The Mint Hill
Scottish Heritage

No other nation on earth has
given so much to the world.
Immense contributions to Architecture, Art, Education, Law, Medicine, Music, Philosophy and Science were made by some of the far-flung children of Scotland! In the late eighteenth century the highlands of Scotland began to be cleared of people, who, for countless generations had worked and lived on this land, to make way for a more profitable tennant–sheep. The Clearances drove the people to the far corners of the globe, where they showed to the world the stuff of which they were made. Scotland's loss was our gain. The area that came to be known as Mint Hill, too, benefitted, as it was settled by expatriated Scots. Most of the settling families had Scottish surnames. To this day Scotland can be heard in the names of our town's people.

Scottish surnames in Mint Hill, NC:
Allen, Anderson, Austin, Bain, Black, Blair, Campbell, Cochrane, Connell, Davis, Dennis, Elliott, Ferguson, Hamilton, Henderson, Hunter, Huntley, Jameson, Kerr, Lemmond, Lee, Martin, Morris, Morrison, Nelson, Phillips, Porter, Ross, Simpson, Smith, Thompson, Turner, Wallace, Weaver, Williams, Wilson, Wood.

And let's not forget the Macs: McAllister, McCall, McDonald, McEwen, McGee, McIlroy, McIntyre, McKillop ~ clan within the McDonald clan, McLean, McManus, McPherson, McSwain, McRae and McWhirter.

If you have been in Mint Hill, NC for any length of time, you can probably put a face with each Scottish surname. If you're a Mint Hill resident and your Scottish Surname is not listed above, please click here and let us know.