Our Patriot Ancestors

     The following Patriots are the proven ancestors of our members.  Their service and identities have been verified and are recorded in the DAR's Genealogical Research System.  If you would like more information on a Patriot listed below, please visit the GRS Ancestor Search page.  There you will find the service and descendants of the Patriot, and you may use this free resource to aid general genealogical research and to assist with the DAR membership process.

Service Type Abbreviations:
ARFR = Artificer	CAPT = Captain	COL = Colonel	CPL = Corporal
CS = Civil Service	DR = Doctor	ENS = Ensign	LT = Lieutenant
MAJ = Major	MM = Minute Man	PS = Patriotic Service	PVT = Private
RGR = Ranger	SGT = Sergeant	SGTMAJ = Sergeant	SOL = Soldier
		Major

First Name	Last Name	Suffix	Service	State of Service
David	Alderman		Sol	NC
William	Allen		PS	NC
Edmund	Archdeacon		Sol	VA
Reuben	Ard		Sol	NC
Robert	Armstrong		PS	VA
Samuel	Armstrong		Sol	SC
John	Austin		Sol	GA
John	Bagwell		Pvt	NC
Ansel	Bailey		PS	NC
Joseph	Bailey		PS	VA
Isaac	Ball		Lt	MA
William	Ball		Lt	VA
Kedar	Ballard		Capt PS	NC
Stephen	Ballou		Pvt PS	NC
Tunstall	Banks		PS	VA
John	Bankston		Sol	NC
Asa	Banning		Ens	MD
Richard	Bard		Pvt	PA
John	Barnes		PS	NC
William	Battle	Jr	PS	NC
Benjamin	Baxter		Pvt	NH
Jesse	Bayne		Pvt PS	PA
Thaddeus	Beall		Capt PS	MD
Moses	Beard		Pvt	SC
Elizabeth	Bell		PS	VA
Joseph	Bell		Capt CS	VA
Thomas	Bell		CS PS	VA
Adam	Bellis		Pvt	NJ
Thomas	Berry		Pvt	VA
Samuel	Bertolet		Pvt PS	PA
Samuel	Bingham		Sol	NC
George	Bird		Lt PS	VA
William	Blake		PS	NC
Reuben	Blanchard		Sol	GA
Daniel	Boatwright		Sol	GA
Matthew	Bolton		Sol	VA
Isaac	Boring		Pvt	NC
Henry	Boss		Sol	GA
Andrew	Bowers		PS	SC
Jacob	Bowers		Pvt	VA
Robert	Boyd		Sol PS	SC
Amos	Boynton		Sgt	NH
Samuel	Brady		Pvt	PA
Kindred	Braswell		Sol	GA
Andrew	Bray		CS PS	NJ
Ludovic	Brotzman		Capt	NY
Joseph	Brown	Jr	Pvt	NC
John	Browning		PS	NC
Jonas	Bryant		PS	VA
Lewis	Bryant		PS	VA
John	Buford		Pvt	SC
James	Bullock		PS	VA
John	Bullock		PS	VA
John	Bullock		PS	VA
Jacob	Burger		CS	VA
Robert	Butler		Maj PS	NC
David	Cady	Jr	Capt	CT
John	Call		Pvt	MA
James	Campbell		Lt	VA
Joseph	Carroll	Sr	CS PS	SC
John	Cash		Pvt	VA
Abednego	Chandler		Sol	SC
David	Chapman		CS	NC
George	Chapman		Noncom	VA
John	Chapman		PS	NC
Joseph	Chapman		Pvt PS	SC
Tabitha	Chapman		PS	NC
John	Chastain		PS	VA
Josiah	Cheatham		PS	VA
Jonathan	Clason		Sol	VT
George	Clayton		PS	NC
Lambert	Clayton		Sgt	NC
Simon	Clement		PS	NC
Zepheniah	Clement		Pvt	SC
Isaac	Cliatt		Pvt	GA
George	Coble		PS	NC
James	Cochran		Sol	GA
Reuben	Coffey		PS	NC
Nathan	Colburn		Pvt	MA
Samuel	Coleman		PS	VA
John	Colquitt		PS	VA
William	Colvin		Sol	SC
John	Conger	Jr	Ens	NC
Reuben	Cook		Sol CS	NC
Matthew	Cooney		Pvt	VA
Mary	Cooper		PS	PA
John	Countryman		Pvt CS	SC
Christopher	Crandall		Pvt	RI
John	Crane		BGen	MA
John	Cranford	Sr	PS	NC
John	Cranford	Jr	Sol	NC
John	Crawford		PS	PA
Simeon	Crocker		Sgt	CT
William	Curry		PS	VA
Isaac	David		Sol PS	VA
John	De Long		Sgt	PA
Jonathan	Delano		Pvt	MA
James	Dillard		Pvt	NC
Casper	Diller	Sr	PS	PA
Barnaby	Drake		CS PS	VA
Exum	Drake		PS	VA
James	Drane		CS PS	MD
Christopher	Durbin		PS	MD
Nathan	Eddy		Pvt	MA
David	Edwards		CS	NC
John	Edwards	Sr	CS	NC
Michael	Ehart		PS	VA
Anthony	Ehler		PS	VA
Johann	Emerick		Pvt	PA
Thomas	Entrekin		Pvt	SC
Samuel	Farr		Lt	NC
John	Farrar		Pvt PS	MA
John	Field	Sr	Col	VA
Nathan	Fish		PS	PA
Benjamin	Fitzpatrick		Sol	VA
Francis	Flanders		PS	NC
Peter	Forney		Pvt	NC
Daniel	Foster		Cpl	NH
Isaac	Fouche		PS	VA
William	Fouche		Sol	VA
Samuel	Foxworth		Capt	SC
John	Freeman		CS PS	NC
William	Frost		Lt	MA
Henry	Fry		CS PS	VA
Moses	Gage		Pvt	NY
George	Gantz		Pvt	PA
James	Gardner		PS	NC
John	Garis		PS	NC
Guthridge	Garland		PS	NC
Abel	Geyer		Pvt	NC
John	Gilkey		PS	MA
George	Glascock		CS PS	VA
John	Glascock		PS	VA
John	Goodrich		Pvt	CT
John	Goolsby		PS	VA
William	Goolsby		PS	VA
John	Gorton		Sol	CT
George	Grant		Capt	NJ
Richard	Green		Capt PS	SC
Enoch	Grigsby		Lt	SC
Enoch	Hale		CS	MA
Andrew	Hampton		LCol CS PS	NC
Ezekiel	Hampton		PS	NC
Michael	Happes	Jr	Pvt PS	PA
Esias	Harbour		PS	VA
George	Harper		Sol	GA
George	Harris		Sol	VA
Samuel	Harris		Capt	PA
Benjamin	Harrison		Capt	NC
Peter	Harvey		PS	PA
William	Harvey		PS	PA
Jeremiah	Hatch		Noncom	MA
Nathaniel	Hatch		Pvt	MA
John	Hearne		Pvt	VA
Thankfull	Hicks		PS	NC
Aaron	Higginbotham	Sr	PS	VA
Samuel	Higginbotham		Capt CS	VA
James	Hinds		Pvt PS	VA
Mary	Hinkle		PS	VA
Meshack	Hitchcock		Sol	VA
James	Hogan		PS	NC
William	Hogan		Lt	SC
Jesse	Holbrook		Pvt	VA
Henry	Holland		Pvt	NC
James	Holley		PS	VA
Jacob	Hosch		PS	PA
William	Housman		Ens	NY
Comfort	Hoyt	Sr	Capt	CT
Jonathan	Hubbard		Sgt	MA
John	Hubbs		Pvt	SC
Thomas	Hudson		Pvt	VA
Samuel	Huggins		Pvt	SC
Benjamin	Humphrey		Lt	NC
Thomas	Hyde		Pvt PS	PA
Edward	Jackson		Pvt	SC
Isaac	Jackson		Col CS PS	GA
John	Jaggers		Pvt	NJ
Samuel	Job		PS	NC
Joseph	Josselyn		Lt	MA
James	Joyce		PS	SC
William	Keating		Sol PS	MD
John	Keen		Sol PS	NC
Jean	Keller		Pvt	LA
John	Kennard		Pvt	SC
John	King	Jr	Pvt	VA
Henry	Knerr		Pvt	PA
Peter	Knight		PS	NC
James	Knox	Sr	PS	SC
James	Knox	Jr	Sol	SC
William	Knox		Pvt	SC
Casper	Koiner		Pvt	PA
George	Koiner		PS	PA
Michael	Koiner		PS	PA
Thomas	Langley		PS	NC
James	Lanier		CS PS	NC
Isaac	Larue		PS	VA
Adam	Leaver		PS	PA
George	Lemley		Pvt PS	PA
John	Lewis		Sgt	CT
Richard	Lewis		PS	VA
William	Lewis		CS	SC
James	Lillard		PS	VA
Ambrose	Lipscomb		Pvt	VA
William	Lipscomb	Sr	PS	VA
Daniel	Livermore		Cpl	MA
Jacob	Long		Sol	SC
James	Long		Pvt	SC
Benjamin	Love		PS	SC
James	Love		StaffOf PS	SC
John	Lowrey		Pvt	NC
Andrew	Lyday		Pvt PS	VA
Michael	Maddox		Sol	SC
Ninian	Magruder		Pvt PS	MD
Samuel	Magruder		PS	MD
John	Maholland		Capt	NC
Jonathan	Maltbie		Lt	CT
William	Maples		PS	NJ
Benjamin	Martin		Ens	VA
Peter	Martin		Pvt	VA
Mark	Mason		CS PS	NC
Jeremiah	Matthews		Pvt	NC
Sampson	Matthews		Col CS PS	VA
Charles	Mccall		CS PS	SC
William	Mccall		Pvt	SC
Thomas	Mcclanahan	Sr	PS	VA
James	Mcelwee		Pvt	SC
Jacob	Mcgehee		PS	VA
William	Mcgehee		Lt	VA
Daniel	Mckay		Ens	MA
Samuel	Mcmillan		Cpl	SC
John	Mcmullen		Pvt	VA
Christopher	Mcrae		Sol	NC
Duncan	Mcrae		PS	NC
Robert	Meily		Pvt	SC
Peter	Miller		PS	PA
James	Mills		Sol PS	NC
Robert	Morris		Pvt	NJ
James	Morrison		CS PS	NC
William	Morrison		Pvt	NC
Jacob	Moses		Pvt PS	PA
Lewis	Mowry		Sol PS	VA
James	Murphy		Sol PS	NC
Edward	Nash		PS	NC
Jacob	Neff		PS	PA
John	Nesbitt		Sol PS	NC
Thomas	Nichols		PS	VA
John	Nims		Pvt	MA
Absalom	Nixon		Pvt	NC
William	Norman		Pvt	VA
John	Oliver		PS	NC
Christopher	Osborn		PS	NC
Enoch	Osborn		Capt PS	VA
John	Overmyer	Sr	Capt PS	PA
Joshua	Packard		Sol	MA
Ralph	Packard		Pvt	MA
Thomas	Park		Sol	NC
Thomas	Park	Jr	PS	NC
Benjamin	Parker		Pvt	MA
Jeremiah	Parker	Jr	Pvt PS	CT
Israel	Parshall		Lt	PA
Levi	Pawling		Col CS PS	NY
Jeremiah	Pearson		Sol	SC
William	Peck		Pvt	VA
Jesse	Peters		Pvt	GA
William	Peters		Pvt	VA
James	Pettigrew		PS	SC
Stephen	Pettus		Ens PS	VA
Tobias	Phillips		Sol PS	VA
John	Pirkle		PS	NC
John	Pleasants	Sr	PS	VA
John	Poston		Pvt	NC
William	Prather		Pvt	SC
Caleb	Prentiss		MM PS	MA
William	Pruitt		PS	NC
Peter	Ragsdale		CS	VA
Reuben	Ransom		Sol PS	NC
Joseph	Ratchford		Lt	SC
William	Ratchford		CS	SC
Peter	Reasoner		Capt	PA
Samuel	Reed		Capt PS	NC
George	Reel	Jr	Sol	NC
Anthony	Ricketts		PS	MD
Benjamin	Ricketts		PS	MD
Peter	Rockefeller	Sr	PS	NJ
Azariah	Rood		PS	VT
William	Roscoe		Capt	NC
Joseph	Roseberry		PS	PA
Garrett	Roseboom		Pvt	NJ
James	Rosser		PS	NC
John	Rosser		PS	VA
Jacob	Royall		Sgt PS	MA
John	Rudd		Sgt	VT
James	Russell		CS	NC
William	Russell		PS	SC
Lewis	Salmon		Pvt	GA
Thomas	Sanders		Cpl PS	VA
George	Schamp		Pvt	NJ
Henry	Schamp		CS	NJ
Samuel	Sewall	Sr	PS	NC
George	Shaffer		Sgt	PA
George	Shindelbower		Pvt	PA
John	Shirts	Jr	PS	NJ
Garret	Shoemaker		Pvt	PA
Joseph	Shoemaker		PS	PA
Elias	Shufflebarger		Sol	VA
Jacob	Shufflebarger		Sol	VA
Christopher	Shultz		PS	PA
Leonard	Simmons		Pvt	VA
Peter	Simmons		Pvt	VA
Edward	Simms		Sgt	VA
Lawrence	Slaughter		Lt PS	VA
John	Sledge		PS	NC
Henry	Slyer		PS	PA
John	Smith		Pvt	PA
Joseph	Smith		Pvt	NH
Peter	Smith		Pvt	PA
Andrew	Smoke		Pvt	SC
Jacob	Spear		Cpl PS	MA
John	Spencer		Lt	VA
Thomas	Spencer	Sr	CS PS	VA
Philip	Spohn		PS	NY
Thomas	Stevens		Sol	GA
Joshua	Storrs		PS	VA
Lewis	Stowers		Pvt	VA
Henry	Strickland		PS	NC
John	Sturgis		Pvt	PA
Consider	Sturtevant		Pvt	MA
Daniel	Sullivan		Pvt	VA
John	Sumpter		Sol	VA
William	Suttles		Sol	GA
John	Swint		PS	GA
Richard	Taliaferro		Sol PS	NC
Matthew	Tanner		PS	VA
William	Tate		Lt CS	SC
Robert	Tevis		PS	MD
Frederick	Thompson		Pvt	NC
Reuben	Thompson		PS	GA
Seth	Thompson		Sol	NC
Gaspar	Trotti		PS	SC
George	Turnley		SgtMaj	VA
George	Twilley		Pvt	MD
Henry	Tyler		Pvt	VA
John	Valentine		Sol	SC
Edward	Van Der Veer		Pvt	SC
David	Vance		Capt	NC
John	Veech		Pvt PS	MD
Ninian	Veech		Pvt PS	MD
David	Verner		Sgt	SC
John	Verner	Sr	Sol CS	SC
Abraham	Wagle		Pvt PS	PA
James	Waldrop		Capt PS	SC
Elisha	Walker		Sol PS	GA
Hugh	Walker		PS	VA
Jonathan	Walker	Sr	Pvt	MA
Thomas	Walker	Sr	CS PS	VA
John	Ward		Pvt	NC
David	Waters		Pvt	SC
Reese	Watkins		CS	NC
Thomas	Watkins		PS	VA
Benjamin	Watts		Pvt	VA
Austin	Webb		Pvt	GA
Jonathan	Weeks	Sr	PS	CT
Phillip	Weeks		Pvt	CT
David	Weldon		PS	NY
John	Weller	Sr	PS	MD
Johann	Wertman		Pvt PS	PA
Jacob	Wetzel		PS	NC
William	White		Sgt	SC
Jonas	Whitney		PS	MA
Conrad	Wickiser		Sol	PA
Abraham	Wightman		Pvt	CT
John	Wilkerson		PS	VA
William	Wilkins		Pvt	SC
Jesse	Winfree		Pvt	GA
Thomas	Winn	Jr	PS	VA
Henry	Wood		Pvt	NC
Thomas	Wooddell	Sr	CS PS	VA
Edward	Woodham		Sol PS	NC
Thomas	Wright		PS	VA
John	Yoho		PS	VA
John	Young		Sol	PA
William	Young		PS	MD
Adam	Zehner		Pvt PS	PA
Michael	Zirkle		Pvt PS	VA
George	Zumwalt		Pvt	VA

Current as of July 2026