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 Bissel, PS
Eliphalet Clark, SGT
Roger Crane, PVT
William Dodge, PVT
John Felch, CMSRY, PS
Samuel Felt, LT
Thomas Lewis, PS
Jonathan Munsell, PVT
Seth Pratt, PVT, CS
Jacob Ward, PVT
Georgia
Thomas Blitch, SOL
James Pitman, LT
Nathan Sweet, SOL
Maryland
Peter Brown, LT, PS
Joshua Clark, SOL
John Michael Garner, SOL
Joseph Long, PVT
Josias Solloway, PS
Benedict Spalding, PVT, PS
Jeremiah Tarleton, CPL
Jeremiah Tarleton, PS
Massachusetts
Edward Adams, CPL
Timothy Adams, PVT
William Allen, PVT
John Cooley, CPL
Thomas Gillette, Jr., CPL
Joshua Gott, PVT
David Legg, PVT
Simeon Shattuck, CS
Asa Soule, PVT
Seth Williams, LT
New Hampshire
Edward Carter, PVT
John Church, PVT
George Frost, PS
Joseph Leavitt, Sr., PVT
Joseph Leavitt, Jr., PS
John Sanborn, CPL
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
Thomas Scroggy, PVT
David Thurston, PVT
John Todd, LT
John Todd, PVT
New York
Zebulon Cornell, SOL
Levi Franciso, PVT
John Johannes Knickerbocker, Sr., COL, PS
John Limbocker, PVT
John Suts, PVT
Henry Van Der Cook, SGT
Michael Van Der Cook, PS
Alexander Weatherwax, PVT
William Wicham, PVT
North Carolina
John McKnitt Alexander, CAPT, CS, PS
Hezekiah Alexander, PS
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
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
Hugh Harris, SOL
Richard Hartsfield, SOL, PS, CS
George Helm, PS
Martin Hoffner, PVT
William Holland, CAPT
Thomas Hoover, PS
Henry Hunter, PVT
Thomas Huntly, PS
Robert Irwin, COL, PS
Nathaniel Jones, PS
Elijah Joyce, PVT
Tobias Lassiter, PS
Phinehas Latham, CS
John Lemon, LT
Valentine Leonard, Sr., CS, PS
Peter Little, PS
John Maib, PVT
William Maness, SOL
Matthew McClure, CS, PS
Francis McCorkle, CAPT, CS, PS
John McDowell, CS
William McElroy, CS, PS
Henry Medlin, PVT, PS
Philip Miller, SGT
Samuel Milliken, PS
William Milliken, Sr., CS
Nazareth Mitchell, PVT
James Morrison, CS, PS
John Oldham, CAPT
Henry Parish, PVT, PS
John Patterson, CS
William Petty, Jr., PVT
Thomas Polk, PS
John Query, PS
Ralph Reagan, CAPT
Jesse Revis, CPL
John Sevier, COL, PS
Valentine Sevier, Sr., PS
John Sevier, COL, PS
Moses Shelby, Sr., CS
James Stapp, SOL, PS
John Starkey, CS
David Sutton, MIL
John Sutton, PVT
Josiah Swindle, PVT
Lazarus Tilley, Sol, CS
Marmaduke Vickery, PS
Samuel Williams, PVT
Samuel Wilson, PS
Watkin Winn, CAPT, CS, PS
Watkin William Winn, CAPT, CS PS
Pennsylvania
Peter Breighner, PVT
Daniel Bush, PVT
James Clemson, CS, PS
Joshua Delaplane, PS
Samuel Drake, CAPT
Paul Everhart, PVT
Andrew Giffin, PVT
Andrew Harvey, PVT
Henry Hourtz, PVT
Samuel Houston, PS
James Logue, ENS
George May, LCOL, PS
John McElnay, PVT
Andrew McGahee, PVT
Samuel Milliken, PVT
Charles Pollock, PVT
Jacob Poston, PVT, PS
Henry Ritchie, PS
James Steele, PVT, PS
Benjamin Summers, ENS
David Whitehill, CAPT
Robert Wilson, PS
Johann Hermanus Yost, CAPT, PS
Rhode Island
John Shaw, PVT
Elkana Watson PVT, PS
Thomas Wells, Jr., CS, PS
South Carolina
John Blakeney, Sr., CAPT
John Boggan, PS
Jacob Holland, SOL
Daniel Holliday, Jr., SGT, PS
Daniel Holiday, Sr., PS
James Irwin, PVT
James Lanford, SOL
John Latimer, SOL, PS
Francis Logan, CAPT
James McMullen, SOL
Samuel Mobley, STAFFOF, PS
Andrew Pickens, BGEN
Rebecca Floride Calhoun Pickens, PS
John Pitman, PVT
Maurice Simmons, COL, PS
Charles Smith, PS
William Strickland, PS
Joshua Toomer, CAPT
Isaac Williams, PVT, PS
Vermont
Obadiah Dunham, Sr., SOL, PS
William Williams, COL, PS
Virginia
Isham Blake, SOL
Agnes Brewster, PS
Robert Bullington, LT
James Callaway, COL, PS
Joseph Cheeley, PVT
Thomas Colley, PVT
Harmon Cook, CS, PS
Robert Crow, PVT
John Doyle, PVT
James Drake, LT
William Ellis, SOL
John Floyd, LT, PS
John Foster, PS
Arthur Foster, LT, PS
Moses Grier, CAPT
William Henderson, SOL
George Hood, PVT
Henry Hurst, PVT
William Johnson, CPL
David Kaufman, SOL, PS
Alexander Le Grande, PS
William Lewis, LT
William Lindsey, MAJ
Joseph Martin, LCOL, CS, PS
James Mason, CAPT
Thomas Maxwell, SOL
Samuel Meals, SMN
Richard Omohundro, ENS
George Owen, PS
Benjamin Quinn, PVT
Thomas Ravenscroft, LT
Daniel Ross, LT, PS
Benedict Rust, PS
James Scott, CAPT
Henry Smith, CS
James Taylor, PS
Jeremiah Thomas, 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