Hampshire Highland games which was a great honor to Turnbulls and recognition of Mark’s exceptional contribution to the games.  Mark is also one of the premier TCA membership recruiters.

Lee Turnbull and the Turnbulls from Rossie NY.

Clan footprints in history

Betty Trimble of Louisiana, mother of Country singing star, Tim McGraw

George S. Trimble born 1874 died in 1925 Silent film star, from 1914-1919

Theodore T. Turnbull from Monticello, Florida, Alternate delegate to the Democratic National Convention in 1940.

Gilbert Turnbull of Illinois, Delegate to Illinois State Constitutional Convention 1847.

Bellani Trombley a socialist candidate for US Senator from Connecticut 1938.

J. Hammond Trumbull of Connecticut Secretary of State of Connecticut 1861-1866.

Agnes Sligh Turnbull, Author of children’s books.

H. Rutherford Turnbull, Educator and author.

Ann Paterson Turnbull, Educator and author.

John Trimble, Member of Tennessee State Legislature 1843, and  US Representative for Tennessee 5th district 1867-1869. 

Jimmie Jean Bowman has sent the “Roster of Confederate Soldiers” which we will be adding to the list of names being used in this section. If you have family names for our history list, please mail them for publication.

Thank you Jimmie Jean!!

Highland Games

What Happened to the Clans?

During the fifth century the Clan style of government came into being and achieved it's most historic publicity during the eighteenth century. Ancestral claims go back to the Niall of the Nine Hostages century, and some claim ancestry from Kenneth Mac Alpine, the first King of Scots during the ninth century. Some Clans claim they can trace ancestry back to the eleventh century, yet others claim inability to claim anything reliable before the thirteenth century.

The claims of Celtic origin seem unfounded as it appears that the Celtic origins were absorbed by the invading Norse who turned settler before they arrived in Ireland. Lowland and Border Clans seem to have an origin with the invasion of the Normans in the eleventh and twelfth centuries.  The granting of lands (baronies) was during the thirteenth   and fourteenth centuries, by the kings and clerics of the Church who were appointed lairds of the lands of the newly independent Scotland. Clan chiefdom was achieved by tanistry and then hereditary succession upheld by the authorities of the crown, to whom they gave their allegiance. 

The unification of Scotland and England in 1603 made some traumatic changes in the lives of the Scots.

All of this started to change during rebellions beginning in 1689 and the disastrous climax in 1746. During the Jacobite rebellion of 1745 and 1746 the destruction of the clan system at Culloden Moor was actually a civil war. Highland clans and their members were on both sides. The Battle of Culloden Moor was the last nail in the coffin of the clan system when the English side won the horrific bloody battle. In an effort to civilize the Scots, they systematically and ruthlessly destroyed the