> I am very interested in #60 JOHN SILCOCK. Could he have gone to East Florida? Researching SILCOX for my nephews. Thank you. Donna Eldridge > -------------- Original message from "Harriet Imrey" : > -------------- > > > > So many List members have ancestors and collaterals among the men killed at > > Cloud's Creek on 17 (not 7) Nov 1781 that I thought you'd be interested in the > > names of members of the Loyalist Corps who killed them. The British kept > > meticulous records for payroll purposes, so the membership of the four > companies > > who made the attack at Cloud's Creek, then the assault at Hayes Station in > > Laurens Co on 19 Nov 1781, is all written down in one place. The backcountry > > raid of Nov-Dec 1781 resulted in ~50 Whig deaths: 23 at Cloud's Creek, 19 at > > Hayes Station, and a few opportunistic raids on households of personal enemies > > while en route. Maj. Cunningham lost only one man, David Long. His quarterly > > paylists through the end of 1782 show no additional casualties. Cunningham > took > > asylum in East Florida after the British evacuated Charleston in Dec 1782. > When > > FL was ceded to Spain in 1783, the newly-appointed Gov. de Zespedes wrote that > > he didn't want that man in his territory, had him ! > > arrested and deported. He snuck back into FL, was arrested and deported again. > > He retired to the West Indies, where he was assured a comfortable living > because > > of his services to the Crown. > > > > Source: British Public Records Office T50, Vol. 6: > > Pay Abstract Nr 43, Major William Cunningham's Corps, Little River Regiment, > > Ninety Six Brigade, Three-Months-Militia, 61-days pay, 3 Nov - 2 Jan 1782, 19 > > Dec 1781 > > > > Major William Cunningham > > Captains: > > 1. William Helms > > 2. John Hood > > 3. Richard Long > > 4. William Parker > > Lieutenants: > > 1. Daniel Cargil, wounded > > 2. Isaac Dyel > > 3. George Madon > > 4. Joshua Nun > > Ensigns: > > 1. Harmon Crum > > 2. Ralph Hughes, wounded > > 3. Michael Melton > > 4. Joshua Washam > > Sergeants: > > 1. John Atkins > > 2. Henry Foster, wounded > > 3. Timothy Niblet, wounded > > 4. Thomas North > > 5. Peter Philpot, wounded > > 6. James Sims > > 7. Barkley Warton, wounded > > Privates: > > 1. Joseph Atkins, Sen. > > 2. Joseph Atkins, Jun. > > 3. Thomas Atkins > > 4. John Anderson > > 5. William Anderson > > 6. John Atkins > > 7. William Bealy > > 8. William Bratcher > > 9. William Burrows > > 10. John Brown > > 11. Bartholomew Cradock > > 12. John Craddock > > 13. John Cargal > > 14. William Cargal > > 15. James Collins > > 16. Joshua Cross > > 17. William Drew, rec'd Ralph Hughes > > 18. Samuel Duncan > > 19. William Ervin, wounded > > 20. James Foy > > 21. George David > > 22. William Grimes > > 23. John Goodin > > 24. John Griffin, Sen., witness: William Helms > > 25. James Green > > 26. John Griffin, Jun. > > 27. Mickagey Hendrick > > 28. Winn Hendrick > > 29. Thomas Hughs, rec'd Capt William Parker > > 30. Bunch Johnson, witness: Capt William Parker > > 31. Mathew Love > > 32. William Largent > > 33. William Lasly > > 34. Joseph Lasly > > 35. Thomas Lasly > > 36. James Lester > > 37. Peter Lester, witness: Capt John Young > > 38. David Long, killed, paid his brother, Capt Richard Long > > 39. William Lucas > > 40. Daniel Martin > > 41. John Mading > > 42. John Madon > > 43. Moses Madon > > 44. Stephen Mills > > 45. James Mills > > 46. Roger Murphy > > 47. Alexander Montgomery > > 48. William Musgrove > > 49. Aaron Niblet > > 50. Philip Proctor, wounded > > 51. Edward Proctor, witness: Richard King > > 52. Caleb Powel, rec'd by Captain Long > > 53. William Runnels > > 54. Archy Shayers > > 55. George Stevenson > > 56. Joshua Skirlock > > 57. James Summers, witness: Thomas Pearson > > 58. William Suter > > 59. Robert Shurley > > 60. John Silcock > > 61. Joseph Underwood > > 62. John West > > 63. Robert Wood > > 64. Jonathan Waits > > 65. Thomas Wood, rec'd Ralph Hughes > > 66. James Wood > > 67. Joseph Williams > > 68. Jesse Youngblood, witness: Capt William Rhodes > > > > attest: Robert Gray, Deputy Pay Master > > Colonel > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > SCEDGEFI-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 > SCEDGEFI-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in > the subject and the body of the message