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: 18 August 2022
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
Francois Valle * PS Daniel McCready PVT
Massachusetts Hans George Mock PVT
Lot Bassett SGT Christian Seabaugh * SOL
Samuel Bridge, Sr * PVT Enoch Varnum PVT
Jeremiah Howe * LT Leonard Welker SOL
Massachusetts & New York Pennsylvania & Virginia
William Butts SGT William Drennan * PVT, PS
Maryland Rhode Island
Gallant Lane SOL, PS
Jesse Jenks PS
Mathias Ringer, Sr PS South Carolina
Thomas Swearingen PVT, PS William Addison PVT
North Carolina William Gaston PVT
Jacob Cook * PVT William Hamilton * PVT, CS
Solomon Dearmond PS Thomas McClurkin * PVT
Henry Rhodes * LCOL, PS John Smith * CS
Peter Seitz CAPT 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
Jacob Yount SOL Matthew Conney * PVT
North Carolina & South Carolina William Curry * PS
John Purviance * PVT William Dodd SOL
North Carolina & Virginia Jeremiah Early, Sr. PS
Joseph Moutray PVT Joshua Early PS
New Jersey James Elkins PVT, PS
Abner Doty PVT Maxcey Ewell * PS
Jacob Eoff PS William Griffin PVT
New York Augustine Leftwich, Sr. PS
Lewis Barhydt PVT Augustine Leftwich, Jr. CAPT
Cornelius Christiance * PVT Thomas Leftwich CAPT
John Baptist Clute PVT Nicholas Lewis * COL, CS, PS
Peter Clute PVT, PS John Marshall CAPT
John Van Alen * PVT George Pointer PVT
Abram Van Epps CAPT Peter Polley SOL, 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 Christian Vineyard PS
Philip Cole COL, PS John Wright PS
Joseph Couch PVT Vermont
Nathaniel Couch PVT Joseph Benson SOL
Hugh Coulter PS Stephen Delano CS
Robert Craig CAPT