Abbreviations for
Patriot Service Ranks

2LT—2nd Lieutenant
CAPT—Captain
COL—Colonel
CS—Civil Service
LT—Lieutenant
MAR—Marine
PS—Patriot Service
PVT—Private
SDI—Signer of the Declaration
  of Independence
SOL—Soldier
STAFFOF—Staff Officer
WGM—Wagon Master

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Chapter Patriots

Listed by the state of service are the names and ranks of the American Revolutionary War ancestors of the Fort Dobbs Chapter, NSDAR, members. This list includes Patriots of the American Revolutionary War and ancestors who contributed to the American independence through civil or patriotic service.

Connecticut

  • Daniel Rockwell, MAR

Continental Line

  • John Mosher, PVT

Georgia

  • James Pitman, LT

Maryland

  • Benjamin Buckingham, PS
  • Samuel Claggett, STAFFOF
  • Samuel Ferguson, PVT, PS
  • Timothy Reagan, PVT

Massachusetts

  • Lemuel Barnes, PVT
  • Ahimaz Eason, Sr., CPL, CS, PS
  • Leonard Parker, PVT
  • Israel Woodbury, PVT, CS

New Jersey

  • Moses Shepard, CAPT

New York

  • Samuel Allen, 2LT
  • Job Prince, SGT
  • Jacob Shaffer, PVT, PS

North Carolina

  • William Alston, CS
  • Robert Barkley, PVT
  • Neil Braley, PS
  • Reuben Coffey, PS
  • John Dixon, PVT
  • James Few, PS
  • James Fielder, PVT, PS
  • Jacob Forney, Sr., PS
  • Maria Bergner Forney, PS
  • Peter Forney, CAPT
  • Benjamin Gaither, PS
  • Benjamin Harrison, CAPT
  • William Terrell Lewis, Sr., PS
  • John Libhart, CS, PS
  • William Miller, PS
  • William Newberry, PS
  • Samuel Patten, LT
  • David Reese, Sr., CS, PS
  • Jacob Slaughter, PS
  • Lazarus Solomon, PVT
  • William Stevenson, Sr., CS, PS
  • James Thompson, PS
  • Moses Todd, PS
  • Joseph Winstead, CS

Pennsylvania

  • Joseph Balliet, PS
  • Leonard Balliet, PVT
  • George Beaver, PVT
  • Joseph Bomberger, SOL, PS
  • Christian Brechbiel, PVT, PS
  • Joshua Brown, SOL
  • Frederick Emmert, PS
  • Frederick Gearhart, PS
  • John Gearhart, PVT
  • George Holstein, PVT
  • Christian Lower, Sr., PS
  • John Moore, Jr., CAPT
  • John Moore, Sr., PS
  • Christopher Myers, PS
  • Henry Myers, PS, CS
  • John Myers, PS
  • Peter Reedy, PS
  • Jonas Rudisill, PVT, PS
  • Henry Schweitzer, PS
  • Alexander Shaffer, PS
  • Henry Shaffer, CAPT, CS
  • Philip Shive, PVT, PS
  • John Shirk, SOL
  • James Worrell, PVT

South Carolina

  • Thomas Benson, PVT
  • Jesse Clark, SGT
  • John Jeffery, PVT
  • Nathaniel Jeffery, CAPT, PS
  • Levi Lowrey, PVT
  • John Rushing, LT

Virginia

  • John Ashline, PS
  • Benjamin Ball, PS
  • William Ball, LT
  • Henry Bonner, PS
  • Richard Bonner, SGT
  • Nathaniel Brock, PVT
  • David Callaham, PVT
  • Whitaker Campbell, LT, PS
  • Peter Dietrick, CPL
  • William Dulin, PS
  • John Fry, PVT
  • William Gill, PVT, PS
  • Leroy Hill, PS
  • Henry Holdaway, PVT
  • Adam Hope, Sr., CS, PS
  • Thomas Jefferson, PS, SDI
  • John Kendrick, CAPT
  • James Lane, PS
  • Thomas Miner, Jr., CAPT
  • Francis Paine, ENS
  • Jacob Ramey, Jr., PS
  • Patrick Sinnett, PVT
  • Ezekiel Young, LT, CS, PS

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