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From: "Steve Frizzell" < >
Subject: Re: [BOZEMAN] Quakers or Loyalists?
Date: Tue, 13 Feb 2001 23:10:06 -0500
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Hello Renae,
There is no question that at least some of the Bozeman family members were
loyalists.
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John Bozeman in South Carolina was a loyalist and, if I remember correctly,
was "murdered" for being a loyalist.
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Jesse Bozeman, son of James and Martha who lived near to Samuel in Bladen
County fought for the colonies and then, later, as a loyalist. However, it
looks like he may have been forced to join as a loyalist since he appears to
have deserted two days after he joined.
The State Records of North Carolina Vol. XVI
Roster of the Continental Line from North Carolina 1783
Pvt Ballards Co, 10th Reg, NC Continental Line. Enlisted 20 Jul 1778, for 9
months, Omitd. Octo. '78
Loyalists in the Southern Campaign of the Revolutionary War, by Murtie June
Clark, published by Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc, 1981, Baltimore
Boseman, Jesse, page 373
Muster, Lieut Colonel John Hamilton's Company, Royal North Carolina
Regiment, 24 Oct 1781, 61-days pay, 25 Oct-24 Dec 1781
Nr Rank Name Remarks
39 Private Boseman, Jesse deserted 26 Oct 1781
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According to DAR records, Samuel of Georgia fought on the side of the
colonies:
Samuel Bozeman: Reference: DAR Patriot Index, national Societyof
theDaughters of the American Revolution Diamond Jubilee Admin. Washington:
1966 page 72.
"As a private he served in the Militia during the Rev. War. Samuel Bozeman
took part in the seige of Augusta, Ga on the side of the colonies. He was
accompanied by two of his sons, Joseph and Jacob Bozeman." Additional
supporting proof previously furnished to DAR by Nat. No. 525327.
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On the other hand, he did seem to be sympathetic to the loyalists as
indicated by the petition that he and his sons signed in 1783-4 in Georgia
which read in part:
To his Honour'le Governour, and to the mem'rs of the Hono'be Council for
the state of Georgia. The Petition of the free Citizens of Burke County
in the state afore-said Humbly sheweth ... a petition to not have Tory
lands sold or seized ... put a stop to the said sales till a future day, as
we look upon such Proceedings premature and your Petitioners shall as in
duty Bound pray
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Perhaps some of his kinfolks were loyalist.
Steve
----- Original Message -----
From: "Renae Bowers-Carnahan" < >
To: < >
Sent: Tuesday, February 13, 2001 11:49 AM
Subject: [BOZEMAN] Quakers or Loyalists?
Ok folks, here is what I found.
I went through the Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy looking for
every name in the 3 emails related to this discussion.
While I searched all 6 volumes, only Vol. 1 and Vol. 6 have parts of North
Carolina in them. Vol. 1 has North and South Carolina with part of Georgia.
Vol. 6 has Virginia and part of North Carolina. These are the names I
found.
Sutton
Sarah, George, Nathaniel, and Rebecca were listed in Perquimans Co., North
Carolina in the 1725-6 time frame. Others were William in 1809, Caleb in
1820, and Mary in 1889.
David Mote (also spelled Moat)
He was married with children in Union County, South Carolina in 1753 and the
family slowly migrated south. They were in Wrightsboro, Georgia by 1774.
There was a son David Mote, Jr. but no indication of his age except that he
was listed separately on a membership roster for the Bush River Monthly
Meeting (Newberry Co., South Carolina) sometime in the 1770's. This would
imply he was an adult since spouses and children were not listed. So if
this is the same David Mote, it was probably Junior.
Sellers/Sellars
Gertrude and Baxter were in South Carolina in the late 1800's.
FYI. All 6 volumes are in a database on Ancestry.com, however, I strongly
suggest you locate a copy of the books and view them before using the
on-line database. The organization of the online version is confusing
unless you have seen the book. In addition, Ancestry.com does not give any
indication of what the abbreviations mean and most of them are unique to the
Quaker Meeting Hall language.
Regardless of that issue, here are a few other family names that may be of
interest during another search.
Holloway
Hollingsworth
Rowe/Roe
Rice
Meade
Demsey/Dempsey (as a male first name with a variety of last names)
I also noted that it was in the 1770's that the Georgia General Assembly set
aside a 40,000-acre tract of land in Columbia County for the Quakers (now
McDuffie Co., west of Augusta, GA). The Quakers founded a town by the name
of Wrightsboro there. This town no longer exists. The Quakers abandoned it
in the 1810's when they all moved to Ohio.
Since this wasn't a very fruitful search, I turned my attention to the
Loyalist option.
Then the librarian directed me to several books on Loyalists in the
Revolutionary War. I only had 1 hour left before the library closed, so I
had to work fast. Lo and behold the very first book I checked listed John
Bozeman in Major Patrick Cunningham's Little River Regiment of the
Ninety-Six Brigade. This was in Volume 1 of "Loyalists in the Southern
Campaign of the Revolutionary War," written by Murtie June Clark and
published in 1981. I know this is not Samuel's line, so I'll leave it to
another email to tell you what I learned about him.
Ok, back to hunting for Samuel.
The oath mentioned in the Bond for Departure was part of the state's first
treason act in April 1777. According to "The Loyalist Experience in North
Carolina (by Carole Watterson Troxler, 1976), "The law directed that the
oath be offered to crown officials and merchants trading directly with
Britain; they could take it or give bond to leave the state within 60 days.
It could be administered to anyone, however, and it came to be used with the
militia even before a law specified that it be offered to every adult male."
Here is a copy of the "Oath of Allegiance" mentioned in the Bond of
Departure.
"I will bear faithful and true allegiance to the State of North Carolina,
and will to the utmost of my Power, support and maintain, and defend the
independent Government thereof, against George the third, king of Great
Britain, and his successors, and the Attempts of any other Person, Prince,
Power, State, or Potentate, who by secret Arts, treason, Conspiracies, or by
open Force, shall attempt to subvert the same, and will in every Respect
conduct myself a peaceful, orderly Subject; and that I will disclose and
make known to the Governor, some Member of the Council of State, or some
Justice of the Peace, all Treasons, Conspiracies, and Attempts, committed or
intended against the State, which shall come to my Knowledge."
The following excerpt from another book, "The Loyalists in North Carolina
During the Revolution," (by Robert O. DeMond, 1940) is particularly
interesting. "In the summer of 1777 it was estimated that two thirds of the
people of Bladen County were Tories and were contemplating leaving the
state. At this time an oath of allegiance to the state was required of
every citizen, and those refusing to take it were required to leave the
state within sixty days..
On his visit to Wilmington the later part of July 1777, General Ashe thought
that the Tories were a real menace. He found there several Scotch Tories and
other disaffected persons from Cross Creek and Bladen County and learned
that under the pretext of coming down for salt they intended seizing the
powder magazine by surprise. To prevent this, he ordered out all the
militia of the county, but secured only three hundred men. It seemed that
the attempted march of the previous year might be repeated. Colonel
Robertson of Bladen County was ordered to be in readiness to attack and
harass the Tories should they leave Cross Creek.."
The "attempted march of the previous year" refers to an incident known as
the Battle of Moore's Creek. There is a National Park to commemorate the
Battle. It is only a few miles from where Samuel Bozeman lived in Bladen
County. I did not find a list of participants on this, but there may be
more information available from the Park Service or other sources.
Notice the timing of these two paragraphs, the summer of 1777. These
passages seem to indicate that the adult males in Bladen County were asked
to take the oath in the summer of 1777 when Colonel Robertson was raising
the militia to prevent a takeover of the Wilmington powder magazine. Anyone
who refused would have been given a Bond of Departure and their property
seized.
Shortly after the Act, which included the Oath of Allegiance, there was an
Act allowing the state to confiscate property of anyone who did not
physically present himself to the state and take the oath. Here is a brief
excerpt and a link where you can see it on-line (yes, it is an awfully long
link, but it worked when I tested it).
"An act for confiscating the property of all such persons, as are inimical
to the United States, and of such persons as shall not in a certain time
therein mentioned, appear and submit to this state, whether they shall be
received as citizens thereof, and of such persons as shall so appear, and
shall not be admitted as citizens; and for other purposes therein mentioned
... A true copy from the original. J. Sitgreaves, Assist. C. H. C. December
28, 1777. [Newbern, 1778] [Negative photostat]. -- Piece 1 of 1,"
Available at:
http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/ampage?collId=rbpe&fileName=rbpe21/rbpe211/211
0020c/rbpe2110020cpage.db&recNum=0&itemLink=D?rbpebib:41:./temp/~ammem_Mhye:
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b,afcreed,cowellbib,toddbib,lomaxbib,ngp,raelbib,gottlieb,mtj,alad,gmd,wpa,m
al,scsm,mcc,gmd,papr,gmd,aipn,papr,ncpm,ncpsbib,omhbib,gmd,pan,vv,wpapos,psb
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So, at this point, it could go either way, but it seems more likely to me
that Samuel was a Loyalist, at least in 1777. Remember that when
Declaration of Independence was written in 1776, historians estimate that
only 1/3 of the populace supported it. Regardless of how unfair they
thought the Crown's practices were, most people believed they could work
within the British system to make changes. As time went passed, more people
changed to support the rebel cause. As I'm studying this, I have learned
that many people switched sides several times during the war. Men may have
served in BOTH the Continental and British armies. Later they would claim
to have been forced to serve in one or the other. Perhaps it was true,
perhaps not, but apparently possible.
Where in Georgia did Samuel Bozeman go? If he went to Wrightsboro, then
there is still hope for the Quaker connection. If they went toward
Savannah, they were probably Loyalists, as this was a known British
stronghold. Apparently it was common for Loyalists and other people who
simply wanted to stay out of the war to go to Florida as well.
It's too bad this particular Bond of Departure had the date torn away. If
it were placed in one of these months or shortly thereafter, it would be
more convincing evidence. If there are quite a few that are all similar in
the same time frame, and from the same place, that might lead to one
conclusion or another too. I did not have time to locate the book you
mentioned as your source, Ron. If you get a chance to look at it again,
perhaps this historical information will help lead us somewhere.
Please don't shoot the messenger, but the circumstantial evidence appears
pretty strong to me that Samuel was a Loyalist in 1777.
Since I started this for you Ron, tell me what you want me to do next. Do
you think it is worth the effort to pursue a potential Quaker connection or
not. The original records are stored at Guilford College in Greensboro. I
was given the impression it will take a little work to get permission to see
them though.
There are plenty more resources available on the Loyalists. I gather that
quite a few books have been published on the subject beginning about 1980.
I guess the bicentennial spurred some interest in researching and presenting
the "whole truth" about the war, rather than the one-sided version we were
all presented as children.
I'll make another posting soon regarding John Bozeman and what I've learned
surrounding his situation. I would appreciate any information about him
that might help me locate additional records and identify him for certain.
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