Patriots

We are deeply honored to recognize the courageous men and women listed below who served as patriot ancestors of our current chapter members. Their commitment to liberty and their sacrifices have left an enduring legacy that continues to inspire us today. To learn more about these Patriots of the American Revolution, go to the DAR Genealogical Research System (GRS)

Below is a list of Revolutionary War Patriots verified as ancestors of members of the George Walton Chapter, NSDAR.

Service Abbreviations 2Lt— Second Lieutenant BGen — Brigadier General Capt— Captain Col — Colonel Cpl — Corporal Cnt— Cornet CS — Civil Service Ens — Ensign Lt — Lieutenant LCol— Lieutenant Colonel Maj — Major Noncom — Non-Commissioned Officer PS — Patriotic Service Pvt — Private Sol — Soldier (no known details)

State Abbreviations CT — Connecticut DE — Delaware FR — France GA — Georgia MA — Massachusetts MD — Maryland NY — New York NC — North Carolina PA — Pennsylvania SC — South Carolina VA — Virginia

Robert Abernathy, Sr., PS, NC	Peter Gordon, Capt, MD	Joseph Revis, PS, NC
George Adams, Pvt, CS, PS, SC	John Graves, Pvt, GA	Richard Richardson, BGen, PS, SC
Daniel Alderman, Jr., Cpl, NC	John Guerry, Sol, SC	Thomas Riddell, PS, NC
John Alexander, Capt, PS, VA	Benjamin Hamrick, Sol, CS, NC	John Robinson, Lt, VA
Vincent Allen, Pvt, PS, VA	Edward Harding, Capt, CS, PS, SC	Lot Rogers, Pvt, VA
John Arnold, PS, NC	Absalom Harris, Lt, PS, VA	Jonas Rudisill, Pvt, PS, PA
Richard Asbury, Lt, VA	William Hayes, Sol, VA	Albert Russell, Lt, VA
Samuel Bailey, PS, NC	George Herndon, CS, NC	William Russell, Sr., BGen, PS, VA
Elias Baker, Pvt, NC	Meshak Hitchcock, Sol, VA	Lewis Salmon, Pvt, GA
Bland Ballard, Sr., Sgt, VA	Lazarus Hitt, PS, VA	Jeremiah Sanford, Sol, VA
John Banner, Sol, NC	Lazarus Hollister, Cpt, MA	Elisha Sellers, Sol, CS, NC
Daniel Boone, Col, CS, PS, VA	William Hood, Pvt, PS, NC	David Sherrill, PS, GA
William Boone, Pvt, NC	Valentine Horsley, Sol, GA	Jonas Shivers, CS, NC
William Bradshaw, PS, VA	Daniel Horton, Sol, GA	Henry Shores, Sol, NC
Richins Brame, PS, VA	Jacob Hough, Pvt, PA	Edward Simms, PS, MD
Stephen Edward Broadnax, Capt, VA	Lemuel Howard, Pvt, MD	Robert Simms, Jr., Sol, NC
Vivian Brooking, Col, CS, PS, VA	John Howard, Sol, NC	Ebenezer Singletary, Sol, SC
Sarah Boone Brooks, PS, VA	Elijah Hyde, Sr., Maj, CS, PS, CT	George Slayton, Sol, GA
Thomas Brooks, Pvt, VA	John Inzer, Sol, GA	Daniel Sledge, Capt, CS, PS, NC
Edmund Browder, CS, PS, NC	Jeremiah Jack, Sol, NC	John Slocomb, Pvt, NC
White Brown, PS, DE	Sterling Jenkins, Pvt, GA	Zachariah Spencer, Sr., PS, MD
Benjamin Buchanan, Cpl, SC	John Jesse, Noncom, NC	Zachariah Spencer, Jr., CS, PS, NC
John Burroughs, PS, SC	Thomas Jessup, NC	Zachariah Spires, PS, SC
Alexander Bushnell, Capt, CT	John Jones, PS, GA	John Stanfield, Capt, NC
Samuel Buxton, Pvt, GA	James Kincaid, Pvt, NC	John Stovall, Sr., PS, NC
John Calhoun, PS, NC	Peter Kolb, Pvt, SC	George Stovall, Sr., PS, VA
Alexander Carswell, Pvt, GA	Thomas Lafon, Sol, VA	Jacob Strickland, Sr., PS, NC
John Cary, Sol, VA	Jacint Laval, Cnt, FR	Solomon Strickland, PS, NC
Joseph Chapman, Pvt, PS, SC	Abraham Leedy, Pvt, MD	Abraham Tennison, Sr., CS, NC
John Chastain, PS, VA	William Leftwich, LCol, PS, VA	William Thorp, CS, VA
Anthony Crockett, Lt, VA	Isaac Lester, Sol, SC	Joshua Tillman, Sol, NC
James Daniels, Sol, SC	John Richard Litton, Sol, SC	Thomas Townsend, Pvt, SC
Isaac David, Sol, PS, VA	Martha Duncan Litton, PS, VA	Thomas Ussery, PS, NC
Isaac Denise, PS, NY	Solomon Caleb Litton, Lt, PS, VA	Joseph Vance, Pvt, PA
Joseph Dixon, Col, CS, PS, NC	Alexander Logan, Pvt, VA	Jesse Vermillion, Pvt, NC
John Dixon, Pvt, NC	Michael Looney, Pvt, VA	Isiah Washburn, Pvt, MA
Thomas Dowdy, CS, PS, NC	Harmon Lovingood, CS, PS, VA	Jesse Webb, Pvt, NC
Eppes Ellery, Pvt, MA	Joseph Emanuel Lyon, Pvt, SC	David Weems, PS, MD
John Ezell, Pvt, VA	James McCaleb, Pvt, NC	John West, Pvt, PS, NC
Nicholas Faulkner, PS, VA	John McCants, Sol, SC	Francis Whelchel, Sr., PS, SC
William Fears, Sol, PS, VA	Patrick McGriff, LCol, SC	Francis Whelchel, Jr., Sol, SC
Henry Felder, Sr., Capt, CS, PS, VA	William McKenzie, Pvt, NC	George Wilson, Ens, MD
Douw Fonda, PS, NY	James McLean, Capt, GA	Valentine Winfree, PS, VA
Benjamin Fuller, Pvt, VT	Joseph McMurtry, Capt, VA	Elisha Withers, Pvt, PS, NC
Ephrain Fuller, Pvt, VT	John Murray, Pvt, GA	Jacob Woodall, PS, NC
David Gaskins, CS, NC	John O’Quinn, Pvt, NC	Edward Woodham, Sol, PS, NC
Philip W. Gentzler, CS, NC	Thomas Owings, 2Lt, MD	John Stephen Woodson, Lt, VA
James Gignilliat, CS, SC	Augustine Prestwood, Sgt, SC	Nathan Wright, Pvt, PS, VA
Peter Gordon, Capt, MD	John Raymond, Jr., Lt, CT