Originally posted by huckleberryhoundwhy did they leave thier homeland? Just curious🙂
The Early United States
First State Governors
When the United States were first formed and the thirteen states selected their first governors, nine were of Scottish ancestry:
Archibald Bulloch (Georgia)
George Clinton (New York)
William Livingston (New Jersey)
John MacKinlay (Delaware)
Jonathan Trumbull (Connecticut)
Richard Caswell ( ...[text shortened]... lina)
Patrick Henry (Virginia)
Thomas McKean (Pennsylvania)
John Rutledge (South Carolina)