Doan Outlaws
The Doan Outlaws, also known as the Doan Boys and Plumstead Cowboys, were a notorious gang of brothers from a Quaker family most renowned for being British spies during the American Revolutionary War.
No known portraits of the Doan brothers from life exist, but only from woodcut images, including this woodcut of Abraham Doan, recorded as "One of the Doans shooting a British officer", from The Pennsylvania New Jersey Delaware Almanac 1849 and also, Annals of the Revolution; or, a History of the Doans. | |
| Founded by | Moses Doan |
|---|---|
| Founding location | Plumstead, Bucks County, Province of Pennsylvania, British North America (present-day Plumstead Township, Pennsylvania, United States) |
| Years active | 1774–1783 |
| Territory | Bucks County, Province of Pennsylvania to Province of New York |
| Ethnicity | American |
| Membership (est.) | 6 |
| Criminal activities | horse theft, highway robbery, murder |
The Doans were Loyalists from a Quaker family of good standing. The sons of family patriarch Joseph Doan reached manhood at the time of the American Revolutionary War. Growing up in Plumstead, Pennsylvania, the Doans excelled athletically. The Doan Boys' principal occupation was robbing Whig tax collectors and stealing horses. The gang stole over 200 horses from their neighbors in Bucks County which they then sold to the Red Coats in Philadelphia and Baltimore.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.