I represent Patrick Downing. n November 1777 I enlisted in the Maryland Loyalists Regiment, Capt. Alexander Middleton’s Company, as a Sergeant. I also served as a sergeant in what was for a time called the United Pennsylvania and Maryland Loyalists. The Maryland Loyalists Regiment and the Provincial Corps of Pennsylvania Loyalists were each raised in 1777 and arrived in Pensacola at the very end of 1778. In late 1779, with both our corps depleted by disease and desertion, the two were merged. The regiments separated again in December 1780. I was serving in Captain Walter Dulany’s company when I died on January 3, 1780. I probably still lie in an unmarked grave in Pensacola.
Sources: 8, 129, 131