobite from scotland and proud of it!Jacobites, Rob Roy and Bonnie Prince Charlie In 1707 the Scottish and English parliaments merged. This decame a time of civil wars with Strathearn right in the middle. To the north were supporters of the Stuarts (Jacobites) and to the south supporters of the imported German monarchy (Hanoverians). In past times Crieff was famous for hanging lawless Highlanders and the old gallows tree's timbers are still preserved in the Town Hall!

The film Rob Roy, set in and around Strathearn, gave a taste of what these wild times were like. Robert Roy Macgregor visited the town on ma occasions, often to sell cattle. In the second week of October 1714 the Highlanders gathered in Crieff for the annual market. Most people expected civil war to break out at any time. By day the town was also full of Redcoats and undercover government spies! One night, just after midnight, Rob Roy and his men marched to Crieff Town Square. There they tolled the Town bell, awakening everyone, and in front of the gathering crowd sang Jacobite songs and drank a good many loyal toasts to their uncrowned King James VIII. Eventually the Redcoats arrived from their camp outside the town and Rob Roy left into the night to fight another day.

In 1716 Jacobites burnt the towns and villages of Lowland Strathearn on their way back from the battle of Sheriffmuir which hadn't gone too well for them. This was ordered by the Earl of Mar to deny food and shelt the troops of the Duke of Argyll. No doubt many Highlanders settled old scores against the Lowlanders. Comrie was spared, presumably as the most Highland of the Strathearn towns it's sympathies were Jacobite. The people of Strathearn suffered greatly at this time.

he was a hard working farmer.

it is reported their were several tyree tobacco plantations that were of benefit to the continental army.

in 1804 he built a log house on 150 acres along the brown's creek in the blue ridge mountains that has long since been gone, probably due to time.