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| National Society Daughters of the American Revolution |
| Greenville, North Carolina |
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| CHAPTER HISTORY |
| SIGNIFICANCE OF CHAPTER
NAME: "SUSANNA COUTANCH EVANS" |
| CHAPTER NOTES: Chapter membership is comprised of younger and older women some of whom work full-time and some of whom are homemakers. We meet on the third Thursday of each month from September to May, except in December. Our meetings are held in the Ladies' Parlor at Cypress Glen Retirement Home, convening at 7:00 pm. Each features a speaker or program on a topic of interest to the membership followed by a business meeting. Our chapter is active in promoting patriotism, education, and historic preservation in Greenville and the greater Pitt County area. Each year, our chapter presents Good Citizen pins and certificates to students from the four area high schools. We also present Citizenship medals to outstanding eighth graders at ten schools in the county. We participate in the DAR American History month essay contest for school children and also work hard to recruit applicants for the DAR College Scholarship program. We also award JROTC medals in four high schools each year. Our chapter plans activities each year to honor Constitution Week in September, Veterans in our community, and other patriot holidays and events. We also support preservation activities undertaken by the Pitt County Historical Society and the North Carolina Department of Archives and History. We sometimes host genealogical workshops and promote the preservation of local genealogical records. Susanna Coutanch Evans chapter has partnered recently with Sheppard Memorial Library in Greenville to promote local historical and genealogical research. We presented the library with a $3000.00 gift to purchase a CD-ROM tower for genealogical research. The tower is located in the newly refurbished Local History Room. During the summer, we host a social gathering for spouses and friends as well as members. Our chapter looks forward to welcoming visitors and prospective members. |
| Any woman is eligible for membership who is no less than eighteen years of age and can prove lineal, blood line descent from an ancestor who aided in achieving American independence. She must provide documentation for each statement of birth, marriage, and death. |
| MEMBERSHIP |
| Admission to membership in the NSDAR is either by invitation through a Chapter in your State Organization or Units Overseas. No Chapter may discriminate against an applicant on the basis of race or creed. |
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| Acceptable Service The National Society reserves the right to determine the acceptability of all service and proof thereof. The National Society accepts service, with some exceptions, for the period between 19 April 1775 (Battle of Lexington) and 26 November 1783 (withdrawal of British Troops from New York). |
| Susanna was the daughter of Sara Pilkington and Michael Coutanch. Her father built a house in Bath where it still stands on Front Street. A remarkable feature of the house is the chimney, which covers most of the side of the house. Called a “pants chimney” it gives the appearance of a pair of pants standing on the waistband with the legs in the air. Two windows in the chimney open into two small |
| rooms surrounded on three sides by the
chimney. The house was sold to Col. Robert Palmer in the 1760s.
Early in the 19th century it passed to the Marsh family. Today, a
National Historic Landmark, it is known as the Palmer-Marsh House. Michael Coutanch is interred at the back
of the yard. In all probability, Richard Evans discussed his migration to Pitt County with his father-in-law in this house, thus setting in motion a chain of events that was to culminate in the establishment of another town up the river. On his Southern Tour, George Washington was to refer to Greenville as “that trifling place.” |
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| When Pitt County was formed in 1760, its inhabitants realized there was no town within its boundaries to serve as a county seat. It was not until 1771 that an “Act for Laying Out a Town of Martinsborough on the Land of Richard Evans” was passed by the Assembly. Since Evans died before the transaction was legalized, it was his widow, Susanna Coutanch Evans, who “confirmed to the Commissioners” this land for the town to be laid out. Later this area was renamed Greenville. |
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