Historic Lincoln County Courthouse
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Chapter History

The Jacob Forney Chapter, NSDAR, has been an active service organization since September 14, 1928. The thirteen charter members were direct descends of Jacob Forney, one of the pioneers in this area and a patriot in the American Revolutionary War.

  • Organizing Regent Lena Forney Reinhardt
  • Vice Regent Mary Neal Roseman
  • Recording Secretary Maude Reinhardt Mullen
  • Registrar Katherine C. Shipp
  • Treasurer Mattie Smyre

Other members included Susan Avery, Josephine Epperson, Mary Elizabeth Mullen, Virginia Mullen, Frances Puckett, Elizabeth Reinhardt, Hettie Reinhardt, Ella Forney Roseman, and Jennie Saine.

Mary Newcomb Cornwell served in all of the local chapter offices. In addition, she served as Historian, Vice-Regent, and Regent at the North Carolina State level. On the national level, she held the office of Vice President General.

The chapter has always maintained a keen interest in the local Revolutionary battle which took place at Ramsour᾿s Mill on June 20, 1780. This was a significant victory for the Whigs against the more numerous Tories. It dampened Tory sentiment in the area, affecting the outcome of the Battle of Kings Mountain which followed in October. For the 150th anniversary of the battle a large boulder, known as Lord Tarleton᾿s Tea Table, was moved to the lawn of the Lincoln County Courthouse, and a bronze marker placed on it to commemorate the Whig victory. Before the 175th anniversary of the battle, the chapter restored the old and deteriorated brick tomb of the Whig captains who gave their lives in that battle. A bronze marker designating the tomb was dedicated in 1995 by the Jacob Forney Chapter, NSDAR. We continue to preserve and promote the memory of that significant battle.

Since 1928 we have remained an active chapter.

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