Our Patriots

Who Are Our Patriots?

Forgotten Patriots

The DAR is working diligently to identify minority individuals who contributed to America’s independence in the Revolutionary War era. The National Society has published a book, Forgotten Patriots, which describes heroism and acts of service by American Indians and African Americans. To date, thousands of forgotten Patriots have been identified, and DAR researchers continue to uncover these individuals and their unique stories.

Female Patriots

Have you ever considered the role that your female ancestors played in the American Revolutionary War? Women and other under-recognized individuals played an important role in the formation of our great nation. We are currently researching to add Lydia Barnes Potter as a Patriot for her hard work at sewing uniforms for the soldiers during the Revolutionary War. Many women worked for the government washing, caring, and helping with the clothing of our dear Revolutionary soldiers.

Chapter Patriots

These American Revolutionary War Patriots listed have been researched and proven by our members. They are listed in alphabetical order, first name, last name with the colony where each ancestor served our country.

Their service in the American Revolutionary War included military service, civil service and patriotic service. We hope you will find one of your ancestors listed here!

This list is updated as our chapter grows, so please check back!

America 250!

In the year 2026, we will celebrate 250 years of independence. Along with the National Society, we are very excited about our opportunity to honor the Patriots of the American Revolution while increasing knowledge of their service and sacrifice. A message from the NSDAR President General: “Let us never take for granted the courage of our Patriot ancestors. While it is relatively easy to see why our ancestors chose “life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness” in hindsight, we must never forget that it must have been agonizing to do so at the time. They risked lives and fortunes of their families when choosing sides.”

Patriot Surname	Patriot First Name	Birth Date	Death Date	Colony	Service
Allison	William	C 1740	Feb 1818	NC	CS PS
Baker	Joel	1765	5 Nov 1839	NH	PVT
Batchelder	Samuel	15 May 1749	5 Jun 1815	MA	PVT
Beauchamp	William	31 Jul 1743	26 Oct 1807	MD	StaffOf
Belknap	Abel	24 May 1754	3 Apr 1838	MA	PVT
Billingsley	Walter	14 July 1761	Post 1 Jan 1838	NC	PS
Blodgett	Artemus	31 Dec 1752	23 Sep 1830	CT	PVT
Brown	Ezekiel	10 Aug 1755	4 Jun 1798	MA	Noncom
Brown	Jacob	12 Feb 1763	10 – 1845	MA	PVT
Burnham	Josiah	28 Apr 1716	10 Mar 1800	CT	CS
Cadwell	Timothy	28 Aug 1747	13 Jan 1797	CT	CPL
Carr	Jonathan	15 Apr 1757	28 Apr 1849	MA	PVT
Castner	Peter	23 Jun 1783	24 Sep 1819	PA	PVT
Cave	John	1725	Post 26 May 1809	VA	PS
Chapoton	Jean Baptiste	17 Jun 1721	22 Jan 1803	VA	PS
Chase	Lemuel	1765	Ante 13 Dec 1823	NY	PVT, FIF
Childress	Willliam	25 Dec 1762	14 Jan 1839	NC & SC	PVT, PS
Christian	Charles	C 1715	ANTE 16 Feb 1784	VA	PVT
Christian	Walter	23 Sep 1760	Aug – 1829	VA	PVT
Clapp	John Philip	20 Feb 1731	Ante 20 Feb 1798	NC	PS
Cole, Sr.	Joseph	3 May 1716	ANTE 25 Jun 1785	VA	PS
Cole, Sr.	Sampson	7 Mar 1750	ANTE 18 Jul 1833	VA	PS
Colvin	Levi	1745	21 Dec 1834	VT	ENS
Cotton	Thomas	30 Apr 1730	28 Sep 1808	CT	PVT
Cram	Peter	20 Aug 1728	4 Oct 1779	MA	Cpl
Crosby	Joseph	23 Mar 1752	19 Feb 1843	NH	PVT
Deering	Edward	C 1710	ANTE 4 Aug 1791	VA	PS
Dennison	Daniel	16 Dec 1730	16 Mar 1793	NY	SGT
Dewey, Jr	Ebenezer	7 Mar 1740	28 Feb 1820	NH	PS
Dewey, Sr	Ebernezer	24 Feb 1712	24 Nov 1791	NH	CS, PS
Dickinson	Richard	10 Jan 1735	21 Jul 1816	MA	SGT
Dill	Archibald	C 1748	Ante 22 May 1840	NC	PVT, PS
Dilley	Ephraim	6 Nov 1755	26 Jul 1844	NJ	PVT
Dodson	Lazarus	7 Oct 1728	Ante 16 Sep 1797	VA	PS
Drake	Michael	C 1753	May 1798	VA	PVT
Dungan	Jesse	22 Feb 1766	12 Jul 1823	PA	PVT
Durfee	James	14 Jul 1749	1805	RI	PVT
Dwinell	Aaron	10 Aug 1762	5 Aug 1844	MA	PVT
Eldredge	William Case	17 Apr 1765	1842	CT	PVT
Foster	William	24 Dec 1763	10 Jul 1825	NH	PVT
Funkhouser	Abraham	C 1748	2 Jul 1825	VA	SOL
Garris	Benjamin	C 1742	Ante 8 – 1832	NC	SOL
Garris	Sikes	25 Feb 1762	Post 19 Jun 1841	NC	PVT, PS
Gowens	Charles	1768	ANTE 9 -1857	VA	PVT
Griffith	Daniel	8 Jul 1726	11 Mar 1814	MA	Sgt, CS, PS
Grossman	Michael	22 Jan 1748	7 Oct 1810	PA	PVT
Hadden	Anthony	26 Mar 1746	28 Apr 1828	VA	CAPT
Hadden	John	C 1725	20 Oct 1795	VA	CS, PS
Hall	James	20 Apr 1720	2 Feb 1807	CT	CS
Hall	Peter	1 Aug 1755	25 Aug 1835	CT & VT	CPL
Harrison	Joseph	1750	21 Feb 1804	NY	Capt
Harrod	Levi	22 Jan 1750	2 Oct 1825	PA	LT
Herrick	Ebenezer	24 Jun 1739	17 Jun 1775	MA	SGT Maj
Holcomb	Roger	18 Oct 1742	22 Oct 1824	CT	CPL
Holman	Elisha	13 May 1739	20 May 1812	MA	SGT
Hubbell	Justus	1744	Post 1793	NY & VA	PVT, CS, PS
Hughart	James	C 1748	25 Jan 1791	VA	PVT
Ijams	John Frederick	1765	24 Jan 1839	MD	PVT
Isham	George Jonathan	16 Jul 1759	17 Aug 1843	CT	DRM
Isham	John	6 Aug 1741	2 Mar 1802	CT	PS
Jackson	Benjamin	5 Mar 1752	5 Jun 1842	NJ	SGT
Jenks	Joseph	1714	25 May 1784	RI	CAPT
Jennings	Benjamin	1758	12 May 1845	PA	PVT
Jones	Peter	1760	3 Jul 1842	MD	PVT
Kelly	William	1735	9 Sep 1783	VA	SGTMAJ, PS
Killinger	George	1757	21 Mar 1842	PA	SOL
Kimball, Sr	John	9 Aug 1735	28 Oct 1810	CT	CAPT
Kneisley	John Michael	21 Sep 1752	15 Dec 1834	PA	PVT
Kresge	Conrad	C 1740	ANTE 6 Jul 1805	PA	PVT, PS
Leavenworth	Ebenezer	29 Dec 1734	18 Mar 1778	CT	CS
Lewis	John	23 Jun 1748	17 Feb 1835	VA	SGT
Lincoln	Zadock	18 Dec 1744	13 Jun 1813	MA	PS
Madding	Thomas	C 1760	Aug – 1810	VA	PVT, PS
Mather	Asaph	22 Aug 1753	Jan 1849	NH	CPL, PS, CS
Maxfield	Nathaniel	24 May 1743	1797	NH	PVT, PS
McClaren	Daniel	17 May 1749	Ante 1844	SC	PVT, PS
Mitchell	Thomas	18 Sep 1758	25 Jan 1835	VA	Smn
Moffitt	James	1730	Post 17 Apr 1793	NC	PS
Monnett	Abraham	16 Mar 1748	7 Dec 1810	MD	PVT
Morton	Bryant	C 1705	1793	MA	CAPT, CS, PS
Newhall	Andrew	9 Mar 1730	C 1795	MA	SOL
Newman	Ebenezer	7 Jun 1756	29 Sep 1839	MA	PVT
Nickerson	Reuben	21 Jan 1748	ANTE 11 Oct 1829	MA	PVT
Oberlin	John Michael	31 Aug 1751	ANTE 10 Jun 1818	PA	CAPT, PS
Olmstead	James	13 May 1751	21 Sep 1811	CT	LT
Ott	Johan	24 Jun 1745	13 Feb 1814	PA	PVT
Park, Jr.	Smith	13 Nov 1749	3 June 1841	NY	CPL
Park, Sr	Smith	5 Nov 1721	12 Feb 1807	CT	SOL
Parker	Jonathan	1 Jan 1722	27 Oct 1803	NH	PS
Parker	Samuel	11 Nov 1754	5 Jul 1841	NH	PVT
Pendleton	Richard	C 1750	20 May 1829	VA	PVT
Phillips	Job	1741	22 Jan 1835	CT	CPL
Pontius	John	18 Aug 1717	ANTE 27 May 1794	PA	CS, PS
Pontius	John Henry	24 Feb 1744	13 Dec 1822	PA	LT, PS
Potter	Lemuel	13 Nov 1755	26 Feb 1826	CT	CPL
Powe	William	1759	8 Nov 1839	VA	PVT
Redshaw	Joseph	C 1752	ANTE 20 Oct 1829	VA	PS
Robinson	Amos	7 Sep 1735	13 Aug 1809	VT	SOL
Robinson	George	1727	6 Mar 1814	PA	CAPT, PS
Rose	Charles	1756	1 Apr 1838	VA	PVT
Rumbaugh	John	C 1740	28 Aug 1822	PA	LT
Rundle, Jr.	Reuben	10 Mar 1757	25 Oct 1848	NY	PVT, FIF
Schertzer	Jacob	3 Aug 1712	19 Jan 1794	PA	PS
Simmons	Job	20 May 1720	P 1 Jan 1779	CT	SOL
Slaughter	Jacob	C 1730	Ante 8 Oct 1824	NC & SC	PS
Smith	Jacob	C 1743	ANTE 12 Dec 1803	PA	PS
Snodgrass	Joseph	ANTE 1750	ANTE 18 Mar 1828	VA	PS
Spalding	Moses Clark	Ante 1756	Post 1810	MD	PS
Spencer	James	1730	9 Dec 1825	PA	PS
Stedham	Samuel	C 1747	Post 1833	NC	PVT, PS
Stoddard	Orange	29 May1742	3 Oct 1824	MA	CAPT
Terry	Elisha	8 Aug 1743	C 1811	MA	PVT
Tilson	William	15 Mar 1741	C 1825	VA	PS
Toothaker	Ebenezer	C 1740	ANTE 18 Jun 1788	MA	CS, PS
Toothaker	Roger	C 1751	ANTE 13 Apr 1814	MA	CS, PS
Torrence	Hugh	15 Oct 1732	1813	NC	CS
Treadwell	Josiah	8 Nov 1713	1798	CT	PS
Twyman	George	29 Mar 1731	ANTE 2 Jun 1818	VA	PS
Twyman	James	17 Jun 1761	22 Feb 1834	VA	Noncom, PS
Van Voorhees	Isaac	3 Oct 1758	4 Oct 1844	NJ	PS
Wafer	Francis	1750	1823	SC	CAV
Wampler	George Hans	1736	ANTE 10 May 1815	PA	PVT
Wardwell	Daniel	17 Apr 1734	17 Jan 1803	MA	PS
Warren	Aaron	3 Jul 1762	21 Apr 1849	NH	CPL
Warren	David	24 May 1742	1820	NH	LT, PS
Webster	Jonathan	5 Oct 1705	14 Nov 1781	CT	PS
Wheeler	James	1730	Ante 28 Mar 1804	NY & VA	CS, PS
White	Thomas	5 Mar 1754	25 Apr 1824	PA & NC	LT, PS
Whitehill	David	25 May 1743	12 Nov 1809	PA	CAPT, PS
Wilson	John	25 Oct 1749	Ante 11-1813	DE	PS

Key to Abbreviation for DAR Patriots’ Services

PVT – Private
CPL – Corporal
SGT – Sergeannt
SGTMaj – Sergeant Majjor
LT – Lieutenant
CAPT – Captain
ENS – Ensign (Army Rank)
CAV – Cavalry
SMN – Seaman
DRM – Drummer
FIF – Fifer
NONCOM – Noncommissioned
SOL – Soldier

PS – Patriotic Service – donated/sold goods or services to patriot cause, paid supply tax designated for war effort, signed oath of allegience

CS – Civil Service – Federal, State or Local Office where Americans gained control of locality, i.e. selectman, juror, justice of the peace, overseer of roads, overseer of the poor.

SDI – Signer of Declaration of Independence