Research topic: Guy Johnson

Guy Johnson c.1740-1788, Loyalist leader in colonial New York, b. Ireland. He emigrated to America as a boy and married (1763) a daughter of Sir William Johnson, whom he succeeded as superintendent of Indian affairs in 1774. He had served in the French and Indian War and had acted as a deputy of Sir William after 1762. In the American Revolution he helped to keep most of the Iroquois loyal to the British. He made his headquarters (1779-81) at Niagara and with his deputy, John Butler , directed Loyalist raids against the patriot frontier settlements. He was succeeded as superintendent of Indian... Read more