How To Qualify
You watched "Finding Your Roots with Dr. Henry Louis Gates, Jr." and now you're wondering...
Every member of the National Society Daughters of the American Revolution (NSDAR) descends from a Patriot, who regardless of race, creed, or gender served in the armed forces or contributed to the cause of American freedom through patriotic service.
Patriotic Service includes signing an Oath of Allegiance and/or providing money or provisions. Civil Service includes those who held a Civil office.
We have an amazing registrar in our chapter waiting to help you find the Revolutionary War Patriots in your family tree! Whether you have been doing research for years or you just started. We can help you!
Our members have Patriots from all 13 colonies, plus French Canada and Spanish Louisiana. Since we are a Virginia chapter, we have the Virginians listed first!
LEGEND:
Bold = Woman Patriot
Italics = Signer of the Declaration of Independence
Our Patriots
Virginia
Adam Yeager, Sr, Patriotic Service
Amey Jackson, Patriotic Service
Archibald Buchanan, Civil Service
Christian Snidow, Lieutenant
Craven Peyton, Civil Service
David Catlett, Private
David England, Soldier, Patriotic Service
Elijah Threldkeld, Captain, Patriotic Service
Francis Irwin, Patriotic Service
George Calvert Sr, Captain, Patriotic Service
George Corn, Patriotic Service
George Harness, Patriotic Service
Henry Shackelford, Sr, Patriotic Service
James Wills, Soldier
Jesse Meader, Soldier
Joel Berry, Private, Patriotic Service
John Myrtle, Soldier
John Wilhoit, Patriotic Service
John Woodson Sr, Colonel, Civil Service, Patriotic Service
John Yeager, Patriotic Service
Jonathan Grant, Private
Lilly Mcilhaney Bowen, Patriotic Service
Littleberry Witt, Private
Reuben Nantz, Ensign
Richard Callaway, Colonel, Patriotic Service
Richard Gentry, Private
Richard B. Hooper, Sergeant, Patriotic Service
Richard McCary, Sr, Patriotic Service
Robert McCormick, Soldier
Robert McFarland, Lieutenant
Shadrack Boas, Patriotic Service
Stephen King, Private
Thomas Lewis, Patriotic Service
Thomas Nelson, Signer of the Declaration of Independence, Brigadier General, Civil Service, Patriotic Service
Valentine Cunningham, Private
William Kirby, Soldier, Patriotic Service
William Morris, Sr., Patriotic Service
William Ramsay, Patriotic Service
Canada
Joseph Charles Rouillard, Patriotic Service
Connecticut
James Hoisington, Jr, Corporal
Jesup Wakeman, Patriotic Service
Jethro Hatch, Major
Johnathan Barrett Sr, Patriotic Service
Lemuel Gustin, Staff Officer
Oliver Lewis, Private
Delaware
Daniel Lowber, Private
Joseph Sapp, Private
Georgia
Benjamin Hart, Sergeant
John Milner, Soldier
Nancy Ann Morgan Hart, Patriotic Service
Louisiana (Spanish America)
Jean Baptiste Champagne, Patriotic Service
Maryland
Adam Maine, Patriotic Service
Anthony Clark, Seargent
Aquila Norris, Captain, Patriot Service
Francis Turpin, Captain
George Timmerman, Patriotic Service
George Warner, Private
Samuel Beall, Civil Service
Massachusetts
David Forrest, Private
David Jewett, Non-Commissioned Officer
David Lyon, Civil Service, Patriotic Service
Ebenezer Johnson, Private
Ebenezer Learned, Brigadier General
Eleazer Josselyn, Private
George Little, Sea Captain
Joel Lyman, Lieutenant
John Houston, Private
John Tiffany, Civil Service
Joseph Weston, Sr, Patriotic Service
Joshua Brackett, Jr, Private
Noah Wilson, Private
Peter Twitchell, Private, Patriotic Service
Samuel Thrall, Sr, Captain
Thomas Lord, Captain, Civil Service
Thomas Tiffany, Seargent
Wiliam Bond, Colonel
New Hampshire
David Call, Patriotic Service
John De Merit, Major
Josiah Bean, Lieutenant
Samuel Lang, Private
New Jersey
Aaron De Witt, Private
David Beach, Private
Isaac Dodd, Captain, Civil Service
John Emery, Patriotic Service
John Stillwell, Staff Officer
John Van Blarcom, Patriotic Service
Jonathan Wiggins, Patriotic Service
Peter De Witt, Patriotic Service
New York
Asa Hall, Private
Evert Van Wagenen, Patriotic Service
John Sisson, Private
Jacob Masten, Private, Patriotic Service
Joseph Utter, Soldier
Nathaniel Woodhull, Brigadier General, Patriotic Service
Robert Travis, Private
North Carolina
Achilles Crafts, Private
Arnold Bruce, Private
Benjamin Hubbard, Civil Service
Caleb Etheridge, Sr, Patriotic Service
Henry Moseley, Patriotic Service
Henry Trolinger, Private, Patriotic Service
James Hampton, Patriotic Service
James Stevenson, Captain, Patriotic Service
John Gully, Seargent
John Merrill, Lieutenant
John Wilcoxson, Patriotic Service
John Wright, Private
Joseph Lusk, Private
Larkin Johnston, Patriotic Service
Malachi Isely, Patriotic Service
Nathaniel Kerr, Patriotic Service
Parish Simms, Soldier
Patrick Watson, Major
Robert Rutherford, Civil Service, Patriotic Service
Samuel Culbertson, Patriotic Service
Thomas Cook, Private
Thomas Polk, Patriotic Service
Vincent Hollingsworth, Patriotic Service
William Yates, Civil Service
Pennsylvania
Andrew Dressler, Patriotic Service
Elijah Horton, Private
Felix McIlhenny, Corporal, Patriotic Service
George Ulrich, Lieutenant
James Moore, Jr, Lieutenant Colonel
John Bender, Private
John McCullough, Private
John Owens, Private
Jonathan Benjamin, Private
Nicholas Beisecker, Private
Phillip Tabor, Private
Robert Ramsay, Captain
Robert Smith, Colonel, Civil Service, Patriotic Service
Thomas Miesse, Private, Patriotic Service
William Kennedy, Private, Patriotic Service
South Carolina
Francis Boykin, Captain
Flud Mitchell, Private, Patriotic Service
Isaac Edward Matthews, Civil Service
James Savage, Solider
Jane Thomas, Patriotic Service
Jesse Mixon, Solider
John Jennings, Private
John Bentley Nixon, Patriotic Service
John Thomas, Sr, Colonel, Patriotic Service
Josiah Culbertson, Private
Michael Watson, Captain, Civil Service, Patriotic Service
William Henry, Sr, Patriotic Service
William Nesbitt, Captain, Civil Service
Vermont
Edward Corbin, Private
Israel Ellsworth, Private
Listing last updated August 2026.
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Virginia Daughters of the American Revolution
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