Colonel Polk Chapter NSDAR
National Society Daughters of the American Revolution
Raleigh, North Carolina
Abbreviations for
patriot service ranks
CAPT—Captain
CAV—Cavalry
CS—Civil Service
COL—Colonel
CPL—Corporal
LT—Lieutenant
MAJ—Major
PS—Patriotic Service
PVT—Private
QM—Quartermaster
SMN—Seaman
SGT—Sergeant
SOL—Soldier
Colonel William Polk’s
Grave in City Cemetery
Raleigh, North Carolina
Photo Courtesy Find A Grave
Public Domain
Patriot Ancestors
Listed below are states of service, names, and ranks for ancestors of the Colonel Polk Chapter members. This list includes patriots of the American Revolution and ancestors who contributed to the independence cause through civil or patriotic service. (Please note that the information below does not constitute proof of lineage and cannot be used in place of record copy.)
Connecticut
- John Beckwith, LT, QM
- Hezekiah Carpenter, PVT
- Samuel Filer, PVT
- James Gould, PS
- Darius Liscomb, SOL
- Phineas Sheldon, CS, PS
- Phineas Strong, PVT
- Nathaniel Wells, PVT
Delaware
- Ebenezer Snow, PVT
Georgia
- Thomas Marston Green, PVT, CS
Maryland
- Nathan Brittingham, PS
- Frederick Cristman, Sr., PS
- Basil Gaither, CAPT, PS
Massachusetts
- Joseph Bardwell, Sr., PVT, PS
- Joseph Bridgman, SOL
- Thomas Furbush, CPL
- Thomas Hammond, CPL
- Jabez Nye, SGT
- Phineas Smith, Jr., SOL, PS
- Phineas Smith, Sr., SOL, PS
- Asaph Stebbins, PS
- James Warren, PVT
New Jersey
- Daniel Bray, CAPT
- John Ely, PS
- Jonathan McPeek, PVT
New York
- Beriah Holcomb, SGT
- Joseph Reynolds, CAPT
- Nathan Spicer, Sr., PS
North Carolina
- Anthony Alexander, PVT
- Charles Allen, Sr., CAPT
- George Anderson, PVT
- John Ashcraft, PS
- Matthias Barringer, CAPT
- Elisha Battle, PS, CS
- Mercy Raymond Bedford, PS
- Elias Bost, PS
- John Brantley, PS
- Samuel Bryson, PVT
- Elisha Dyer, PVT
North Carolina, cont
- John Earle, CAPT, PS
- John Fort, PS
- George Glascock, PS
- James Glenn, PVT
- Joseph Green, PS, CAPT
- Obadiah Green, PS
- James Gregory, PS
- James Hancock, PS
- John Harris, CAPT
- Robert Hill, PVT
- John Hinton, Jr., MAJ, PS
- Henry Hollingsworth, PVT
- George Hovis, PS
- David Justice, PVT
- William Kornegay, SOL
- Benjamin Lancaster, Jr., CS, PS
- Johann Ventine Manny, CS
- James Martin, CAPT
- Benjamin May, MAJ, CS, PS
- Alexander McAllister, COL, PS
- James McDaniel, LT
- James McNatt, LT
- Alexander Mebane, Sr, CS
- Samuel Merrill, PS
- Samuel Midyett, CS
- Matthew Moore, CS, PS
- Robert Joel Moseley, PS
- John Ogburne, PS
- Matthew Osborn, PS
- Benjamin Page, CPL
- Howell Parker, SOL
- John Parrott, PS
- John Perry, SOL
- Joel Pitman, SOL
- Dempsey Powell, CS, PS
- John Pullen, PS
- John Ramsay, CS, PS
- John Rice, LT
- Edward Richardson, PS
- Joseph Riddick, Jr., CS, PS
- Robert Simms, Sr., CS, PS
- Samuel Smith, Sr., PS
- Adam Spach, Sr., PS
- Thomas Tart, PVT
- Jeptha Terrell, PS
- John Terrell, PS
- Solomon Terrell, PS
- Nicholas Tyner, CPL
- William Walton, CS
- Shadrach Wooten, PS
Pennsylvania
- John Bowser, PVT
- Adam Brunthaver, PVT
- Emmor Jefferis, PVT
- Andrew Swearingen, CAPT
Rhode Island
- Samuel Wall, MAJ, PS
South Carolina
- Jesse Bethea, SOL, PS
- Thomas Burke, PVT
- Thomas Burkett, PVT
- Henry Hollingsworth, PVT
- Simmons Keating, MAJ, PS
- William McKelvey, PVT, CAV
- Henry Robertson, PVT, PS
Virginia
- Henry Aylor, PS
- John Bailey, CAPT
- Henry Hickerson Barksdale, SOL
- Jarret Bolling, PVT
- Lewis Burwell, PS, COL
- Howard Cash, PVT
- Mitchell Clay, SOL, PS
- Richard Connor PS
- Francis Cowherd, CPT
- Robert Desha, PVT
- William Goode, PS
- Thomas Gregory, PVT
- John Hardeman, PS
- Ishmael Harwell, PS
- Mark Harwell, PS
- Thomas Hardaway, PS
- Mark Harwell, PS
- Calder Haymond, PS
- Samuel Luck, PS
- John Maddox, PVT
- John Melton, PVT
- Frederick Ray, PVT
- George Reeves, LT PS
- John Riggs, PVT
- Henry Roush, PVT PS
- George Rowe, PVT
- Francis Turner, PS
- John Webster, PVT
Please note that this list of patriots does not constitute proof of lineage and cannot be used in place of a record copy.
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