Our Patriot Ancestors

American Revolutionary War Patriots include signers of the Declaration of Independence, members of local and state militias, members of the Continental Army or Continental Navy, men and women who rendered other types of aid to the cause of independence, and those taking oaths of loyalty.

With a few exceptions, military service began with the Battle of Lexington (19 April 1775) and ended when the British evacuated New York (26 November 1783). Patriots may have also provided civil service, conducting public business in the newly formed American state.

Listed below are the Patriot ancestors of our chapter members, the state they served, and their service.

	First and Last Name, Rank
CONNECTICUT	Levi Dikeman, PVT Jeremiah Griswold, Ens Epenetus Kellogg, CS
GEORGIA	Zachariah Landrum, SOL, PS
MARYLAND	Samuel Bradford, PVT
MASSACHUSETTS	Luther Cooley, PVT Reuben Knowlton, PVT Edward Mitchell, Sr., COL Nahum Tainter, SGT
NEW HAMPSHIRE	Joseph Nay, Pvt Samuel Nay, CAPT, CS, PS
NEW YORK	Nathaniel Mead, LT
NORTH CAROLINA	William Apperson, PVT Reuben Coffey, PS Moses Justice, PVT William Shaw, NONCOM
PENNSYLVANIA	Paul Geiger, PS Phillip Powell, PS Jacob Stroud, COL, PS Samuel Works, Pvt
SOUTH CAROLINA	Henry Anderson, Sr., CAPT
VIRGINIA	Harwood Bacon, PS Nathaniel Beall, PVT Thomas Berry, CAPT Michael Cloyd, SOL, CS Robert Rankin, LT, PS Josiah Terry, PVT