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Death before 13 July 1793; memorial 159661's third life is "Elinor [surname unclear] otherwise Agnew" and its registration is probably 18 April 1766.

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== Biography ==

'''James Glasgow''' was born in '''1731''' in Kilwaughter Parish, County Antrim, Ireland, the son of [[Wilson-78088|Rachel Wilson]] and [[Glasgow-1143|Robert Glasgow]].

Donna Jean Glasgow's reconstruction of the Kilwaughter family, reportedly based on records of the Old Kilwaughter/Larne Presbyterian congregation, gives James's birth as '''24 May 1731'''. Her associated chronology records the baptism in 1731 of James Glasgow, son of Robert Glasgow and Rachel Willson.<ref name="DJGStory">Donna Jean Glasgow, "GLASGOWS from Kilwaughter Parish and Larne, County Antrim, Northern Ireland to Newberry, South Carolina, 1669–1850," ''Their Story'', archived at https://web.archive.org/web/20101124183914/http:/lifesweaving.com/Glasgow/Kilwaughter/TheirStory.html and continuation at https://web.archive.org/web/20101124184109/http://lifesweaving.com/Glasgow/Kilwaughter/TheirStory2.html.</ref><ref name="DJGTimeline">Donna Jean Glasgow, "Chronology of the GLASGOW Family," archived at https://web.archive.org/web/20101124184247/http://lifesweaving.com/Glasgow/Kilwaughter/Timeline.html.</ref>

The original church entry has not yet been inspected, so the exact date should be treated as reported rather than independently verified.

=== Parentage ===

James's mother is established by a later South Carolina equity case concerning the Irish estate of '''Archibald Wilson'''. The complaint states that Rachel Glasgow, a sister of Archibald Wilson, died in 1742 leaving two children, '''James Glasgow''' and '''Ann Glasgow'''.<ref name="Equity">Washington District, South Carolina, Court of Equity proceedings concerning the estate of Archibald Wilson, 1817–1819; complaint transcription archived at https://web.archive.org/web/20101124220018id_/http://lifesweaving.com/Glasgow/Paper_Complaint.html.</ref>

An original lease dated 20 December 1764 explicitly names “Jas Glasgow son of the sd Robt”. The grantor was [[Glasgow-1143|Robert Glasgow]] of Ballykeel, Kilwaughter; he leased [[Shannon-4518|Hugh Shannon]] half the lower Ballykeel farm. The combined place, church and Wilson-estate evidence identifies the father and son with this family.<ref name="Ballykeel1764">Registry of Deeds, memorial 159661, lease dated 20 December 1764, registered 18 April 1766, pp. 415–416; [https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSH3-33Q6-L FamilySearch image 542] and [https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSH3-33QZ-Y image 543], original manuscript images inspected 21 September 2026.</ref> Registry of Deeds memorial 74015, dated 13 February 1738, identifies '''Rachel, formerly Wilson''', as Robert Glasgow's wife and names a "Jas Glasgow Junr" as one of the lives in Robert's Ballykeel lease.<ref name="Mem74015">Registry of Deeds, Ireland, memorial 74015, dated 13 February 1738, volume 105, page 301; transcription consulted. Original memorial not yet inspected.</ref>

The equity case independently proves Rachel to have been James's mother.<ref name="Equity"/> The 1764 lease now provides the explicit father–son statement previously missing. The original baptism remains necessary to verify the reported exact birth date.

=== Marriage ===

James married '''Mary''', identified in later family research as '''Mary Crosier''' or '''Crozier'''.

The 1817 equity complaint establishes that James and Mary were '''first cousins'''. It identifies James's mother Rachel as one of the six sisters of Archibald Wilson and then states that Mary, James's widow, was the daughter of another of Archibald's sisters.<ref name="Equity"/>

Thus James and Mary were children of two Wilson sisters.

The equity complaint itself does not state Mary's maiden surname. The identification of her as Crosier/Crozier requires evidence independent of that complaint and should not be treated as proved by the Wilson inheritance case alone.

=== Ireland ===

James remained associated with the Kilwaughter and Larne area into adulthood.

Donna Jean Glasgow's reconstruction identifies a James Glasgow with Robert Glasgow and Hugh Shannon among signatories from Kilwaughter Parish to a 1772 petition concerning the disturbances associated with the "Hearts of Steel." She interpreted the three adjacent names as James, his probable father Robert, and his brother-in-law Hugh Shannon.<ref name="DJGStory"/>

If those identifications are correct, James was still in County Antrim in 1772.


=== Migration to South Carolina ===

James and Mary emigrated from County Antrim to South Carolina sometime after the 1772 Kilwaughter petition and before November 1774.

Donna Jean Glasgow reported that the earliest record she had found placing James in South Carolina was dated '''16 November 1774''', when James "Glassgow" witnessed a land transaction involving James Finlay in Craven County.<ref name="DJGStory"/>

On that evidence, migration in '''1772 or 1773''' is plausible, but no passenger record has been found and the exact year or ship has not been established.

James settled at '''Gilder's Creek''' in Craven County, in the area that later became Newberry County, South Carolina.<ref name="JamesWill">"Will of James Glasgow," transcription from the papers of Robert Glasgow, archived at https://web.archive.org/web/20101124215937id_/http://lifesweaving.com/Glasgow/Paper_JGlasgowWill.html; Will Book "A", p. 194; Vol. 1, Wills, p. 89.</ref>

=== Will and family ===

On '''17 October 1775''', describing himself as "James Glasgow, of Gilder's Creek and Craven County, Planter," James made his last will and testament.<ref name="JamesWill"/>

He named his wife '''Mary''' and six children:

* '''Robert Glasgow'''
* '''John Glasgow'''
* '''Archibald Glasgow'''
* '''Wilson Glasgow'''
* '''Margaret Glasgow'''
* '''Rachel Glasgow'''<ref name="JamesWill"/>

James gave Mary one-third of his goods, chattels, and movable property. He also gave her, during her widowhood, the house and fifty acres formerly possessed by James Cannon, with authority eventually to give that property to whichever of their children she considered most deserving.<ref name="JamesWill"/>

His son '''Robert''' received one hundred acres together with the house in which James then lived, while '''John''' received fifty acres.<ref name="JamesWill"/>

The remainder of James's personal property was to be divided equally among all six named children. James also directed Mary, Robert, and John to use the profits of the lands in raising his younger children.<ref name="JamesWill"/>

James appointed his wife '''Mary as his chief executor'''. The witnesses named in the transcription were '''James Finley, Ann Finley, and Thomas Dugan'''.<ref name="JamesWill"/>

The will was proved on '''13 July 1793'''.<ref name="JamesWill"/>

=== Death ===

James probably died in '''late 1775''', although the exact date has not been established.

His will was made on 17 October 1775 while he described himself as very sick and weak in body.<ref name="JamesWill"/> More significantly, the later equity complaint concerning Archibald Wilson's estate expressly states that James "died in America in the Year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and seventy five."<ref name="Equity"/>

The fact that his will was not proved until 13 July 1793 does '''not''' by itself establish that he died in 1793.<ref name="JamesWill"/>

The presently available evidence therefore supports a death sometime '''after 17 October 1775 and before the end of 1775''', subject to confirmation from the original probate and equity records.

== Research Notes ==

=== Birth: 1731 versus 1734 ===

Some family material gives James's birth year as 1734. Donna Jean Glasgow's reconstruction instead gives '''24 May 1731''', and her chronology records the baptism of James, son of Robert Glasgow and Rachel Willson, in 1731.<ref name="DJGStory"/><ref name="DJGTimeline"/>

The 1731 date fits the known chronology and is preferable to the unsupported 1734 statement, but the original Presbyterian register should be obtained before treating 24 May 1731 as independently verified.

=== Father ===

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* the equity case directly identifies '''Rachel Glasgow as James's mother''';<ref name="Equity"/>
* memorial 74015 directly identifies '''Rachel Wilson as Robert Glasgow's wife''' in 1738;<ref name="Mem74015"/>
* the same memorial names a '''Jas Glasgow Junr''' among the lives in Robert's lease;<ref name="Mem74015"/> and
* later Kilwaughter family research identifies the 1731 James as a son of Robert and Rachel.<ref name="DJGTimeline"/>

The image-checked 1764 lease now explicitly names James as Robert’s son.<ref name="Ballykeel1764"/> The lease proves that immediate relationship; it does not identify Robert’s own father or independently prove James’s later migration.

=== Mary and the Crosier/Crozier surname ===

The equity case proves that Mary, wife of James, was James's first cousin because Mary's mother and James's mother Rachel were sisters of Archibald Wilson.<ref name="Equity"/>

It does '''not''' identify Mary's maiden surname. "Crosier" or "Crozier" should therefore be supported by another record before being described as proved by the equity case.

=== Date of death ===

A previous profile conclusion treated '''13 July 1793''', the date the will was proved, as evidence that James died shortly before that date. This conflicts with the equity complaint, which directly states that James died in 1775.<ref name="Equity"/>

The 1775 statement is also consistent with James making his will while seriously ill on 17 October 1775.<ref name="JamesWill"/>

Donna Jean Glasgow suggested that disruption associated with the American Revolution may explain why the will was not proved until 1793. That explanation is plausible but speculative and is not necessary to establish the earlier death date.

=== Distinct Larne ropemaker ===

A Registry of Deeds memorial dated 28 March 1768 concerns a different James Glasgow of the Old Town of Larne. The original image calls that man a '''ropemaker''', not a soapmaker, and shows him assigning the same ropewalk lease granted in 1760. The occupational and property sequence continues in Larne and should not be attached to the South Carolina settler.<ref name="LarneRopemaker1768">Registry of Deeds, assignment dated 28 March 1768, [https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSJW-DDXW FamilySearch image].</ref>

=== Other men named James Glasgow ===

Care is required because several men named James Glasgow were present in the Larne area during the eighteenth century.

A James Glasgow appearing in the 1799 will of Alexander Holmes cannot readily be this James if the evidence for his death in 1775 is correct.

A James Glasgow mentioned in Robert Callwell's will dated 9 March 1781 is likewise not safely identifiable as this man. If James died in 1775, it must refer to another James Glasgow unless the wording relates to an earlier transaction or otherwise predates his death.

These records should remain detached from this profile unless additional identifying evidence is found.

=== Earlier narrative claims ===

Claims that James was Robert and Rachel's '''eldest son''', that his paternal grandfather arrived during the early Ulster settlement, or that particular naming customs explain the names of James's children are family reconstructions rather than conclusions established by the records cited above.

They are better retained, if at all, as clearly labelled research hypotheses rather than incorporated into the factual biography.

=== 1747 Kilwaughter record ===
A 1747 record names Robert Glasgow at Kilwaughter. The exact locality and chronology make this an occurrence of the Kilwaughter Robert unless contrary detail is recovered; the surviving catalogue entry does not add parents or other relationships.<ref>[https://archive.org/stream/christianunitari0003unse/christianunitari0003unse_djvu.txt Underlying record source: robert glasgow].</ref>

== Sources ==

<references />

* "Will of James Glasgow," dated 17 October 1775; Will Book "A", p. 194; proved 13 July 1793; Vol. 1, Wills, p. 89. Transcription archived at https://web.archive.org/web/20101124215937id_/http://lifesweaving.com/Glasgow/Paper_JGlasgowWill.html

* Washington District, South Carolina, Court of Equity, proceedings concerning the estate of Archibald Wilson, 1817–1819. Complaint transcription archived at https://web.archive.org/web/20101124220018id_/http://lifesweaving.com/Glasgow/Paper_Complaint.html

* Registry of Deeds, Ireland, memorial 74015, 13 February 1738, volume 105, p. 301.


* Glasgow, Donna Jean. "GLASGOWS from Kilwaughter Parish and Larne, County Antrim, Northern Ireland to Newberry, South Carolina, 1669–1850." Archived Internet version, November 2010.

* {{FindAGrave|167317696}}

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Current profile4'''James Glasgow''' was born in '''1731''' in Kilwaughter Parish, County Antrim, Ireland, the son of [[Wilson-78088|Rachel Wilson]] and [[Glasgow-1143|Robert Glasgow]].

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Current profile6Donna Jean Glasgow's reconstruction of the Kilwaughter family, reportedly based on records of the Old Kilwaughter/Larne Presbyterian congregation, gives James's birth as '''24 May 1731'''. Her associated chronology records the baptism in 1731 of James Glasgow, son of Robert Glasgow and Rachel Willson.<ref name="DJGStory">Donna Jean Glasgow, "GLASGOWS from Kilwaughter Parish and Larne, County Antrim, Northern Ireland to Newberry, South Carolina, 1669–1850," ''Their Story'', archived at https://web.archive.org/web/20101124183914/http:/lifesweaving.com/Glasgow/Kilwaughter/TheirStory.html and continuation at https://web.archive.org/web/20101124184109/http://lifesweaving.com/Glasgow/Kilwaughter/TheirStory2.html.</ref><ref name="DJGTimeline">Donna Jean Glasgow, "Chronology of the GLASGOW Family," archived at https://web.archive.org/web/20101124184247/http://lifesweaving.com/Glasgow/Kilwaughter/Timeline.html.</ref>

Replacement profile6Donna Jean Glasgow's reconstruction of the Kilwaughter family, reportedly based on records of the Old Kilwaughter/Larne Presbyterian congregation, gives James's birth as '''24 May 1731'''. Her associated chronology records the baptism in 1731 of James Glasgow, son of Robert Glasgow and Rachel Willson.<ref name="DJGStory">Donna Jean Glasgow, "GLASGOWS from Kilwaughter Parish and Larne, County Antrim, Northern Ireland to Newberry, South Carolina, 1669–1850," ''Their Story'', archived at https://web.archive.org/web/20101124183914/http:/lifesweaving.com/Glasgow/Kilwaughter/TheirStory.html and continuation at https://web.archive.org/web/20101124184109/http://lifesweaving.com/Glasgow/Kilwaughter/TheirStory2.html.</ref><ref name="DJGTimeline">Donna Jean Glasgow, "Chronology of the GLASGOW Family," archived at https://web.archive.org/web/20101124184247/http://lifesweaving.com/Glasgow/Kilwaughter/Timeline.html.</ref>

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Current profile8The original church entry has not yet been inspected, so the exact date should be treated as reported rather than independently verified.

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Current profile12James's mother is established by a later South Carolina equity case concerning the Irish estate of '''Archibald Wilson'''. The complaint states that Rachel Glasgow, a sister of Archibald Wilson, died in 1742 leaving two children, '''James Glasgow''' and '''Ann Glasgow'''.<ref name="Equity">Washington District, South Carolina, Court of Equity proceedings concerning the estate of Archibald Wilson, 1817–1819; complaint transcription archived at https://web.archive.org/web/20101124220018id_/http://lifesweaving.com/Glasgow/Paper_Complaint.html.</ref>

Replacement profile12James's mother is established by a later South Carolina equity case concerning the Irish estate of '''Archibald Wilson'''. The complaint states that Rachel Glasgow, a sister of Archibald Wilson, died in 1742 leaving two children, '''James Glasgow''' and '''Ann Glasgow'''.<ref name="Equity">Washington District, South Carolina, Court of Equity proceedings concerning the estate of Archibald Wilson, 1817–1819; complaint transcription archived at https://web.archive.org/web/20101124220018id_/http://lifesweaving.com/Glasgow/Paper_Complaint.html.</ref>

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Current profile14An original lease dated 20 December 1764 explicitly names “Jas Glasgow son of the sd Robt”. The grantor was [[Glasgow-1143|Robert Glasgow]] of Ballykeel, Kilwaughter; he leased [[Shannon-4518|Hugh Shannon]] half the lower Ballykeel farm. The combined place, church and Wilson-estate evidence identifies the father and son with this family.<ref name="Ballykeel1764">Registry of Deeds, memorial 159661, lease dated 20 December 1764, registered 18 April 1766, pp. 415–416; [https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSH3-33Q6-L FamilySearch image 542] and [https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSH3-33QZ-Y image 543], original manuscript images inspected 21 September 2026.</ref> Registry of Deeds memorial 74015, dated 13 February 1738, identifies '''Rachel, formerly Wilson''', as Robert Glasgow's wife and names a "Jas Glasgow Junr" as one of the lives in Robert's Ballykeel lease.<ref name="Mem74015">Registry of Deeds, Ireland, memorial 74015, dated 13 February 1738, volume 105, page 301; transcription consulted. Original memorial not yet inspected.</ref>

Replacement profile14An original lease dated 20 December 1764 explicitly names “Jas Glasgow son of the sd Robt”. The grantor was [[Glasgow-1143|Robert Glasgow]] of Ballykeel, Kilwaughter; he leased [[Shannon-4518|Hugh Shannon]] half the lower Ballykeel farm. The combined place, church and Wilson-estate evidence identifies the father and son with this family.<ref name="Ballykeel1764">Registry of Deeds, memorial 159661, lease dated 20 December 1764, registered 18 April 1766, pp. 415–416; [https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSH3-33Q6-L FamilySearch image 542] and [https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSH3-33QZ-Y image 543], original manuscript images inspected 21 September 2026.</ref> Registry of Deeds memorial 74015, dated 13 February 1738, identifies '''Rachel, formerly Wilson''', as Robert Glasgow's wife and names a "Jas Glasgow Junr" as one of the lives in Robert's Ballykeel lease.<ref name="Mem74015">Registry of Deeds, Ireland, memorial 74015, dated 13 February 1738, volume 105, page 301; transcription consulted. Original memorial not yet inspected.</ref>

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Current profile16The equity case independently proves Rachel to have been James's mother.<ref name="Equity"/> The 1764 lease now provides the explicit father–son statement previously missing. The original baptism remains necessary to verify the reported exact birth date.

Replacement profile16The equity case independently proves Rachel to have been James's mother.<ref name="Equity"/> The 1764 lease now provides the explicit father–son statement previously missing. The original baptism remains necessary to verify the reported exact birth date.

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Current profile20James married '''Mary''', identified in later family research as '''Mary Crosier''' or '''Crozier'''.

Replacement profile20James married '''Mary''', identified in later family research as '''Mary Crosier''' or '''Crozier'''.

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Current profile22The 1817 equity complaint establishes that James and Mary were '''first cousins'''. It identifies James's mother Rachel as one of the six sisters of Archibald Wilson and then states that Mary, James's widow, was the daughter of another of Archibald's sisters.<ref name="Equity"/>

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Current profile24Thus James and Mary were children of two Wilson sisters.

Replacement profile24Thus James and Mary were children of two Wilson sisters.

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Current profile26The equity complaint itself does not state Mary's maiden surname. The identification of her as Crosier/Crozier requires evidence independent of that complaint and should not be treated as proved by the Wilson inheritance case alone.

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Current profile30James remained associated with the Kilwaughter and Larne area into adulthood.

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Current profile32Donna Jean Glasgow's reconstruction identifies a James Glasgow with Robert Glasgow and Hugh Shannon among signatories from Kilwaughter Parish to a 1772 petition concerning the disturbances associated with the "Hearts of Steel." She interpreted the three adjacent names as James, his probable father Robert, and his brother-in-law Hugh Shannon.<ref name="DJGStory"/>

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Current profile34If those identifications are correct, James was still in County Antrim in 1772.

Replacement profile34If those identifications are correct, James was still in County Antrim in 1772.

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Current profile39James and Mary emigrated from County Antrim to South Carolina sometime after the 1772 Kilwaughter petition and before November 1774.

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Current profile41Donna Jean Glasgow reported that the earliest record she had found placing James in South Carolina was dated '''16 November 1774''', when James "Glassgow" witnessed a land transaction involving James Finlay in Craven County.<ref name="DJGStory"/>

Replacement profile41Donna Jean Glasgow reported that the earliest record she had found placing James in South Carolina was dated '''16 November 1774''', when James "Glassgow" witnessed a land transaction involving James Finlay in Craven County.<ref name="DJGStory"/>

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Current profile43On that evidence, migration in '''1772 or 1773''' is plausible, but no passenger record has been found and the exact year or ship has not been established.

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Current profile45James settled at '''Gilder's Creek''' in Craven County, in the area that later became Newberry County, South Carolina.<ref name="JamesWill">"Will of James Glasgow," transcription from the papers of Robert Glasgow, archived at https://web.archive.org/web/20101124215937id_/http://lifesweaving.com/Glasgow/Paper_JGlasgowWill.html; Will Book "A", p. 194; Vol. 1, Wills, p. 89.</ref>

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Current profile49On '''17 October 1775''', describing himself as "James Glasgow, of Gilder's Creek and Craven County, Planter," James made his last will and testament.<ref name="JamesWill"/>

Replacement profile49On '''17 October 1775''', describing himself as "James Glasgow, of Gilder's Creek and Craven County, Planter," James made his last will and testament.<ref name="JamesWill"/>

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Current profile51He named his wife '''Mary''' and six children:

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Current profile60James gave Mary one-third of his goods, chattels, and movable property. He also gave her, during her widowhood, the house and fifty acres formerly possessed by James Cannon, with authority eventually to give that property to whichever of their children she considered most deserving.<ref name="JamesWill"/>

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Current profile62His son '''Robert''' received one hundred acres together with the house in which James then lived, while '''John''' received fifty acres.<ref name="JamesWill"/>

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Current profile64The remainder of James's personal property was to be divided equally among all six named children. James also directed Mary, Robert, and John to use the profits of the lands in raising his younger children.<ref name="JamesWill"/>

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Current profile66James appointed his wife '''Mary as his chief executor'''. The witnesses named in the transcription were '''James Finley, Ann Finley, and Thomas Dugan'''.<ref name="JamesWill"/>

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Current profile68The will was proved on '''13 July 1793'''.<ref name="JamesWill"/>

Replacement profile68The will was proved on '''13 July 1793'''.<ref name="JamesWill"/>

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Current profile72James probably died in '''late 1775''', although the exact date has not been established.

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Current profile74His will was made on 17 October 1775 while he described himself as very sick and weak in body.<ref name="JamesWill"/> More significantly, the later equity complaint concerning Archibald Wilson's estate expressly states that James "died in America in the Year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and seventy five."<ref name="Equity"/>

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Current profile76The fact that his will was not proved until 13 July 1793 does '''not''' by itself establish that he died in 1793.<ref name="JamesWill"/>

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Current profile78The presently available evidence therefore supports a death sometime '''after 17 October 1775 and before the end of 1775''', subject to confirmation from the original probate and equity records.

Replacement profile78The presently available evidence therefore supports a death sometime '''after 17 October 1775 and before the end of 1775''', subject to confirmation from the original probate and equity records.

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Current profile82=== Birth: 1731 versus 1734 ===

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Current profile84Some family material gives James's birth year as 1734. Donna Jean Glasgow's reconstruction instead gives '''24 May 1731''', and her chronology records the baptism of James, son of Robert Glasgow and Rachel Willson, in 1731.<ref name="DJGStory"/><ref name="DJGTimeline"/>

Replacement profile83Some family material gives James's birth year as 1734. Donna Jean Glasgow's reconstruction instead gives '''24 May 1731''', and her chronology records the baptism of James, son of Robert Glasgow and Rachel Willson, in 1731.<ref name="DJGStory"/><ref name="DJGTimeline"/>

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Current profile86The 1731 date fits the known chronology and is preferable to the unsupported 1734 statement, but the original Presbyterian register should be obtained before treating 24 May 1731 as independently verified.

Replacement profile85The 1731 date fits the known chronology and is preferable to the unsupported 1734 statement, but the original Presbyterian register should be obtained before treating 24 May 1731 as independently verified.

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Current profile90The evidence should be stated carefully:

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Current profile92* the equity case directly identifies '''Rachel Glasgow as James's mother''';<ref name="Equity"/>

Replacement profile91* the equity case directly identifies '''Rachel Glasgow as James's mother''';<ref name="Equity"/>

Current profile93* memorial 74015 directly identifies '''Rachel Wilson as Robert Glasgow's wife''' in 1738;<ref name="Mem74015"/>

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Current profile94* the same memorial names a '''Jas Glasgow Junr''' among the lives in Robert's lease;<ref name="Mem74015"/> and

Replacement profile93* the same memorial names a '''Jas Glasgow Junr''' among the lives in Robert's lease;<ref name="Mem74015"/> and

Current profile95* later Kilwaughter family research identifies the 1731 James as a son of Robert and Rachel.<ref name="DJGTimeline"/>

Replacement profile94* later Kilwaughter family research identifies the 1731 James as a son of Robert and Rachel.<ref name="DJGTimeline"/>

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Current profile97The image-checked 1764 lease now explicitly names James as Robert’s son.<ref name="Ballykeel1764"/> The lease proves that immediate relationship; it does not identify Robert’s own father or independently prove James’s later migration.

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Current profile99=== Mary and the Crosier/Crozier surname ===

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Current profile101The equity case proves that Mary, wife of James, was James's first cousin because Mary's mother and James's mother Rachel were sisters of Archibald Wilson.<ref name="Equity"/>

Replacement profile100The equity case proves that Mary, wife of James, was James's first cousin because Mary's mother and James's mother Rachel were sisters of Archibald Wilson.<ref name="Equity"/>

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Current profile103It does '''not''' identify Mary's maiden surname. "Crosier" or "Crozier" should therefore be supported by another record before being described as proved by the equity case.

Replacement profile102It does '''not''' identify Mary's maiden surname. "Crosier" or "Crozier" should therefore be supported by another record before being described as proved by the equity case.

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Current profile105=== Date of death ===

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Current profile107A previous profile conclusion treated '''13 July 1793''', the date the will was proved, as evidence that James died shortly before that date. This conflicts with the equity complaint, which directly states that James died in 1775.<ref name="Equity"/>

Replacement profile106A previous profile conclusion treated '''13 July 1793''', the date the will was proved, as evidence that James died shortly before that date. This conflicts with the equity complaint, which directly states that James died in 1775.<ref name="Equity"/>

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Current profile109The 1775 statement is also consistent with James making his will while seriously ill on 17 October 1775.<ref name="JamesWill"/>

Replacement profile108The 1775 statement is also consistent with James making his will while seriously ill on 17 October 1775.<ref name="JamesWill"/>

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Current profile111Donna Jean Glasgow suggested that disruption associated with the American Revolution may explain why the will was not proved until 1793. That explanation is plausible but speculative and is not necessary to establish the earlier death date.

Replacement profile110Donna Jean Glasgow suggested that disruption associated with the American Revolution may explain why the will was not proved until 1793. That explanation is plausible but speculative and is not necessary to establish the earlier death date.

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Current profile113=== Distinct Larne ropemaker ===

Replacement profile112=== Distinct Larne ropemaker ===

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Current profile115A Registry of Deeds memorial dated 28 March 1768 concerns a different James Glasgow of the Old Town of Larne. The original image calls that man a '''ropemaker''', not a soapmaker, and shows him assigning the same ropewalk lease granted in 1760. The occupational and property sequence continues in Larne and should not be attached to the South Carolina settler.<ref name="LarneRopemaker1768">Registry of Deeds, assignment dated 28 March 1768, [https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSJW-DDXW FamilySearch image].</ref>

Replacement profile114A Registry of Deeds memorial dated 28 March 1768 concerns a different James Glasgow of the Old Town of Larne. The original image calls that man a '''ropemaker''', not a soapmaker, and shows him assigning the same ropewalk lease granted in 1760. The occupational and property sequence continues in Larne and should not be attached to the South Carolina settler.<ref name="LarneRopemaker1768">Registry of Deeds, assignment dated 28 March 1768, [https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSJW-DDXW FamilySearch image].</ref>

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Current profile117=== Other men named James Glasgow ===

Replacement profile116=== Other men named James Glasgow ===

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Current profile119Care is required because several men named James Glasgow were present in the Larne area during the eighteenth century.

Replacement profile118Care is required because several men named James Glasgow were present in the Larne area during the eighteenth century.

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Current profile121A James Glasgow appearing in the 1799 will of Alexander Holmes cannot readily be this James if the evidence for his death in 1775 is correct.

Replacement profile120A James Glasgow appearing in the 1799 will of Alexander Holmes cannot readily be this James if the evidence for his death in 1775 is correct.

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Current profile123A James Glasgow mentioned in Robert Callwell's will dated 9 March 1781 is likewise not safely identifiable as this man. If James died in 1775, it must refer to another James Glasgow unless the wording relates to an earlier transaction or otherwise predates his death.

Replacement profile122A James Glasgow mentioned in Robert Callwell's will dated 9 March 1781 is likewise not safely identifiable as this man. If James died in 1775, it must refer to another James Glasgow unless the wording relates to an earlier transaction or otherwise predates his death.

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Current profile125These records should remain detached from this profile unless additional identifying evidence is found.

Replacement profile124These records should remain detached from this profile unless additional identifying evidence is found.

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Current profile127=== Earlier narrative claims ===

Replacement profile126=== Earlier narrative claims ===

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Current profile129Claims that James was Robert and Rachel's '''eldest son''', that his paternal grandfather arrived during the early Ulster settlement, or that particular naming customs explain the names of James's children are family reconstructions rather than conclusions established by the records cited above.

Replacement profile128Claims that James was Robert and Rachel's '''eldest son''', that his paternal grandfather arrived during the early Ulster settlement, or that particular naming customs explain the names of James's children are family reconstructions rather than conclusions established by the records cited above.

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Current profile131They are better retained, if at all, as clearly labelled research hypotheses rather than incorporated into the factual biography.

Replacement profile130They are better retained, if at all, as clearly labelled research hypotheses rather than incorporated into the factual biography.

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Current profile133=== 1747 Kilwaughter record ===

Replacement profile132=== 1747 Kilwaughter record ===

Current profile134A 1747 record names Robert Glasgow at Kilwaughter. The exact locality and chronology make this an occurrence of the Kilwaughter Robert unless contrary detail is recovered; the surviving catalogue entry does not add parents or other relationships.<ref>[https://archive.org/stream/christianunitari0003unse/christianunitari0003unse_djvu.txt Underlying record source: robert glasgow].</ref>

Replacement profile133A 1747 record names Robert Glasgow at Kilwaughter. The exact locality and chronology make this an occurrence of the Kilwaughter Robert unless contrary detail is recovered; the surviving catalogue entry does not add parents or other relationships.<ref>[https://archive.org/stream/christianunitari0003unse/christianunitari0003unse_djvu.txt Underlying record source: robert glasgow].</ref>

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Current profile136== Sources ==

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Current profile138<references />

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Current profile140* "Will of James Glasgow," dated 17 October 1775; Will Book "A", p. 194; proved 13 July 1793; Vol. 1, Wills, p. 89. Transcription archived at https://web.archive.org/web/20101124215937id_/http://lifesweaving.com/Glasgow/Paper_JGlasgowWill.html

Replacement profile138* "Will of James Glasgow," dated 17 October 1775; Will Book "A", p. 194; proved 13 July 1793; Vol. 1, Wills, p. 89. Transcription archived at https://web.archive.org/web/20101124215937id_/http://lifesweaving.com/Glasgow/Paper_JGlasgowWill.html

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Current profile142* Washington District, South Carolina, Court of Equity, proceedings concerning the estate of Archibald Wilson, 1817–1819. Complaint transcription archived at https://web.archive.org/web/20101124220018id_/http://lifesweaving.com/Glasgow/Paper_Complaint.html

Replacement profile140* Washington District, South Carolina, Court of Equity, proceedings concerning the estate of Archibald Wilson, 1817–1819. Complaint transcription archived at https://web.archive.org/web/20101124220018id_/http://lifesweaving.com/Glasgow/Paper_Complaint.html

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Current profile144* Registry of Deeds, Ireland, memorial 74015, 13 February 1738, volume 105, p. 301.

Replacement profile142* Registry of Deeds, Ireland, memorial 74015, 13 February 1738, volume 105, p. 301.

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Current profile147* Glasgow, Donna Jean. "GLASGOWS from Kilwaughter Parish and Larne, County Antrim, Northern Ireland to Newberry, South Carolina, 1669–1850." Archived Internet version, November 2010.

Replacement profile145* Glasgow, Donna Jean. "GLASGOWS from Kilwaughter Parish and Larne, County Antrim, Northern Ireland to Newberry, South Carolina, 1669–1850." Archived Internet version, November 2010.

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== Biography ==
'''James Glasgow''' was born in '''1731''' in Kilwaughter Parish, County Antrim, Ireland, the son of [[Wilson-78088|Rachel Wilson]] and [[Glasgow-1143|Robert Glasgow]].

Donna Jean Glasgow's reconstruction of the Kilwaughter family, reportedly based on records of the Old Kilwaughter/Larne Presbyterian congregation, gives James's birth as '''24 May 1731'''. Her associated chronology records the baptism in 1731 of James Glasgow, son of Robert Glasgow and Rachel Willson.<ref name="DJGStory">Donna Jean Glasgow, "GLASGOWS from Kilwaughter Parish and Larne, County Antrim, Northern Ireland to Newberry, South Carolina, 1669–1850," ''Their Story'', archived at https://web.archive.org/web/20101124183914/http:/lifesweaving.com/Glasgow/Kilwaughter/TheirStory.html and continuation at https://web.archive.org/web/20101124184109/http://lifesweaving.com/Glasgow/Kilwaughter/TheirStory2.html.</ref><ref name="DJGTimeline">Donna Jean Glasgow, "Chronology of the GLASGOW Family," archived at https://web.archive.org/web/20101124184247/http://lifesweaving.com/Glasgow/Kilwaughter/Timeline.html.</ref>

The original church entry has not yet been inspected, so the exact date should be treated as reported rather than independently verified.

=== Parentage ===

James's mother is established by a later South Carolina equity case concerning the Irish estate of '''Archibald Wilson'''. The complaint states that Rachel Glasgow, a sister of Archibald Wilson, died in 1742 leaving two children, '''James Glasgow''' and '''Ann Glasgow'''.<ref name="Equity">Washington District, South Carolina, Court of Equity proceedings concerning the estate of Archibald Wilson, 1817–1819; complaint transcription archived at https://web.archive.org/web/20101124220018id_/http://lifesweaving.com/Glasgow/Paper_Complaint.html.</ref>

An original lease dated 20 December 1764 explicitly names “Jas Glasgow son of the sd Robt”. The grantor was [[Glasgow-1143|Robert Glasgow]] of Ballykeel, Kilwaughter; he leased [[Shannon-4518|Hugh Shannon]] half the lower Ballykeel farm. The combined place, church and Wilson-estate evidence identifies the father and son with this family.<ref name="Ballykeel1764">Registry of Deeds, memorial 159661, lease dated 20 December 1764, registered 18 April 1766, pp. 415–416; [https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSH3-33Q6-L FamilySearch image 542] and [https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSH3-33QZ-Y image 543], original manuscript images inspected 21 September 2026.</ref> Registry of Deeds memorial 74015, dated 13 February 1738, identifies '''Rachel, formerly Wilson''', as Robert Glasgow's wife and names a "Jas Glasgow Junr" as one of the lives in Robert's Ballykeel lease.<ref name="Mem74015">Registry of Deeds, Ireland, memorial 74015, dated 13 February 1738, volume 105, page 301; transcription consulted. Original memorial not yet inspected.</ref>

The equity case independently proves Rachel to have been James's mother.<ref name="Equity"/> The 1764 lease now provides the explicit father–son statement previously missing. The original baptism remains necessary to verify the reported exact birth date.

=== Marriage ===

James married '''Mary''', identified in later family research as '''Mary Crosier''' or '''Crozier'''.

The 1817 equity complaint establishes that James and Mary were '''first cousins'''. It identifies James's mother Rachel as one of the six sisters of Archibald Wilson and then states that Mary, James's widow, was the daughter of another of Archibald's sisters.<ref name="Equity"/>

Thus James and Mary were children of two Wilson sisters.

The equity complaint itself does not state Mary's maiden surname. The identification of her as Crosier/Crozier requires evidence independent of that complaint and should not be treated as proved by the Wilson inheritance case alone.

=== Ireland ===

James remained associated with the Kilwaughter and Larne area into adulthood.

Donna Jean Glasgow's reconstruction identifies a James Glasgow with Robert Glasgow and Hugh Shannon among signatories from Kilwaughter Parish to a 1772 petition concerning the disturbances associated with the "Hearts of Steel." She interpreted the three adjacent names as James, his probable father Robert, and his brother-in-law Hugh Shannon.<ref name="DJGStory"/>

If those identifications are correct, James was still in County Antrim in 1772.


=== Migration to South Carolina ===

James and Mary emigrated from County Antrim to South Carolina sometime after the 1772 Kilwaughter petition and before November 1774.

Donna Jean Glasgow reported that the earliest record she had found placing James in South Carolina was dated '''16 November 1774''', when James "Glassgow" witnessed a land transaction involving James Finlay in Craven County.<ref name="DJGStory"/>

On that evidence, migration in '''1772 or 1773''' is plausible, but no passenger record has been found and the exact year or ship has not been established.

James settled at '''Gilder's Creek''' in Craven County, in the area that later became Newberry County, South Carolina.<ref name="JamesWill">"Will of James Glasgow," transcription from the papers of Robert Glasgow, archived at https://web.archive.org/web/20101124215937id_/http://lifesweaving.com/Glasgow/Paper_JGlasgowWill.html; Will Book "A", p. 194; Vol. 1, Wills, p. 89.</ref>

=== Will and family ===

On '''17 October 1775''', describing himself as "James Glasgow, of Gilder's Creek and Craven County, Planter," James made his last will and testament.<ref name="JamesWill"/>

He named his wife '''Mary''' and six children:

* '''Robert Glasgow'''
* '''John Glasgow'''
* '''Archibald Glasgow'''
* '''Wilson Glasgow'''
* '''Margaret Glasgow'''
* '''Rachel Glasgow'''<ref name="JamesWill"/>

James gave Mary one-third of his goods, chattels, and movable property. He also gave her, during her widowhood, the house and fifty acres formerly possessed by James Cannon, with authority eventually to give that property to whichever of their children she considered most deserving.<ref name="JamesWill"/>

His son '''Robert''' received one hundred acres together with the house in which James then lived, while '''John''' received fifty acres.<ref name="JamesWill"/>

The remainder of James's personal property was to be divided equally among all six named children. James also directed Mary, Robert, and John to use the profits of the lands in raising his younger children.<ref name="JamesWill"/>

James appointed his wife '''Mary as his chief executor'''. The witnesses named in the transcription were '''James Finley, Ann Finley, and Thomas Dugan'''.<ref name="JamesWill"/>

The will was proved on '''13 July 1793'''.<ref name="JamesWill"/>

=== Death ===

James probably died in '''late 1775''', although the exact date has not been established.

His will was made on 17 October 1775 while he described himself as very sick and weak in body.<ref name="JamesWill"/> More significantly, the later equity complaint concerning Archibald Wilson's estate expressly states that James "died in America in the Year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and seventy five."<ref name="Equity"/>

The fact that his will was not proved until 13 July 1793 does '''not''' by itself establish that he died in 1793.<ref name="JamesWill"/>

The presently available evidence therefore supports a death sometime '''after 17 October 1775 and before the end of 1775''', subject to confirmation from the original probate and equity records.

== Research Notes ==
=== Birth: 1731 versus 1734 ===

Some family material gives James's birth year as 1734. Donna Jean Glasgow's reconstruction instead gives '''24 May 1731''', and her chronology records the baptism of James, son of Robert Glasgow and Rachel Willson, in 1731.<ref name="DJGStory"/><ref name="DJGTimeline"/>

The 1731 date fits the known chronology and is preferable to the unsupported 1734 statement, but the original Presbyterian register should be obtained before treating 24 May 1731 as independently verified.

=== Father ===

The evidence should be stated carefully:

* the equity case directly identifies '''Rachel Glasgow as James's mother''';<ref name="Equity"/>
* memorial 74015 directly identifies '''Rachel Wilson as Robert Glasgow's wife''' in 1738;<ref name="Mem74015"/>
* the same memorial names a '''Jas Glasgow Junr''' among the lives in Robert's lease;<ref name="Mem74015"/> and
* later Kilwaughter family research identifies the 1731 James as a son of Robert and Rachel.<ref name="DJGTimeline"/>

The image-checked 1764 lease now explicitly names James as Robert’s son.<ref name="Ballykeel1764"/> The lease proves that immediate relationship; it does not identify Robert’s own father or independently prove James’s later migration.

=== Mary and the Crosier/Crozier surname ===

The equity case proves that Mary, wife of James, was James's first cousin because Mary's mother and James's mother Rachel were sisters of Archibald Wilson.<ref name="Equity"/>

It does '''not''' identify Mary's maiden surname. "Crosier" or "Crozier" should therefore be supported by another record before being described as proved by the equity case.

=== Date of death ===

A previous profile conclusion treated '''13 July 1793''', the date the will was proved, as evidence that James died shortly before that date. This conflicts with the equity complaint, which directly states that James died in 1775.<ref name="Equity"/>

The 1775 statement is also consistent with James making his will while seriously ill on 17 October 1775.<ref name="JamesWill"/>

Donna Jean Glasgow suggested that disruption associated with the American Revolution may explain why the will was not proved until 1793. That explanation is plausible but speculative and is not necessary to establish the earlier death date.

=== Distinct Larne ropemaker ===

A Registry of Deeds memorial dated 28 March 1768 concerns a different James Glasgow of the Old Town of Larne. The original image calls that man a '''ropemaker''', not a soapmaker, and shows him assigning the same ropewalk lease granted in 1760. The occupational and property sequence continues in Larne and should not be attached to the South Carolina settler.<ref name="LarneRopemaker1768">Registry of Deeds, assignment dated 28 March 1768, [https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSJW-DDXW FamilySearch image].</ref>

=== Other men named James Glasgow ===

Care is required because several men named James Glasgow were present in the Larne area during the eighteenth century.

A James Glasgow appearing in the 1799 will of Alexander Holmes cannot readily be this James if the evidence for his death in 1775 is correct.

A James Glasgow mentioned in Robert Callwell's will dated 9 March 1781 is likewise not safely identifiable as this man. If James died in 1775, it must refer to another James Glasgow unless the wording relates to an earlier transaction or otherwise predates his death.

These records should remain detached from this profile unless additional identifying evidence is found.

=== Earlier narrative claims ===

Claims that James was Robert and Rachel's '''eldest son''', that his paternal grandfather arrived during the early Ulster settlement, or that particular naming customs explain the names of James's children are family reconstructions rather than conclusions established by the records cited above.

They are better retained, if at all, as clearly labelled research hypotheses rather than incorporated into the factual biography.

=== 1747 Kilwaughter record ===
A 1747 record names Robert Glasgow at Kilwaughter. The exact locality and chronology make this an occurrence of the Kilwaughter Robert unless contrary detail is recovered; the surviving catalogue entry does not add parents or other relationships.<ref>[https://archive.org/stream/christianunitari0003unse/christianunitari0003unse_djvu.txt Underlying record source: robert glasgow].</ref>

== Sources ==
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* "Will of James Glasgow," dated 17 October 1775; Will Book "A", p. 194; proved 13 July 1793; Vol. 1, Wills, p. 89. Transcription archived at https://web.archive.org/web/20101124215937id_/http://lifesweaving.com/Glasgow/Paper_JGlasgowWill.html

* Washington District, South Carolina, Court of Equity, proceedings concerning the estate of Archibald Wilson, 1817–1819. Complaint transcription archived at https://web.archive.org/web/20101124220018id_/http://lifesweaving.com/Glasgow/Paper_Complaint.html

* Registry of Deeds, Ireland, memorial 74015, 13 February 1738, volume 105, p. 301.


* Glasgow, Donna Jean. "GLASGOWS from Kilwaughter Parish and Larne, County Antrim, Northern Ireland to Newberry, South Carolina, 1669–1850." Archived Internet version, November 2010.

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