Loyalist claims, 1783-1786.

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Loyalist claims, 1783-1786.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/32140216

Collection contains claims and memorials of Pearis requesting compensation for properties lost in service to Great Britain. Includes supporting statements by William Cunningham, Maj. Christopher Neelley, Malcolm Brown, Thomas Forbes, and others, and a (typescript) transcript.

11 items.

South Carolina Historical Society

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SNAC Resource ID: 7337740

South Carolina Historical Society

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Brown, Malcolm.

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Pearis, Richard, 1725-1794.

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South Carolina Loyalist. A native of Ireland, Pearis immigrated to America at the age of ten and in 1775 was living on the Enoree River in South Carolina. Pearis commanded a party of Loyalists at Ninety-Six District in 1776, but was taken prisoner and confined in irons at the Charleston gaol for nine months. He joined the British again at Pensacola (Fla.) in 1777 and became a captain in the West Florida Rangers. After the Revolution he settled on Abaco in the Bahamas. Pearis claimed to have owne...