... Traci Thompson is a married mother of two who lives in eastern North Carolina, and is, of course, an avid Outlander fan. Ian C. C. Graham, Colonists from Scotland: Emigration to Scotland in the Eighteenth Century (1956). The Moseley Map was created in 1733 by Edward Moseley (1682-1749), who was Surveyor General of North Carolina from 1710 — just after the famous John Lawson — and was marketed at the time as “A New and Correct Map of the Province of North Carolina.” It also has data on about 1,000 Scots who settled in North America between 1625 and 1825. Watauga Settlement. Settlers were now able to travel to the area legally in accordance to Royal law. While these settlers pushed back the Cape Fear frontier, Scotch-Irish and German immigrants poured into North Carolina by … The two making their way to NC fits perfectly, as well, as Scottish settlers made their home in NC in large numbers in the mid- to late-1700s. You can make a donation to the SSOW and support our Following the demise of Fort Loudon and the creation of the Royal Proclamation of October 7, 1763, a new settlement emerged along the banks of Boone Creek in 1769. Membership dues are $30 annually. Lowland Scots began to migrate to North America in the eighteenth century after the union of England and Scotland. Scottish Settlers in North Carolina (Text courtesy of Encyclopedia of North Carolina) Help us continue our mission of advancing Scottish culture and history throughout the coastal Cape Fear region of North Carolina. A majority of these settlers were fluent speakers of their native Gaelic, and the language was used by these immigrants and their descendants in North Carolina until well into the nineteenth century. The Highland Scots of North Carolina 1732-1776 Meyer, D., U of North Carolina Press, 1961 VREF 305.821 M This book examines the roots of the Scottish emigration to America, of the passage of the Highlanders, and the history and political allegiance of their settlement in North Carolina, the largest in America. But while the early colonists found reasonable success here, the Lords Proprietors (by this time their heirs), did not. Scottish settlement in colonial America has often been divided by historians into three separate streams--Lowlanders, Highlanders, and Ulster Scots. Stuarts Town, Carolina (1684) Although the Province of Carolina was an English colony in the early 1680s, Sir John Cochrane of Ochiltree and Sir George Campbell of Cessnock negotiated the purchase of two counties for Scottish settlement. Virtually all of the settlers ended up owning fertile lands giving them at least a modicum of wealth and a strong sense of self determination. David Dobson, Scottish Emigration to America, 1607-1785 (1994). Gaelic was the language used in many Scottish homes and, more important, in many of the churches in parts of North Carolina's Highland settlement. Duane Meyer, The Highland Scots of North Carolina, 1732-1776 (1961). Traci is a Certified Genealogist and Local History & Genealogy Librarian. It has been remarked before that North Carolina’s High Country strongly resembles the Highlands of Scotland- perhaps that is in part why this place would speak to the Highlander in Jamie. From Scotland to North Carolina ~ Part 1: Scottish Emigration January 17, 2018. The North Carolina Scottish Heritage Society was established in 1992 as a non-profit incorporated organization to continue publishing the Journal, to further promote the study, research and publication of material concerning the ancestry and heritage of North Carolina’s early Scottish Highland settlers. But it was not just newcomers from Wales and the Scottish Highlands who swelled North Carolina's population in the mid-eighteenth century. Settlers. From Ulster to Carolina: The Migration of the Scotch-Irish to Southwestern North Carolina (1986). She is a contributing author for Outlander North Carolina. Whatever the motivation, the colony in North Carolina grew and thrived. Directory Of Scottish Settlers In North America, 1625-1825 (7 Volumes) Volume I: Based on documents found in British archives and a handful of published sources, this work lists more than 5,000 Scottish emigrants who appear in ship passenger lists before 1825.