Any woman 18 years or older, regardless of race, religion, or ethnic background, who can prove lineal descent from a patriot of the American Revolution can apply for membership in the Daughters of the American Revolution. Women must document their lineage back to an ancestor who aided the cause of American independence. These efforts may come through military, civil, or patriotic service and must occur during the period between 19 April 1775 (Battle of Lexington) and 26 November 1783 (withdrawal of British Troops from New York).
Patriots of the Louisiana Purchase Chapter, NSDAR
Members of the Louisiana Purchase Chapter, NSDAR, are descendants of the following Revolutionary War Patriots. Patriots with an asterisk (*) behind their name are the ancestor of two or more chapter Daughters. We would love to add your Patriot ancestor to our list.
Last updated: 28 April 2024
Service Legend: (non-military) CS - Civil Service, PS - Patriotic Service;
(military) CAPT - Captain, CORP - Corporal, LCOL - Lieutenant Colonel, LT - Lieutenant,
PVT - Private, SLR - Sailor, SGT - Sergeant, SOL - Soldier (rank not specified)
Patriot's Name Service Patriot's Name Service
France Pennsylvania (cont.)
Jacques Missier SLR Balzar Leffel PS
Georgia, North Carolina & South Carolina John Leffel PS
John Bell * PVT Samuel Marshall PVT
Louisiana William McCoy PVT
Amable Guion * PS Daniel McCready PVT
Joseph Alvarez Ortiz PS Hans George Mock PVT
Charles Valle PS Daniel Riegel PS
Francois Valle * PS Christian Seabaugh * SOL
Massachusetts Jacob Warner PVT
Lot Bassett SGT Leonard Welker SOL
Jeremiah Howe * LT Pennsylvania & Virginia
Massachusetts & New York William Drennan PVT, PS
William Butts SGT Rhode Island
Maryland Jesse Jenks PS
Gallant Lane SOL, PS
South Carolina
Thomas Swearingen PVT, PS Thomas Blassingame CAPT, CS
North Carolina William Gaston * PVT
Benjamin Cobb CS PS William Hamilton * PVT, CS
Jacob Cook * PVT Thomas McClurkin * PVT
Henry Massengill, Sr PS Turner Roundtree PS, SOL
Solomon Massengill SOL John Smith * CS
Henry Rhodes LCOL, PS Virginia
William Whitfield, Sr. PS John Ball SOL
John Witherspoon, Sr. * CS George Breeding PS
Jacob Yount SOL William Brown PVT
North Carolina & South Carolina John B Carter PVT
John Purviance * PVT Matthew Cooney * PVT
North Carolina & Virginia William Curry * PS
Joseph Moutray PVT William Dodd SOL
New Jersey Jeremiah Early, Sr. PS
Abner Doty PVT Joshua Early PS
Jacob Eoff PS James Elkins PVT, PS
New York Maxcey Ewell * PS
Lewis Barhydt PVT Augustine Leftwich, Jr. CAPT
Cornelius Christiance * PVT Augustine Leftwich, Sr. PS
John Baptist Clute PVT Thomas Leftwich CAPT
Peter Clute PVT, PS Nicholas Lewis COL, CS, PS
John Van Alen * PVT John Marshall CAPT
Abram Van Epps CAPT George Pointer PVT
Jellis Van Vorst SOL, PS Little Page Proctor PVT PS
Pennsylvania Zephaniah Ratcliff PS
Anna Wilson Abendschon PS Henry Ringo * PS
Reinholt Abendschon PS Henry Rule, Sr. PS
Sebastian A Allgaier * PVT John Sappington SGT
John Boyer PS James Scarborough PVT
Nicholas Buck * PVT, PS William Simpson * PVT
Philip Cole COL, PS Mary Bowman Stevens PS
Joseph Couch PVT Josiah Stone SGT, PS
Nathaniel Couch PVT Garrett Van Meter COL
Hugh Coulter PS Christian Vineyard PS
Robert Craig CAPT Benjamin Wright * PS
Alexander Eddy CS Vermont
John Goodwin * PVT Joseph Benson SOL
Bartholomew Harrington PVT Stephen Delano CS
John Hartley PVT