Abbreviations for
patriot service ranks

BGEN — Brigadier Gen
CAPT — Captain
CAV — Cavalry
CL — Continental Line
COL — Colonel
CPL — Corporal
CS — Civil Service
ENS — Ensign
GEN — General
LT — Lieutenant
LCOL — Lt. Colonel
MAJ — Major
MIL — Militia
OSGT — Ordinance Sergeant
PS — Patriotic Service
PVT — Private
QM — Quartermaster
SLR — Sailor
SGT — Sergeant
SOL — Soldier

Chapter Patriots

Listed below are names, ranks of service, and state of service for ancestors of the Rand’s Mill Chapter members. This list includes patriots of the American Revolution and ancestors who contributed to the independence cause through civil or patriotic service. A list of service rank abbreviations is listed in the left column.

Please note that the information below does not constitute proof of lineage and cannot be used in place of a record copy.

  • Deliverance Adams, PS, NJ
  • Valentine Allen, PS, NC
  • Solomon Arnold, PVT, NC
  • Dr. Samuel J. Axon, Surgeon, GA
  • John Barnes, PS, NC
  • Isham Berry, SOL/PS, VA
  • John Brantley, PVT, NC
  • Daniel Brugh, SOL, PA
  • Henry Buffaloe, PS, NC
  • Micajah Bullock, CAPT/PS, NC
  • Absalom Caudle, PVT, NC
  • Robert Chamblee, PVT, NC
  • Charles Christian, Sr., PS, VA
  • Major Clark, PS, NC
  • Edward Cox, LT, VA
  • Joshua Creech, PS, NC
  • Stephen Crosby, CAPT, CT
  • Samuel Dalton, Sr., PS, NC
  • William Dalton, CAPT VA
  • Philemon Deatherage, CS, NC
  • Thomas Dix, PS, VA
  • John Draper, LT, CT
  • Michael Duskin, SOL, NC
  • Joseph Farmer, CS, NC
  • Benjamin Flower, PS, NC
  • Jacob Flowers, SOL, NC
  • John Fowler, NC
  • Matross Sylvanus Gates, SOL, MA
  • Edward Gatlin, PS, NC
  • Solomon Gay, SOL, NC
  • James Godwin, SOL, NC
  • Gideon Green(e), PS, NC
  • Richard Thomas Haile, PS, VA
  • Joseph Harding, PS, VA
  • Isham Hendon, SOL, NC
  • Samuel Horton, PS, NC
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  • Nathaniel Howell, PS, SC
  • John Humber, PS, VA
  • Joel Johnson, SOL/CS/PS, NC
  • John Joyce, PVT SC
  • Elijah Joyce, PVT NC
  • Nathaniel Lee, PS, VA
  • Fielding Lewis, Sr., PS, VA
  • Opie Lindsay, PS, VA
  • Henry Machen, SGT, SC
  • James Martin, COL, NC
  • Richard Martin, PS, NC
  • James Noel, PS, VA
  • Dr. John Augustus Otto, Physician/Surgeon, PA
  • Dr. Bodo Otto, Surgeon, PA
  • Melvin Parke, PVT, CT
  • John Parsons, PVT, CT
  • Caleb Penny, PS, NC
  • Rev. Benjamin Pomeroy, CT
  • Thomas Pridgen, PVT, NC
  • Joshua Pruitt, LT, NC
  • James Roberson, SOL, NC
  • Thomas Shute, ENS, NC
  • Joshua Smith, SGT NC
  • John Tippens, LT, SC
  • Thomas Ussery, PS, NC
  • Samuel Walker, SOL, SC
  • Zachariah Wall, PS, VA
  • John Webster, PVT VA
  • Isaac West, PS, SC
  • John Witman, SOL, PA
  • William Wren, PS, VA
  • Andrew Yundt, SOL, PA

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