DAR recognizes its members’ ancestors who were patriots. These men and women lived in the original thirteen colonies, and they fought or supported the fight for independence from the British.
Their victory in the American Revolution in July 1776 made the United States of America a sovereign nation.
The patriots were united in their pursuit, which was expressed in our country’s Declaration of Independence as follows:
We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.
Listed below are the patriots represented by the membership of Halpatiokee Chapter, by name, state served and rank or service.
| LAST NAME | GIVEN NAME | STATE | RANK |
| Abbott | Jonathan | MA | Captain |
| Adams | Ebenezer | RI | Captain |
| Adams | William | PA | Private |
| Admire | George | NC | Civil Service |
| Ainsworth | Edward | NH | Private |
| Alderman | David | NC | Soldier |
| Alexander | Adam | GA | Staff Officer, Patriotic Service |
| Allen | Joseph, Jr | CT | Civil Service, Patriotic Service |
| Allen | Joseph | CT | Private |
| Allerton | John | NJ | Private |
| Ambler | James | CT | Private |
| Andes | Andrew | VA | Patriotic Service |
| Andes | William | MD | Patriotic Service |
| Armistead | John | VA | Private |
| Armstrong | Robert | SC | Lieutenant |
| Arnold | Jeremiah | VA | Private |
| Arnold | John | NJ | Private, Patriotic Service |
| Asbury | Richard | VA | Lieutenant |
| Averil | Perry | CT | Lieutenant |
| Baer | John | VA | Civil Service, Patriotic Service |
| Baird | David | NJ | Lieutenant |
| Ball | Josiah | MA | Private |
| Banta | Abraham | PA | Patriotic Service |
| Banta | Henry | PA | Patriotic Service |
| Barber | Simeon | CT | Private, Patriotic Service |
| Barnes | Shadrack | NC | Soldier, Patriotic Service |
| Barrett | Ninian | MD | Private, Patriotic Service |
| Barrett | Thomas, Jr | MA | Captain |
| Barrett | Thomas, Sr | MA | Civil Service, Patriotic Service |
| Barteau | Morris | NY | Corporal |
| Bates | Nehemiah | MA | Private |
| Beall | Zephaniah | MD | Major, Patriotic Service |
| Bealmear | Francis | MD | Patriotic Service |
| Beaver | George | PA | Private |
| Beckett | Humphrey | VA | Private |
| Bedford | Thomas, Sr | VA | Civil Service, Patriotic Service |
| Beeson | Richard | VA | Patriotic Service |
| Belknap | Moses | VT | Private |
| Bennett | John | VA | Patriotic Service |
| Bennett | Thomas | NC | Sergeant |
| Bentley | Thomas | NC | Patriotic Service |
| Billups | Joseph | VA | Sergeant |
| Blackshear | David | NC | Private |
| Blackwood | James | MA | Corporal |
| Blanton | Reuben | VA | Lieutenant |
| Bleecker | Anthony Lespenard | NY | Major |
| Bliss | Luke | MA | Patriotic Service |
| Blough | Jacob | PA | Private |
| Bowers | Christian | PA | Soldier |
| Boyer | Daniel | PA | Private |
| Boynton | David | MA | Private |
| Branch | William | NC | Soldier |
| Brenneman | Isaac | PA | Private |
| Brewster | Benjamin, Sr | NY | Patriotic Service |
| Brewster | Benjamin, Jr | NY | Private, Patriotic Service |
| Brewster | John | NY | Civil Service, Patriotic Service |
| Brinckerhoff | Henry | NJ | Private |
| Britt | Edward | GA | Soldier |
| Brooke | Benjamin | PA, NY | Captain, Patriotic Service |
| Brooke, | Benjamin | PA | Captain, Patriotic Service |
| Brooke | James, Sr | PA | Patriotic Service |
| Brown | Andrew | MA | Private |
| Browning | Daniel | NY | Private |
| Browning | Enos | VA | Private |
| Bruner | George | PA | Private |
| Bryan | Daniel Boone | NC | Private |
| Bryan | Mary Boone | VA | Patriotic Service |
| Bryan | William | VA | Patriotic Service |
| Buck | Elijah | CT | Patriotic Service |
| Buckner | Aylett | VA | Major, Patriotic Service, Civil Service |
| Buddington | Walter | CT | Private, Patriotic Service, Civil Service |
| Burnside | William | NY | Soldier |
| Burrill | Abraham | MA | Private |
| Bushnell | Jordan | CT | Private |
| Butler | James | SC | Private |
| Butler | John | MA | Private |
| Button | Peter | CT | Private |
| Cadman | George | NY | Private |
| Campbell | Arthur | VA | Colonel, Patriotic Service, Civil Service |
| Campfield | Jabez | NJ | Staff Officer |
| Cassell | Abram | MD | Private |
| Caswell | David | VT | Private |
| Cawood | Berry | VA | Private |
| Chaffee | Thomas | NJ | Private |
| Chapman | John | GA | Sergeant |
| Chapman | John | VA | Lieutenant |
| Chapoton | Jean Baptiste | VA | Patriotic Service |
| Chase | Amos | MA | Patriotic Service |
| Chase | Daniel | NY | Patriotic Service |
| Churchill | Samuel | MA | Private |
| Clason | Samuel | CT | Private |
| Clay | David | NC | Private |
| Coffin | Benjamin | MA | Patriotic Service |
| Cole | John | NH | Sergeant |
| Cole | Joseph, Jr | VA | Captain |
| Coleman | Abner | NY | Private |
| Coleman | Spencer | VA | Private |
| Comer | Augustine | VA | Private, Patriotic Service |
| Conrad | John | PA | Private |
| Conrad, | Rudolph | NC | Captain, Patriotic Service |
| Converse, Sr, | Josiah | CT | Patriotic Service |
| Cook, | Thaddeus | CT | Colonel |
| Coon | Peter | PA | Private |
| Corser | Jonathan | NH | Private |
| Cragin | John, Jr | NH, PA | Private, Patriotic Service, Civil Service |
| Crigler | Nicholas | VA | Patriotic Service |
| Crisler | Adam | VA | Patriotic Service |
| Crockett | John | VA | Lieutenant, Civil Service |
| Crummey | Stephen | SC | Private |
| Curry | Richard | PA | Private |
| Curtis | Elnathan, Sr | MA | Civil Service |
| Dalton | John | VA | Sergeant |
| Dampier | Daniel | GA | Sergeant |
| Dawson | Thomas | VA | Patriotic Service |
| Day | Thomas | CT | Private |
| De Witt | John | NY | Lieutenant |
| Dean | Richard | NY | Captain |
| Deibert | Michael | PA | Soldier, Patriotic Service |
| Delanoy | Abraham | NY | Private |
| Dingley | Jacob | MA | Private |
| Dorris | William | NJ | Private |
| Douglas | Hezekiah | CT | Ensign |
| Douthet | John, Sr | NC | Patriotic Service |
| Downs | John | VA | Private |
| Drake | George | NJ | Private |
| Drouin Dit Lemaine | Joseph | CD | Patriotic Service |
| Durrance | William | NC | Patriotic Service |
| Dustin | Timothy | NH | Patriotic Service |
| Dyer | Christopher, Sr | MA | Lieutenant |
| Dyer | Samuel | MA | Private |
| Earle | David | NJ | Private |
| Earle | John | NJ | Patriotic Service |
| Eastman | Timothy | CT | Private |
| Edmondson | Isaac | SC | Private |
| Eldredge | Daniel | VT | Private |
| Eldredge | John | NJ, VA | Private |
| Elkins | Chase | MA | Private |
| Epes | Edward | VA | Patriotic Service |
| Epes | James | VA | Patriotic Service, Civil Service |
| Evans | Andrew | VA | Private |
| Evans | Rees | PA | Soldier |
| Fabian | John Casper | PA | Patriotic Service |
| Fairbanks | Elijah | MA | Private |
| Farrar | Amos | PA | Private, Patriotic Service |
| Ferris | Caleb | NY | Private |
| Fleenor | Michael | VA | Private |
| Fletcher | Timothy | MA | Sergeant |
| Ford | Jacob, Sr | NJ | Patriotic Service, Civil Service |
| Freeman | Aaron | NC | Patriotic Service |
| Freeman | John | NC | Patriotic Service, Civil Service |
| Fuson | William | VA | Private |
| Gaul | John Frederick | PA | Private |
| Gemberling | Jacob | PA | Private |
| Gerberich | Andreas | PA | Private, Patriotic Service |
| German | Adam | PA | Private |
| Getz | Michael | PA | Private, Patriotic Service |
| Gibson | Stephen, Sr | MA | Private |
| Giles | Aquila | MD | Lieutenant Colonel |
| Gillespie | William | PA | Private |
| Glidden | Benjamin | MA | Private |
| Goldsmith | Benjamin | NY | Patriotic Service |
| Graham | Robert | VA | Lieutenant, Patriotic Service |
| Gray | John | NY | Private |
| Gray | Nathaniel | NY | Private |
| Graybill | Michael | PA | Private |
| Grier | Benjamin | NC | Captain, Patriotic Service, Civil Service |
| Grout | Elijah | NH | Patriotic Service |
| Gunsalus | Richard | PA | Lieutenant |
| Guyton | John | MD | Patriotic Service |
| Guyton | Nathaniel | SC | Patriotic Service |
| Hacker | John | VA | Private |
| Hale | Amon | MD | Private |
| Hall | Ignatius | NC | Patriotic Service |
| Hand | Hezekiah | NJ | Private |
| Harkness | James | MA | Patriotic Service |
| Harlow | Ephraim | MA | Private |
| Hart | Jacob | PA | Private |
| Hart | Samuel | NC | Lieutenant |
| Hartzell | Henry | PA | Private |
| Hatch | Elijah | MA | Sergeant |
| Hauff | Andrew | PA | Soldier, Patriotic Service |
| Heck | Daniel | MD | Soldier |
| Helie Dit Breton | Jean Baptiste | CD | Patriotic Service |
| Hemphill | Andrew | SC | Patriotic Service |
| Hendricks | Thomas | VA | Patriotic Service |
| Hester, | Barbara Cook | VA | Patriotic Service |
| Hester | Charles | SC | Patriotic Service |
| Hildebrand | Conrad | NC | Patriotic Service |
| Hinkson | John | PA | Private |
| Hoadley | Silas | CT | Private |
| Hodges | Joshua | NC | Soldier |
| Hoffecker | George | VA | Private |
| Holsinger | Michael | VA | Private |
| Hooe | Robert Howson | VA | Staff Officer |
| Housman | Jacob | PA | Private |
| Howard | Stephen | CT | Private |
| Hughes | Rowland | VA | Private |
| Humphrey | Ebenezer | MA | Captain |
| Hunter | Henry | NC | Private |
| Immel | George Michael | PA | Private |
| Inyard | William | PA | Lieutenant |
| Jennings | Israel | VA, NY | Soldier |
| Jewett | Ichabod | CT | Private |
| Jones | Hugh | PA | Captain |
| Jordan | Israel | MA | Private |
| Jordan | Nathaniel, Sr | MA | Lieutenant Colonel |
| Keller | John | PA | Private |
| Kelly | Nathan | PA | Private |
| Kern | William | PA | Patriotic Service |
| Kichlein | Peter, Sr | PA, SC | Colonel, Patriotic Service |
| Kimberly | Fitch | CT | Private |
| King | Mathias | PA | Corporal |
| Kline | Barnhart | PA | Lieutenant |
| Kramer | Daniel, Sr | PA | Patriotic Service |
| Kyle | Hartman | PA | Private |
| Laird | Jacob | PA, SC | Lieutenant |
| Lanning | John | NC | Private |
| Leatherman | Nicholas | NC | Patriotic Service |
| Leggett, Jr | John | NY | Private |
| Lent | William | VA | Private |
| Leonard | Asa | CT | Private |
| Letzenbergh | Simon | PA | Patriotic Service |
| Lillard | Benjamin | VA | Captain, Patriotic Service |
| Lipscomb | Ambrose | VA, NY | Private |
| Little | Daniel | NC | Civil Service |
| Little | Moses | MA | Brigadier General |
| Littlefield | David | MA | Private |
| Littlefield. Sr | John | MA | Lieutenant Colonel |
| Lockhart | Jacob | VA | Soldier |
| Lohr | Valentine | PA | Private |
| Long | Thomas | PA | Major, Patriotic Service, Civil Service |
| Lovering | Joseph Mayo | MA | Patriotic Service |
| Lovering | Joseph | MA | Patriotic Service |
| Luther | Conrad | PA | Patriotic Service |
| Malpass | John | SC | Private |
| Manifold | Benjamin | PA | Private |
| Mann | Luke | GA | Captain, Patriotic Service |
| Manus | James | VA | Patriotic Service |
| Marbury | Elenor G | GA | Patriotic Service |
| Mask, Jr | John | NC | Patriotic Service |
| Matthews | Timothy | MA | Private |
| May | John | VA | Private |
| Mccamish | Thomas | VA | Private |
| Mcclintock | Alexander | PA | Private, Patriotic Service |
| Mcclure | Matthew | NC | Patriotic Service, Civil Service |
| Meriwether | David | VA | Lieutenant |
| Merriken | John | MD | Patriotic Service |
| Monell | David | NY | Lieutenant, Patriotic Service |
| Montgomery | John | VA | Patriotic Service, Civil Service |
| Moore | John | NC | Private |
| Morgan | Perminter | NC | Patriotic Service |
| Morse | Jonathan | NH | Private |
| Moseley | William | NC, SC | Private |
| Mull | John | NC | Patriotic Service |
| Mull | Peter | NC | Captain, Patriotic Service |
| Muse | Thomas | SC | Captain |
| Musser, Sr | Philip | PA | Patriotic Service |
| Musser | Sebastian | PA | Soldier |
| Neighbour | Nicholas | PA | Private |
| Netherton | John | VA | Major |
| Newton | Roswell | MA | Private |
| Nixon | William | NJ | Private |
| Osborn | George Jerry | NH | Captain |
| Pace | Joel | VA | Private |
| Pagan | Alexander | SC | Captain, Patriotic Service |
| Paine | Reuben | CT | Soldier |
| Patterson | Ebenezer | MA | Sergeant |
| Perrin | Jesse | MA | Captain |
| Phillips | Theophilus | PA | Lieutenant Colonel |
| Piatt | Jacob | Patriotic Service | |
| Pitman | James | GA | Lieutenant |
| Pitts | John | NC | Captain |
| Poorman | Jacob | PA | Private, Patriotic Service |
| Potter | Nehemiah | RI | Sergeant |
| Potwine | Thomas | CT | Private |
| Powers | Isaac | MA | Captain, Civil Service |
| Prather | Thomas | MD | Patriotic Service |
| Prime | John | VA | Private |
| Pulliam | Thomas | VA | Private |
| Quackenbush | John | NY, NC | Captain |
| Quarterman | Thomas | GA | Patriotic Service |
| Rader | Casper | PA | Soldier |
| Ralston | David | VA | Private |
| Rawson | Abner | MA | Patriotic Service |
| Reesman | Philip | PA | Private |
| Register | Benjamin | NC | Soldier |
| Rhodes | Joseph | MA | Private |
| Rhodes | Mathias | PA | Patriotic Service |
| Richardson | Isaac | MA | Private |
| Richmond | Stephen | NY | Soldier |
| Ringle | Mathias | PA | Ensign, Patriotic Service |
| Roberts | Isaac | PA | Patriotic Service |
| Roberts | John | PA | Private |
| Roberts | Thomas | VA | Patriotic Service |
| Robinett | Jesse | PA | Private |
| Robinson | Issachar | NY | Private, Patriotic Service |
| Rogers | David | CT | Private |
| Rogers | Joseph | NY | Patriotic Service |
| Ross | William | MA | Private |
| Russell | Ebenezer | NY | Private, Patriotic Service |
| Sanford | Jeremiah | VA | Soldier |
| Savage | John | NY | Patriotic Service |
| Schreier | Johann Peter | PA | Private |
| Scott | Arthur | VA | Captain |
| Scudder | Jedediah | NJ | Private |
| Sears | Elkanah | CT | Patriotic Service, Civil Service |
| Shepard, Jr | Daniel | CT | Sergeant |
| Shepard | Moses | NJ | Captain |
| Sherman | Conrad | PA | Captain |
| Shippen | William | PA | Patriotic Service |
| Shoemaker | George | PA | Patriotic Service |
| Shoup | Martin | MD | Patriotic Service |
| Shoup | Peter | NC | Soldier, Patriotic Service |
| Shumway | Solomon | MA | Private |
| Simms | William | VA | Captain |
| Simonton | Thomas | PA | Private |
| Smiley | Robert | PA | Soldier |
| Smith | Ralph | CT | Private |
| Stannard | John | CT | Private |
| Stevenson | Daniel | PA | Private |
| Stewart | Thomas | PA | Patriotic Service |
| Stimpson | Samuel | MA | Private |
| Stoddard | Lemuel | NH | Private |
| Stonecypher | John | NC | Private |
| Stratton | John | NY | Patriotic Service |
| Stretcher | Edward | PA | Patriotic Service |
| Strohm | John | PA | Private, Patriotic Service |
| Swan | Charles | PA | Private |
| Taft | Aaron | MA | Lieutenant, Civil Service |
| Taft | Ebenezer | MA | Private |
| Taft | Peter | MA | Civil Service |
| Tate | James | NC | Soldier, Patriotic Service |
| Tate | William | SC | Lieutenant, Civil Service |
| Taylor, Jr | Othniel | MA | Captain |
| Tozer | Jared | CT | Private |
| Trowbridge | Shubel | NJ | Private |
| Tuthill | Jonathan | NY | Captain |
| Tuthill | Samuel | NJ | Lieutenant Colonel |
| Tyler | Daniel | VA | Private |
| Tyson | Henry | PA | Private |
| Utterback | Jacob | VA | Patriotic Service |
| Van Arsdale | Simon | PA | Major |
| Van Doren | Joseph | NJ | Private, Civil Service |
| Vance | Joseph | PA | Private |
| Vining | David | MA | Private |
| Vining | Elisha | MA | Civil Service |
| Vreeland | Jacob | NJ | Patriotic Service |
| Vrooman, Sr | Tunis | NY | Captain |
| Waldo | Joseph | CT | Private |
| Waldo | Zaccheus | CT | Patriotic Service, Civil Service |
| Walker, Sr | Thomas | VA | Patriotic Service, Civil Service |
| Walters | Henry | PA | Private |
| Walton | Jeremiah | PA, NC | Patriotic Service |
| Walton, Sr | William | VA | Private, Patriotic Service |
| Ware | Robert | NC | Civil Service |
| Watson | John | VA | Private |
| Watson | Larner | VA | Private |
| Watson | Michael | SC | Captain, Patriotic Service, Civil Service |
| Watts | Garrett | NC | Private |
| Wayland | John | VA | Soldier |
| Weaver | Matthias | VA | Soldier, Patriotic Service |
| Webber | John | MA | NCO |
| Wells, 3rd | Thomas | RI | Captain |
| Wentworth | Moses | MA | Soldier, Civil Service |
| Westfall | Wilhemus | NY | Captain |
| Weston | Levi | MA | Private |
| White, | Haffield | MA | Captain Adjutant |
| Whitner, | Henry, Sr | NC | Patriotic Service |
| Williams, | Thomas S | VA | Private, Patriotic Service |
| Withington, | Samuel | MA | Sergeant |
| Witter, | Ebenezer | CT, VA | Patriotic Service, Civil Service |
| Woodruff, | Enos | NJ | Private, Patriotic Service |
| Woodruff, | Gedor | CT | Private |
| Woodruff, | Timothy | NJ | Civil Service |
| Woodward, | Enos | CT | Civil Service |
| Woodworth, | William | CT | Private |
| Wright, | Thomas | VA | Private |
| Wylie, | Thomas | GA, NC | Captain, Patriotic Service |