Col. Daniel Clary

Source Text : ". . . He disappears from Maryland records in 1773. He made his home then in the Ninety-Six District of South Carolina on the Saluda River. A brigade of loyalists was formed in that district and Colonel Daniel Clary belonged to the Dutch Fork Regiment. Despite his age, he did participate in at least one military engagement. In August 1780 he was encamped at Musgrove's Mill and was the head of the Loyalists there. He was captured by young Whigs but was able to fool them into thinking he was a Whig and rode away to King's Mountain. The western Carolina's had long been at odds with the eastern part and when the eastern part allied with the Patriots, many of the western Carolinians sided with the British. Colonel Daniel Clary was eventually captured and imprisioned. In 1783, he and his plantation came under the Banishment and Confiscation Act. He petitioned the South Carolina legislature and was allowed to return home. (Ref: Clary of Maryland, Clary, pg 65-67;) "

LifeSketch: Colonel Daniel Clary was a Loyalist in the Revolutionary War in spite of his age, captured and imprisoned and released. His plantation was confiscated and returned to him. He was beloved in his community. Info of children from family bible. Info from Clary Family Genealogy book by Ralph Rowland, page 65

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