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Georgia Revolutionists were fierce in keeping the British at bay in Georgia. My 4th great-grandfather, Capt. John Cutler Braddock, as a galley commander was one of the fiercest. There were many other Georgians, however, who, by dictate of conscience, chose to remain Loyal to the Crown.
You may be surprised to learn that Benjamin Franklin's son was a staunch Loyalist. They paid dearly for their loyalty.
On August 19, 1783, the Assembly of the State of Georgia passed an Act of Attainder, Banishments and Confistication that took from all known Loyalists, property they held in Georgia and banished them from the state. Most fled to the British province of East Florida and from there to England and to British held islands in the Caribbean, primarily the Bahamas. Notice of the Act was published in the Georgia Gazette followed by a list of 225 names of Georgia Loyalists.
The list included the last Royal Governor of Georgia, Sir James Wright, Lt. Gov. John Graham, and members of their council along with all other officials of the displaced government. Many on the list went on to become successful leaders in their places of exile. One such man was William Lyford Jr., uncle to the aforesaid John Cutler Braddock. He received several large grants in the Bahamas for his service to British naval operations in the Southeast and for being one of the planners and participants of Col. Andrew DeVeaux's famous raid that drove the Spanish from Nassau in 1783. The exclusive residential resort Lyford Cay, home of international best-selling author Arthur Hailey and actor Sean Connery, is located on one of the Grants.
GEORGIA,
House of Assembly, 15th July, 1783
ORDERED, That his Honour the Governor and Council be recommended and
requested to transmit to the Executive and Legislative Powers or Departments,
in every State on the United States, a List of Persons named in their Laws so
that, by this correspondence, each State may know, or be informed from Time
to Time, what is done by each State relative to those Persons so proscribed.
Extract from the Minutes,
(Signed) JOHN WILKINSON, Clk. G. A.
In Council, Savannah, 19th August, 1783.
PURSUANT to the foregoing order of the Honourable the House of Assembly,
passed at Augusta on the Fifteenth July last past, the following Persons are
named within our Act of Attainder, Banishments and Confiscation, and stood
proscribed on that Day.
By Order of his Honour the Governor in Council,
D. REES, Sec'y. Ex. Council
A LIST of Persons on the Bill of Attainder, Banishment and Confiscation,
passed at Augusta, in the State of Georgia, on the Fourth Day of May, which
was in the Year of our Lord One Thousand Seven hundred and Eighty Two, and of
our Sovereignty and Independence the Sixth, to wit:
Sir J.Wright, (barrister)
C.W.Mackinea Robert French
Alexan. Rose Will. Balfour
John Graham C.Wright sen Isaac Downing
Alex. Wright Robert Porteous Isaac Fulton
L. McGillivray Jermyn Wright Acd. McNielly
John Mullryne C. Wright (son James Lyle
Josiah Tattnall of James) Joseph Marshal
Basil Cowper J. McGillivray John Pig
William Telfair Tim Barnard John Brown
Alex. McGoun Issac Delyon Th. Rutherford
T.Tallemach Peter Edwards David Green
Sam. Douglass Roger Kelsall Ph. Hevelstine
L.Johnston sen Thomas Young W.Hammond
L.Johnston jun Simon Munro G. Johnston sen.
Wm. Johnston Henry Munro John Johnston
Samuel Farley James Spalding William Corker
Ja. Alexander Alex Crighton John Corker
James Butler Rod. McIntosh Wil. Mangrum
John Wood Will. McIntosh Will. Durgan
Robert Reid (Indiantrader) James Hunt
John Storr Cha. McDonald William Young
Thomas Ried John McDonald Matthew Moore
Ph. Delegal sen. Don. McDonald Henry Sharp
Ph. Delegal jun. Daniel McLeod Cordy Sharp
John Glenn D.B. McIntosh Will. McNatt
J. Bead Randel John Polson S. Montgomery
John C. Lucena William Rose Benj. Brantley
Nathaniel Hall John Westley Elias Bonnell
Tho. Gibbons —- McKay (St. Absalom Wells
John Fox jun. Andrew's) John Ferguson
John Simpson of Ar. Carney jun. William Ried
Sabine Fields Will Dawson Thomas Beatty
Mat. Stewart Charles Watts Thomas Waters
Thomas Ross Samuel Shepard Henry Williams
John J. Zubly James Carson John Douglass
Dav. Zubly jun. John Martin William White
George Baillie (Jekyl) Sam. Williams
William Wylly John Kitching Daniel Philips
Campbel Wylly J.W. Williams James Gordon
Levi Sheftal William Clark Abr. Wilkins
James Herriott R. Demere jun. Samuel Wilkins
James Graham John Proctor Jonath. Wilkins
James Hume Daniel McGirt William Tidwel
John Hume James McGirt Reuben Sherral
Tho. Goldsmith George Aarons J. Grierson (Cl)
James Wright William Willis Andrew Moore
(Major) Absal. Mincey John Howard
Ja. Robertson H. Cooper sen. Will. Manson
H. Yonge jun. H. Cooper jun. James Ingram
Joseph Farley William Cooper Edward Ashton
John Foulis Philip Dell J Seymour (RJ)
Tho. Flyming James Dell M. Weatherford
Alex. Thomson James Pace sen. John Henderson
R. McCormick Ch.F. Triebner J. Weatherford
Thomas Forbes Steph. Dampier George Philips
T. Brown (Cl.) Peter Blyth Alex. McLean
W. Jones (Sav.) John Blyth Benj. Howard
Martin Jollie Ulrick Gruber Tho. Howard
Donald Fraser Joseph Johnston And. Robertson
Isaac Bailleu John Johnston Don. Cameron
George Kincaid William Love John Jamieson
William Knox John Love William Oates
John Murray John Thomas Thomas Scott
Geo. Cuthbert David Russel Richard Bailey
W. McGillivray Matthew Lyle John Coppinger
Peter Deas Robert Miller Tho. Manson
George Fox John Robertson Jacob Watson
Moses Kirkland Daniel Howel And. Johnston
J. Lightenstone Alexan. Carter C. Weatherford
William Lyford Ro. Wolfington John Furlow
Andrew Hewat William Tucker James Jackson
Alexan. Inglis J. McCormick (Augusta)
James Brisbane P. McCormick Will. Johnston
William Miller Ro. Henderson F. Folliot (D.)
William Moss Lud Mobley T. Taylor (D.)
Philip Moore James Herbert Simeon Paterson
William Panton James Moore Nathan. Polhill
Tho. Skinner Samuel Moore John Maxwell
J.M. Tattnall Joseph Cornals Soloman Kemp.