John Smith was born in Knapdale, Scotland circa 1700, the son of Malcom Smith and the grandson of John McGown. On November 8th, 1719 John married Margaret Gilchrist in Midlothian, Scotland, which is south of Edinburgh. In June of 1739 John took his family and traveled south to Campbelltown, Scotland to board a ship called the Thistle. The ship was filled with approximately 350 other Argyll people. In September of 1739, after approximately three months on the Thistle the ship landed in Port of Brunswick located at the mouth of the Cape Fear River in North Carolina. In June of 1740 the group took flat boats and headed up the Cape Fear River. During the journey his wife Margaret fell ill and died. The location of her burial is not certain but there is a suggestion she died in Bladen County and was buried on the river side of the Cape Fear River. This left John traveling with his two children, son Malcom Camron Smith and daughter Jenet Gilchrist Smith. After Margaret's death they moved up stream to what is near now present day Wade, N.C. in Cumberland County. John is buried on private land north of Wade, N.C. across the Cape Fear River near the road called Laura Ray Road, about a mile south of Rev. James Campbell grave site. His grave is on a small ridge parallel to the river and the highest spot in an otherwise low wet area. The Cape Fear River at this point curves and his graveyard is located in the bend of the river. Original grave site marked with stone and engraving J.S., marker removed in the 1970's. Father: Malcom Smith b. 1670 Knapdale, Argyll, Scotland Nickname : Old John the Immigrant, John of the Bluff
John Smith was born in Knapdale, Scotland circa 1700, the son of Malcom Smith and the grandson of John McGown. On November 8th, 1719 John married Margaret Gilchrist in Midlothian, Scotland, which is south of Edinburgh. In June of 1739 John took his family and traveled south to Campbelltown, Scotland to board a ship called the Thistle. The ship was filled with approximately 350 other Argyll people. In September of 1739, after approximately three months on the Thistle the ship landed in Port of Brunswick located at the mouth of the Cape Fear River in North Carolina. In June of 1740 the group took flat boats and headed up the Cape Fear River. During the journey his wife Margaret fell ill and died. The location of her burial is not certain but there is a suggestion she died in Bladen County and was buried on the river side of the Cape Fear River. This left John traveling with his two children, son Malcom Camron Smith and daughter Jenet Gilchrist Smith. After Margaret's death they moved up stream to what is near now present day Wade, N.C. in Cumberland County. John is buried on private land north of Wade, N.C. across the Cape Fear River near the road called Laura Ray Road, about a mile south of Rev. James Campbell grave site. His grave is on a small ridge parallel to the river and the highest spot in an otherwise low wet area. The Cape Fear River at this point curves and his graveyard is located in the bend of the river. Original grave site marked with stone and engraving J.S., marker removed in the 1970's. Father: Malcom Smith b. 1670 Knapdale, Argyll, Scotland Nickname : Old John the Immigrant, John of the Bluff
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