Our Patriots
The following list honors our members’ Patriots.
DAR Patriots are individuals who aided in the cause of American independence through military, civil, and/or patriotic service.
If you think you might have a Patriot ancestor in your family history, please contact us.
Boling Adcock, North Carolina, Patriotic Service
Oliver Bailey, Connecticut, Private
Joseph Barksdale, Virginia, Patriotic Service, Soldier
Joseph Barnes, Sr., Massachusetts, Captain
John Barron, South Carolina, Private
John Barstow, Connecticut, Private
Austin Beardsley, New York, Patriotic Service
Ezekiel G. Benbrook, North Carolina, Captain
James Benson, Pennsylvania, Private, Patriotic Service
Edmund Bishop, Virginia, Patriotic Service
Thomas Blackburn, Pennsylvania, Patriotic Service
Richard Bland, Virginia, Patriotic Service
Ichabod Bosworth, Connecticut, Lieutenant
William Bowie, Maryland, Lieutenant
Israel H. Bowker, Massachusetts, Sergeant
John Boyd, Pennsylvania, Captain
John Boyle, Virginia, Captain
Robert Brantley, North Carolina, Lieutenant, Patriotic Service
Daniel Bronson, South Carolina, Private
John Buchanan, Virginia, Civil Service
Jonathan Buell. Connecticut, Civil Service
Asa Bull, Connecticut, Private
Micajah Bullock, North Carolina, Captain, Civil Service, Patriotic Service
Joshua Bussey, Maryland, Patriotic Service
John Caffery, Virginia, North Carolina, Captain, Patriotic Service
Josiah Carter, Virginia, Patriotic Service
George Catlett, Virginia, Lieutenant, Patriotic Service
Peter Chapin, Massachusetts, Private
Hezekiah Clift, Connecticut, Private
John Coulter, New Jersey, Sergeant
Noah Cowles, Connecticut, Private, Patriotic Service
James Cox, Virginia, Patriotic Service
John Cox, Virginia, Patriotic Service
George Cromer, South Carolina, Soldier
Christopher Crose, New Jersey, Civil Service
Walter Crow, Virginia, Civil Service, Patriotic Service
John Dalby, Virginia, Patriotic Service
Henry Darrah, Pennsylvania, Captain
Joseph Dawkins, South Carolina, Private
John Day, Massachusetts, Private
Philip Day, North Carolina, Private
Abraham Dean, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, Private
James Pemberton De Jarnette, Virginia, Captain, Civil Service, Patriotic Service
Dudley Diggs, Virginia, Patriotic Service
John Donaldson, Sr.,Virginia, North Carolina, Colonel, Patriotic Service
Ambrose Harrison Duncan, North Carolina, Patriotic Service
Simeon Dwight, Sr., Massachusetts, Patriotic Service
John Easley, South Carolina, Lieutenant, Patriotic Service
Samuel Elgin, Maryland, Private
John Fambrough, Virginia, Corporal
Joel Ferguson, Virginia, Patriotic Service
John Ficklin, Virginia, Private
John Fife, Sr., Pennsylvania, Patriotic Service
Jabez Fisher, Massachusetts, Civil Service
Leonard Fite, New Jersey, Private
John Fleetwood, Delaware, Patriotic Service
Thomas Flory, Virginia, Patriotic Service
John Follin, Virginia, Sailor, Patriotic Service
Matthew French, Virginia, Private, Patriotic Service
Henry Gabel, Pennsylvania, Private, Patriotic Service
Benadam Gallup, Sr., Connecticut, Lieutenant Colonel, Patriotic Service
Samuel Gowdy, Sr., Connecticut, Civil Service, Patriotic Service
Richard Green, North Carolina, Soldier, Patriotic Service
Abraham Hadley, Massachusetts, Private
William Halbert, Virginia, Lieutenant
Michael Hargan, Pennsylvania, Private
Aaron Harlan, Sr., North Carolina, Patriotic Service
Samuel Harlan, South Carolina, Soldier
Jonathan Harrington, Sr., Massachusetts, Civil Service, Patriotic Service
Seth Hastings, Connecticut, Staff Officer
Robert Hathaway, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, Private
Benjamin Head, Virginia, Captain, Patriotic Service
William Herndon, Virginia, Private
Oldham Hightower, North Carolina, Patriotic Service
John Hinchman, New Jersey, Soldier
Samuel Homan, Pennsylvania, Private
James Horrel, Pennsylvania, Captain
Mathias Houck, Maryland, Private
Israel House, Connecticut, Private
Abraham Howe, Jr., Massachusetts, Corporal
George Robert Twelves Hughes, Massachusetts, Private, Patriotic Service
John James, Massachusetts, Private
Joel Johns, Virginia, Patriotic Service
John Jolliff, Virginia, Lieutenant
Benjamin Keen, Maryland, Captain
John Keyser, Pennsylvania, Patriotic Service
James Kolb, South Carolina, Patriotic Service
Joseph Lewis, Connecticut, Private
Abraham Lichtenwalter, Pennsylvania, Private, Patriotic Service
James Little, Georgia, Colonel
Joseph Lively, Virginia, Patriotic Service
Philip Long, Virginia, Private
William Loving, Virginia, Civil Service, Patriotic Service
William Lyle, Maryland, Civil Service, Patriotic Service, Lieutenant Colonel
Andrew Lynn, Pennsylvania, Captain
Charles McAnally, North Carolina, Captain, Civil Service, Patriotic Service
William McCullar, Massachusetts, Private
Robert McTeer, Pennsylvania, Patriotic Service
Jacob Mercer, Georgia, Private
David Minear, Virginia, Private, Patriotic Service
John Minthorn, New York, Captain
Morris Mitchell, Pennsylvania, Private
John Morris, North Carolina, Patriotic Service
Thomas Morris, North Carolina, Patriotic Service
Samuel Morton, North Carolina, Soldier, Patriotic Service
William Moultrie, Sr., South Carolina, Major General, Patriotic Service
George Naylor, Pennsylvania, Private
Benjamin Norman, New Jersey, Private
John Outwater, New Jersey, Captain
Oliver Partridge, Massachusetts, Civil Service
William Penland, North Carolina, Lieutenant, Patriotic Service
John Perkins, Massachusetts, Private
Samuel Phetteplace, Rhode Island, Private
Martin Pickett, Virginia, Colonel, Patriotic Service
Thomas Porter, New Hampshire, Patriotic Service
James Potts, North Carolina, Private
Reuben Pound, Georgia, Corporal
William Preston, New Hampshire, Sergeant
Elijah Pugh, Georgia, Patriotic Service
John Quick, Sr., New York, Patriotic Service
Edmund Quincy, Jr., Massachusetts, Private, Patriotic Service
Joel Ramsay, North Carolina, Private
Henry Rewalt, Pennsylvania, Private, Patriotic Service
Abraham Riggs, Virginia, Patriotic Service
Benjamin Roberts, Vermont, Private
John Roger, North Carolina, Civil Service
Michael Rogers, North Carolina, Colonel, Patriotic Service
Benjamin Rush, North Carolina, Patriotic Service
Robert Sanderson, Pennsylvania, Captain, Patriotic Service
Robert Sanford, Virginia, Soldier
James Savage, Massachusetts, Soldier
Garret Schenck, New Jersey, Lieutenant
John Scott, Sr., Virginia, Captain, Civil Service, Patriotic Service
Richard Searcy, North Carolina, Captain, Patriotic Service
Seth Sears, New York, Private
Francisco Segura, Louisiana, Patriotic Service
Peter Seitz, North Carolina, Captain
William Shaw, Maryland, Patriotic Service
Anthony Shomo, Pennsylvania, Ensign
Daniel Sizer, Connecticut, Sergeant
John Sledge, Virginia, Patriotic Service
Samuel Smith, North Carolina, Private
Jacob Souder, Virginia, Private
John Stark, New Jersey, Colonel
Richard Stockton, New Jersey, Patriotic Service, Singer of Declaration of Independence
John Stull, Maryland, Civil Service, Patriotic Service, Colonel
James Swart, Virginia, Private
Stephen Sweet, Massachusetts, Staff Officer
Benjamin Talcott, Sr., Connecticut, Civil Service
William Tapp, Jr., North Carolina, Patriotic Service
Parshall Terry, Sr,. Connecticut, Private
Peter Thompson, North Carolina, Soldier
Jacob Troup, Virginia, Private
Mary Troup, Virginia, Patriotic Service
Joseph Underwood, Virgina, Soldier
George Walker, Jr., Virginia, Private
Andrew Wallace, Virginia, Patriotic Service
John Waller, Virginia, Patriotic Service
William Watkins, Connecticut, Private
Robert Weakley, Sr., Virginia, Patriotic Service
John Webb, Georgia, Private, Patriotic Service
Luke Wessels, New York, Soldier
Adam Wetzel, Virginia, Captain, Patriotic Service
John Whitaker, Virginia, Patriotic Service
Oliver Wilder, Vermont, Corporal
Abraham Williamson, New Jersey, Private, Patriotic Service
Elnathan Wilson, Connecticut, Private
Samuel Wilson, North Carolina, Patriotic Service
Daniel Winn, Virginia, Patriotic Service
Thomas Winn, Virginia, Patriotic Service
Abraham Winslow, Massachusetts, Private
William Witcher, Virginia, Captain, Civil Service
John Word, Virginia, Patriotic Service
Moses Wright, Virginia, Private
Samuel Young, Massachusetts, Private