As late as that, the forests abounded with game. It is to be regretted that the early records of Sandy Grove Church fell into the hands of Sherman's raiders, and were destroyed. Many facts and incidents of its early history were thus lost beyond recovery. The people of this section are the descendants of those early Scotch settlers. Among the first settlers and those now resident, we find the names of McNeill, Smith, McLean, Johnson, McCrimmon, Shaw, Beton or Bethune, Graham, McLeod, Gillis, McDonald, McCaskill, McIntyre, Lamon, Lamont, McMillan, Campbell, Ray, McRae, McCraney, Martin, McCall, McNatt, McGill, Wilkinson, McFayden, McFarland, McDuffie, Monroe, McKenzie, Blue, McGougan, Leslie, Currie, McDougald, McPherson, Peterson, Clark, Patterson, McKeithen, CAmeron, McArthur, Buchan, Black, Wilson, McLaren, Finlayson, Kennedy and Ferguson.
All names indicate an unmistakable Scottish origin.