The back country hill folk Scots Irish were transported or came as indentured service. When George and his boys were emancipated, the less desirable people ended up down under. In the south, the scots tended to not like the english, so kept moving west to get away from them. Holler by holler the rural areas were populated. Much turmoil under the Stuart kings, and residue when George I ascended the throne that kept unhappy people finding safer grounds in America.
clay On Dec 3, 2015, at 7:03 PM, Scott Ritchey via Mercedes wrote: > Certainly not the case with my Yankee ancestors. Considering the non-slave > populations of Northern vs. Southern states (pre 1860) and the fact the > potato famine was 1845-1860, probably not the case for most Scots-Irish. > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Rich Thomas via Mercedes >> >> Scots Irish were imported to this area to run the plantations and be the >> overseers of the slaves. Buckras. They seemed to have some sort of > affinity >> or background in that role but I forget what it was. >> Apparently a lot of them came over to do that. >> >> --R > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
