Patriots
Listed by their state of service are the names and ranks of the ancestors of the members of the Mecklenburg Chapter, NSDAR. This list includes Patriots of the American Revolutionary War and ancestors who contributed to the cause for independence through civil or patriotic service. For more information on a particular Patriot, please visit the NSDAR Ancestor Search webpage.
For a list of acceptable services, see the Accepted American Revolutionary War Service webpage for more information.
Connecticut
Daniel Bissell, PS
John Church, PVT
Eliphalet Clark, SGT
Roger Crane, PVT
William Dodge, PVT
John Felch, CMSRY, PS
Samuel Felt, LT
Thomas Lewis, PS
Amos Mix, PVT
Jonathan Munsell, PVT
Seth Pratt, PVT, CS
Jacob Ward, PVT
Georgia
Thomas Blitch, SOL
David Francis Bourquin, PS
James Pitman, LT
Nathan Sweet, SOL
Louisiana
Enemond Meullion, PS
Maryland
Joshua Clark, SOL
Henry Deal, PS
John Michael Garner, SOL
Joseph Long, PVT
Benedict Spalding, PVT, PS
Jeremiah Tarleton, CPL
Jeremiah Tarleton, PS
Jacob Thomas, PVT, PS
Massachusetts
Edward Adams, CPL
Timothy Adams, PVT
William Allen, PVT
John Church, PVT
John Cooley, CPL
Roger Crane, PVT
Gibbins Edgecomb, PVT
Thomas Gillette, Jr., CPL
Joshua Gott, PVT
David Legg, PVT
John Smith, PVT
Asa Soule, PVT
Seth Williams, LT
New Hampshire
Edward Carter, PVT
John Church, PVT
George Frost, PS
Thomas Knott, SOL PS
Joseph Leavitt, Sr., PVT
Joseph Leavitt, Jr., PS
New Jersey
William Barrick, PS
James Beach, SOL
Peter Danforth, SOL
Jacob De Groot, CAPT
Christopher Gardner, PVT
John Hart, PS, SDI
Martin Hoagland, PS
Benjamin Jackson, SGT
Isaac Kramer, PVT
John Matthews, PS
Thomas Scroggy, PVT
David Thurston, PVT
John Todd, LT
John Todd, PVT
New York
Nathaniel Chatterton, PVT, MATR
Jacob Clement, PVT
Zebulon Cornell, SOL
Samuel Covey, PVT
Levi Francisco, PVT
Jesse Hall, PVT
John Johannes Knickerbocker, Sr., COL, PS
John Limbocker, PVT
John I Suts, PVT
Henry Van Der Cook, SGT
Michael Van Der Cook, PS
Alexander Weatherwax, PVT
William Wickham, PVT
William Williams, COL, PS
North Carolina
Henry Albright, SGT, PS
Abraham Alexander, CS, PS
Hezekiah Alexander, PS
John McKnitt Alexander, CAPT, CS, PS
John Alexander, PVT
John Anglin, PVT
John Armstrong, LCOL
Alexander Avery, CAPT, CS
Benjamin Beeson, PS
Isaac Beeson, PS
Benjamin Bonner, LT, PS
Thomas Bonner, COL, PS
John Bradford, COL, PS
Samuel Carter, PS
Adam Cloninger, PVT
Reuben Cook, SOL, CS
John Craig, CS, PS
James Dix, PS
Peter Dix, PS
Thomas Downs, LT
John Edwards, Jr., SOL
George Elliott, CS
David Flanagan, LT
John Floyd, LT, PS
Thomas Forrester, PVT
George Glascock, PS
Thomas Grimes, PS
Frederick Hambright, LCOL, CS, PS
Joseph Harding, MAJ, CS, PS
Sion Harrington, PS
Hugh Harris, SOL
George Helm, PS
Martin Hoffner, PVT
William Holland, CAPT
Thomas Hoover, PS
Henry Hunter, PVT
Thomas Huntley, PS
Robert Irwin, COL, PS
Nathaniel Jones, PS
Elijah Joyce, PVT
David Kaufman, SOL, PS
Phinehas Latham, CS
John Lemon, LT
Valentine Leonard, Sr., CS, PS
John Maib, PVT
William Maness, SOL
Matthew McClure, CS, PS
Francis McCorkle, CAPT, CS, PS
John McDowell, CS
Henry Medlin, PS
Philip Miller, SGT
Samuel Milliken, PS
William Milliken, Sr., CS
Nazareth Mitchell, PVT
James Morrison, CS, PS
Jesse Neville, PVT
John Oldham, CAPT
Henry Parish, PVT, PS
Moses Park, CS, PS
William Petty, Jr., PVT
Thomas Polk, PS
John Query, PS
Ralph Reagan, CAPT
Jesse Revis, CPL
Edward Richardson, PS
Jordan Sellers, PVT
John Sevier, COL, PS
Moses Shelby, Sr., CS
William Solomon, PVT
James Stapp, SOL, PS
John Starkey, CS
Josiah Swindl, PVT
Charles Thompson, PVT
Lazarus Tilley, SOL, CS
Thomas Townsend, PS
William Townsend, SOL
Marmaduke Vickery, PS
Barbara X Warlick, PS
John Williams, SOL
Joseph Williams, PVT
Samuel Williams, PVT
Samuel Wilson, PS
Watkin William Winn, CS, PS
Elisha Withers, PVT, PS
Pennsylvania
Thorst Ammen, PVT
Daniel Besore, PVT
Peter Breighner, PVT
Daniel Bush, PVT
Thomas Carpenter, CAPT, PS
James Clemson, CS, PS
Joshua Delaplane, PS
Samuel Drake, CAPT
Paul Everhart, PVT
Amos Farrar, PVT, PS
Andrew Giffin, PVT
Andrew Harvey, PVT
Samuel Houston PS
Henry Houtz, PVT
James Logue, ENS
George May, LCOL, PS
Andrew McGahee, PVT
Samuel Merrick PS
Samuel Milliken, PVT
Charles Pollock, PVT
Jacob Poston, PVT, PS
Daniel Rhodes, PVT
Henry Ritchie, PS
James Steele, PVT, PS
Hugh Stevenson, PVT, PS
David Whitehill, CAPT
Robert Wilson, PS
Johann Hermanus Yost, CAPT, PS
Rhode Island
John Shaw, PVT
Elkana Watson PVT, PS
South Carolina
John Blakeney, Sr., CAPT
John Boggan, PS
Thomas Downs, LT
Major Duke, SOL
John Floyd, LT, PS
William Gaston, CAPT
Jacob Holland, SOL
Daniel Holliday, Jr., SGT, PS
Daniel Holliday, Sr., PS
John Ingraham, PVT
James Irwin, PVT
John Latimer, SOL, PS
Francis Logan, CAPT
Marshall Martin, PVT
Thomas McCreary, Sr., SOL
James McMullen, SOL
Samuel Mobley, STAFFOF, PS
Andrew Pickens, BGEN
Rebecca Floride Calhoun Pickens, PS
John Pitman, PVT
Joseph Rackley, PVT
William Strickland, PS
Joshua Toomer, CAPT
Isaac Williams, PVT, PS
Vermont
Obadiah Dunham, Sr., SOL, PS
Joseph Temple, PVT
William Williams, COL, PS
Virginia
Francis Ash, LT, PS
George Ash, PS
Robert Ashby, PS
Isham Blake, SOL
Robert Bradshaw, STAFFOF
Agnes Brewster, PS
Robert Bullington, LT
James Callaway, COL, PS
Joseph Cheeley, PVT
Thomas Colley, PVT
Samuel Covey, PVT
John Doyle, PVT
James Drake, LT
William Ellis, SOL
John Floyd, LT, PS
Arthur Foster, LT, PS
John Foster, PS
Moses Grier, CAPT
Job Hamblin, PVT
Elizabeth Boggess Anderson Hand, PS
William Hand, PVT
John Hinkson, CAPT
William Holman, CS, PS
George Hood, PVT
Thomas Hord, PS
Henry Hurst, PVT
William Johnson, CPL
Henry Kagey, SOL
David Kaufman, SOL, PS
Alexander Le Grande, PS
William Lewis, LT
William Lipscomb, PS
Joseph Martin, LCOL, CS, PS
James Mason, CAPT
Samuel Meals, SMN
Joseph Newman, PS
David Nimmo, PS
Richard Omohundro, ENS
George Owen, PS
George Petty, PS
James Pitman, LT
Benjamin Quinn, PVT
Thomas Ravenscroft, LT
Daniel Ross, LT, PS
Benedict Rust, PS
Robert Sayers, PVT, PS
James Scott, CAPT
Henry Smith, CS
John Stiles, SGT
James Taylor, PS
Jeremiah Thomas, PVT
Henry Turner, ENS, PS
Thomas Walker, Sr., CS, PS
James Wallen, PVT
Armistead Watlington, COL
Richard Woolsey, SOL
Abbreviations for Patriot Service Ranks
BGEN — Brigadier Gen
CAPT — Captain
CMSRY — Commissary
CS — Civil Service
COL — Colonel
CPL — Corporal
ENS — Ensign
LT — Lieutenant
LCOL — Lieutenant Colonel
MAJ — Major
MIL — Militia
PS — Patriot Service
PVT — Private
SDI — Signer of Declaration of Independence
SGT — Sergeant
SMN – Seaman
SOL — Soldier
STAFFOF — Staff Officer