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From Ulster to Carolina: The Migration of the Scotch-Irish to Southwestern North Carolina
From Ulster to Carolina The Migration of the ScotchIrish to Southwestern North Carolina Author:H. Tyler Blethen adn Curtis W. Wood Jr. Recounts the long trek of the Scotch-Irish from their adoptive Irish homeland to the mountains of southwestern North Carolina. Focuses on the Scotch-Irish who settled in the present-day North Carolina counties of Buncombe, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Swain, Transylvania, and Yancey. Graphically ... more »describes the religion, occupations, living conditions, social life, and customs of these migrants.« less