SOUTH DAKOTA. Corie Isaac Crawford, sixth Governor (1907-08) is of
Ulster Scot descent.
CALIFORNIA. John McDougall (1818-66) was Lieutenant-Governor (1849)
and afterwards Governor. Peter Hardeman Burnett (b. 1807) was first
Governor of the state (1849-51). Both were of Scottish origin.
OREGON. James Shields, first territorial Governor (1848), was born in
Dungannon, County Tyrone, of Ulster Scot parentage. George Abernethy
(1807-77), territorial Governor (1845-49), was born in New York city
of Scottish parentage. "As a governor he was patriotic, efficient, and
unselfish."
SCOTS IN THE ARMY
REVOLUTION. Alexander MacDougall (1731-86), born in Islay,
successively Colonel, Brigadier-General, and Major-General in the
Revolutionary War, and later Delegate to the Continental Congress in
1780 and 1784, was described by Washington as "a brave soldier and
distinguished patriot." Before the outbreak of the war he was a
successful merchant, a leader of the "Sons of Liberty," and was the
first American imprisoned for his utterances in behalf of
independence. Macdougal Street, New York city, commemorates his name.
Robert Erskine (1735-1780), geographer and Chief of Engineers on the
staff of Washington, was a son of Rev. Ralph Erskine of Dunfermline.
Washington erected a stone over his grave at Ringwood, New Jersey.
Henry Knox (1750-1806), General of Artillery and Secretary of War
(1785-95). Lieutenant-Colonel Richard Clough Anderson (1750-1826) was
grandson of a Scottish emigrant.
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