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Abbreviations for
Patriot Service Ranks

BGEN—Brigadier Gen
CAPT—Captain
CS—Civil Service
ENS—Ensign
LT—Lieutenant
LT COL—Lieutenant Colonel
MINMAN—Minute Man
NCO—Non-Commissioned
          Officer
PS—Patriot Service
PVT—Private
SGT—Sergeant
SOL—Soldier


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Our Patriot Ancestors

We honour our Patriot ancestors who were instrumental in fighting for our country. The ancestors of the Piedmont Patriots Chapter NSDAR are proudly listed below by state of service and rank.

Direct lineage must be proven to join DAR.
Please note that patriot names listed below do not serve as proof of lineage.

Connecticut

  • Samuel Harmon, Jr., MINMAN
  • Josiah Lyons, PVT
  • James Robinson, CAPT
  • Asaph Trumball, CAPT

Georgia

  • George Prall, SOL
  • Robert Quarterman, SOL

Maryland

  • Samuel Magruder, PS

Massachusetts

  • Wells Chase, Sr., LT
  • Bartlett Hinds, CAPT
  • Cornelius White, CS, PS, CAPT

North Carolina

  • Sterling Bowen, SOL
  • John Cockrill, PS
  • Archibald Davis, NCO
  • Ebenezer Fain, PVT
  • Johann Philip Gruss, SOL
  • Fredrick Hambright, CS, LT COL, PS
  • Charles Crawford Lewis, SGT
  • William Ledford, PS
  • William Moore, Jr., PVT
  • Amos Nunnery, PVT
  • Robert Patton, CAPT
  • Benjamin Ray, PVT
  • William White, PS

New Jersey

  • George Prall, PVT

New York

  • Absalam Carey, PS, SOL
  • Asa Hall, PVT

Pennsylvania

  • John Brenneman, PVT
  • Christian EBY, PS, PVT
  • Conrad Eisenhard, PS
  • George Eisenhard, PVT
  • Daniel Forrey, PS, PVT
  • Christian Hamme, PVT
  • Abraham Longenecker, PVT
  • Archibald Roane, PVT
  • Christian Rohrbach, PVT
  • Jacob Seitz, PVT
  • Bernhardt Ziegler, CS, PVT
  • Kilian Ziegler, PVT

South Carolina

  • James Bigger, SOL
  • Rebecca Parks Caldwell, PS
  • Henry Felder, Sr., CAPT, CS, PS
  • Benjamin Lawrence, LT
  • Andrew Pickens, BGEN
  • Henry Pitts, SGT

Virginia

  • Spencer Clack, LT, PS
  • John Corvin, PVT
  • Charles Kemper, ENS
  • Martin Key, LT, PS
  • Edward Tatum, LT, PS

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