Abbreviations for
Patriot Service Ranks
CAPT—Captain
COL—Colonel
CNT—Cornet
CPL—Corporal
CS—Civil Service
MAJ—Major
LT—Lieutenant
LCOL—Lieutenant Colonel
PS—Patriot Service
PVT—Private
SGT—Sergeant
SOL—Soldier
Photo from Wikimedia
Monument to commemorate the victory of King's Mountain on October 7, 1780. Located at Kings Mountain National Military Park. The battle was the first major patriot victory to occur after the British invasion of Charleston, South Carolina in May 1780. The park is located near Blacksburg, South Carolina.
Chapter Patriots
Listed by state of service are the names and ranks for the ancestors of the John Foster 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.
Continental Line
- Benjamin Hart, CNT
Georgia
- John Stiles, PVT
- John Wilson, SOL
Massachusetts
- John Tobey, LT
- George Wills, LT
Maryland
- John Prather, PS
North Carolina
- Hezekiah Alexander, PS
- John Austin, PS
- Joseph Banner, PVT
- Matthias Barringer, CAPT, PS
- Richard Braswell, PVT
- Arthur Bryant, PS
- Jeremiah Clontz, CPL
- Samuel Dalton, PS
- James Doster, PS
- Charles Fisher, CS
- Joseph Howell, CS, PS
- John Ingraham, SOL, PS
- George Laney, SOL, PS
- Ruben Lawrence, PS
- Charles Leadbetter, PS
- Henry Long, PS
- Christian Manny, PS
- Charles McAnally, CAPT, CS, PS
- William McCain, PVT
- Hugh McCain, Sr., CS
- Atkins Mclemore, PS
- Henry Medlin, PVT, PS
- Matthew Moore, CS, PS
- John Peebles, PS
- William C. Pyron, PVT
- Jacob Rhine, CS, PS
- Edward Richardson, PS
- Jacob Schuck, PVT
- John Secrist, PVT
- Samuel Webb Smith, COL, CS
- John Smith, SOL
- George Tucker, CS, PS
- James Wahab, SOL, CS, PS
- George Wilfong, MAJ, PS
- Joseph Williams, PVT
- Philip Wolfe, SOL
North Carolina &
South Carolina
- William Garrett, PVT
- John Henry Hargis, PVT, CS
New Jersey
- George Graham, PVT
- Hugh Phillips, PVT
New York
- Daniel Bull, PVT
- Zebulon Crane, PS
Pennsylvania
- Conrad Bechle, PVT
- John Jacob Lutz, PVT
- John Melchoir, Jr., PVT
- Frederick Sechler, MAJ
South Carolina
- John Blakeney, Sr., CAPT
- Ezekiel E. Gaskins, PS
- William Massey, LCOL, CS, PS
Virginia
- Henry Buford, CAPT, CS
- Ellis Cannon, PVT
- William Farrar, CS
- Thomas Griffin, PVT, PS
- John Mullins, PVT
- John Nelson, PVT
- Frederick Stearns, PS
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