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         


Patriot
State of Service
Service Type
Alderman, David
NC
SOL
Alexander, Adam
NC
COL, PS
Allen, William
NC
PVT
Alston, Solomon
NC
PS
Anderson, Bailey
SC & VA
PVT
Anderson, John Sr.
SC
SOL
Andrews, James
NC
PS
Anthony, James
VA
PS
Archdeacon, Edmund
VA
SOL
Ard, Reuben
NC
SOL
Armstrong, Robert
VA
PS
Armstrong, Samuel
SC
RGR
Bailey, Ansel
NC
PS
Ballou, Stephen
NC
PVT, PS
Barrett, Lewis
VA
PVT
Baxter, Benjamin
NH
PVT
Beall, Thaddeus
MD
Capt PS
Beard, Moses
SC
PVT
Bell, Thomas
VA
CS, PS
Bell, Nathaniel
VA
PS
Bellis, Adam
NJ
PVT
Benedict, Johann Philip
PA
PVT
Berry, Thomas
VA
PVT
Bertolet, Samuel
PA
SOL, PS
Beville, Paul
GA
PVT
Bingham, Samuel
NC
SOL
Blake, William
NC
PS
Blanchard, Reuben
GA
SOL
Bland, Richard
VA
PS
Boatwright, Daniel
GA
SOL
Bolton, Matthew
VA
SOL
Bowie, Rhoda
MD
PVT, PS
Brady, Samuel
PA
PVT
Brandt, Adam
PA
PVT
Bray, Andrew
NJ
CS, PS
Broadnax, Stephen Edward
VA
CAPT
Brown, Joseph Jr.
NC
PVT
Bryant, Jonas
VA
PVT
Bryant, Lewis
VA
PVT
Buford, John
SC
PVT
Burns, John
NC
PVT
Cady, David Jr.
CT
CAPT
Cage, William
NC
Maj PS
Calhoun, James
PA
LT
Call, John
MA
PVT,
Carpenter, James
MA
PVT,
Carter, Daniel
NJ
PVT,
Cash, John
VA
PVT
Chandler, Abednego
SC
SOL, PS
Chapman, Joseph
SC
PVT, PS
Cheatham, Josiah
VA
PS
Chew, Benjamin
SC
PVT
Clason, Jonathan
VT
SOL
Clayton, Lambert
NC
SGT
Clement, Zepheniah
SC
PVT
Cochran, James
GA
SOL
Clement, Simon
NC
PS
Colburn, Nathan
MA
PVT
Collins, Richard
VA
PVT
Colvin, William
SC
SOL
Cook, John
MA
SGT
Conger, John
NC
ENS
Cook, Reuben
NC
SOL, CS
Cooney, Matthew
VA
PVT
Cousins, Elisha
MA
SGT, CS, PS
Craig, James
SC
SOL, PS
Craig, Rhoda
SC
PS
Crandall, Christopher
CT & RI
PVT
Crocker, Simeon C
CT
SGT
Crook, William
VA
PS
Curry, William Sr.
VA
PS
Dameron, George
VA
Noncom
David, Isaac
VA
SOL, PS
Dillard, James
NC
PVT
Dixon, Joseph
NC
COL, CS, PS
Dobbins, John
PA
PVT
Douglas, Edward
NC
PS
Downing, John
PA
PVT
Drake, Barnaby
VA
CS, PS
Drake, Exum
NC
PVT
Eddy, James Jr
SC
Sol PS
Eddy, Nathan
MA
PVT
Emerick, Johann Georg
PA
PVT
English, William
NC
PS
Enoch, Henry
PA
LCol
Entrekin, Thomas
SC & NC
PVT
Estes, Benjamin
VA
PS
Fanning, Elisha
CT
SGTMAJ
Farrar, John
MA
PVT, PS
Faulkner, Jacob
VA
PS
Fenderson, William
MA
PVT
Fitzpatrick, Benjamin
VA
PVT
Flanders, Francis
NC
PS
Fouche, Isaac
VA
PS
Fouche, William McDowell
VA
SOL
Freeman, John
NC
CS, PS
Frost, William
MA
LT
Fry, Henry
MA
CS, PS
Gage, Moses
NY
PVT
Garis, John
NC
PS
Garland, Guthridge
NC
PS
Geyer, Abel
NC
PVT
Gilkey, John
MA
PS
Glascock, George
VA
CS PS
Goodrich, John
CT
PVT
Green, Richard
SC
CAPT, PS
Gregory, Thomas
VA
PVT
Habersham, John
GA
MAJ, PS
Hale, Enoch
MA
CS
Hampton, Andrew
NC
COL, CS, PS
Hampton, Ezekiel
NC
PS
Happes, Michael Jr.
PA
PVT, PS
Harbour, Esias
VA
PS
Harper, George
GA
SOL
Harrison, Benjamin
NC
CAPT
Haskins, William
MA
PVT
Hatch, Jeremiah
MA
NOMCOM
Hazen, Benjamin
MA
PVT, FIFER
Henson, Daniel
VA
PVT
Herndon, Zachariah
VA
Capt PS
Higginbotham, Aaron Sr.
VA
PS
Higginbotham, Burroughs
GA
SOL
Higginbotham, Samuel
VA
CAPT, CS
Hildreth, Amaziah
MA
CPL
Hinds, James
VA
PVT, PS
Hitchcock, Meshack
VA
SOL
Holbrook, Jesse
VA
PVT
Holley, James
VA
PS
Hope, Thomas
MD
ENS
Hosch, Jacob
PA
PVT
Housman, William
NY
ENS
Hubbard, Jonathan
MA
SGT
Hubbs, John
SC
PVT
Hudson, Thomas
VA
PVT
Hunter, Jesse
NC
CS, PS
Hyde, Thomas
PA
PVT PS
Irwin, Alexander
NC
COL, CS, PS
Irwin, Nathaniel
NC
SOL, CS
Irwin, Sarah Anne Robinson
NC
PS
Jackson, Edward
SC
PVT
Jaggers, John
NJ
PVT
James, John
SC
CS, PS
Josselyn, Joseph
MA
LT
Joyce, James
SC
PS
Keating, William
MD
Sol PS
Kennedy, William
MA
SVT
King, John
VA
PVT
King, Woody
NC
PVT
Knerr, Henry
PA
PVT
Koiner, Casper
PA
PVT
Koiner, George Adam
PA
PS
Lanier, James
NC
CS, PS
Larue, Isaac
VA
PS
Lefevre, Adam
PA
PVT
Lemasters, Joseph
VA
SGT
Lemon, John
NC
LT
Lemon, William
NC
SGT, DR
Letts, Joseph
VA
CS
Lewis, John
CT & MA
SGT
Lewis, Richard
VA
PS
Lillard, James
VA
PS
Lipps, John
NC
PS
Lipscomb, William Sr
VA
PS
Litton, Burton Caleb
VA
PS
Livermore, Daniel
MA
CPL
Long, James
SC
PVT
Loughridge, Andrew
VA
MAJ, PS
Love, Benjamin
SC
PS
Love, James
SC
Staff of PS
Maddox, Michael McKenzie
SC
SOL
Maholland, John
NC
CAPT
Maples, William
NJ
PS
Maroney, Philip D
MD
CAPT
Martin, Peter
VA
PVT
McClanahan, Thomas Sr.
VA
PS
Mckay, Daniel
MA
ENS
Mckissack, Daniel
NC
Capt CS
McRae, Christopher
NC
SOL, PS
McRae, Duncan
NC
PS
Meily, Robert
SC
PVT
Miller, Hance
SC
PS
Miller, John
SC
SOL
Morgan, Luke John
GA
PVT
Morgan, William
GA
SOL
Morrison, James
NC
CS, PS
Morrison, William
NC
PVT
Moses, Jacob
PA
PVT PS
Mowry, Lewis
VA
SOL PS
Murphy, James
NC
SOL, PS
Nash, Edward
NC
PS
Nesbitt, John
NC
SOL, PS
Nims, John
MA
PVT
Nixon, Absalom
NC
PVT
Norman, William
VA
PVT
Olinger, Jacob
VA
SOL
Oliver, John
NC
PS
Osborn, John
VA
PVT
Palmer, John
CC
CS
Palmer, George
NC
PS
Palmer, Jesse
NC
PVT
Park, Thomas
NC
SOL
Parker, Benjamin
MA
PVT
Parker, Jeremiah Jr.
CT
PVT, PS
Parshall, Israel
PA
LT
Pearson, Jones
PA
SOL
Peters, John
GA
PS
Phillips, Tobias
VA
SOL, PS
Pirkle, John Jacob
NC
PS
Prentiss, Caleb
MA
MM, PS
Pruitt, William
NC
PS
Ragsdale, Peter
VA
CS
Ransom, Reuben
NC
SOL, PS
Reasoner, Peter
PA
CAPT
Reel, George Jr.
NC
SOL
Robinson, James
NC
PS
Robinson, William
NC
PVT
Rockefeller, Peter Sr.
NJ
PS
Rood, Azariah
VT
PS
Royall, Jacob
MA
SGT PS
Rudd, John
VT
SGT
Saunders, James
NC
CS PS
Schamp, George
NJ
PVT
Schamp, Henry
NJ
CS
Sewall, Samuel Sr.
NC
PS
Shindelbower, George
PA
PVT
Shirts, John Jr.
NJ
PS
Shirts, John Sr.
NJ
CS
Shoemaker, Garret
PA
PVT
Shoemaker, Joseph
PA
PS
Shows, John
VA
SOL
Shults, Christopher
PA
CS
Siler, Plikar Dederic
NC
PS
Simms, Edward
VA
SGT
Sledge, John
NC
PS
Smith, John
PA
PVT
Smoke, Andrew
SC
PVT
Spear, Jacob
MA
CPL, PS
Strickland, Henry
NC
PS
Sturtevant, Consider
MA
PVT
Sullivan, Daniel
VA
PVT
Sullivan, James
VA
CS
Suttles, William
GA
SOL
Swint, John
GA
SGT, PS
Tart, Thomas
NC
PVT
Tate, William
SC
LT
Taylor, Chase
NH
CAPT
Taylor, William
NJ
PVT
Tevis, Robert
MD
PS
Thompson, Reuben
GA
PS
Trotti, Gaspar Joseph
SC
PS
Tuggle, John
VA
PVT, PS
Turnipseed, Jacob
SC
PVT
Turnley, George
VA & NC
SGTMAJ
Twilley, George
MD
PVT
Valentine, John
SC
PVT
Van Der Veer, Edward
SC
PVT
Wagle, Abraham
PA
PVT, PS
Wagner, George
NY
PVT
Walker, Hugh
VA
PS
Walker, Thomas Sr
VA
CS PS
Walthall, Edward
VA
PVT
Walthall, Gerrard
VA
PS
Ward, John Jr.
NC
PVT
Warren, Eliphalet
MA
PVT
Watson, Douglass
VA
LT
Watts, Benjamin
VA
PVT
Weldon, David
NY
PS
Wertman, Johann Michael
PA
PVT, PS
Whitney, John
NY
SOL
Whitney, Jonas
MA
PS
Wightman, Abraham
CT
PVT
Wilder, Jotham Sr.
MA
PVT
Winn, Thomas
VA
PS
Winslow, Thomas
NC
PS
Wooddell, Thomas
VA
CS PS
Woodham, Edward
NC
SOL, PS
Woods, Joseph
VA
PS
Wright, Thomas
VA
PS
Young, John
PA
SOL
Zehner, Adam
PA
PVT, PS
Zirkle, Michael
VA
PVT, PS

Current as of January 2018