Account of the confederation of Clan Chattan

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of Ballimore and Miln Croft, Alexander Mackintosh and
Alexander Macdonald. In the other half, Alexander Maedon-
ald and Alexander Macqueen. In Dalnaban, James Macqueen.
In Tombreck, James Macqueen and Donald MacGillivray.
In Glenkirk, James Macqneen and Angus Macqneen. In
upper Corrybrough beg, Alexander Macbean and Alexander
Macqueen, In lower Corrybrough beg, Donald Macqueen and
widow Macqueen. In Battanmore, widow Elspet Macdonald.
In Dalreoch, William Chisholm and Donald Diamond. The
total rental in 181 1 was ^314 is. iod., furth of 13 poss-
essions, on which, perhaps 100 souls were nourished, and
there is a note on the back of the rent roll that there were
no arrears. The dispossessed people emigrated chiefly to the
United States, and in the year 1890 their settlement in Ohio
was visited by one of the respected Macdougall family, who
reported "that the)' had formed a prosperous colony in the
State of Ohio, and he found that man}' of them spoke the
Gaelic well." Writing in 1827, Mr. Campbell Mackintosh,
Town Clerk of Inverness, refers to Morclune " as the place
where the present mansion house of Corrybrough is built."
Captain Donald Macqueen received a commission at a
very early age in the regiment raised by Lord Macdonald,
and in his Lordship's letter to old Corrybrough, dated 26th
January, 1778, he expresses himself thus, that "it did him
great honour to have the sons of chieftains in the regiment,
and as the Macqueens have been invariably attached to our
family, to whom I believe we owe our existence, I am proud
of the nomination."
This very gratifying tribute shews clearly the origin of
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