RONALDSON, WILLIAM and ANDREW
Am looking for information on parents and descendants of Presbyterian Reverend William Ronaldson. He was born in Scotland, ordained in Ireland, came to America in 1773, served as minister in Queensborough (Louisville / Jefferson County) Georgia during the American Revolution, died in Charleston SC in 1783 as a Tory.
I think that my ancestor, Andrew Ronaldson, born 1772 in Ireland, may be his son.
"Andrew Ronaldson was born May 22nd 1772
an came to America in Jany 1774. Landed in
Charleston South Carolina" (quote from family Bible)

(more info from book:)
Source: Georgians in the Revolution: __ and Burke County, 1986, by Robert Scott Davis, Jr.
Published by Southern Historical Press Inc., c/o Rev. Silas Emmett Lucas Jr., P.O. Box 738,
Easley SC 29641-0738. ISBN: 0-89308-350-X
“The Irish Presbyterians of Saint George Parish (Burke County) built their own churches, on Big Creek and, apparently, on Briar Creek and Walnut Branch. They also had their own ministers starting in 1769 with Reverend Thomas Beattie who died two years after immigrating to Georgia from Ireland. Reverend William Ronaldson replaced Beattie in 1773. Although born in Scotland, Ronaldson was ordained in Ireland where he had a bad record of causing political dissention, something that did not change when he moved to Queensborough in Saint George Parish. During the American Revolution, he fled to Charleston because of his Tory sympathies. He died there in 1783.” (Page 82)

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