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''[[United States|United States]]  [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]]  [[United States Emigration and Immigration|U.S. Immigration]]  [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]]  [[South Carolina|South Carolina]]  [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]]  [[South_Carolina_Emigration_and_Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]'' [[Image:Wagon Train.jpg|right|400px]]  
''[[United States|United States]]  [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]]  [[United States Emigration and Immigration|U.S. Immigration]]  [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]]  [[South Carolina|South Carolina]]  [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]]  [[South_Carolina_Emigration_and_Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]'' [[Image:Wagon Train.jpg|right|400px]]  


=== The People  ===
=== The People  ===
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*Alleyne, Warren and Henry Fraser. ''The Barbados-Carolina Connection''. London: Macmillan Publishers Limited, 1988. {{FHL|428472|item}} 972.981 H2a  
*Alleyne, Warren and Henry Fraser. ''The Barbados-Carolina Connection''. London: Macmillan Publishers Limited, 1988. {{FHL|428472|item}} 972.981 H2a  
*Kent, David L. ''Barbados and America''. Arlington, Va.: C.M. Kent, 1980. {{FHL|316574|item}} 972.981 X2b
*Kent, David L. ''Barbados and America''. Arlington, Va.: C.M. Kent, 1980. {{FHL|316574|item}} 972.981 X2b
Bell published a series of articles about Southside Virginians who migrated to eighteenth-century South Carolina:
*Bell, Mary McCampbell. "Some Migrations from Virginia to South Carolina," ''The South Carolina Magazine of Ancestral Research'', Vol. 12, No. 1 (Winter 1984):19-21; Vol. 12, No. 2 (Spring 1984):94-99; Vol. 13, No. 3 (Summer 1985):127-129. {{FHL|43856|item|disp=FHL Book 975.7 B2sc v. 12-13}}


=== Settlement Patterns  ===
=== Settlement Patterns  ===


The earliest settlements were on the coastal plain low country of South Carolina. Pushed by a desire to escape the Revolutionary War and pulled by a desire for land, settlers eventually poured into the Piedmont up country. They were of Ulster Scots, German, and Welsh descent. In 1770 the population of South Carolina was less than 50,000; by 1790 it had reached 140,000.  
The earliest settlements were on the coastal plain low country of South Carolina. Pushed by a desire to escape the Revolutionary War and pulled by a desire for land, settlers eventually poured into the Piedmont up country. Townships in eighteenth-century South Carolina were established as residences for foreign protestants of various nationalities. Many immigrants were of Ulster Scots, German, and Welsh descent.<ref>[http://www.carolana.com/SC/Royal_Colony/sc_royal_colony_townships_established.html South Carolina Townships Created During the Royal Period (1729 to 1776)], Carolana.com.</ref> In 1770 the population of South Carolina was less than 50,000; by 1790 it had reached 140,000.  


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'''Early migration routes:''' [[Camden-Charleston Path]]{{·}} [[Catawba and Northern Trail]]{{·}} [[Catawba Trail]]{{·}} [[Charleston-Ft. Charlotte Trail]]{{·}} [[Charleston-Savannah Trail]]{{·}} [[Fall Line Road]] (or Southern Road){{·}} [[Fort Charlotte and Cherokee Old Path]]{{·}} [[Fort Moore-Charleston Trail]]{{·}} [[Great Valley Road]]{{·}} [[King's Highway]]{{·}} [[Lower Cherokee Traders' Path]]{{·}} [[Middle Creek Trading Path]]{{·}} [[Occaneechi Path]]{{·}} [[Old Cherokee Path]]{{·}} [[Old South Carolina State Road]]{{·}} [[Secondary Coast Road]]{{·}} [[Unicoi Trail]]{{·}} [[Upper Road]]<br>
'''Early migration routes:''' [[Camden-Charleston Path]]{{·}} [[Catawba and Northern Trail]]{{·}} [[Catawba Trail]]{{·}} [[Charleston-Ft. Charlotte Trail]]{{·}} [[Charleston-Savannah Trail]]{{·}} [[Fall Line Road]] (or Southern Road){{·}} [[Fort Charlotte and Cherokee Old Path]]{{·}} [[Fort Moore-Charleston Trail]]{{·}} [[Great Valley Road]]{{·}} [[King's Highway]]{{·}} [[Lower Cherokee Traders' Path]]{{·}} [[Middle Creek Trading Path]]{{·}} [[Occaneechi Path]]{{·}} [[Old Cherokee Path]]{{·}} [[Old South Carolina State Road]]{{·}} [[Secondary Coast Road]]{{·}} [[Unicoi Trail]]{{·}} [[Upper Road]]<br>


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*Holcomb, Brent H. "Passengers Arriving at the Port of Charleston 1820-1829," ''The South Carolina Magazine of Ancestral Research'', Vol. 17, No. 4 (Fall 1989):183-189; Vol. 18, No. 1 (Winter 1990):13-21; Vol. 18, No. 2 (Spring 1990):75-83; Vol. 18, No. 3 (Summer 1990):133-145; Vol. 18, No. 4 (Fall 1990):195-201; Vol. 19, No. 1 (Winter 1991):13-23; Vol. 19, No. 2 (Spring 1991):79-91; Vol. 19, No. 3 (Summer 1991):127-137; Vol. 19, No. 4 (Fall 1991):189-198; Vol. 20, No. 1 (Winter 1992):11-21; Vol. 20, No. 2 (Spring 1992):83-93; Vol. 20, No. 3 (Summer 1992):143-153; Vol. 21, No. 1 (Winter 1993):21-27; Vol. 21, No. 2 (Spring 1993):81-87; Vol. 21, No. 3 (Summer 1993):151-159; Vol. 21, No. 4 (Fall 1993):205-213; Vol. 22, No. 1 (Winter 1994):29-37; Vol. 22, No. 2 (Spring 1994):99-105. {{FHL|43856|item|disp=FHL Book 975.7 B2sc v. 17-22}}.
*Holcomb, Brent H. "Passengers Arriving at the Port of Charleston 1820-1829," ''The South Carolina Magazine of Ancestral Research'', Vol. 17, No. 4 (Fall 1989):183-189; Vol. 18, No. 1 (Winter 1990):13-21; Vol. 18, No. 2 (Spring 1990):75-83; Vol. 18, No. 3 (Summer 1990):133-145; Vol. 18, No. 4 (Fall 1990):195-201; Vol. 19, No. 1 (Winter 1991):13-23; Vol. 19, No. 2 (Spring 1991):79-91; Vol. 19, No. 3 (Summer 1991):127-137; Vol. 19, No. 4 (Fall 1991):189-198; Vol. 20, No. 1 (Winter 1992):11-21; Vol. 20, No. 2 (Spring 1992):83-93; Vol. 20, No. 3 (Summer 1992):143-153; Vol. 21, No. 1 (Winter 1993):21-27; Vol. 21, No. 2 (Spring 1993):81-87; Vol. 21, No. 3 (Summer 1993):151-159; Vol. 21, No. 4 (Fall 1993):205-213; Vol. 22, No. 1 (Winter 1994):29-37; Vol. 22, No. 2 (Spring 1994):99-105. {{FHL|43856|item|disp=FHL Book 975.7 B2sc v. 17-22}}.


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*Holcomb, Brent H. ''Passenger Arrivals at the Port of Charleston, 1820-1829''. 1994. Digital versions at [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=48269 Ancestry] ($) and [http://www.worldvitalrecords.com/indexinfo.aspx?ix=gpc_passengerarrivalscharleston1820-1829 World Vital Records] ($).  
*Holcomb, Brent H. ''Passenger Arrivals at the Port of Charleston, 1820-1829''. 1994. Digital versions at [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=48269 Ancestry] ($) and [http://www.worldvitalrecords.com/indexinfo.aspx?ix=gpc_passengerarrivalscharleston1820-1829 World Vital Records] ($).


A few arrivals at Charleston are included in an index to passenger lists of vessels arriving at miscellaneous southern ports from 1890 to 1924 {{FHL|1324938}}-{{FHL|1324963}}.  
A few arrivals at Charleston are included in an index to passenger lists of vessels arriving at miscellaneous southern ports from 1890 to 1924 {{FHL|1324938}}-{{FHL|1324963}}.  
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==== German Immigrants  ====
==== German Immigrants  ====


The following internet site has potentially useful information:&nbsp;[http://www.germanroots.com/miscports/charleston.html German Roots]&nbsp;(Port of Charleston).&nbsp;
The following internet site has potentially useful information:&nbsp;[http://www.germanroots.com/miscports/charleston.html German Roots]&nbsp;(Port of Charleston).&nbsp;  


=== Westward Migrants  ===
=== Westward Migrants  ===
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