Is there an area on Wiki for loyalists in the Revolutionary War?

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My tree has a line that fought on both sides of the Revolutionary War, is there a group or project to track those that stayed loyal to the crown?
WikiTree profile: Jacob Countryman
in Genealogy Help by Living Harris G2G6 Mach 2 (21.8k points)
retagged by Keith Hathaway

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You might want to check out The 1776 Project. Loyalists are welcome :)

by Eowyn Walker G2G Astronaut (2.5m points)
We nhave both sides in the line.  Conrad Countryman had 20+ children and grandchildren in the war.

Can we please change the Ft Cumberland category to distinguish Loyalists and Revolutionaries?  Loyalists may be welcome, but I want my disruptive ancestors tagged as revolutionaries... instead it reads as though they served FOR Nova Scotia!  These are not the "principal's notes" about Loyalists :)

"14. Benjamin Booby has a wife and one child, came into Gagetown last fall, built a log house and cleared about 5 acres of land. Has no title but possession and was one that went in arms against Fort Cumberland

36. Joseph Clark has a log house and about 7 or 8 acres of cleared land, which he holds by virtue of a lease from Capt. Spry for 200 acres.

36. Joseph Clark is a very bad subject and a very troublesome fellow.

6. John Booby has a wife, log house and about 4 acres of cleared land. Been on the river about 16 years, but on where he now possesses about one year.

6. John Booby, a Rebel."

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