5.12.1780	Charleston SC	The British, under Henry Clinton, capture Charleston, marking the start of full occupation of the city. Clinton returns to New York, leaving Cornwallis as Commander.
12.18.1780	Philadelphia	James Ward receives payment from Samuel Hodgdon.
1781	West Indies	John Daly arrives in the West Indies.
1.23.1781	Rowan NC	Lynd’s will is produced. Witnesses are Margaret and Janet Young.
2.3.1781	Rowan NC	The British Army move into Salisbury and stay 2-3 days.
3.15.1781	Gulliford NC	General William Lee Davidson is killed at the Battle of Gulliford courthouse.
April 1781	Waxhaws NC/SC	Andrew Jackson, 13, is ⁸ by British forces and is struck with a sword by a British officer for refusing to clean his boots.
4.4.1781	Wilmington NC	Lieutenant McLeod is tasked with overseeing artillery resources following the Battle of Gulliford Courthouse.
4.10.1781	Pennsylvania	British naval prisoner William McLeod is paroled.
May 1781	United States	Ward appears in Record of credentials of delegates to the Congress.
5.7.1781	Rowan NC	Lynd’s probate is proved in court by Samuel Young.
7.7.1781	Philadelphia	Robert Jackson deposes that James Lynd was the son of Adam Lynd of Ballyreagh, County Tyrone, Ireland; was always reputed to be the brother of Margaret Lynd, wife of James Davidson; and had gone out in 1775 aboard the Alfred under Commodore Hopkins. James Cannon also affirms that he knew James Lynd and that Lynd had served aboard the Alliance and returned from France before Captain Barry took command.
8.1781	Boston	Inventory of the estate of James Lynd, late of Boston, mariner deceased, is taken and appraised. The inventory includes clothing, books, charts/maps, cash, wine and liquor, salt, sugar, molasses, rice, and other goods.
8.18.1781	Boston	Oliver Wendell approves the depositions and declarations as the nuncupative will of James Lynd.
9.8.1781	Orangeburg SC	Battle of Eutaw Springs
9.30.1781	United States	Ward is owed $66 in specie certificates by the U.S. government.
December 1781	North Carolina	Spruce McKay, aide-de-camp to General Nathaniel Greene, signs discharge papers for service for Private William Gannon under Colonel Matthew Locke, following the southern campaign (Catawba, Guilford Courthouse, Camden, and Eutaw Springs).
12.13.1781	Quebec	John Lynd is elected Grand Master of St. Andrew’s Lodge
12.30.1781	County Clare, Ireland	Andrew Burke, John Daly, and others attack and plunder ships. Warrants are issued for their arrest.
1782	Westminster	James Lynd appears on the tax record living at 24 Duke Street.
4.1.1782	Ottawa	Ward is listed on a British muster roll under Captain Campbell as being “with the rebels”.
4.14.1782	Massachusetts	Ensign William Rickard is promoted to Lieutenant.
5.1.1782	United States	Another commission is issued by Zephaniah Turner to Green for settling accounts in Virginia.
6.20.1782	Natchez	Thomas Green is expelled from Natchez.
Sep. 1782	Natchez	Thomas M. Green and others present a formal declaration to Spanish authorities concerning land and financial matters.
10.2.1782	Natchez	Abner Green and Daniel Clark are involved in the sale of an enslaved person.
11.6.1782	Rowan NC	Andrew Jackson and William Cupples, esquires, are qualified and admitted as attorneys.
2.18.1783	Randolph NC	Rickard files suit against William Jackson for 500 pounds for trespass. Rickard’s legal council is Spruce McCay.