Individuals denounced as Loyalists in Georgia, c. 1777 from The Story of Georgia and the Georgia People 1732 to 1860 by George Gillman Smith, D.D. Originally published c. 1901 [These are excerpts from the book transcribed by K. Torp, ©2007] pg. 89-90 ...They were pronounced guilty of high treason and banished from the State and their property confiscated... The names as given in the official list are: Sir James Wright R. Reed Andrew Hewitt Wm. Moore Thos. Reed Geo. Baillie James Hume, Esq. John Bond Randall Geo. Webb Wm. JOhn Yonge, Esq. H. Yonge, Sr. John Love Charles W. McKennon P. Yonge Jos. Johnson George Barry Jas. Robertson John Johnson Alex Wylly Jas. Brown Wm. Love Wm. Johnstone D. Johnson Chas. Hall John Lightenstone A. McGowan James Moore John Mullryne Wm. Sims Wm. Colville Josiah Tattnall, Sr John Inglis John Murrary Wm. Mcgilveray P. Dean Sir Anthony Stokes J.J. Zubly D.D. T. Johnson John Wood Geo. Kincaid Henry Yonge, Jr Chas. Wright Geo. Borland Jas. Downey Thos. Eaton John Graham Wm. Frinkfield Jas. Ed. Powell John Hume, Esq. Geo mcCauley Gerymyn Wright Jos. Farley, Esq. Jno. Jameson Chas Wright Thomas Eaton James Taylor Geo. Finch Philip Moore Wm. Panton John Simpson Charles McCulloch pg. 109-110 The war was virtually at an end in the early part of 1782, and with a devastated territory, an empty treasury, and a heavy debt, with an imperfect constitution and a discordant people, Georgia began her career as a free and independent State. There had been seventeen thousand white people when the war began, and probably, despite the ravages of the war, there were as many at its close. There was from 1777 to 1783 almost a complete suspension of all the religious work in the new State. The Rector of the Episcopal church in Savannah was a Loyalist. Mr. Triebner, the Lutheran, was a Loyalist and a fugitive, and the church in Ebenezer had been used as a stable. The Reformed Presbyterian minister in Burke, now Jefferson county, was a loyalist, and had fled the country. St. Paul's church in Augusta and the church at Midway had been burned. The Baptist preachers, Mr. Marshall, Mr. Bottsford, and Mr. Mercer, had been driven from the State, and there was no resumption of regular religious work until after war had nearly ended. The Quakers had been so persecuted in Georgia by the Whigs that they left the State and never returned to it. Return to Main Index Page