Loyalists were American colonists who retained allegiance to the British Crown. Also known as "Tories," Loyalists were estimated to have made up one-third of colonial America's population. The thirteen volumes of records produced in this database, comprise some of the most useful works ever published on Revolutionary War Loyalists.
Through both narratives and records, the volumes refer to more than 87,000 individuals in the United States and Canada. While the majority of records reference the Southern and Mid-Atlantic colonies where the Loyalist cause was the strongest (Georgia, the Carolinas, New York, and Pennsylvania), this Family Archive includes individuals from Florida, Great Britain, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Maryland, Mississippi, New Brunswick, New Jersey, Nova Scotia, Ontario, and Virginia.
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This wide variety of records might provide you with the following details:
- Biographies
- Compensation applications
- Land records
- Military diaries
- Muster rolls
- Orderly books
- Pension applications
Books Included:
- Loyalists and Land Settlement in Nova Scotia
- Loyalists in North Carolina During the Revolution
- Loyalists in the Southern Campaign of the Revolutionary War (3 Volumes)
- Biographical Sketches of Loyalists of the American Revolution (2 Volumes)
- The Loyalists of Massachusetts, Their Memorials, Petitions and Claims
- Orderly Book of the Maryland Loyalists Regiment, June 18, 1778, to October 12, 1778, Including General Orders Issued by Sir Henry Clinton, Baron Wilhelm von Kuyphausen, Sir William Erskine, Charles, Lord Cornwallis, General William Tryon and General Oliver De Lancey
- Orderly Book of the Three Battalions of Loyalists Commanded by Brigadier-General Oliver De Lancey, 1776-1778, To Which is Appended a List of New York Loyalists in the City of New York During the War of the Revolution
- United Empire Loyalists: Enquiry into the Losses and Services in Consequence of Their Loyalty; Evidence in Canadian Claims; Second Report of the Bureau of Archives for the Province of Ontario (2 Volumes)
- United Empire Loyalists: Enquiry into the Losses and Services in Consequence of Their Loyalty; Evidence in Canadian Claims; Second Report of the Bureau of Archives for the Province of Ontario (2 Volumes)
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