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When the Highland Scots migrated to America, North Carolina was a more popular place to settle than any of the other colonies. In 1739, Gabriel Johnston, royal governor of North Carolina and native Scotsman, encouraged 360 Highland Scots to settle in North Carolina and later provided them a ten-year tax exemption for doing so.
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Immediately the Highland Scots contributed to some of the...
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North Carolina was the favorite objective in the second, as well as the first, Highland Scots emigration. Fifty families left the Highlands for North Carolina in 1768; 100 more families left in 1769; six vessels with 1,200 emigrants sailed in 1770; and between1771 and 1775, 1,050 Highland Scots undertook the voyage to North Carolina.
The Highland Scots are unique in the way they moved in large, organized groups directly from their homeland to the North Carolina colony. The Highlands are a beautiful but rugged land of mountainous, rocky terrain and harsh winters. In the 1700s it was a poor region where the staple foods were oatmeal and beef.
The migration of Scot-Irish settlers to America began in the 1680s but did not occur in large numbers until the 1720s. Pennsylvania was the most popular destination, but Scot-Irish immigrants also settled in South Carolina, New Jersey, and Maryland. The Scot-Irish, or Ulster Scots, were descendants of the Lowland Scots, whom James I of England ...
Oct 19, 2020 · The Highland Scots of North Carolina, 1732-1776 by Meyer, Duane, 1926-2015. ... Voyage to America -- Settlement -- Life on the Cape Fear -- The American Revolution Notes.
Beginning in the 1730s a relentless flow of immigrants poured into North Carolina. Newcomers of Welsh descent settled along the Northeast Cape Fear River in the early 1730s. Starting in 1732, Highland Scots moved into the Cape Fear backcountry. Later on, Scotch-Irish and German immigrants from Pennsylvania, Maryland, and Virginia would travel ...
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The Argyll Colony sailed from Scotland in June 1739, arriving in North Carolina during September. Argyll Colony was the first colony of Highland Scots to settle in the Upper Cape Fear. Settled in 1739, the colony was named for the shire in western Scotland from which its members came.
