ARE WE REDNECKS TOO?
I come from the Scottish Clan of the Stewarts. Recently, in digging through family history boxes, I came across a little book all about this family name. I also learned the Stewart name was the Royal Bloodline— but the House was split. There was the ruling group and the ones who broke away to defend religious freedoms, and Jesus Christ, with their lives known as the Scottish Covenanters. They were persecuted and hunted down. To distinguish themselves from the others, they wore a red scarf, which is where “rednecks” come from, and their history was wiped clean.
For the past few years my family has been commemorating these covenanters, and the covenant they signed by gathering together for food, discussion, and last year a sword fight! These covenanting families played a role as the great-grandparents of our Founding Fathers. Their influence brought forth the spirit of freedom with our own nation and covenant (Constitution). The two documents are similar almost word for word.
I have a family line that no one can push through. My grandmother and mother spent my whole childhood on the hunt to connect this family line past 1816 to the Scottish Royal blood… But what if instead…we were connected to the Covenanters? What if we were rednecks too???
Let the hunt begin..again!
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Julie Smith is the Education Director for the Joseph Smith Foundation. She is the former owner of the Glenn J. Kimber Academy in Lehi, Utah. Julie served as a regional trainer—establishing 18 schools in Arizona, Idaho, and Utah. She is a certified teacher for The Thomas Jefferson Center for Constitutional Restoration (TJC) and taught the Making of America seminars written by W. Cleon Skousen and Glenn J. Kimber. Some of her children also traveled across the nation, assisting in teaching during these seminars. Julie taught history and Book of Mormon classes for 10 years. Julie is the mother of 5 children and grandmother to 7. She homeschooled for over 27 years, working through family challenges including pornography addiction, testimony faith crises, and teenage rebellion. She writes and teaches on strengthening the family, working with troubled youth, practically applying the teachings of scripture and the Prophet Joseph Smith, and celebrating higher standards. In her spare time, Julie also enjoys gardening, managing her .5-acre homestead, and hosting Sunday dinners with her family! Her home is a revolving door of guests and friends as her family hosts cultural celebrations and teaching events.
