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Flora McDonald and the Cross Creek Scots Queen of Fayetteville
Flora McDonald led Scots settlers at Cross Creek near Fayetteville after Cape Fear emigration. Her husband McDonald raised royal forces at Cross Creek, and in Moore's Creek Bridge battle the Scots were defeated. The article portrays their loyalist stance during the American Revolution and the founding of the Cross Creek settlement.
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