31/54 The other pioneers who stand beside the above were such men as Sevier, a Shenandoah Huguenot; Shelby, of Welsh blood; and Boon and Clark, both of English stock, the former from Pennsylvania, the latter from Virginia. Of course, generations before they ever came to America, the McAfees, McClungs, Campbells, McCoshes, etc., had become indistinguishable from the Todds, Armstrongs, Elliotts, and the like. A notable instance being that of the Lewis family, of Great Kanawha fame. contain many muster-rolls and pay-rolls of the frontier forces of North Carolina during the year 1788. |