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Family Archives CD #144
The term "Loyalist" is generally applied to those colonists who
sided with the British during the Revolutionary War. Also called
"Tories," Loyalists came from all social classes and occupations and
by some estimates made up as much as one-third of the colonial population. The
Loyalist cause was strongest in the southern colonies, in Georgia and the
Carolinas, especially, and in the mid-Atlantic colonies, particularly New York
and Pennsylvania. Sentiment against the Loyalists led to various proscriptions
and restrictions, but it was the confiscation of their land and property that
led to the creation--unintentionally, of course--of some of the most useful
Revolutionary War-era genealogical records available today.
The thirteen volumes of records produced in this Family Archive CD comprise
some of the most useful works ever published on Revolutionary War Loyalists.
Originally published or reprinted by GPC, they cover a broad spectrum of
information pertaining to the identification of individual Loyalists. From land
records to pension records, from orderly books to diaries, from recruitment
lists, muster rolls, and pay lists to biographies and lists of United Empire
Loyalists, these volumes variously provide the following information: name,
country or place of origin, occupation, names of family members and friends,
location and value of confiscated property, civilian service rendered during the
war, military service (rank, company, regiment, place of service, dates of
enlistment and discharge, etc.), date of migration, place of settlement,
certificates, petitions, and claims for compensation, evidence of character,
statements of witnesses, and a host of other details that could lead the
researcher to his Loyalist ancestor.
In both narratives and records, there is a profusion of genealogical detail,
which is here presented in a convenient, easy-to-use CD, complete with an
electronic name index. Listed below are the books included on this CD:
1. Loyalists and Land Settlement in Nova Scotia, by Marion Gilroy
2. The Loyalists in North Carolina During the Revolution, by Robert
DeMond
3. Biographical Sketches of Loyalists of the American Revolution (2
vols.), by Lorenzo Sabine
4. Orderly Book of the "Maryland Loyalists Regiment," by
Caleb Jones
5. Orderly Book of theThree Battalions of Loyalists Commanded by Brigadier
General Oliver De Lancey
6. Loyalists in the Southern Campaign of the Revolutionary War (3
vols.), by Murtie June Clark
7. United Empire Loyalists. Enquiry into the Losses and Services in
Consequence of Their Loyalty (2 vols.), by Alexander Fraser
8. The Old United Empire Loyalists List
9. The Loyalists of Massachusetts: Their Memorials, Petitions, and Claims,
by Edward Jones
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