 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Mukati meAmerican Revolution iye akaramba ari Mutsigiri Akatendeka. Mazuva mashomanene pashure pokuzivisa rusunungukoakabva muNew York City achienda kuPerth Amboy nokuda kwokuchengeteka kwake. Akadzokera kuNew York City pashure pokunge vaBritain vatorazve nzvimbo yacho. Pana 1 May 1777 akagadzwa mukuru wedare rechiuto remapurisa uye pana 17 July mutariri wezvinhu zvose zvinotengeswa kunze kwenyika. Muna 1780 akagadzwa kuva lieutenant governor weProvince yeNew York. Muna 1783 akanga ari rutivi rwomumiriri uyo akasangana naGeorge Washington paTappan. Akanga ari gavhuna anoshanda kubva muna April 1783 kusvika muna November. Elliot akadzorera mhuri yake kuScotland paNunsuch pana July 9, uye ipapo akaenda kuScotland muna December 1783. Haana kuita mabasa ehurumende muScotland uye akafira kumba kwake musi wa25 Chivabvu 1797 paGomo reTeviot, Jedburgh, aine makore makumi matanhatu nemasere. 