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1782 1 March, "Pay Abstract Nr 89, Colonel Daniel Clary's Regiment, Dutch Fork Militia, Ninety Six Brigade, six-months pay, 14 Jun-13 Dec 1780: Nr 1; Rank Captain; Name Reece, David; remarks rate of pay L25.0.0 Receipt: Charlestown, SC, 1 March 1782. "Received of Colonel Gray, Deputy Pay Master, by order of the Commandant, 25 pounds Sterling, in full of the above for which I have signed two receipts of this tenor and date, for my deceased husband. Elizabeth Reece" (PRO T50, Vol 6) (Clark 1981, p. 232)
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Woffords Iron Works, South Carolina
8 August 1780
At the end of July Major Patrick Ferguson had mustered 1,800 men into the
Loyalist militia. Fergusons mission was to seek out any Rebel forces
and destroy them. He created six regiments in the Ninety-Six District.
These were the Long Cane Regiment under Colonel Richard King, the Stevens
Creek Regiment under Colonel John Cotton, the Dutch Fork Regiment under
Colonel Daniel Clary, the Spartan (or Upper) Regiment under Colonel
Zacharias Gibbs, and Moses Kirklands Regiment.
Cornwallis was having problems arming the new recruits, because when
Charlestown surrendered a careless soldier had thrown a loaded musket
into a stockpile of arms and ammunition. When the musket fired the
powder magazine blew up, destroying 2,000 to 3,000 muskets. On top of
that, in January the Russian Merchant sank off the coast of South
Carolina, taking 4,000 muskets with it.
Lieutenant Colonel Thomas Brown decided that the best way to
bring peace to the region was to hang any Whigs that had broken their
parole. This was not uncommon, because if a soldier went back on his
word he was allowed to be executed. In the Revolutionary War going back
on your oath was not looked upon lightly. On June 5th Brown hanged five
prisoners. Elijah Clarke and his Georgians decided that Browns actions
were a change in their terms of surrender, and took up arms again.
Clarke began recruiting in South Carolina near Ninety-Six.
The Patriots had a force of 1,000 men led by Clarke, Isaac Shelby and
William Graham. Four hundred of the Patriots were detached to establish
a base of operations, and the remaining six hundred mounted men followed
on the outside edges of Fergusons column, waiting to strike. Clarke
fell back to the Spartanburg area, about two miles west of Cedar Springs,
to draw Ferguson towards him.
On the morning of August 7th scouts brought word to him that the British
were within a half-mile of his camp. One of the Loyalists fired a gun by
accident while they were closing in on Clarkes force. Clarke had his
men quickly break camp and move to the Wofford Iron Works. The Loyalists
arrived at the abandoned camp at 4 a.m., a half an hour after the
Patriots had left.
One of Shelbys commanders, Josiah Culbertson, had been out observing
enemy movements. He returned to Clarkes abandoned camp expecting to
find Clarke still there. Upon his arrival he found Dunlaps Loyalists
there. Culbertson didnt panic. Instead he calmly rode through the
camp, observing the preparations of the Loyalists to attack Clarkes
force. The Loyalists didnt pay much attention to Culbertson, thinking
that he was one of their own. As soon as Culbertson was out of the camp
he raced his horse to Clarkes position, and warned him of the impending
attack.
Ferguson received intelligence that Clarkes supply wagons were only
three miles in front of Cedar Springs, and he sent Captain Dunlap with
fourteen mounted American Volunteers and 130 militia, to take the wagons.
Along the way Dunlap saw three of Clarkes men and chased after them.
He was able to capture two of the horsemen, and pursued the last man into
the center of Clarkes camp at the Iron Works.
The Patriots were expecting them, and had set up an ambush. Shelby and
Clarkes riflemen fired a volley, emptying many of the saddles. The
Loyalists charged the riflemen and a vicious hand-to-hand combat ensued.
Clarke received two saber wounds, one on the back of his neck and one on
his head. His neck stock buckle stopped the neck wound from being fatal.
For a few minutes Clarke was captured by two of Dunlaps men, but he
knocked them down and was able to escape. Dunlap was slightly wounded in
the fight.
The attack lasted about a half an hour, until Dunlaps
mounted riflemen were driven back in a series of running fights.
Dunlaps force was pursued for a mile before the action was broken off.
Clarkes men returned to their lines at the Old Iron Works, with fifty
prisoners.
Dunlap retreated until he rendezvoused with Ferguson and his main army.
The combined British units moved to the Iron Works to attack the
Patriots, but Clarke and Shelby began a hasty and organized withdrawal.
The backwoodsmen continued to form on tactically superior ground, slowing
Fergusons advance so much that the prisoners from the Iron Works went
beyond Fergusons reach. In a last defiant gesture Clarke and Shelby
formed their men on a ridge, and ridiculed the Loyalist Forces. The
Loyalists held the field, but they had many more casualties than the
backwoodsmen.
Patrick O'Kelley http://www.2nc.org/
Author of "Nothing but Blood and Slaughter" The Revolutionary War in the
Carolinas
Available at Volume One 1771-1779
http://www.booklocker.com/books/1469.html
Volume Two 1780
http://www.booklocker.com/books/1707.html
Volume Three 1781
http://www.booklocker.com/books/1965.html
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Charlestown, South Carolina
19 April, 1782
To The King's Most Excellent Majesty
Most Gracious Sovereign
We, you Majesty's dutiful and loyal Subjects, once the inhbitants of the frontier of South Carolina, now refugees here, humble beg leave openly to assure our Sovereign that we are His true and loyal Subjects, in which principles we are confirmed, and stand independent, divested of all temporizing motives, in consequence of which we have sacrificed Our All, in order to enjoy the blessings of the happiest Constitution guarded by the best of Monarchs.
Thus disposed, it is with astonishment and indignation we learn that men about your Royal Person dare to vilify the conduct of your faithful servants in America, we allude to the Duke of Richmond's Speech in the House of Peers the 31st of January 1782, when he openly disapproves of Justice being executed on the Rebel Haynes. It reflectes on the characters of Earl Cornwallis, Lord Rawdon, and our Commandant Lieutenant Colonel Balfour, officers who have made the real interest of the Country the constant rule of their truly virtuous conduct.
Gratitude should have drawn this acknowledgement from us, yet we might have been silent, had it not been for the open and extraordinary assertion of His Grace of Richmond "that the loyalists of South Carolina did not hestitate to denominate the execution of Haynes to be Murder, and that of the foulest complexion."--this we deny, and are fully of Opinion, that his execution was a proper example, and Just reward for his treason and infidelity and are Sorry the same mode of correcting rebels was so long deferred, through laudable, but we conceive, mistaken motives.
We are not to suppose His Grace is ignorant that the Usurpers in this Province have murdered above three hundred Men, some after and some without pretended trials, on a bare Suspicion of their being attached to your Majesty's Government.
His Grance and virtuous Colleagues (in support of rebellion) sit at ease fabricating Systems to prolong the War, at the expense of the Blood, the treasure, the honor, the happiness of the Nation, whilst we without regret suffer in support and defense of the Government.
We sincerely lament the encouragement Rebellion receives from their opposition to your Majesty's Wise and Just measures, which without doubt has been conducive to prolong this unnatural rebellion, be therefore, actuated by Principles of Loyalty, and conducted by honest sincerity, have presumed to make this declaration of our Sentiments, and that your Majesty's benevolent endeavors for the happiness of your People, be crowned with Success, is the most sincere wish of Your Majesty's Most dutiful and Loyal Subjects
Signed by:
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Daniel Clary, Lieut-Colonel, Dutch Fork
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There follows after the signatures, a list of the 300 men who have been 'murdered' by the Rebels.
The original document is in the Public Record Office, London, Manuscript Rebference CO5, Volume 82
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Calhoon (1973) shows that Loyalists tended to be older, more likely merchants and wealthier, but there
were also many Loyalists of humble means. Many active Church of England members became
Loyalists. Some recent arrivals from Britain, especially Scots, had a high Loyalist proportion. Loyalists
in the southern colonies, however, were suppressed by the local Revolutionaries who controlled local
and state government. Many people - such as some of the ex-Regulators in North Carolina - refused
to join the Revolutionaries as they had earlier protested against corruption by the local authorities who
later became Revolutionary leaders. Such pre-Revolutionary War oppression by the local Whigs
contributed to the reason that much of backcountry North Carolina tended to be loyalist.[6]
In areas under rebel control- that is most of the country - Loyalists were subject to confiscation of
property. Outspoken supporters of the king were threatened with public humiliation (such as tarring and
feathering) or physical attack. It is not known how many Loyalist civilians were harassed by the Patriots,
but the treatment was a warning to other Loyalists not to take up arms. Two Philadelphia residents
were executed for actively aiding the British army when it occupied the city. In September 1775 William
Drayton and Loyalist leader Colonel Thomas Fletchall signed a treaty of neutrality in the interior
community of Ninety Six, South Carolina.[7]
Military Service
The Loyalists
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>From LOYALISTS IN THE SOUTHERN CAMPAIGN, Murtie June Clark, Gen Pub Co,
Baltimore, 1981 3 Volumes.
What I have is several pages of Pay Abstracts for "Col.Daniel Clary's
Regiment, Dutch Fork Militia (between the Fork of the Broad and Saludy
Rivers), Ninety Six Brigade, Captain Vachel Clary's Company of men who
came to Orangeburgh with Lieut Colonel John H. Cruger, 183 days pay, 14
Jun-13 Dec 1780". Daniel's name is frequently listed in connection with
payments to his militiamen. (Vol I).
Other than that, there is a petition which he signed as "Lt.Col Daniel
Clary" on 19 April 1782 in Charlestown, SC. (He got promoted!) The
petition affirms his, and the other signing officers, continued loyalty
to the crown and protests a speech in Parliament by Lord Richmond. (Vol
III, p412-413)
In early 1783, he received "Refugee" payments from the time his property
was confiscated or the date of his last militia pay. He was paid from
June 30-Dec 1782. No amount listed. He was still in Charleston with the
other refugees, but he was a First Class Refugee as opposed to 2nd and
lower classes because of his rank. No further mention in this regard.
(Vol.I)
And he was on the "Amercement List of 1788, Document 5, to May 30 1788".
So, at some time prior to May 1788, he had his property returned and
presumably swore an oath of loyalty to the Untied States. (Vol III)
I recall reading just a small blurb about him some years ago which in
essence stated that he had been a Loyalist/Tory soldier but owing to his
good nature and the general good will he enjoyed from his Rebel
neighbors, that after his property was returned, he lived on in
Edgefield in contenment until his death. I didn't copy that because I
was and still am looking in Rowan and Guilford Cos. NC and at the time
had no idea that there was a connection. The book is a fairly common
one in most
libraries--South Carolinians in the Revolution--or something similar.
. These records were primarily gleaned from Canadian and
British archives.
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Musgrove's Mill Aug 18 or 19th 1780
Edward McCrady notes in his History of South Carolina in the Revolution, 1775-1780, that the camp at Musgrove's Mill prior to August 19, 1780 was commanded by Major Fraser, and that it also included Captain Abraham DePeyster of the King's American Regiment, the North Carolina Loyalist David Fanning, and Colonel Daniel Clary's militia. Clary's regiment had been ordered to be formed to support Major Patrick Ferguson according to Lambert's South Carolina Loyalists on page 105. The park ranger indicated that the men were camped at Musgrove's Mill with the goal of meeting Ferguson at Kings Mountain.
It is not absolutely clear that Col Clary's regiment had reached Musgrove's Mill by the 18th. Col Cruger informs Lord Cornwallis that he has ordered Clary to support Ferguson in a letter dated Aug 4th. It would have taken Col Clary a few days to get his regiment assembled and they they would have had to move out and move to the site.
However, the patriot detachment was informed by a local when they had moved within a mile of the incampment that the camp had been reinforced the previous evening and that there were now in camp a number closer to 500
It has been noted that most of the wounded and prisoners mentioned were Provincials, so the militia may not have been involved as heavily as the regulars.
Other records to follow
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Newberry SC Deed Book A, pp. 90-92:
29 Sept 1774, John Mills & Mary his wife & Rebecca Mills, mother, of Barkley County,
Ninety Six District, SC, to Joseph Scott of s'd province, for £60 SC money, 300 acres on
Youngs Fork between Broad & Saludy Rivers the north side of a survey granted to
William Mills Senior deceased, adj. John Mills, certified by me 31 Nov 1773 John
Armstrong, D.S., the old tract of 300 acres granted to sd William Mills Senr deceased 20
Aug 1767. Rebeccah Mills (X) (Seal), John Mills (I), Mary Mills (mark) (Seal), William
Mills (mark) (Seal), Wit: Danl Clary Jun'r, Jeremiah Ham, Daniel Clary Snr. [Note: this
is the single SC document in which the name Daniel Clary Sen. appears.]
SC
The above deed comes from your own website arguing against Daniel Clary b. abt 1710 being Colonel Clary of Newberry Co., SC. I disagree with the "new theory" of which Daniel is which because of conflicts of interests and/or agendas. I stand behind "Clarys Meet Your Ancestors". I shall return with additional proof.
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Further to my earlier post on this subject (particularly my reference to researcher Mary Ann Clary), interested persons are invited to view on my website an article entitled "Which Daniel was Col. Daniel Clary 1748-1798)" being a review on the matter by: Harriet Imrey with contribution from Mary Ann Clary, January 2012 which flowed from my discussions with Harriet. Her conclusions are in opposition to many published accounts concerning Col. Clary.
see: http://ourfamilysaga.com/documents/Which Daniel was Col. Daniel Clary.pdf
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Author: wriddles1942
Surnames: Deveron/Devorin-Clary-Haly- Greene/Green- Hix/Hicks-Armstrong-Turner, etc.
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Daniel Clary, son of John Clary [b.1684, Md.and Elizabeth Haly b.1687, Md.] moved from Baltimore Co.,Md. and resettled in Prince George's Co.,Md by 1733. Soon thereafter, he married Eleanor Deveron b.1715, Md. They remained in this area for a time and in 1749 Daniel was granted a patent on 100 acres of land in Frederick Co.,Md. which was created from Prince George's Co.,Md. in 1748. This land was registered as "Buck Bottom". Frederick County at that time also included present day Montgomery County, Md. in addition to present day Washington D.C. "Buck Bottom" may have been in or near Washington D.C. as it exists today..
Daniel soon enlarged his holdings and the land records show him paying ground rent [taxes] on "Buck Bottom", "Clary's Delight" and "Valley of Strife". In 1755, Daniel of Frederick Co.,Md sold for a token payment 74 acres of "Buck Bottom" to his younger brother, Benjamin Clary of Baltimore Co.,Md. Records show Daniel in the "debt books" until 1773; after which, he left the area. [Frederick C., Md. Land & Tax Records, 1750-1760].
Migrating south, he removed to the Old 96th District, S.C. and made his home in New Berry, S.C.; aquiring property on the Saluda River in that district..
In those days, Carolinians were divided on the issue of the Revolutionary War. In the back country, such as the 96th District, many citizens wanted no part of the war and were disaffected with the American cause. Those who lived along the Saluda River were among these people. A brigade of loyalists was organized in that district;six regiments were formed, one being the Dutch Fork Regiment of Colonel Daniel Clary..
In spite of his age, Colonel Clary partiscipated in at least one military engagement. He, along with his regiment were encamped at Musgrove's Mill in August of 1780 on the south side of Enoree River near the eastern corner of Laurens Co., S.C. He commanded the loyalists of that region, guarding a rocky ford of the river. .
A report of the battle contains this passage,'It was in the melee of the battle when the British defeat was apparent and the Tory Colonel Clary had the opposite bits of his horse's bridle seized at the same moment by two stalwart Whigs. He had, however, the ingenuity and presence of mind to extricate himself from his perilous situation by exclaiming,"Damn, you do not know your own officers!" He was instantly released and fled at full sped.' [King's Mountain] Those Whigs were probably young, inexperienced and inadequately trained frontiersmen unable to recognize the Tory uniform..
[Historical note] In the Carolinas, the Revolutionary War was essentially a civil war, with Americans fighting Americans. Historian Samuel Eliot Morison estimates that only about 40% of the nation's whites were actively patriotic with about 10% Loyalists and about 50% indifferent or neutral. In western South Carolina, probably more than half were Loyalist. For years their grievances had been unjust taxation without representation, extortion, lack of roads, protection or courts. All of which were blamed on the powerful plantation aristocracy of eastern South Carolina who had a stranglehold of the legislature..
When the plantation lords sided against the British, it was natural for the western Carolinian people to cast their lot with the British. It took considerable moral courage to remain pro-British and as the war progressed, the Tories were persecuted, insulted, fined, threatened and imprisoned. Deprived of their legal rights; their mail was opened, their property confiscated or destroyed and finally driven into exile. Many found refuge in Novia Scotia..
Colonel Daniel Clary suffered thus and was eventually captured and imprisoned. In 1783, he and his plantation came under the Banishment and Confiscation Act. Sometime later and after petitioning the South Carolina Legislature, he was allowed to return home in New Berry Co.,in the 96th District where he remined until his death..
In another passage of King's Mountain narratives; it states,"Colonel Clary was a prominent citizen of Ninety-six District, and surviving the war, remained in the country. In spite of his Tory sympathies, he was greatly beloved and in later life performed all the duties of a good citizen.".
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Researcher: Willie Gail Riddles-Rotzoll; descendant of Marjory Phalba Clary d/o Enoch Barnett Clary s/o William Price "Bill" Clary s/o John Clary s/o William Clary s/o Daniel Clary s/o John Clary s/o John Clary s/o Thomas Clary..
**** Records & History: "Clary's Meet Your Ancestors" "Maryland Clarys"; Genealogical Serendipity; Illinois Historical Society; New Salem, Illinois Historical Site" ****.
Notice the wording, "In spite of his age"; indicating he was somewhat older. Also, he is referenced as 'Colonel Clary' a higher rank than young men. Researcher: Willie Gail Riddles-Rotzoll; 3rd great of William Price 'Bill' Clary. DNA matched Jan/Feb, 2015
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