Loyalist Monument, “Township No. 6”
Johnstown, Ontario
This Loyalist monument is located in a small park entered off County Road 2 at the intersection of Highway 16 across from the Johnstown United Church.
Loyalist Monument, Johnstown, Ontario
The monument consists of a large stone on which is mounted a plaque that reads as follows:
RETURN OF DISBANDED TROOPS AND LOYALISTS SETTLED
IN TOWNSHIP NO. 6. MUSTERED THIS 13TH DAY OF OCTOBER 1784Capt. W. Fraser, John McKenzie, Henry Anderson, William Snyder,
Capt. P. Drummond, Archibald McNeal, John Bush, Samuel White,
Capt. Thomas Fraser, William White, Thomas Gooseberry, Thomas Fraser 2nd,
Lieut. J. Dulmage, Daly Sillick, Jacob Bonestile, William Fraser 2nd,
Lieut. Gideon Adams, John Whitley, William Saunders Jr., George Steers,
Ensign William Lamson, James Curry, William Saunders Sr., William Fraser 3rd,
Capt. Hugh Munro, Abraham Bolton, Henry Saunders, Hugh McIlmoyle,
William Snyder, Alexander McIntosh, Abraham Saunders, Hosey Moore,
William Fraser, Thomas Boyde, Samuel Weatherhead, Jasper Moore,
John Fraser, Duncan McIntosh, John Thompson, Nicholas Lukes,
John Smith, Duncan McAlpine, Henry Jackson, William McKinley,
Ephrem Curry, James Froom Sr., Duncan Cameron, Joel Adams,
Thomas McNight, James Humphrey, Philip Dulmage, Thomas Armstrong,
David Hunter, James Adams, John Weycoff, Charles Dayel,
Thomas Fraser 1st, John Nix, Joseph Robertson, George Bolton,
William Fraser 1st, James Froom Jr., Thomas Lester, William Ferris,
John Kilbreth, John Rudderbak, Jacob Wormley, John Sorrel.
Not far from the monument in the park a marker was erected by the Archaeological and Historic Sites Board, Department of Public Records and Archives of Ontario:
The plaque reads as follows:
“In 1778 – 90 a town plot of one square mile was laid out in this vicinity. Many Loyalists, including Sir John Johnson, obtained lots in the settlement. A saw mill and grist – mill were constructed, and in 1793 it was made the administrative centre of the Eastern District. A courthouse and gaol were erected and the court of quarter sessions, which administered the district’s local government, met alternatively here and in Cornwall. Lieutenant – Governor Simcoe stayed in Johnstown in 1792 and 1795. In 1808 the courts were moved to Elizabethtown (Brockville) and despite its favourable location as a port, Johnstown’s further development was hampered by its shallow harbour.”
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The location of the monument has been identified on an interactive Google Map, Loyalist History of Nova Scotia.
Photos and information contributed by Brian McConnell, a descendant of Loyalist James Humphrey, who is named on the plaque. The record for James Humphrey in the Loyalist Directory contains more information including a PDF biography by Brian McConnell.