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+ John Donaldson ---------------+
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Robert Donaldson, I ----------+ Ireland after the English P:
B: about 1769 | conquest of Scotland
P: Ulster, Ireland |
D: 01 Nov 1852 | came to America from Ireland
P: Bulloch, GA | in 1774, first settling in • from the book Life in Old Bullock County
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Remembers crossing Atlantic | •
with family at age 5. + XXXXX • "Robert Donaldson was son of John Donaldson,
B: • a Scotsman who came to America from Northern
Robert moved from Jones Co. P: • Ireland in 1774. Robert could remember crossing •
to Bulloch Co. when grown & D: • the ocean when he was five years old. He
married Peggy Irwin P: • became a Primative Baptist preacher and
• established eight churches in that faith
was Primitive Baptist preacher for • in Bullock Co." [sic]
60 years, although Donaldsons were
originally Prebyterian.