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: 25 March 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 John Hartley PVT
Georgia, North Carolina & South Carolina Balzar Leffel PS
John Bell * PVT John Leffel PS
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 Leonard Welker SOL
Lot Bassett SGT Pennsylvania & Virginia
Jeremiah Howe * LT William Drennan PVT, PS
Massachusetts & New York Rhode Island
William Butts SGT Jesse Jenks PS
Maryland South Carolina
Gallant Lane SOL, PS
Thomas Blassingame CAPT, CS
Thomas Swearingen PVT, PS William Gaston * PVT
North Carolina William Hamilton * PVT, CS
Benjamin Cobb CS PS Thomas McClurkin * PVT
Jacob Cook * PVT Turner Roundtree PS, SOL
Henry Massengill, Sr PS John Smith * CS
Solomon Massengill SOL Virginia
Henry Rhodes LCOL, PS John Ball SOL
William Whitfield, Sr. PS George Breeding PS
John Witherspoon, Sr. * CS William Brown PVT
Jacob Yount SOL John B Carter PVT
North Carolina & South Carolina Matthew Cooney * PVT
John Purviance * PVT William Curry * PS
North Carolina & Virginia William Dodd SOL
Joseph Moutray PVT Jeremiah Early, Sr. PS
New Jersey Joshua Early PS
Abner Doty PVT James Elkins PVT, PS
Jacob Eoff PS Maxcey Ewell * PS
New York Augustine Leftwich, Jr. CAPT
Lewis Barhydt PVT Augustine Leftwich, Sr. PS
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 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 John Sappington SGT
Sebastian A Allgaier * PVT James Scarborough PVT
John Boyer PS William Simpson * PVT
Nicholas Buck * PVT, PS Mary Stevens PS
Philip Cole COL, PS Josiah Stone SGT, PS
Joseph Couch PVT Garrett Van Meter COL
Nathaniel Couch PVT Christian Vineyard PS
Hugh Coulter PS Benjamin Wright * PS
Robert Craig CAPT Vermont
Alexander Eddy CS Joseph Benson SOL
John Goodwin * PVT Stephen Delano CS
Bartholomew Harrington PVT