I'll have to reread then. Scottish heritage in South Carolina is strong.

Hmm 1663... The tartan is associated with King Charles the II who granted the land that resulted in the Carolina Colony. Ah, I see. It was "officially" registered with United Kingdom Design Registry in 1981. So it was what, Over 200 years old and well established as a tartan... And nobody got around to registering it. Damn bloody lazy Southerners... Even back then. Sheesh. Even after registering it in 1981... It was finally billed as the Carolina Tartan in 2002. Oh my GOSH that's some damn lazy people. So nearly 300 years later I get around to making sure it's legit. **Skulks**

Ok, so it's the oldest American tartan, it was not the first officially registered tartan. My mistake. It's even older then most Canadian province tartans. Still impressive.