Historic Lincoln County Courthouse
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Abbreviations for
Patriot Service Ranks
CAPT—Captain
CS—Civil Service
ENS—Ensign
LT—Lieutenant
PS—Patriot Service
PVT—Private
SOL—Soldier
Photo courtesy of chapter archives
A plaque was placed by the chapter to honor seven N. C. Militia officers who were killed on June 20, 1780, in the Battle of Ramsour's Mill.
Chapter Patriots
Listed by state of service are the names and ranks for the ancestors of the Jacob Forney Chapter, NSDAR, members. This list includes Patriots of the American Revolution and ancestors who contributed to the independence cause through civil or patriotic service. For more information on a particular Patriot, go to Ancestor Search at DAR.org.
Connecticut
- Asa Andrews, PVT
- Nathaniel Swift, Jr., LT
New York
- Hendricus P. Terwilliger, SOL
North Carolina
- John Godfrey Arndt, PS
- Robert Barclay, PVT
- Richard Beeson, PS
- Michael Brown, CS, PS
- Adam Cloninger, PVT
- Peter Forney, CAPT
- Preston Goforth, PVT
- Nicholas Heviner, PVT
- John Hovis, PVT
- Benjamin Jordan, SOL
- James Kincaid, PVT
- Nicholas Leatherman, PS
- Edmund Lilley, CS
- John Mcconnell, Jr., SOL
- Francis Mccorkle, CAPT, CS, PS
- Joseph Patten, ENS
- David Ramsour, PS
- Samuel Rankin, CS, PS
- Jacob Rhem, PS
- William Sherrill, CS, PS
- Elisha Withers, PVT, PS
Pennsylvania
- Thomas Boyd, LT, PS
- Andreas Daniels, PVT
- Peter Houser, PVT
- Samuel Kistler, ENS
- John Stout, PVT, PS
South Carolina
- John Barber, PVT, PS
Virginia
- Jarret Bolling, PVT
- George Leach, PVT
- Mathew Scott, ENS, CS
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