Abbreviations for
Patriot Service Ranks

CAPT—Captain
CS—Civil Service
COL—Colonel
CPL—Corporal
ENS—Ensign
LT—Lieutenant
1LT—First Lieutenant
MAJ—Major
NCO—Non-Commissioned
 Officer
PS—Patriotic Service
PVT—Private
SGT—Sergeant
SOF—Staff Officer
SOL—Soldier

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Smith Cemetery Color Guard
Photo Courtesy Melanie C. Ford

Chapter Patriots

Following are the patriot ancestors of the Major William Chronicle Chapter, NSDAR. They are listed alphabetically by surname followed by the patriot’s birth/death dates, rank of service, and state of service. (Please note that the information below does not constitute proof of lineage and cannot be used in place of record copy.)
 

  • ADAMS, William, 1733-1799, PVT, SC
  • ALEXANDER, John McKnitt, 1733-1817, CS, NC
  • ALEXANDER, Stephen, 1749-1831, CAPT, NC
  • ARMSTRONG, Matthew, 1762-1838, PVT, NC
  • BAKER, Thomas, 1720-1798, CS, NC
  • BARTON, Thomas, 1732-1807, PS, NC
  • BASTAIN, Thomas, 1745-1817, PS, NC
  • BENNETT, John, 1740-1806, PVT, VA
  • BENNETT, Jr., Joseph, 1745-1810, SOL, VA
  • BETHEA, John, 1740-1821, PS, SC
  • BETHEA, William, 1725-1785, PS, SC
  • BOBO, Lewis, 1736-1808, CAPT, SC
  • BOOTH, John, 1726-1779, PVT, SC
  • BOULWARE, Muscoe, 1758-1824, SOL, VA
  • BRADLEY, Frances, 1743-1780, CS, NC
  • BRESSIE (BRACEY), Samuel, 1741-1779, PS, VA
  • BROWN, Angus, 1745-1820, SOL, NC
  • BROWN, Sarah D., 1725-1784, PS, SC
  • BROWN, William, 1720-1780, SOL, SC
  • BULLOCK, Charles, 1740-1826, CAPT, NC
  • BURCHETT, John, 1761-1834, PVT, VA
  • BURROUGHS (BURRIS), Solomon, 1752-1845, PVT, NC
  • BUSSEY, Hezekiah, 1750-1796, PS, GA
  • CASHION, Burrell, 1758-1843, PVT, VA
  • CASSELLS, Benjamin, 1754-1832, PVT, SC
  • CASTOR, Frederick, 1739-1800, LT PS, PA
  • CAVE, John, 1757-1812, PS, SC
  • CHURCH, Sr., John, 1735-1805, PS, NC
  • CLAYTON, Lambert, 1755-1828, SGT, NC
  • COCHRAN, Thomas, 1746-1818, LT, SC
  • COLLIER, Cornelius, 1720-1810, PS, VA
  • CORN, John Peter, 1751-1843, PVT, VA
  • COSTNER, Jacob, 1732-1779, MAJ, NC
  • COUNCIL, Henry, 1712-1832, CAPT, SC
  • CRAIG, Henry, 1729-1807, PVT, SC
  • CUNNINGHAM, James, 1741-1810, SOL, VA
  • DICKSON, Thomas, 1758-1828, SOL, NC
  • DILLEY, Ephraim, 1755-1844, PVT, NJ
  • DOGGETT (DAGGETT), Bushrod, 1715-1791, PS, VA
  • DOVE, Benjamin, 1755-1828, PS, SC
  • EGGERS, Landrine, 1755-1837, PVT, NC
  • ELLIOT, Martin, 1750-1832, PS, VA
  • FAIR, Barnabas, 1730-1787, PS, NC
  • FISHER, George, 1741-1835, PS, VA
  • FLOYD, Andrew, 1750-1739, LT, NC
  • FRANKLIN, John, 1727-1848, PS, NC
  • FULTON, James B., 1765-1848, PVT, MD
  • GAY (GUY), William, 1746-1789, PVT, SC
  • GLENN, James, 1759-1843, PVT, NC
  • GOFORTH, Preston, 1739-1780, PVT, NC
  • GREEN, Peter, 1725-1781, PS, VA
  • HALE, Lewis, 1742-1802, SOL, VA
  • HARMON, John, 1763-1848, PVT, NC
  • HAYDEN, David, 1738-1813, CPL, CT
 
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  • HEDRICK, Sr., Charles, 1741-1802, PS, VA
  • HENRY, Thomas, 1719-1787, PVT, NC
  • HOGAN, William, 1760-1836, 1LT, SC
  • HOLCOMBE, Elisha, 1760-1805, PVT, SC
  • HOPEWELL, John, 1751-1826, PVT, IN
  • HOWE, Joseph, 1743-1799, PVT, SC
  • HOYLE, John, 1740-1822, ENS CS PS, NC
  • JOHNSTON, James, 1758-1832, CAPT, SC
  • KELLY, Daniel, ? -1841, LT, SC
  • KERR (CARR), Robert, 1750-1843, PVT, NC
  • KEY, Thomas, 1750-1821, CAPT, VA
  • KEY, Sr., Martin, 1715-1791, PS, VA
  • LEIST, Andrew, 1755-1821, SGT, PA
  • LISTER, William, 1760-1848, PVT, SC
  • LIVEZEY (LIVESAY), Sr., Thomas, 1730-1790, PS, VA
  • MARSHALL, James, 1750-1812, PVT, SC
  • MCCANDLISH (MCCANDLESS), Jr., William, 1745-1797, PVT, PA
  • MCCOLLUM, Daniel, 1740-1807, SOL, NC
  • MCHARG, William, 1745-1836, PS, NC
  • MCKEE, James, 1735-1821, PS, NC
  • MCKENZIE, Joshua, 1764-1835, NCO, MD
  • MCKNIGHT, Robert, 1745-1818, PS, NC
  • MCLEAN, Dr. William, 1757-1828, SOF, NC
  • MEARS, James, 1760-1806, PS, NC
  • MIDDLETON, Sr., Richard, 1735-1786, PS, SC
  • NEWTON, Giles, 1741-1807, PS, SC
  • NEWTON, Younger, 1761-1847, SOL, SC
  • OVERSTREET, Sarah Booth, 1756-1818, PS, SC
  • PACK, Joseph, 1748-1827, SOL, SC
  • PEEBLES, Henry, 1740-1830, PVT, SC
  • PEEBLES, Lewis, 1735-1840, PS, SC
  • PONDER, Thomas, 1765-1837, SGT, NC
  • POWELL, William, 1715-1788, PS, VA
  • PURNELL, Robert, 1760-1825, SOL, SC
  • RATCHFORD, Moses, 1754-1821, SOL, SC
  • RHINE, Jacob, 1726-1795, PS, NC
  • RYCKMAN (RICKMAN), William, 1740-1784, COL, VA
  • SHANKLE, George, 1754-1841, PVT, NC
  • SHIPWASH, William, 1730-1775, SOL, VA
  • SNUGGS, Richard, 1751-1810, PS, NC
  • SOWELL, James, 1755-1807, SOL, NC
  • SPENCER, Zachariah, 1761-1840, SOL, NC
  • TEAGUE, Moses, 1718-1799, PS, NC
  • TEEM, Jacob, 1730-1810, PS, NC
  • THIGPEN, Joshua, 1736-1803, PS, NC
  • TITMAN, John, 1743-1830, PVT, NJ
  • TROUT, Wendell, 1743-1820, PVT, PA
  • VAN DIVER, Matthew, 1752-1855, PVT, NC
  • WATSON, Michael, 1726-1782, CAPT, SC
  • WELCH, Thomas, 1732-1794, CS, NC
  • WELLBORN, James, 1736-1811, PS, NC
  • WILSON, John, 1742-1799, CS, SC
  • WITHERS (WEATHERS), Elisha, 1762-1840, PVT, NC

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