I represent John Clark. I served in the West Florida Royal Foresters, a company of light cavalry raised by Maj. Gen. John Campbell in March 1780 and commanded by Adam Chrystie. We fought against the Spanish at such notable battles as Baton Rouge, Mobile, and the Siege of Pensacola. I was on muster roll taken at New Town, Long Island, New York (now Elmhurst, Queens) on August 25, 1781. (New Town was where the Pensacola garrison was sent after the surrender of Pensacola on May 10, 1781.) The roll notes, however, that I was wounded and had been left at Pensacola. The Spanish had arranged for care of the sick and wounded until they were healthy enough to be sent on as prisoners of war.
Sources: 64, 86