One Loyalist defiant of local authorities was Simon Doggett, a cabinet maker who lived on today’s South Main Street in Lakeville. Known as the Tory Farmer, Doggett “was conscientious in his ...

Of the 660 captured Loyalists, 36 were tried for various war crimes, and nine were hanged. The decisive Patriot victory at Kings Mountain demonstrated that the American rebels could win their ...

If your ancestors were Loyalists, it is likely that they were members of the Church of England. Most births, marriages and deaths were recorded in the parish registers before the Assembly in ...

Most American loyalists were not stereotypically wealthy, well-connected politicos, imperial administrators, and Anglican elites. They more closely resembled the “Tory” members of the Bliss ...

The great majority were neutral or Loyalist. For black people, what mattered most was freedom. As the Revolutionary War spread through every region, those in bondage sided with whichever army ...

So, my 11-year-old daughter and I were watching the raid on Walnut Grove during its recent fall festival when I began to wonder -- just who are these men and women dressed up as Patriots and Loyalists ...