Patriots
Listed by their state of service are the names and ranks of the ancestors of the Colonel Joseph Winston Chapter, NSDAR, members. This list includes Patriots of the American Revolutionary War and ancestors who contributed to the cause for independence through civil or patriotic service. For more information on a particular Patriot, please visit the NSDAR Ancestor Search webpage.
For a list of acceptable services, see the Accepted Revolutionary War Service webpage for more information.
Connecticut
Jonathan Gillet, PVT
Solomon Tracy, SGT
Delaware
Purnell Houston, PS, PVT
Georgia
Littlebery Bostwick, CS
Maryland
Basil Gaither, CAPT, PS
Isaac Jones, SOL
John Long, PVT
Abraham Miller, PVT
John Michael Musser, PVT
Levin Okey, PVT, PS
George Silver, PVT
Thomas Streett, Sr., PS
Massachusetts
Andrew Allard, PVT
William Fisk, LT
Nicholas Girdler, PVT
Ezekiel Goldthwaite, CS, PS
Joseph Googins, PVT
John Howland, ENS
Stephen Lowell, PVT
Benjamin Trafton, PVT
New Hampshire
Samuel Fairbanks, PS
John Farwell, PS, CPL
Gideon George, Sr., CPL
Joseph Gregg, LT
Reuben Lowell, PS
New Jersey
Levi Baldwin, PVT
Walter Dickinson, PVT
Samuel Fitzrandolph, CAPT
Obadiah Higbee, SGT, PS
Nathan Horton, PS
Zephaniah Horton, PVT
Richard Mayhew, PVT
Malcolm McCurry, STAFFOF
John Nicholson, LT
Samuel Fitz Randolph, CAPT
New York
Baltis Bridenbecker, PVT
Isaac Elwood, CPL
Asa Hall, PVT
Hendrick Miller, PVT
North Carolina
William Alexander, PS
John Allen, PVT
Thomas Allison, PS
William Alston, CS
Ephraim Banner, PVT
Henry Barkley, CS
Brinsley Barnes, PS
William Bennett, PS
Peter Binkley, PS
John Boshart, CS, PS
William Brantley, PVT
William Brooks, PS
Nathan Bryan, PS
David Bryant, PVT
George Henry Burger, SOL, CS, PS
David Burleson, PS
James Cain, SGT
Perez Chipman, PS
John Clendenin, CAPT, PS
Robert Cleveland, CAPT
David Cockerham, PVT
Henry Cook, CS
Thomas Cowing, CAPT
Joshua Cox, PS
Richard Cox, PS, CS
Nicholas Cregar, PS
Neil Culbraith, SOL
James Daniels, PS
John Davidson, PVT
Christopher Davis, PS
James Davis, PVT
Reuben Dodson, PS
John Douthet, Sr., PS
Isaac Dunn, SOL, PS
John Earle, CAPT, PS
George Earnhart, CS
James Edmundson, LT
Joseph Essig/Essex, PVT
John Fain, PS
Peter Ferebee, PS
Thomas Flack, CAPT
David Flanagan, LT
William Forkner, PS
Johann Michael Fry, PS
Johann Valentine Fry, Sr., PS
Jesse Gilbert, PS
George Glascock, PS
Preston Goforth, PVT
John Graham, CS
John Grant, PVT
Thomas Halliburton, PVT
Martin Harkey, PS
Henry Harmon, PS
Jesse Harris, CS, PS
Sherwood Harris, PS
George Hauser, Jr., LT
Balthaser Heagy, PS
Robert Hill, CAPT
Jacob Hilsabeck, PVT
George Hobson, PS
Henry Hollingsworth, PVT
Andrew Holtzhauser, SOL, PS
John Horney, PVT
Thomas Horton, PVT
George Houser, Jr., LT
George Houser, Sr., CS, PS
Michael Houser, CS, PS
James Jennings, PVT
Solomon Johnson, Jr., PVT
Thomas Jones, PS
Francis Kettner, PVT
Joseph Keyes, PVT, PS
James King, SOL
William Kinney, SOL
Johann Jacob Klotz, COL
John Kirk, PVT
Isham Lane, SOL
James Larimore, SGT
James Lea, CS, PS
William Ledford, PS
Valentine Leonard, Sr., CS, PS
Exum Lewis, COL, CS
Christopher Lierly, PVT
Perry Green Mackness, PS
Thomas Markham, PVT
Matthew Markland, CS
William Marsh, PVT
James Martin, CAPT
Alexander Mebane, Jr., CS, PS
George Miller, PVT
John Miller, PS
Nazarath Mitchell, PVT
Leonard Musser, PS
James Neill, CS
Howell Parker, SOL
Jacob Petrie, PS
John Blanket Pickler, CS
Thomas Poindexter, CAPT, CS
Moses Powell, SOL
Peter Puff, PS
Joseph Revis, PS
Jacob Ritchie, CS
John/Johannes Shamel, LT, PS
John Sharp, PS
John Shepard, PS
Conrad Sloop/Schlupp, PS
George Smith, PS
Henry Smith, MAJ
Adam Spach, Sr., PS, WGN
Warner Spainhour, PS
Matthias Steelman, PS
Andrew Stow, PVT
Casper Stultz, PVT
Michael Swink, CS
Wilson Taylor, LT
John Teague, CS, PS
Edmund Tilley, PVT
John Tuttle, PVT
Elijah Veazie, PS
Thomas Vestal, PS
John Wade, PVT
William Ward, PS
Alexander West, PVT
Henry Whitner, Sr., PS
George Wilfong, MAJ, PS
Edmund Williams, CS
William Wishart, PVT
John Womble, PVT
Pennsylvania
Joseph Hutton De Frees, MATR, PS
John Hamilton, Sr., PVT
Jacob Holben, Sr., PS
Lorentz Holben, PVT
Jacob Hollingsworth, PVT
Purnell Houston, PS, PVT
George Hoyer, LT
Robert Jackman, CAPT
John Kline, PVT
Johann Jacob Klotz, COL
William Lowder, PS, PVT
James McCartney, PVT
John Jacob Mellinger, CPL
George Rogers, PVT, PS
Patrick Vance, PVT, PS, CS
John Adam Wuertemberger Sr., PS
Christophel Windbigler, PVT, PS
George Yarnall, PVT
Rhode Island
John Allen, PS
Elisha Parker, LT
Valentine Wightman, PVTR
South Carolina
Baylis Earle, PVT, PS
John Earle, CAPT, PS
James Ford, CAPT
Francis Floyd, PS
Gilbert Johnston, CS
John McCown, PS, STAFFOF
Claudius Pegues, CS, PS
Benjamin Rawlinson, PS, SOL
John Rockett, SGT
Philemon Waters, Jr., PVT
John Watson, PVT
Vermont
Paul Hazeltine, PVT
John Whitley, PVT
Virginia
Archibald Alexander, CS
Thomas Appling, PVT
Anthony Bitting, PS
Zachariah Blankenbeckler, PVT, PS
Carter Braxton, PS, SDI
Lewis Burwell, PS, COL
James Campbell, PVT, PS
John Chapman, LT
Andrew Edwards, PVT
Ephraim Elder, PVT
Joseph Essig/Essex, PS, PVT
Richard Flint, PS
Joseph Flippen, PVT
Joshua Foster, SGT
John Foulks, ADJ
John Garth, PS
Thomas Gordon, PVT
John Grigsby, PS
Thomas Hampton, PS
William Hancock, SGT
David Harbour, PS
Thomas Hayes, PS
Strangeman Hutchins, PS
Balthasar Lybrook, SOL, PS
James Lyle, CS, PS
Benjamin Martin, ENS
Joseph Martin, LCOL, CS, PS
Peter Marye, PS
William McGehee, 1LT
George Means, PVT
William Miner, PS
John Morton, CAPT
John Musick, PVT
Thomas Nelson, BGEN, CS, PS, SDI
Daniel Neves, PVT
Overton Pennock, PVT
James Peters, SMN
Jacob Prilliman, PS
Andrew Ray, PS
Joseph Richardson, SGT
Timothy Rives, PS
Daniel Ross, LT, PS
David Royster, 2LT
John Rudder, SGT
John Sebree, PVT
John Snead, PVT
Edward Tatum, 1LT, PS
John Wansley, PVT
William Whitehead, PS
Robert Young, PS
Abbreviations for Patriot Service Ranks
1LT — 1st Lieutenant
2LT — 2nd Lieutenant
ADJ — Adjutant
BGEN — Brigadier Gen
CAPT — Captain
CS — Civil Service
COL — Colonel
CPL — Corporal
ENS — Ensign
LT — Lieutenant
LCOL — Lieutenant Colonel
MAJ — Major
MATR — Matroos (Sailor)
PS — Patriot Service
PVT — Private
PVTR — Privateer
SDI — Signer of Declaration of Independence
SGT — Sergeant
SMN — Seaman
SOL — Soldier
STAFFOF — Staff Officer
WGN — Wagoneer