Karen, I can find a John Portis in the Georgia militia just prior to the war and a Kerby/Kirby Portas in the Virginia Line during the war, but so far no one on the loyalist rolls. It seems like there is a loyalist database on Rootsweb. Susan On Tue, Jan 3, 2012 at 11:43 PM, I Trumpour <itrump@telus.net> wrote: > The United Empire Loyalist Association has a website with a lot of > information and list of names: > www.uelac.org > There is also a rootsweb mail list for United Empire Loyalists. > > Soldiers were not necessarily classed as "United Empire" loyalists. The UE > designation was usually given to people who suffered losses of property in > the American colonies, as well as fought for the Crown. I don't see Portas > on the uelac list of loyalist names, but he could still have been a soldier > who fought in the revolution. > > Ivy Trumpour UE > > > -----Original Message----- > From: eng-lincsgen-bounces@rootsweb.com > [mailto:eng-lincsgen-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of KAREN GLASS > Sent: January-03-12 10:37 AM > To: Lincolnshire mailList > Subject: [LIN] British Loyalists in American Revolution > > Hi list, > > I have some potential missing people before the 1841 census -- particularly > around the time of the American Revolution. It had occurred to me that > around 1776-1790 there may have been some of my ancestors could have been > part of the soldiers who went to America to fight for the Crown as well as > those Loyalists on Colonial land who also fought. > > Does anyone know of any lists for that war... And then there is the War of > 1812... > > Surname: PORTAS and any variation spellings. > > Any help or leads would be appreciated. > > > Regards, > > Karen Glass, Illinois > LFHS # C6288 > http://www.mytuthers.com/myGenealogy/genIntro.htm > kglass18@mac.com > PORTEOUS DNA Surname Project (includes PORTAS) - > http://www.familytreedna.com/public/porteous > > Researching in: > UK--Lincolnshire, Yorkshire; > USA--Kansas, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan; > CA--Ontario; > [includes other spelling variations] > PORTEOUS; PORTAS; PORTUS; > VAMPLEW; VANPLEW; > PATCHETT, ROUSE, FOWLER > > "Give Peace a Chance" > > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ENG-LINCSGEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ENG-LINCSGEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >