{"id":33,"date":"2018-07-23T13:07:41","date_gmt":"2018-07-23T13:07:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/louisianapurchase.mssdar.org\/wordpress\/wordpress\/?page_id=33"},"modified":"2025-04-30T11:39:30","modified_gmt":"2025-04-30T16:39:30","slug":"our-patriots","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/louisianapurchase.mssdar.org\/?page_id=33","title":{"rendered":"Our Patriots"},"content":{"rendered":"

Any woman 18 years or older who can prove descent from a Patriot of the American Revolutionary War can apply for membership in the Daughters of the American Revolution. Support for the Revolutionary War can be military, civil, or patriotic service and must occur during the period between April 19, 1775 (Battle of Lexington) and November 26, 1783 (withdrawal of British Troops from New York).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Members of the Louisiana Purchase Chapter, NSDAR, are descendants of the following American Revolutionary War Patriots<\/a>. We would love to add your Patriot ancestor to our list.<\/p>\n\n\n

Service Legend: (non-military)<\/em> CS - Civil Service, PS - Patriotic Service; (military)<\/em> CAPT - Captain, CORP - Corporal, LCOL - Lieutenant Colonel, LT - Lieutenant, PVT - Private, SLR - Sailor, SGT - Sergeant, SOL - Soldier (rank not specified)<\/span>\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t
Patriot's Name<\/th>Service<\/th>Patriot's Name<\/th>Service<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
France<\/u><\/b><\/td>Pennsylvania (cont.) <\/u><\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>Jacques Missier<\/td>SLR<\/td><\/td>Alexander Eddy<\/td>CS<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Georgia, North Carolina, and South Carolina<\/u><\/b><\/td><\/td>John Goodwin<\/td>PVT<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>John Bell<\/td>PVT<\/td><\/td>Bartholomew Harrington<\/td>PVT<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Louisiana<\/u><\/b><\/td><\/td>John Hartley<\/td>PVT<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>Amable Guion<\/td>PS<\/td><\/td>Peter Lanterman<\/td>PVT<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>Joseph Alvarez Ortiz<\/td>PS<\/td><\/td>Balzar Leffel<\/td>PS<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>Jean Baptiste Portais<\/td>PS<\/td><\/td>John Leffel<\/td>PS<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>Charles Valle<\/td>PS<\/td><\/td>Samuel Marshall<\/td>PVT<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>Francois Valle<\/td>PS<\/td><\/td>William McCoy<\/td>PVT<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Massachusetts<\/u><\/b><\/td><\/td>Daniel McCready<\/td>PVT<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>Lot Bassett<\/td>SGT<\/td><\/td>Hans George Mock<\/td>PVT<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>Jeremiah Howe<\/td>LT<\/td><\/td>Jacob Oberholtzer<\/td>PS<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Massachusetts and New York<\/u><\/b><\/td><\/td>Daniel Riegel<\/td>PS<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>William Butts<\/td>SGT<\/td><\/td>Christian Seabaugh<\/td>SOL<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Maryland<\/u><\/b><\/td><\/td><\/td>Jacob Warner<\/td>PVT<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>Gallant Lane<\/td>SOL, PS
\r\n<\/td>		<\/td>Leonard Welker<\/td>SOL<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>Joshua Naylor<\/td>CORP<\/td>Pennsylvania and Virginia<\/u><\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>Thomas Swearingen<\/td>PVT, PS<\/td><\/td>William Drennan<\/td>PVT, PS<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
North Carolina<\/u><\/b><\/td>Rhode Island<\/u><\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>Benjamin Cobb<\/td>CS PS<\/td><\/td>Jesse Jenks<\/td>PS<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>Jacob Cook<\/td>PVT<\/td>South Carolina<\/u><\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>Randolph Lawson<\/td>PVT<\/td><\/td>Thomas Blassingame<\/td>CAPT, CS<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>Henry Massengill, Sr.<\/td>PS<\/td><\/td>William Gaston<\/td>PVT<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>Solomon Massengill<\/td>SOL<\/td><\/td>William Hamilton<\/td>PVT, CS<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>Henry Rhodes<\/td>LCOL, PS<\/td><\/td>Thomas McClurkin<\/td>PVT<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>Peter Seitz<\/td>CAPT<\/td><\/td>Turner Roundtree<\/td>PS, SOL<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>William Whitfield, Sr.<\/td>PS<\/td><\/td>John Smith<\/td>CS<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>John Witherspoon, Sr.<\/td>CS<\/td>Virginia<\/u><\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>Jacob Yount<\/td>SOL<\/td><\/td>John Ball<\/td>SOL<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
North Carolina and South Carolina
\r\n<\/u><\/b><\/td>		<\/td>George Breeding<\/td>PS<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>John Purviance<\/td>PVT<\/td><\/td>John B Carter<\/td>PVT<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
North Carolina and Virginia<\/u><\/b><\/td><\/td>Matthew Cooney<\/td>PVT<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>Joseph Moutray<\/td>PVT<\/td><\/td>William Curry<\/td>PS<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
New Jersey<\/u><\/b><\/td><\/td>William Dodd<\/td>SOL<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>Abner Doty<\/td>PVT<\/td><\/td>Jeremiah Early, Sr.<\/td>PS<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>Jacob Eoff<\/td>PS<\/td><\/td>Joshua Early<\/td>PS<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>John Lanterman<\/td>PS<\/td><\/td>James Elkins<\/td>PVT, PS<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
New York<\/u><\/b><\/td><\/td>Augustine Leftwich, Jr.<\/td>CAPT<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>Lewis Barhydt<\/td>PVT<\/td><\/td>Augustine Leftwich, Sr.<\/td>PS<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>Cornelius Christiance<\/td>PVT<\/td><\/td>Thomas Leftwich<\/td>CAPT<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>John Baptist Clute<\/td>PVT<\/td><\/td>Nicholas Lewis<\/td>COL, CS, PS<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>Peter Clute<\/td>PVT, PS<\/td><\/td>John Marshall<\/td>CAPT<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>John Van Alen<\/td>PVT<\/td><\/td>George Pointer<\/td>PVT<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>Abram Van Epps<\/td>CAPT<\/td><\/td>Little Page Proctor<\/td>PVT, PS<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>Jellis Van Vorst<\/td>SOL, PS<\/td><\/td>Zephaniah Ratcliff<\/td>PS<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Pennsylvania<\/u><\/b><\/td><\/td>Henry Ringo<\/td>PS<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>Anna Wilson Abendschon<\/td>PS<\/td><\/td>Henry Rule, Sr.<\/td>PS<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>Reinholt Abendschon<\/td>PS<\/td><\/td>John Sappington<\/td>SGT<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>Sebastian A Allgaier<\/td>PVT<\/td><\/td>James Scarborough<\/td>PVT<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>Richard Applegate<\/td>PVT<\/td><\/td>William Simpson<\/td>PVT<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>John Boyer<\/td>PS<\/td><\/td>Mary Bowman Stevens<\/td>PS<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>Nicholas Buck<\/td>PVT, PS<\/td><\/td>Josiah Stone<\/td>SGT, PS<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>Adam Burkholder Jr<\/td>PVT<\/td><\/td>Garrett Van Meter<\/td>COL<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>Adam Burkholder Sr<\/td>PVT, PS<\/td><\/td>Christian Vineyard<\/td>PS<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>Philip Cole<\/td>COL, PS<\/td><\/td>John Wright<\/td>PS<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>Leonard Corl<\/td>PVT<\/td><\/td>William Wright<\/td>SGT<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>Joseph Couch<\/td>PVT<\/td>Vermont<\/u><\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>Nathaniel Couch<\/td>PVT<\/td><\/td>Joseph Benson<\/td>SOL<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>Hugh Coulter<\/td>PS<\/td><\/td>Stephen Delano<\/td>CS<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>Robert Craig<\/td>CAPT<\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/span><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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