Patriots
Listed by the state of service are the names and ranks of the ancestors of the Yadkin River Patriots 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.
North Carolina
Jeremiah Adderton, PS — m. Rebecca
Edward Almond, PVT — m. Jennie Dutton
John Angell, SGT — m. Mary Polly Griner
James Auld, MAJ — m. Rosannah Piper
Bryant Austin, PS — m. Miss Osborn
John Austin, PS — m. Rebecca Gurley
John Barrier, PS
John Barringer, CAPT, PS — m. Christiana Catrina Killian
Philip Beck, CS — m. Catherine
John Belk, PS
Benjamin Bell, PVT — m. Elizabeth Ledbetter
Thomas Biles, PVT — m. Tabitha Marbury
Daniel Bill, PS
Caleb Blackwelder, PS
John Boshart, CS, PS — m1. unknown m2. Ann
Elias Bost, PVT — m. Katherine
George Bost, PVT — m. Hannah Gregory
David Bray, ENS
Martha Bowdoin, PS — m. Isaac Odell
William Brooks, PVT
Michael Brown, CS, PS
John Burcham, PS — m. Roseanna Swearingen
David Burleson, PS — m. Ursula Weatherford
Isaac Burleson, PVT — m. Martha Clay
John Burt, PS — m. Priscilla Senter
John Bushart, PS — m1. unknown, m2. Ann
George Cagle, SOL — m. Rebecca
Isaac Calloway, PS
Isaac Carpenter, PVT
Samuel Carter, PS — m. Lettia
Thomas Cassel, PVT — m. Elizabeth
Nicholas Chapman, PVT — m. Sarah Scaly
William Chenault, PS — m. Susannah Walker
Daniel Clayton, PS
George Clayton, PS — m. Sarah Dodson
Adam Cloninger, PVT — m. Mary Polly Magdalene Rhyne
David Coble, PS — m. Martha
William Coffield, CS
John Coggins, PS — m. Alice Elizabeth Benson
William Coltrane, CS, PS — m. Rachel Worthington
Fleet Cooper, Sr., PS — m. Margaret Coor
Thomas Cotton, PS — m. Ann Boleyn
John Crouse, CAPT — m1. Anna Maria Volch; m2. Dorothy Petree
James Crump, CAPT — m. Isabella Monroe
John Cuthbertson, PVT
James Daniel, PS — m. Rebecca Travers Adderton
John Davis, PS — m. Mary Mollie Chamness
Andrew Dennis, PS — m. Martha
Charles Dry, PS — m. Christina Muss
James Duke, SOL
John Edwards, PVT — m. Sarah O’Neal
Conrad Eudy, PS
David Gottfried Eudy, PS — m. Anna Dorothea Flegler
Abraham Fleming, PS — m. Frances Martin
Abram Forrest, PS
Allen Freeman, PVT, PS — m1. Tabitha; m2. Barbara
John Furr, PS
Paul Furr, PS — m. Mary Stutts
James Gantt, PS — m. Elizabeth
Michael Garman, PS — m. Sarah Pinion/Banion
Philip Garner, PS
Elijah Gillespie, PS — m. Mary Rabun
Christopher Goodman, SGT — m1. unknown; m2. Catherina Barbara Reginer, m3. Maria Margrethe
James Greenlee, SOL — m1. Mary Mitchell; m2. Ruth Howard
Simon Gross, PS — m. Mary Molly Shermer
Jacob Gurley, PS — m. Susan Wise
William Gurley, CAPT — m. Millinder
Martin Harkey, PS — m. Catherine Barringer
James Harwood, NONCOM — m. Rosannah Rosey Barbee
Absalom Harwood, PS
Etheldred Harris, CAPT — m. Elizabeth Warren
Sherwood Harris, PS — m1. Hannah Page; m2. Elizabeth Jones
John Hatley, PS — m. Martha
George Helms, PS — m. Mary Fortenberry
Christopher Herlocker, PS — m. Anna Maria
Nicholas Holt, PS — m. Sarah
Mark House, CS — m. Mary
Joseph Howell, CPL — m1. Esther Sugg; m2. Margaret Eleanor Garmon
Michael Hoyle, PS
Sherwood Kennedy, PVT, Orderly SGT — m1. Sarah Coggin; m2. Ann Mayfield Hilton; m3. Mary Nugent
Francis Kettner, PVT — m. Elizabeth Miller
Peter Keyser, PS — m1. unknown; m2. Fanny Garmon
John Kirk, PVT — m. Sarah Steele
Abraham Kuykendall, CS, PS, CAPT
George Laws, Jr., PS — m. Susanna Stagg
George Laws, Sr., PS — m. Mary Mulkey
John Lemmond, 2LT — m. Elizabeth Queary
Valentine Leonard, Sr., CS, PS — m. Elizabeth Wallacher
Robert Linn/Lynn, PVT — m. Margaret Leonard
Peter Little, PS — m. Christena Agner
James Allison Love, PS — m1. Mary Elizabeth Ingram; m2. Esther Belle Carricker
Christopher Lyerly, PVT — m1-2. unknown; m3. Barbara
William Maness, PVT
Bartholomew Marion, PVT — m. X Harrison
John Melchor, Jr., PVT — m. Elizabeth
Mordecai Mendenhall, PS — m. Charity Beeson
John Mercer, SOL — m. Rachel
Jacob Miller, PVT — m. Marie Agnes Sower
Wendell Miller, LT
Abraham Misenheimer, SOL
George Misenheimer, Sr., SOL — m. Sarah Krider
Hugh Montgomery, LT — m. Katherine Sloan Moore
Nathan Morgan, PVT
James Morrison, CS, PS — m. Jennett Morrison
Robert Morrison, SGT — m. Sarah Morrison
John Oldham, PS — m. Amy
Benjamin O’Neal, CS — m. Elizabeth Ross
Howell Parker, PVT — m. Elizabeth Loftin
Richard Parker, PS — m1. Mary Harris; m2. Miss Lentz
Nicholas Parker, PS — m. Mary
Frederick Peck, PVT — m1. Elizabeth Boshardt; m2. Mrs. Anna Margaret Boshardt Barnhardt
Edward Pegram, PS — m. Patty Jean
John Pickler, PS — m. Jean
Thomas Polk, PS — m. Mary Shelby; m2. Keziah Tarlton
Thomas Poindexter, CAPT, CS — m. Elizabeth Pledge
William Poplin, PVT — m. Lucy
Henry Probst, PS — m. Catherine Overshine
Peter Quilman, PS
Peter Randall, SOL — m. Frances Barrett
John Frederick Randleman, PS — m. Mary Wright
John Randleman, SGT — m. Margaret Snap
Edward Richardson, PS
John Riggs, PS
Charles Robertson, MAJ — m. Susannah
Hugh Rogers, PVT — m. Nancy Thornton
Sterling Rose, CPL — m. Nancy
Williamson Ross, PVT — m. Elizabeth Odom
George Rummage, PVT — m. Margaret Simpson
George Savitz, CS, PS — m. Rosina
Jacob Secrist, PS — m. Janet Barbara Sims
George Ludwig Seifert, PS — m1. Elizabeth Edeimann; m2. Elizabeth Miller
Christian Seitz, PS
Philip Sells, PVT — m. Dorothea Carecht
John Shaffer, SOL, PS — m. Anna Marie “Mary” Miller
George Shankle, PVT — m. Naomi P. Raiford
John Shaver, PS — m. Anna Marie “Mary” Miller
Peter Sherman, PS — m. Molly
William Simpson, PVT — m. Martha Orr
Philip Sink, SOL — m. Elizabeth Spraker
Richard Snuggs, PS
Isaac Sowell, PVT — m. Mary Quimby
George Sowers, PS — m. Mary Appelone X Smith
John Sparks, PVT — m. Sarah Shores
Uriah Springer, PS — m. Margaret
Godfrey Stansill, CAPT, PS
Jessee Staton, SOL
Henry Stewart, PVT — m. Lucy
Andrew Stowe, PVT — m. Mary
John Swearingen, PS — m. Elizabeth
Jacob Team, PS — m. Susanna Rose
Benjamin Thomas, PVT — m. Melinda Gurley
George Tucker, CS, PS — m. Maria Dorothea
John Tyson, PS — m. Bethany
Samuel Underwood, PS — m. Misniah
John Vanhoy, PS — m. Jemima
Paul Walter, PVT — m. Catharine
John West, PVT — m. Margaret May
George Whitley, PS
Oliver Wiley, CAPT — m. Mary Shelby
Douglas Winchester, PS — m1. Sarah Matthews; m2. Elizabeth x
Philip Wolfe, SOL
William Yates, Sr., PVT — m. Mary
North Carolina and South Carolina
Solomon Burris, PVT — m. Judith Taylor
Nathan Mendenhall, PVT — m. Rebecca Duckworth
North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia
David Dickey, PS, CS, SGT — m. Mary Heslip McFadden
Connecticut
Samuel Clason, SOL — m. Hannah Briggs
Enoch Hale, CS — m. Octavia Throope
Thomas Stanley, CPL — m1. Anna Ford; m2. Miranda Nott
Connecticut and New York
Elisha Scofield, CPL — m. Abigail Ingerson
Maryland
Michael Starner, PVT — m. Katharine Durst
Peter Trautman, CAPT — m. Elizabeth
Martin Wymer, PS — m. Catherine Barbara Trautman
Massachusetts
Joel Burt, PVT — m. Martha Lyman
Gideon Lincoln, PVT
Joseph Watrous, SGT — m. Lydia Harmon
New Jersey
Robert Campbell, PVT — m. Mary Reynolds
George Ely, COL — m. Susanna Farley
Thomas Lake, PVT
William Logan, CAPT — m. Margaret Lewis
Joseph Osborn, PVT — m. Rosina Dorch
John H. Post, PVT
John West, PVT
New York
Benjamin Ambler, ENS — m. Rachel Dibble
Benjamin DePuy, PS — m. Elizabeth Swartwout
Anthony Sherman, PVT
Nicolas Walrath, ENS — m. Anne Barbara Schultz
Pennsylvania
John Bell, PVT — m. Martha Gilchrist
Christopher Folck, CAPT — m. Joanna Elizabeth Sowash
John Gilchrist, MAJ — m. Margaret Cowden
Johann Peter Hachenberg, ENS
Kershner, Frederick, PVT — m. Barbara Fetterman
Johann Leonhard Klotz, PVT — m. Margratha Schall
Dewalt Theobald Lentz, PS — m1. Elizabeth Bechtel; m. Mary
John Geofrey Lipe, PVT — m. Barbara House
Thomas Lowder, PVT — m. Elizabeth Langley
William Lowder, PVT — m. Elizabeth Eudy
Philip Matthews, SOL — m. Anna Catherine Kinzel
Dewalt Mechlin, ENS — m. Sabilla Kohler
Jacob Mechlin, CAPT — m. Catherine
John Melchoir, Sr., PS — m. Mary
Ludwick Otterman, PS — m. Francenia
John Pomeroy, LCOL — m1. Isabella Barr; m2. Hannah Graham
Henry Sowash, PVT, PS — m. Anna Esther Schneider
Pennsylvania and Maryland
John Millhouse, PVT, PS — m. Margaret Tefern
Rhode Island
Consider Bushee, CPL — m. Patience Carter
South Carolina
George Crawford, PVT, CS — m. Sarah Kirby
William Henry Drayton, PS — m. Dorothy Golightly
Hugh McManus, LT
Jacob Ritchie, CS — m. Maria Catherine Mayer
John Sanders, LT — m. Elizabeth Palmer
Austin Stone, CS, PS — m. Elizabeth
Thomas Stribling, SOL — m. Nancy Kincheloe
Thomas Stroud, SOL — m. Sarah
Robert Tindall, PS — m. Mary
Virginia
Drury Allen, PS — m. Eleanor
Thomas Bell, PVT — m. Mary Edwards
Joseph Cheeley, PVT — m. Winifred Lenoir
Mitchel Clay, SOL, PS — m. Phoebe Belcher
John Compton, PVT
Decker, John, CS, PS
Daniel Easley, PVT — m. Betsy Stevens
Josiah Floyd, PVT — m. Mary Tillman
John French, PVT — m. Obedience Clay
Matthew French, PVT, PS — m. Sarah Payne
William Gragg, PVT — m1. Elizabeth Pulliam; m2. Nancy Dunkle; m3. Nancy Coffey
Joseph Green, PS
Joseph Herndon, PS
Archelaus Hughes, COL, CS, PS — m. Mary Dalton
John Ingraham, PS — m. Patience Berry
Kendall, Moses, PS — m. Amy
Henry Kiesler, PS
Griffin Lewis, LT — m1. Sarah Cox; m2. Lucy Luggitt
Thomas Massie, MAJ — m. Sarah Cooke
Robert Nantz, PS
William Price PS — m. Mary Williamson
David Roper, PS — m. Elizabeth
John Rorebaugh, PS — m1. Barbara Reger; m2. Elizabeth Harness
Joseph Scott, PVT — m. Mary Talbot
Shockley, Richard, PS — m. Elizabeth
Samuel Walker, PS
William Williamson, PVT — m. Rosanna
Richard Witt, PVT, PS — m1. Susannah Skaggs; m2. Betsy Baxter
Virginia and North Carolina
Allen Freeman, PVT, PS — m1. Tabitha; m2. Barbara
Abbreviations for Patriot Service Ranks
CAPT — Captain
CS — Civil Service
COL — Colonel
CPL — Corporal
ENS — Ensign
LT — Lieutenant
LCOL — Lieutenant Colonel
MAJ — Major
NONCOM — Non-Commissioned Officer
PS — Patriotic Service
PVT — Private
SGT — Sergeant
SOL — Soldier