Harriet McLeod, a Rueters journalist, wrote this article, linked above, about the historic links between the island of Barbados and South Carolina.
There were 600,000 people in Barbados by 1670, most slaves, and then people began to leave that country for life in South Carolina. Part of our American history, the New England - Barbados - South Carolina triangle trading zone may explain some of the movement your ancestors made before they become southerners.
