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: 10 November 2023
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 Alexander Eddy CS
Georgia, North Carolina & South Carolina John Goodwin * PVT
John Bell * PVT Bartholomew Harrington PVT
Louisiana John Hartley PVT
Amable Guion * PS Balzar Leffel PS
Joseph Alvarez Ortiz PS John Leffel PS
Charles Valle PS William McCoy PVT
Francois Valle * PS Daniel McCready PVT
Massachusetts Hans George Mock PVT
Lot Bassett SGT Christian Seabaugh * SOL
Samuel Bridge, Sr * PVT 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
Mathias Ringer, Sr PS William Addison PVT
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 Tapp, Jr PS John Ball SOL
William Whitfield, Sr. PS George Breeding PS
Mandley Winstead PVT William Brown PVT
Samuel Winstead CS, PS John B Carter PVT
John Witherspoon, Sr. * CS Matthew Conney * PVT
Jacob Yount SOL William Curry * PS
North Carolina & South Carolina William Dodd SOL
John Purviance * PVT Jeremiah Early, Sr. PS
North Carolina & Virginia Joshua Early PS
Joseph Moutray PVT James Elkins PVT, PS
New Jersey Maxcey Ewell * PS
Abner Doty PVT William Griffin PVT
Jacob Eoff PS Augustine Leftwich, Sr. PS
New York Augustine Leftwich, Jr. CAPT
Lewis Barhydt PVT Thomas Leftwich CAPT
Cornelius Christiance * PVT Nicholas Lewis * COL, CS, PS
John Baptist Clute PVT John Marshall CAPT
Peter Clute PVT, PS George Pointer PVT
John Van Alen * PVT Peter Polley SOL, PS
Abram Van Epps CAPT Little Page Proctor PVT PS
Jellis Van Vorst SOL, PS Zephaniah Ratcliff PS
Pennsylvania Henry Ringo * PS
Anna Wilson Abendschon PS Henry Rule, Sr. PS
Reinholt Abendschon PS James Scarborough PVT
Sebastian A Allgaier * PVT William Simpson * PVT
John Boyer PS Josiah Stone SGT, PS
Nicholas Buck * PVT, PS Garrett Van Meter COL
Philip Cole COL, PS Christian Vineyard PS
Joseph Couch PVT Benjamin Wright * PS
Nathaniel Couch PVT Vermont
Hugh Coulter PS Joseph Benson SOL
Robert Craig CAPT Stephen Delano CS