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     Chapter meetings are held on the second Saturday of September, October, November, December, January, April, and May.  Time 11:00 am, at the Goldsboro Family History Center,  1000 Eleventh St., Goldsboro, North Carolina.
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    At the February 1984 meeting of the National Board of the Daughters of the American Revolution, Mrs. James M. Carrere was authorized to act as the Organizing Regent for a DAR Chapter in Goldsboro.
     In September 1984 thirty-six applications had been submitted to the National Board for approval.  On October 9, 1984, the Old Dobbs County Militia Chapter was organized with thirty-one members approved and with five new ancestors established. Due to the similarity to our Chapter name and the Old Dobbs Genealogical Society, the name was changed to Neuse River Patriots April 1989.  As of April 1994 the Neuse River Patriots Chapter became a Primary Chapter.

     The following has served as regent of the chapter:
                    Mrs. James W. Carrere      Mrs. Wilbert J. Dudley      Mrs. Camille F. Peele    
        Mrs. Harris Sasser Jr.        Mrs. Elbert Earl Moye        Mrs. William Joseph     Mrs. Lila Hughes Little

     The name ‘NEUSE RIVER PATRIOTS’ is considered appropriate for this chapter in order to pay tribute to the gallant and courageous men, who have fought valiantly over the years for the preservation of this area and have achieved fame and honor for their patriotic performances.
     To the Neuse River, which, in war or peace, has contributed to the health and welfare of this state, and on which, at some future date, we might have to rely again as in earlier years.
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    The stagecoach, changing horses every 15 miles along the 125-mile Raleigh – New Bern route, stopped overnight in Waynesboro (cost 12 1/2cent per mile).  This contributed to the social and economic welfare of the town.  This location remained the county seat of Wayne County until 1847, when the railroad came into this area.
    In order to take advantage of the ‘iron horse’, businesses and families gradually moved into a settlement along the tracks named Goldsborough.
    The Neuse River is following its courses, regardless of the affairs of men.  Its banks are lined with recreation areas, watercraft darts back and forth, water is taken for use of towns and communities, and its seafood is considered a delicacy.
     It is regarded with awe and admiration as it continues to rampage of flow demurely.
    Among the first to settle in this area were people who came under the patronage of Queen Anne, led by a court favorite- the scion of an old German-Swiss speaking family – De Graffenreid.  He called the river “NIEU.”
     Also, in the 1700’s settlers from the northerly plantations drifted into the eastern part of the state, lured by the lushness of the land.
    When the Continental Army was shivering at Valley Forge, blockade runners breezed up the Neuse River to New Bern, bringing French textiles and hides to be used for barter, and to be sent on by wagon trains, to various parts of the state.  Without this assistance the Colonies would have suffered severely and been hampered in their efforts to provide raw materials and food for the army and families of the fighting men.
      Documents reveal that when Cornwallis’ Army, moving partially by water, descended on the Wayne region, it was an awesome and terrifying sight.  Tradition relates that Lord Cornwallis intended his first stop to scour for food and destroy without mercy.  He was astonished to see the activities, fertile fields, and vast drainage areas.  We have learned that all of this caused him great distress.  As he considered the ‘rebellion’ illegal and a threat to the Crown, he also destroyed valuable papers, leaving is minus information so vitally needed for our historical records.
    A tribe of Indians living on the lower branches called themselves “Noos-ooka”-translated into English “Newsioc’-later “Neuse”.
    When provoked by torrential rains, the river swells and fans over the flood plains, sweeping along horses, houses, farm buildings, topsoil, crops, vegetation, cattle, and people.  It greedily robs some and gives generously to others, following no particular pattern.