Christian Daniel Claus (1727-1787) was a commissioner of Indian affairs and a prominent Loyalist during the American Revolution.
One prominent Loyalist was Daniel Dulaney the Younger, Mayor of Annapolis, and an influential lawyer in the period immediately before the Revolution.
Winslow relative Nathaniel Ray Thomas was a prominent Loyalist in the town.
This resulted in the British forces and prominent Loyalists occupying the remaining undamaged structures, relegating the fire-scarred ruins for the rest of the city's residents to live in squalor.
Some of the richest and most prominent Loyalists went to Britain to rebuild their businesses; many received pensions.
One of the most prominent Loyalists was John Legett, a rich planter in Bladen County.
Philipse's great-grandson, Frederick Philipse III, was a prominent Loyalist during the American Revolution, who, because of his political leanings, was forced to flee to England.
These belonged to prominent Loyalists who were aiding the Crown forces, and were burnt to discourage the British policy of destroying the homes of Republicans, suspected and actual.
One of the most prominent Loyalists to survive the Siege of Ninety-Six to settle Rawdon was Captain John Bond.
It was originally built in 1813 on land owned by Major Edward Jessup, a prominent Loyalist from Connecticut who founded Prescott in 1784.