Patriots
Listed by the state of service are the names and ranks of the ancestors of the Ruth Davidson Chapter, NSDAR, members. 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
Jason Crittenden, PVT
Ames Walbridge, MAJ
Georgia
Joel King, PS
Henry Philip Wesner, SGT
Maryland
Richard Moffatt, SGT
Edmond Riggs, PS
Massachusetts
Seth Adams, PVT
John Gray, SGT
Moses Kibbe, PVT, CS
Daniel Kimball, LT
Samuel Snow, PVT
Prince Stevens, PVT
New Jersey
Stephen Hunt, COL, CS, PS
Uriah Slack, PVT
James Tappan, PVT
Abraham Van Fleet, CPL
John Van Lew, PVT
New York
Jabez Knapp, LT
Abraham Van Fleet, CPL
Cornelius Wiltse, PVT
Jacob Wiltse, SOL
North Carolina
Francis Browning, PVT
John Browning, PVT, PS
William Cain, PS
William Capp, PVT
Lambert Clayton, SGT
John Culbertson, SOL
Aaron Freeman, PS
Charles Gordon, CS
Jeremiah Green, PVT
Joseph Harding, COL
John Jesse, NONCOM
John McCall, CS
Samuel Midyett, CS
Ebenezer Newton, CS, PS
Benjamin Newton, CPL
James Ownbey, PVT
Samuel Oxford, PS
Robert Penland, PS
Plikar Dederic Siler, PS
Charles Stewart, PS
Jessie Swinson, NONCOM
Charles Tull, PVT
Francis Vannoy, CS, PS
Joshua Whitaker, PS
Joseph Williams, PVT
William Wiseman, PS
Pennsylvania
Elijah Bartley, PVT
Abraham Ebersol, PVT
Elizabeth Gilmore, PVT
Peter Groff, LT
Valentine Lawrence, PVT
Andrew Moore, PS
George Motz, PS
John Jacob Myers, Sr., SGT, PS
Philips Myers, LT
South Carolina
Giles Chapman, PVT
David Golightly, PVT, PS
Ephraim Horn, PS
Samuel Murray, PVT
Richard Richardson, Jr., COL, CS
Fredrick Rivers, PVT
Samuel Smith, LT
Jesse Swinson, NONCOM
Henry Philip Wesner, SGT
Anthony White, PS
Virginia
Elizabeth X. Beard, PS
Shadrack Boas, PS
William Capp, PVT
John Peter Corn, PVT
George Elliott, STAFFOF
Anthony Giannini, SOL
John Hamblin, PS
Elizabeth W. Hamblin, PS
Ambrose Jones, CPL, PS
Nelson Largent, SOL
Jacob Layman, PVT
John William Litz, PVT
John Lucas, CAPT
Thomas Massey, MAJ
Nathan Mills, PVT, SGT
Thomas Pope, PS
John Redmon, PS
Edward Smith, PVT
George Stovall, Sr., PS
John Tye, PVT
Christian Vineyard, PS
Abbreviations for Patriot Service Ranks
CAPT — Captain
CS — Civil Service
COL — Colonel
CPL — Corporal
LT — Lieutenant
MAJ — Major
NONCOM — Non-Commissioned Officer
PS — Patriotic Service
PVT — Private
SGT — Sergeant
SOL — Soldier
STAFFOF — Staff Officer