The Smyrna Clerk from 1859

[TrueMacedonian]

Interesting source TM. Being of Macedonian blood and the clerk's own consciousness means more than where he was born.

Agreed SoM. He could've called himself a "Servian" but instead refers to himself as a Macedonian.

[Soldier of Macedon]

Interesting source TM. Being of Macedonian blood and the clerk's own consciousness means more than where he was born.

[TrueMacedonian]

Was this Smyrna clerk a "Servian"? A "Servian born" who called himself a Macedonian and compatriot of Alexander the Great? I am pretty certain he did not mean "Greek", though being a clerk I am positive he needed to learn Romaika and Turkish. He stated in the most point blank manner that he was a Macedonian.
And he was "Servian born". Quite possibly because his family joined the great migration of Macedonians fleeing Macedonia after the Karposh uprising. This is just a guess though. He may have well been born in Belgrade from Macedonian parents who were merchants themselves. What is certain is that we have someone calling themselves a Macedonian, a compatriot of Alexander the Great, in 1859. Let the enemies of Macedonia beat themselves over the head on this one for awhile.