Every member of DAR descends from a Patriot ancestor. A Patriot is defined by DAR as any individual that either served in the armed forces or contributed to the cause of American freedom. Furthermore, Patriotic Service is recognized for those who signed the Oath of Allegiance and/or supported the cause of American freedom with money or provisions.
We are honored to continue the legacy of these brave men and women, our chapter members’ ancestors, who supported the cause for American Independence!
LEGEND:
Names in Bold = Female Patriot
| FIRST/MIDDLE | LAST | PATRIOTIC SERVICE (“PS”)/RANK | STATE |
| Sarah | (Duke) Murphy | PS | SC |
| Dorothy | (X) Tidmore | PS | SC |
| David | Alderman | Sol | NC |
| James | Ballou | PS | NH |
| Samuel | Barksdale | SgtMaj | VA |
| John | Barringer | Capt PS | NC |
| John Paul | Barringer | PS | NC |
| Zadock | Bell | PS | VA |
| John | Blue, Sr. | PS | VA |
| Samuel | Bonifante | Pvt | VA |
| Martin | Bowman | Capt | PA |
| Peter | Bowmer | PS | VA |
| Jacob | Brinker | Pvt PS | PA |
| John | Brown | PS | VA |
| James | Byram | Pvt | VA |
| Peter | Carrico | Pvt PS | MD |
| John | Cassin | Mte | PA |
| Levi | Chadbourn | Pvt | MA |
| Alpheus | Chapman | 1Lt | CT |
| Samuel | Churchill | PS | VT |
| William | Cone | Sol PS | NC |
| Isaac | Cowell | Pvt | NJ |
| Cary | Cox | Sol | NC |
| Edward | Davis | PS | VA |
| Burwell | Davis | Pvt PS | NC |
| Peter D | Demarest | Pvt | NJ |
| George | Doherty | Capt | NC, VA |
| Eleazer | Dowse, Jr. | Pvt | MA |
| Major | Duke | Sol | SC |
| William | Duke | CS | NC |
| Thomas | Erskine | Capt | PA |
| Lewis | Fales | PS | SC |
| Francis | Flippen | PS | VA |
| Matthew | Flournoy | PS | VA |
| Cornelius | Flower | Sgt | CT |
| William | Foster | Pvt | VA |
| Elias | Garrard | PS | PA |
| Steven | Goggin, Jr. | Lt PS | VA |
| George | Granbery | Capt | NC |
| Peter | Guerrant | Capt PS | VA |
| Thomas | Hall | Pvt PS | NC |
| Henry | Harding | Lt | NC |
| William | Harlow | Pvt | MA |
| John | Harris | Sgt | NC |
| James | Harris | PS | VA |
| Amariah | Harris | Cpl | MA |
| James | Harrison | Pvt PS | SC |
| William | Hebb | Pvt | VA |
| William | Holloway | Sol | NC |
| Charles | Holt | Pvt | NC |
| Israel | Houghton | Cpl | MA |
| Samuel | Hovey | Sgt | CT |
| James | Hughey | Sol CS | NC |
| William | Inyard | Lt | PA |
| Sanford | Kingsbury | Maj PS | CT, VT |
| Edmund | Knowles | Sol PS | DE |
| Lewis | Lanier | Sol | VA |
| Edward | Larimore | CS | SC |
| Josiah | Leath | PS | VA |
| Timothy | Leonard | Cpl | MA |
| Ephraim | Lewis | Sol | SC |
| Mordacai | Lincoln | CS | PA |
| William | Losee | Pvt PS | NJ |
| Andrew | Love | Capt | SC |
| Gideon | Luther | Pvt | RI |
| Peter | Martin | Pvt | VA |
| Michael | Mccarty | Pvt CS | SC |
| Adam | Mcclung | PS | MD |
| John Jacob | Mickley | CS PS | PA |
| Isaac | Miller | Pvt | PA |
| Stephen | Miller | Pvt | MA |
| John | Montgomery | CS PS | VA |
| Josiah | Moore | Pvt | NJ |
| Nathan | Morgan | Pvt | NC |
| Morgan | Morgan | Lt | VA |
| Abiel | Morse | Pvt | CT, VT |
| Mark | Murphy | Sol | SC |
| Sion | Murphy | Sol | SC |
| William | Mustard | Pvt | DE |
| Edward | Nash | PS | NC |
| Thomas | Neal | Col PS | SC |
| Matthew | Nutter | PS | VA |
| Samuel | Parsons | Sol | VA |
| John Jacob | Pirkle | PS | NC |
| James | Rampley | PS | MD |
| Amaziah | Richmond | Pvt | MA |
| Benjamin | Risher | Sol | SC |
| John | Roof | Capt | NY |
| Timothy | Sanders | Pvt | NJ |
| John Nicolaus | Seeley | Ens | PA |
| Philip | Seifert, Sr. | PS | PA |
| Adam | Shaffer | Pvt | PA |
| Isaac | Sheldon | Noncom | RI |
| William | Simms | Capt | VA |
| Randolph | Slack | PS | VA |
| John Ludwig | Snyder | Pvt | PA |
| Elijah | South | PS | NJ |
| Josiah | Sparks | PS | MD |
| Abraham | Spear | Capt | NJ |
| John | Sturtevant | Lt | VA |
| Richard | Swinson | Pvt | NC |
| James | Temple | Sol | SC |
| William | Thomas, Sr. | PS | MD |
| Daniel | Thurston | Pvt | NY |
| John | Tolleson | CS | SC |
| James | Trent | Pvt | PA |
| Johannes | Vreeland | Capt | NJ |
| Caleb | Wadham | Sol | NY |
| Gideon | Walker | Ens | VT |
| Samuel | Wallace | LCol PS | VA |
| Charles | Webb | PS | VA |
| Isaac | Weldon | Pvt | GA |
| Joseph | West, Jr. | PS | VA |
| William | Whiting, Jr. | Pvt | CT |
| William | Whiting, Sr. | Pvt | CT |
| Asa | Worcester | Sgt | VT |
| Obediah | Wright | Sol | VA |
| William | Wyman, Jr. | Pvt | VT |