The Scots Who Left

[kilted hillbilly]

Yes, but many of them left for Nova Scotia or other British colonies after the Revolution, given their Loyalist or neutral stance in the recent unpleasantness. As an example, the noted Flora Macdonald returned to Scotland after the Revolution, as her husband was a noted "Tory" that opposed the American cause. That's not to say that all Highlanders left, but the Highland Scottish communities in the former North American colonies suffered quite a bit because of their collective stances during the rebellion.

T.

I agree. But what about us "Hillbillys",which have been noted for their Irish and Scottish roots? " Between 1715 and 1776 some 250,000 of them arrived, mainly in the Chesapeake Bay region, and settled all along the east coast, particularly in Maryland, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Virginia, North and South Carolina and later in Georgia, Alabama, Tennessee, Kentucky, Arkansas, Texas, Oklahoma, and beyond. A second wave of Scottish immigration came during the late 1800's and most of these Scots settled in the northeastern U.S. in the larger industrial cities, and included such worthies as Andrew Carnegie and Alexander Graham Bell."-from ancestry.com
What is meant by "later"? after 1776? Did they settle along the east coast and later move west? Probably.