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On a trip here from Scotland, David Dobson searched the archives of North and South Carolina and found a mass of material proving the presence of a large number of Scots in the Carolinas before and after the Revolution. He located similar records in university libraries and historical societies, and he also found in the 1850 Federal Census more information on persons of Scottish origin.

The result of this research appears here in Volume 1 of Directory of Scots in the Carolinas (see also Directory of Scots in the Carolinas, 1680-1830, Volume 2). In this work Mr. Dobson presents, for the first time, a comprehensive list of Scottish settlers in the Carolinas from 1680 to 1830. In general, the details provided include age, place and date of birth, and often names of parents, names of spouse and children, occupation, place of residence, and the date of emigration from Scotland. About 6,000 Scots are identified in this book, and a small number are listed in Dobson's Scottish Settlers series, but the majority--90% or so--are listed here for the first time.

This volume is also available on our Family Archive CD 7268.

SEE ALSO THESE RELATED TITLES BY DAVID DOBSON:
Scots in New England
Scots in Georgia and the Deep South, 1735-1845
Scots in the Mid-Atlantic States, 1635-1783
Scots in the Mid-Atlantic States, 1783-1883
Scots on the Chesapeake, 1607-1830
Scots in the West Indies, 1707-1857
Scots in the USA and Canada, 1825-1875
Scots in the USA and Canada, 1825-1875, Part Two