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The abandoned property was burnt by the attackers. Homes and fields were abandoned, with livestock driven along and a few possessions floated on rafts on the river east to Muncy, then further south to Sunbury. Settlers fled fearing more attacks by the British and their allies. After the Wyoming Valley battle and massacre in the summer of 1778 (near what is now Wilkes-Barre) and smaller local attacks, the ' Big Runaway' occurred throughout the West Branch Susquehanna valley. In the American Revolutionary War, settlements throughout the Susquehanna valley and what was to become Loyalsock Township were attacked by Loyalists and Native Americans allied with the British. Native American stone tools excavated from Canfield Island in the West Branch Susquehanna River, seen from exhibit at the Lycoming County Historical Museum in Williamsport The township was originally bounded by the West Branch Susquehanna River to the south, Loyalsock Creek to the east, and Lycoming Creek to the west. This was nine years prior to the formation of Lycoming County.

Loyalsock Township was formed from Muncy Township in February 1786 by the Northumberland County court. See also: History of Lycoming County, Pennsylvania

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