Patriots
Listed by the state of service are the names and ranks of the ancestors of the Benjamin Cleveland Chapter, NSDAR, members. This list includes Patriots of the American Revolutionary War and ancestors who contributed to the cause for independence through civil or patriotic service. For more information on a particular Patriot, please visit the NSDAR Ancestor Search webpage.
For a list of acceptable services, see the Accepted American Revolutionary War Service webpage for more information.
Connecticut
Nathaniel Northrop, PVT
Louisiana
Francisco Segura, PS
Massachusetts
Edmund Jewett, PVT
Zophar Searle, PVT
John Swan, CPL
North Carolina
Richard Barry, PS
John Teeter Beam, PS
John Beverly, PS
Burwell Blanton, PVT
Michael Bullen, Sr., CPL, PS
Christian Carpenter, PS
David Dumas, PS
James Faison, PVT
Frederick Hambright, LCOL, CS, PS
Owen Lee, PS
Charles Crawford Lewis, SGT
Thomas Lowrey, PVT
William McSwain, PVT
William Wellman, PVT
James Withrow, CAPT
Pennsylvania
Benjamin Carson, PVT
Jacob Lanius, PS
Daniel Ridge, PVTR
South Carolina
William Dobbins, PS
Alexander Ingraham, PS
Samuel Littlejohn, LT
George Matthews, PVT, PS
Charles Smith, PS
Virginia
William Bolling, SOL
William Crowder, PVT, PS
Ambrose Dudley, CAPT, PS
Martin Elliott, PS
Adam Finch, LT, PS
James Slaughter, CAPT
Job Wright, PS
Abbreviations for Patriot Service Ranks
CAPT — Captain
CS — Civil Service
CPL — Corporal
LT — Lieutenant
LCOL — Lieutenant Colonel
PS — Patriotic Service
PVT — Private
PVTR — Privateer
SGT — Sergeant
SOL — Soldier