Abbreviations for
patriot service ranks

BGEN — Brigadier Gen
CAPT — Captain
COL — Colonel
CPL — Corporal
CS — Civil Service
ENS — Ensign
GEN — General
GM — General Mate
LT — Lieutenant
MAJ — Major
MIL — Militia
NO — Naval Officer
NONCOM — Non-Commissioned Officer PS — Patriotic Service
PVT — Private
SDI — Signer of the Declaration of Independence
SGT — Sergeant
SOL — Soldier

Chapter Patriots

We are proud to honor the John Hoyle Chapter ancestors who rendered civil, patriotic, and/or military service in the American War for Independence. This list shows names in alphabetical order followed by abbreviations for rank(s) and/or service, and then state.

  • ALEXANDER, William; PS, CAPT, NC
  • ANDERSON, James; PS, VA
  • BALCH, Jacob; PS, NC
  • BARRELL, Sr., James; PVT, MA
  • BARRINGER, Matthias; CAPT, PS, NC
  • BEALL, Thomas Allen; PVT, MD
  • BLAKENEY, Sr., John; CAPT, SC
  • BOST, William; PS, NC
  • BOYD, Thomas; LT, PS, PA
  • BULLEN, Sr., Michael; CPL, PS, NC
  • BURTON, John; PS, NC
  • CARPENTER, Christian; PS, NC
  • CHURCH, John; PS, NC
  • COCHRAN, Jacob; PS, NC
  • COLLINS, William; PS, SC
  • COOKE, Benjamin; PS, VA
  • CRANE, Aaron; PVT, VA
  • CRYSEL, Jeremiah; PVT, PS, VA
  • CULBERTSON, William; PVT, NC
  • DAKIN, Preserved; PVT, NY
  • DANIELS, James; PS, NC
  • DAVIDSON, William Lee; BGEN, NC
  • DELLINGER, George; ENS, PS, NC
  • DELLINGER, John; CAPT, PS, NC
  • DEMAREST, Peter D.; PVT, NY
  • DILLWORTH, Jacob; PVT, PA
  • DULA, William; PVT, VA
  • DUNCAN, John; PS, NJ
  • ECKERT, Adam; PS, NC
  • EDWARDS, Thomas; LT, VA
  • ELLIOTT, Martin; PS, VA
  • ENGLISH, Sr., James; PVT, PA
  • FARRAR, Nathaniel; PVT, NC
  • GAITHER, Basil; CAPT, PS, MD
  • GILREATH, Alexander; SGT, NC
  • GILREATH, Sr., William; CS, NC
  • GORDON, George; SOL, CS, NC
  • GRADY, Alexander; PS, NC
  • HAGLER, John; CS, NC
  • HAHN, John; PS, NC
  • HAMMOND, Samuel; PS, NC
  • HARBUCK, Nicholas; SOL, GA
  • HARRIS, Jesse; CS, PS, NC
  • HARRIS, Simeon; SOL, VA
  • HENDREN, John; PS, NC
  • HENDREN, William; CS, NC
  • HEPLER, Christopher Frederick; PS, PVT, PA
  • HIGDON, John; GM, VA
  • HOFFMAN, John; SOL, NC
  • HOUSER, Henry; PVT, PA
  • HOUSER, Jacob; PVT, PA
  • HOYLE, John; CS, PS, ENS, NC
  • HOYT, Jedediah; SGT, MA
  • HURLEY, James; PVT, NC
  • HUTTO, Ann Tschudy; PS, SC
  • HUTTO, John Henry; CPL, SC
  • KLINE, Jacob; PVT, PA
  • LANE, Wilkinson; PVT, PA
  • LEE, Richard; COL, PS, SDI, VA
  • LEWIS, Charles; SGT, NC
  • LEWIS, William; PVT, NC
  • LITTLE, Peter; PS, NC
  • LOUGHBOROUGH, David; PVT, NJ
  • LUCAS, John; SOL, PS, NC
  • LUCE, Shubael; SOL, NJ
  • MADDOX, Samuel; SOL, GA
  • MAY, Benjamin; MAJ, CS, PS, NC
  • MCALLISTER, William; PVT, PA
  • MCCALL, Charles; PS, CS, SC
  • MCCLAUGHRY, Thomas; MIL, NY
  • MCCLENDON, Isaac; PS, PVT, GA
  • MCELWEE Jr., William; PVT, SC
  • MCKINLEY, Alexander; PVT, VA
  • MCKINLEY, John; CAPT, VA
  • MEREDITH, Samuel; PVT, DE
  • MILLER, George Jacob; PS, NC
  • MOORE, Jesse; PS, PVT, NC
  • MOOSE, George; PVT, NC
  • NESMITH, Robert; SOL, SC
  • NEWTON, Benjamin; CAPT, NC
  • PALFREY, Warwick; NO, MA
  • PIATT, Joseph; PVT, VA
  • POWELL, William; PVT, NC
  • RIPPEY III, Edward; PVT, NC
  • RITTENHOUSE, William; PS, NJ
  • ROBINSON, Isaac; PS, NC
  • ROCKETT, John; SGT, SC
  • SALE, John; CAPT, VA
  • SCHELL, John; PS, NC
  • SCHMEYER, John; PS, NC
  • SHERRILL, William; CAPT, NC
  • SHIMER, Edward; CAPT, PS, PA
  • SMITH, Caleb; PS, CT
  • SPEAGLE, John Martin; PS, NC
  • STEELMAN, Mathias; PS, NC
  • STEVENSON, James; PVT, NC
  • TEAGUE, Edward; PS, NC
  • TEAGUE, William; CS, PS, NC
  • THOMPSON, Samuel; SOL, NH
  • TOMLIN, James; NONCOM, NJ
  • TULL, Charles; PVT, NC
  • TYSON, Thomas; SOL, NC
  • VANN, William; CAPT, NC
  • VIARS, William; PVT, NC
  • WASHINGTON, John Augustine; COL, VA
  • WHISENANT, John Nicholas; PS, SC
  • WHITAKER, Thomas; PVT, PA
  • WHITNER, Benjamin; PS, NC
  • WHITNER, Sr., Henry; PS, NC
  • WHITNER, Michael; CS, PS, NC

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