Latest update 06-01-2023
Links to historical information and/or books. Archive.org, Google Books,
The Scots: A Genetic Journey by Alistair Moffat is a must read even for those who aren’t interested in DNA. He covers the settlement of Scotland after the last ice age over time by various tribes. He also discusses the languages used in different parts of the country.
Researching Scots-Irish Ancestors by William J. Roulston. The essential genealogical guide to early modern Ulster, 1600-1800. The book references multiple sources for research of your Scot-Irish (Ulster) roots.
The Scotch-Irish in America by Henry Jones Ford – Free on Library Ireland/History. A discussion of the settlement of Northern Ireland by the English, the migration of Scots, especially the Presbyterian Scots, and their en mass migration to America in the early 1700’s, with many other useful historical links on the Scot-Irish (Ulster)-America diaspora.
The advance guard of western civilization by James Roberts Gilmore is the story of the early settling of Tennessee and contains stories of the Hays.
Cumberland Pioneers Settlers basic information on Cumberland’s first settlers which includes Hays.
State of Franklin – Greene County, Tennessee as part of North Carolina then breaking off as the State of Franklin post Revolution, denied access as the 14th state, and Tennessee then forming and admitted.
Life and Letters of General Alexander Hays (archive.org) by George Thornton Fleming and Gilbert Adam Hays.
BIBLIOGRAPHY of Reference Books from Archive.org by Title, year, (authors last) and if they contain a genealogy reference to Hays or a history reference . just copy and past title into archive and it should show up available as a download in .pdf.
Scotland:
The Scotch-Irish: A Social History by James G. Leyburn, University of North Carolina Press, 1962. Part I, the Scot in 1600, Part II The Scots in Ireland, Part III The Scotch-Irish in America. A historical perspective on everyday society and the people.
The Scot in History: A Study of the Interplay of Character and History, 1947, (Notestein) books to borrow on archive.org, history
The Scotch-Irish in America, 1915 (Ford), history
The Scotch-Irish or The Scot in North Britain, North Ireland, and North America by Charles A. Hanna, 1902 G.P. Putnam and Sons, NY and London available for download at Internet Archive
Northern Ireland:
The Scotch-Irish: A Social History by James G. Leyburn, University of North Carolina Press, 1962. Part I, the Scot in 1600, Part II The Scots in Ireland, Part III The Scotch-Irish in America. A historical perspective on everyday society and the people.
The Ulster Scot: His History and Religion by Rev. James Barley Woodburn MA, H.R. Allenson LTD, London available for download at Internet Archive.
The Scot in Ulster: Sketch of the History of the Scottish Population of Ulster by John Harrison, MDCCCLXXXVIII, William Blackwood and Sons, Edinburg and London, available for download at Internet Archive
The Scotch-Irish or The Scot in North Britain, North Ireland, and North America by Charles A. Hanna, 1902 G.P. Putnam and Sons, NY and London available for download at Internet Archive
American Colonies:
The Scotch-Irish: A Social History by James G. Leyburn, University of North Carolina Press, 1962. Part I, the Scot in 1600, Part II The Scots in Ireland, Part III The Scotch-Irish in America. A historical perspective on everyday society and the people.
The Scotch-Irish or The Scot in North Britain, North Ireland, and North America by Charles A. Hanna, 1902 G.P. Putnam and Sons, NY and London available for download at Internet Archive
Bound Over: Indentured Servitude & American Conscience, 1985, (Van Der Zee), history.
Colonists in Bondage: White Servitude and Convict Labor in America 1607-1776, 1947, (Smith), history.
Ferdinand De Soto, the Discoverer of the Mississippi by John Stevens Cabot Abbott 1873
A General History of America, From Its First Discovery to the Commencement of the Present Civil War, unknown author 1780s(?). An Englishman’s account of America from settlement to the revolutionary War.
Narratives of the Career of Hernando de Soto in the Conquest of Florida: as told by a knight of Elvas, and in relation by guys Hernandez de Biedema factor of the expedition by Knight of Elvas; Smith, Buckingham 1866
Pennsylvania:
Commemorative Biographical Encyclopedia of Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, 1896, Patrick Hayes (Hay and Hays the same person).
Virginia:
Carolinas:
Tennessee (Watauga, Cumberland, and beyond):
The Annals of Tennessee to the End of the Eighteenth Century by J.G.M. Ramsey. The settlement of Tennessee Watauga, State of Franklin (part of North Carolina) and the Territory of the US south of the Ohio. (multiple Hays references).
The Chickasaw Nation, A Short Sketch of a Noble People, 1919, history.
Early History of Middle Tennessee (Albright), 1909, Hays ref.
The Civil and Political History of the State of Tennessee from its Earliest Settlement up to the Year 1796 (Haywood), 1891, multiple Hays.
The History of Tennessee from its earliest Settlement to the Present Time, (Carpenter), 1856, Hays ref.
Oklahoma-Texas: