Abbreviations for
Patriot Service Ranks

BGen.—Brigadier General
Capt.—Captain
Col.—Colonel
Cpl.—Corporal
CS—Civil Service
Ens.—Ensign
Maj.—Major
Lt.—Lieutenant
LCol.—Lieutenant Colonel
MGEN— Major General
Noncom—Non-Commissioned
          Officer
Of.—Officer
PS—Patriot Service
Pvt.—Private
Sgt.—Sergeant
Smn.—Seaman
SDI.—Signer of the
          Declaration of
          Independence
Sol.—Soldier
StaffOf.—Staff Officer


Chapter Patriots

Listed below are names, ranks, and state of service for ancestors of the members of the Caswell‐Nash Chapter, NSDAR. This list includes Patriots who supported the cause for American independence. (Please note that the information below does not constitute proof of lineage and cannot be used in place of record copy.)

  • John Allred; PS; N.C.
  • William Alston; LCol., PS; N.C.
  • Levin Ames; Smn.; Va.
  • James Anderson; PS; Va.
  • William Andrews; CS; N.C.
  • Samuel Arnold; PS; N.C.
  • Jesse Aycock; PS; N.C.
  • Davis Bagby; Lt.; N.C.
  • William Ballard; Cpl., PS; Va.
  • John Barnwell; BGen., PS; S.C.
  • Roger Barton; Pvt.; Va.
  • Richard Bass; PS; N.C.
  • Benjamin Beadle; Pvt.; Conn.
  • Malachi Bell; Col., CS, PS; N.C.
  • Moses Bennett; Pvt.; N.C.
  • Robert Blair; Pvt.; N.J.
  • Richard Bland; PS; Va.
  • Johann Christian Bodenhamer; PS; N.C.
  • Anne Bolling; PS; Va.
  • Abraham Bolt; Pvt.; Va., S.C.
  • Jean Louis Alexandre Breard; Of.; France
  • John Brent; Maj., PS; Va.
  • Michael Brown; PS; Pa.
  • Jesse Bunn; Pvt.; N.C.
  • Solomon Burroughs; Pvt.; N.C., S.C.
  • William Calhoun; Pvt.; CS, PS; S.C.
  • Jabez Cary, Jr.; Pvt.; Conn.
  • Richard Caswell; MGEN, CS, PS; N.C.
  • Jasper Cather; Sol.; Va.
  • Charles Cherry; Sol.; N.C.
  • James Clark; Lt.; S.C.
  • Vachel Clark; PS; N.C.
  • Robert Cleveland; Capt.; N.C.
  • Elisha Collins; Cpl.; Mass.
  • John Colwell, Pvt.; N.C.
  • Hugh Corwin; PS; Va.
  • Roger Crane, Pvt.; Conn., Mass.
  • Robert Culbertson; Pvt.; N.C.
  • Thomas Dale; PS; N.C.
  • James Madison Davenport; Pvt.; Va.
  • Samuel Day; Ens.; Mass.
  • Augustine Deshon; PS; N.C.
  • Simon Dixon; PS; N.C.
  • Daniel Donnell; Pvt.; N.C.
  • Jeremiah Duckworth; Sol.; Ga
  • Edward Eanes; Pvt.; Va.
  • Thomas East; PS; Va.
  • John Ellington Jr.; PS; Va.
  • Benjamin Elwood; Pvt.; N.Y.
  • Andrew Englis; Capt.; Mass.
  • Robert Etheridge; Pvt., N.C.
  • Edmond Fitzgerald; Lt., PS; Va.
  • Samuel Frazier; PS; N.C.
  • William Gainer; Pvt.; Va.
  • Henry Gay; Pvt.; N.C.
  • Thomas Gibson; Lt., PS; N.C.
  • Gideon Gifford; Pvt.; R.I.
  • Obadiah Gildersleeve; PS; N.Y.
  • Nathan Godwin; PS; N.C.
  • Preston Goforth; Pvt.; N.C.
  • William Goldston; Capt.; N.C.
  • Jesse Goodrich; Pvt.; Mass.
  • William Goodwin; Pvt.; N.C.
  • Alexander Grady; PS; N.C.
  • John Green; Pvt.; N.C.
  • Benjamin Hardy; PS; N.C.
  • Andrew Hampton; Col., PS, CS; N.C.
  • Lemuel Hardy; PS; N.C.
  • Housen Harrell; PS, Va.
  • Thomas Hayward, Jr.; SDI, Capt, PS; S.C.
  • John Nicholas Hedrick; Ens.; Pa.
  • Benjamin Herndon; Capt., CS, PS; N.C.
  • Benjamin Hider; PS; N.C.
  • Michael Hider; PS; N.C.
  • Joshua Hinds; PS; Va.
  • John Hinton Jr.; Maj., CS; N.C.
  • Isaac Holman; Jr.; Pvt.; N.C.
  • Isaiah Hopkins; Sgt.; N.Y.
  • Robert Hopkins; PS; Pa.
  • Peter Hubbell; Pvt.; Conn.
  • Thomas Huntley; PS; N.C.
  • Abraham Ingraham; PS; Va.
  • John Justice; Pvt.; Del.
  • John Keeley; Pvt.; Pa.
  • Richard Kennedy; CS, PS; N.C.
  • Sebastian Bostian Kline; PS; N.C.
  • George Koiner; PS; Pa.
  • Johannas Lang; Pvt.; N.C.
  • Valentine Leonard Sr.; CS, PS; N.C.
  • James Lester; PS; S.C.
  • William Lindsey; Maj.; Va.
  • John Lipford; Pvt.; Va.
  • Aaron Lockhart; PS, LT; S.C.
  • Marshall Martin; Pvt. S.C.
  • Daniel McArthur; Pvt.; N.C.
  • Nathaniel Macon; PS; N.C.
  • John Maddox; Pvt.; Va.
  • Edmund Matthews; CS, PS; N.C.
  • Isaac Meadows; PS; N.C.
  • John Minnis; PS; Sgt.; N.C.
  • James Mitchell; CS; N.C.
  • George Moffatt; Col., CS; Va.
  • Elijah Morgan; Lt.; Del.
  • Nathan Morgan; Pvt.; N.C.
  • Perminter Morgan; PS; N.C.
  • Robert Morrow, Sr.; PS; N.C.
  • Reuben Morse; PS; N.C.
  • Anthony Mullins; Pvt.; Va.
  • Archibald Murphy; LCol., CS, PS; N.C.
  • Philip Myers; Lt.; Pa.
  • Daniel O'Daniel; Sol., PS; Pa.
  • Aaron Osgood; Capt.; Mass.
  • Hector Paine; Cpl.; Pa.
  • Joseph Paine; CS; Va.
  • Jonathan Parker; Capt; N.C.
  • Joseph Parsons; Capt.; N.C.
  • John Patterson; Pvt.; N.C.
  • Robert Peele; PS; N.C.
  • Peleg Pendleton; Lt., PS; R.I.
  • Abram Penn; Col.; Va.
  • David Perryman; Ens.; Va.
  • Andrew Pickens; BGen.; S.C.
  • Asa Plimpton; Pvt.; Mass.
  • John Polk; Sol., CS; N.C.
  • George Purvis; PS; Va.
  • Alexander Reed; Pvt., PS; Md.
  • George Reed; PS; Va.
  • George Reeves; Lt., PS; Va.
  • Henry Rhodes; LCol., PS; N.C.
  • Robert Ricketts; Pvt.; Pa.
  • Cato Riddell; PS; N.C.
  • Edward Rippey; Pvt.; N.C.
  • John Roberts; CS; S.C.
  • Joseph Robinson, PS; Ma.
  • William Rush; PS; N.C.
  • Samuel Sackett; CS; Conn.
  • Strong Sanford; Sgt.; Conn.
  • David Sayre; PVT; N.J.
  • John Sevier; Col., PS; N.C.
  • John Sharp; PS; N.C.
  • William Sherrill; CS, PS; N.C.
  • Benjamin Smith; Pvt.; N.C.
  • James Soyars; Cpl.; Va.
  • Matthias Steelman; PS; N.C.
  • Lawrence Smith Stubbs; PS; Va.
  • Lutson Stroud; Sol.; N.C.
  • James Sturtevant; Pvt.; Mass.
  • Richard Talbot; Lt.; Md.
  • David Thompson; Sol.; Va.
  • Bernard Todd; Capt., PS; Va.
  • William Townsend; Sol.; N.C.
  • Nicholas Tyner; Cpl.; N.C.
  • Thomas Tyson; Sol.; N.C.
  • Edward Van Der Veer; Pvt.; S.C.
  • David Weaver; Sol.; Va.
  • Henry Wertz; Sol.; S.C.
  • John Wheat; PS; Ga.
  • Joseph White; Pvt.; Va.
  • William Wilder; PS; N.C.
  • George Williams; Noncom; N.C.
  • William Wilson; Pvt., PS; Mass.
  • Elisha Withers; Pvt., PS; N.C.
  • John Witherspoon, Sr.; CS; N.C.
  • George Wolfe Jr.; Pvt.; Pa.
  • John Wooten; Pvt., PS; N.C.
  • William Wyatt; Sol., PS; Va.
  • John Yarborough; PS; N.C.
  • Henry Yoho; Pvt., PS; Va.

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