Our Samuel Bryan Chapter members are proud to be direct descendants of these patriots of the American Revolutionary War.

"Those who won our independence...valued liberty as an end and as a means. They believed liberty to be the secret of happiness and courage to be the secret of liberty."

Louis D. Brandeis

Our Patriots Listed by State

Our Patriots Book - Volume 1

Stories of our "freedom fighters" written by a member of our Chapter.

  • Daniel Collins, Lieutenant
  • Job Fuller, Non-commissioned Officer
  • David Hough, Private
  • George Hubbard, Patriotic Service
  • Ebenezer Lyon, Private
  • Samuel Boone, Patriotic Service
  • Cornelius Brothers, Soldier, Patriotic Service
  • Thomas Hutchcraft, Private
  • Andrew Malone, Corporal
  • Luke Mudd, Civil Service
  • Elijah Smith, Private
  • William Spaulding, Private, Patriotic Service
  • Michael Waltman, Private
  • Nathaniel Kennard, Sr., Soldier
  • Thomas Reinhard, Private
  • Barzilla Delano, Private
  • Benjamin Stevens, Civil Service
  • Daniel Adams, Private
  • Elnathan Jacobs, Private
  • Comfort Olds, Private
  • Daniel Walker, Sergeant
  • Daniel Roper, Private
  • Phineas Walker, Captain
  • Antipas Howe, Private
  • William Markham Sr, Sergeant
  • Daniel Carter, Private
  • David Garrigus, Private
  • John George, Sergeant
  • William Hercules, Soldier
  • Caleb Hopkins, Lieutenant
  • Peter Van Der Veer, Private
  • Benjamin Allison, Private
  • John Boyer Jr., Private
  • Timothy Boughton, Private
  • David Dutcher, Private
  • John Adair, Sr., Civil Service, Patriotic Service
  • William Adams, Patriotic Service
  • John Angel, Private
  • George Baker, Captain
  • David Chandler, Private
  • Samuel Dalton, Patriotic Service
  • William Dixon, Private
  • Moses Endicott, Private
  • William Colcough, Patriotic Service
  • George Harlan, Public Service
  • George Nicks Sr., Lieutenant
  • Lawrence Thompson, Sergeant
  • John Wilkins, Private
  • William Wright, Private
  • Samuel Wyatt, Patriotic Service
  • Rowland Alexander, Lieutenant
  • Prudence Beals Williams, Patriotic Service
  • Henry Holliday, Patriotic Service
  • James Baxter, Private
  • John Boreland, Private
  • Benjamin Castor, Private
  • John Christy, Patriotic Service
  • James Clark, Civil Service & Patriotic Service
  • Charles Cracroft, Major & Patriotic Service
  • Adam Flake, Private
  • John George Diefenbaugh, Ensign
  • John Cowing, Sergeant
  • Nicolas Firestone, II, Private
  • Joseph Grist, Private
  • John Harding, Jr., Captain
  • Michael Haverstick, Colonel, Patriotic Service
  • John Heller, Private
  • George Hillegas, Patriotic Service
  • David Humphrey, Jr., Private
  • David Humphrey, Sr., Patriotic Service
  • John Llewellyn, Soldier
  • James McFarland, Private
  • Lewis Nichola, Brigadier General
  • John Reed, Captain
  • William Wishart, Sergeant
  • John Kerlin, Jr.
  • Thomas Roney, Privatt
  • Abel Green, Lieutenant
  • Alexander Kelso, Private
  • James Lanman, Non-commissioned Officer
  • Bazil Prather, Private
  • Mordecai Miller, Private
  • Joseph Venable, Soldier
  • Joseph Call, Private
  • Caleb Hendee, Private
  • Andrew Edmands, Soldier
  • William Abney, Private
  • Henry Antill, Patriotic Service
  • Abraham Baugh, Patriotic Service
  • John Boreland, Private
  • James Brewster, Civil Service
  • Leroy Brizendine, Private
  • John Butler, Sergeant Major
  • William Davidson, Private
  • James Dunn, Civil Service & Patriotic Service
  • Samuel Dunn, Private, Civil Service
  • Henry Flescher, Lieutenant
  • Henry Harding, Private
  • Wooten Harris, Private
  • James Hickman, Sr., Private
  • Archelaus Hughes, Colonel, Civil Service & Patriotic Service
  • Dilmas Johnson, Private
  • Thomas Kincaid, Patriotic Service
  • James Marrow, Public Service
  • Peter Martin, Private
  • John McCorkle, Ensign
  • William McKee, Captain
  • Shadrach Pearson, Private
  • Thomas Rand, Private
  • James Range, Private
  • William Ransdell, Ensign
  • Matthew Robertson, Private, Patriotic Service
  • Blaze Robertson, Patriotic Service
  • John Sanders, Private
  • William Sexton, Private
  • Maniah Singleton, Lieutenant, Civil Service
  • Stephen Smith, Private
  • Henry Thomas, Private
  • James Wilson, Patriotic Service
  • Archelaus Huges, Colonial
  • Peyton Brown, Private
  • Jacob Puckett, Private
  • John Kimberlin, Public Service
  • John Decker, Patriotic Service
  • Jonathan Purcell, Patriotic Service
  • Abraham Sandifer, Patriotic Service
  • George Stovall Jr., Civil Service,
  • George Stovall Sr., Patriotic Service
  • James Ruddle, Private

The podcast shines a light on Revolutionary War Patriots who have been featured in DAR’s award-winning American Spirit magazine, narrated by President General Denise Doring VanBuren.

New podcast episodes are released every Tuesday and Thursday. Episodes can be found here, on Spotify and Apple Podcasts.

Our Patriots DAR Podcast

 

    America’s First Political Cartoon         

The phrase,

      The phrase, “Join or Die,” by Benjamin Franklin, encouraged former colonies to fight against British rule.

 

Find Your Patriot!

The DAR has a searchable genealogical database containing information on proven patriots and descendants of past and present DAR members. Feel free to browse the collection.
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