As a member of another chat site about the Rev, I have been privileged to read a lovely 1940-ish write-up about Nova Scotia immediately after the Rev. It's by an author/historian who took special interest in Loyalist roots in that country. (Drove right through the town of "Rawdon" myself!) Many members of the Briitsh Legion-which was a Loyalist group-were from the Carolinas. As Tarleton's Legion took casualties from whatever sources, some places were filled by local Loyalists. After the war, many of these people were not allowed to stay, and after a very long journey wound up in Nova Scotia fighting for survival. (I agree with John about most Southern Loyalists staying-but maybe Tarleton's Legion was an exception!) It's a very touching story, because regardless of which side they were on, they were from my neck of the woods. The story is told by an elderly woman recounting her history to a soldier returned from WWI. The loveliest part of it was when she said that there were places in the interior of Nova Scotia where people still spoke with a slight Southernness. Not as we know a southern accent, but with a difference of vowels and cadences which derived directly from 18th century Carolina. As a southerner, I find that very poignent. If anyone is interested in the story, I'll forward it to you personally. Holley