There is only one document from Donald Munro's past owned by the Munro family and what a document it is! His 1765 land grant for service in Montgomery's Seventy-Seventh Scottish Highland Regiment of Foot during the French and Indian War is a keystone document since there are no other known surviving personal letters. Knowing his specific service in the Seventy-Seventh however opens up a wide field of possible documentary trails to uncover Donald Munro's past. Before the Seventy-Seventh arrived in the warring North American continent, Lieutenant colonel Henry Bouquet of the Sixtieth Regiment of Foot was quartered in Charleston, South Carolina, arriving on June 15, 1757. Bouquet's correspondence are voluminous, six to be exact, and detailed with a flair of humor. He is our witness to the Seventy-Seventh's landing on September 7, 1757, marking Donald Munro's arrival to North America. All however was not well in Charleston. Housing was at a premium and winter quarters were not built for the regiment and illness quickly crept in.
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John A. StempienJohn A. Stempien maintains the blog and website, Family Munro and is the co-editor of The Liberty Hyde Bailey Gardener's Companion. He lives in west Michigan with his family. Archives
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