Marion - sorry for being late in responding. In brief, the Scots settlers wound up in the Cape Fear settlements (Cambellstown, now Fayetteville, because they were the late in the emigration process, and the Cape Fear River was late to be opened to settlement. Many spoke Gaelic, and did so until the 1860's. There are excellent materials available on the topic, and all very interesting. regards, Michael T McAlpin ************************************** See what's free at http://www.aol.com.