Our Patriots

What is a Patriot?

Visit the DAR website to learn what a Patriot is and about acceptable American Revolutionary War service.

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We proudly list our chapter's ancestors below who bravely fought and provided material support during the American Revolutionary War.

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• Nathaniel Abney, SC, CAPT  

• Noah Badwell, MA, LT, CS 

• Jacob Brown, VA, PS  

• John Brown, VA, SGT  

• Joseph Carroll, SC, PS, CS 

• Robert Chamblee, NC, PVT  

• Joseph Clunn, NJ, CAPT  

• Henry Cobb, NC, CS  

• James Davis, NC, PVT  

• Robert Dodge, MA, CAPT  

• Jacob Edick, NY, PVT  

• Daniel Farmer, VA, PVT  

• Moses Ferguson, NC, PVT  

• Nehemiah Franks, SC, PS, CS 

• Stephen Freeman, NY, PVT  

• Jacob Fretz, PA, PVT, PS 

• George Gober, NC, PS  

• Hardin Gregory, NC, PS  

• Moses Hanks, PS, VA  

• John Harbaugh, MD, SOL, PS 

• Matthew Harris, VA, PS  

• Thomas Henderson, SC, LT  

• John Horner, PA, PVT  

• Groves Howard, NC, PS  

• Thomas Hoy, MD, LT, PS 

• Nathaniel Hutchins, NH, CAPT, PS 

• John Kimball, MA, PVT  

• Robert Loughridge, SC, STAFFOF, CS 

• William McClung, VA, PS  

• James Millison, PA, PVT, PS 

• George Mitchell, PA, PVT, PS 

• Charles Moale Croxall, PA, CAPT, PS

• Norman Newell, CT, PVT  

• John Nixon, VA, PS  

• John Parr, VA, CS, PS 

• James Pendleton, VA, COL  

• Nathaniel Pettit, PA, PVT   

• Samuel Pitts, MA, PVT  

• Richard Priddy, VA, SGT  

• William Ratchford, SC, CS   

• Michael Shirk, PA, PVT  

• Joshua Singleton, VA, CS, PS 

• John Stonecypher, NC, PVT  

• Sylvester War, VA, CAPT  

• George Weaver, NY, LT  

• Samuel Wikoff, MD, PVT  

• Anthony Willoughby, NC, PS  

• Minor Winn, VA, LT  

• Thomas Withers, VA, PS  

• William Wyatt, VA, SOL, PS 

• Andrew Zornes, PA, PVT  

Legend for Abbreviations

ADC — Aide-de-Camp

BG — Brigadier General

CAPT — Captain

CHP — Chaplain

CL — Continental Line

COL — Colonel

CPL — Corporal

CS — Civil Service

DRM — Drummer

ENS — Ensign

FIF — Fifer

GRD — Guard

1LT — First Lieutenant

LT — Lieutenant

LTC – Lieutenant Colonel

MAJ — Major

MM — Minute Man

NONCOM — Non-Commissioned Officer

ORDL — Orderly

PNSR — Pensioner

PS — Patriotic Service

PVT — Private

SDI — Signer of The Declaration of Independence

SGT — Sergeant

SGTMAJ — Sergeant Major

SOL — Soldier

STAFFOF – Staff Officer

WPNSR — Wife who received pension