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There are 100 chapters in Illinois. Perhaps one of them is a closer fit for you. Take a look.

Several years ago, the Edwardsville Chapter NSDAR took on the project of placing our nation's flag around the community. Today flags are still flying on patriotic holidays.

Edwardsville is home to Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, and many small and large businesses. Edwardsville also played an important role in our state's history. It is a great place to live and play.

The Edwardsville Chapter NSDAR sponsors a local Children of the American Revolution society.

Our Chapter Patriots

Patriots


ANDREWS, James; Private & Patriotic Service ~ Virginia
Spouse: Elizabeth Ogle
ANKENY, Christian, Lieutenant, Patriotic Service ~ Pennsylvania
Spouse: Elizabeth Shaffer
APPERSON, Littleberry; Patriotic Service ~ Virginia
Spouse: Elizabeth X
ARMISTEAD, William ~ Virginia
Spouse: Rebecca Kimbell, Elizabeth Westmoreland Lewis Morris
ATER, George ~ Patriotic Service ~ Virginia
Spouse: Mary Boyer
BARBER, Ezekiel, Soldier ~ Connecticut
Spouse: Elizabeth Goddard
BARKER, Stephen, Private ~ New York
Spouse: Elizaeth Massey
BERRY, Enoch, Ensign ~ Virginia
Spouse: Margaret McMahon
BOLIN, Aleander, Soldier ~ Pennsylvania;
Spouse: Martha Patsy Williams
BORROR, Charles, Private ~ Virginia
Spouse: Sidney Wees
BREWER, Benjamin, Private ~ Pennsylvania
Spouse: Caty Catherine Mellenger
BRIGGS, Richard, Dr. ~ Massachusetts
Spouse: Huldah Reed
CARTEE, James, Private ~ Virginia
Spouse: Nancy X
CASTELMAN, David, Patriotic Service ~ Virginia
Spouse: Margaret Johnston
COPELAND, William, Corporal ~ Virginia
Spouse: X
COPPAGE, Charles, Patriotic Service ~ Virginia
Spouse: Elizabeth Basye
CORWIN, John, Lieutenant ~ New York
Spouse: Sarah Hubbard, Deborah Brown
COWAN, Robert, Sergeant ~ North Carolina
Spouse: Susan Woods
CRAWFORD, Georg, Private ~ Virginia
Spouse: Florence Henderson
DAVIS, John ~ Virginia
Spouse: Mary Hutsell
DAVIS, Levis, Corporal ~ Pennsylvania
Spouse: Elizabeth Rammage
DOWELL, William, Sergeant ~ Virginia
Spouse: Judah X
DUNLAP, Robert, Soldier ~ Virginia
Spouse: Mary Elizabeth Gay
EARNEST, Felix, Ensign ~ North Carolina
Spouse: Sarah North, Sarah Oliphant
ELY, Thomas, Private ~ Virginia
Spouse: Jane Smith
ENSMINGER, George, Lieutenant ~ Pennsylvania
Spouse: Maria Magdalene Griest
FLESHER, Henry, Lieutenant ~ Virginia
Spouse: Elizabeth X
HARDING, Joseph, Major ~ North Carolina
Spouse: Jane Gibson
HARRISON, Anthony, Private ~ Virginia
Spouse: Alice Nelson, Hannah Sanford
HAWKINS, Alexander, Sr. ~ New York
Spouse: Tabitha Satterly
HIGGASON, Thomas, Sergeant ~ Virginia
Spouse: Ann White
JACKSON, David ~ Pennsylvania
Spouse: Elizabeth Reed
JAUDAN, Elias, Soldier ~ South Carolina
Spouse: Mary Dixon
JUDY "TSCHUDI", Jacob, Patriotic Service - Maryland
Spouse: Elizabeth Sprater
KEELER, Thomas, Private ~ New Jersey
Spouse: Elizabeth Woolson
KELLY, Jesse, Private ~ New Jersey
Spouse: Christiana X
LABUXIERE, Joseph Charles, Patriotic Service ~ Louisiana
Spouse: Anne Catherine Vivarennes
LEE, Samuel, Patriotic Service ~ Maryland
Spouse: X
LEFFINGWELL, Benajah, Major ~ Connecticut
Spouse: Lucy Backus
LEWIS, Andrew, Jr., Private ~ Virginia
Spouse: Elizabeth Agatha Madison, Margaret Briant
LEWIS, Andrew, Sr., Brigadier General ~ Virginia
Spouse: Elizabeth Giens
LORTON, Robert, Sergeant ~ Virginia
Spouse: Tabitha Ganaway
McILHENNY, Felix, Corporal ~ Pennsylvania
Spouse: Jane X
MCKEE, William, Captain ~ Virginia
Spouse: Miriam McKee
MELTON, Lettice White, Patriotic Service ~ Virginia
Spouse: William Melton
MUNDY, Samuel, III, Private ~ New Jersey
Spouse: Elizabeth Barron, Abigail Rowland
NEWELL, James, Captain, Militia, Civil Service ~ Virginia
Spouse: Sarah Wood
PARSONS, Charles, Patriotic Service ~ Virginia
Spouse: Elizabeth Chestnut, Anna Nancy Fleshur Sleeth
PENNEY Caleb, Patriot Service ~ North Carolina
Spouse: XX
PENNEY, Edward, Patriotic Service ~ North Carolina
Spouse: Elizabeth X
PETERS, John, Private ~ Virginia
Spouse: Catherine X
PONTIUS, George, Private ~ Pennsylvania
Spouse: Catharine Potius
PONTIUS, Johannes, Sr., Civil & Patriotic Service ~ Pennsylvania
Spouse: Anna Catherine Zeller
PRATHER, Basil, Soldier ~ North Carolina
Spouse: Clorenda Robinson
RANDLEMAN, Martin Christopher, Private ~ South Carolina
Spouse: Mary Fur; Mary Holcomb
REEL, John, Private ~ North Carolina
Spouse: Catherine Stuckey
REMINGTON, Anthony, Seaman ~ Rhode Island
Spouse: Hannah X
REYNOLDS, James, Private ~ Virginia
Spouse: Susan Lindsay
RICHBOURGH, James, Soldier, Patriotic Service ~ South Carolina
Spouse: XX
RUTLEDGE, Edward, Private ~ Virginia
Spouse: Anne Gillespie
SCOGGINS, Jonah, Sergeant ~ North Carolina
Spouse: Anna Hightower
SEE, Michael, Jr., Soldier ~ Virginia
Spouse: Elizabeth Morris
SELLS, Solomon, Civil & Patriotic Service ~ Pennsylvania
Spouse: Margaret Ashbaugh
SEWELL, Joseph, Private ~ North Carolina
Spouse: Mary Tompkins
SHISLER, Conrad, Private ~ Pennsylvania
Spouse: Anna X
SIPPELL, Conrad, Lieutenant ~ Pennsylvania
Spouse: Maria Catherine Schub
SMITH, John, Civil Service ~ South Carolina
Spouse: Agnes Faris
STEWART, Alexander, Private ~ South Carolina
Spouse: Elizabeth Barron
STOCKETT, Thomas Noble, Dr. ~ Maryland
Spouse: Mary Harwood
STORER, Ebenezer, Lieutenant ~ Massachusetts
Spouse: Eunice Titcomb
TAFF, Peter ~ Virginia
Spouse: X, Mary Jennings, Elizabeth Atkinson
THOMPSON, Archibald, Soldier ~ Virginia
Spouse: Rebecca Peery
TOLER, William, Patriotic Service ~ North Carolina
Spouse: Ann X
TUCKER, Drury, Patriotic Service ~ Virginia
Spouse: Susanna Douglas, Frances PennLee
VAIL, JR., William ~ Private ~ New York
Spouse:
VAN DOREN, Anthony, Patriotic Service ~ Rhode Island
Spouse: Ruth Ingraham
WALK, Martin, Patriotic Service ~ North Carolina
Spouse: Elizabeth Fiscus
WALN, Joseph, Private ~ Pennsylvania
Spouse: Mary Bonard
WHELCHEL, Francis, Jr., Soldier ~ South Carolina
Spouse: Judith Davis
WHITE, Edward, Civic & Patriotic Service ~ Deleware
Spouse: X
WHITE, John, Lieutenant ~ Massachusetts
Spouse: Abigail McCord, Mary Call
WILLETT, Samuel, Private ~ Maryland
Spouse: Ann Lee
WOFFORD, James, Soldier ~ North Carolina
Spouse: Katy Hoppock
WOOD, Samuel, Soldier ~ North Carolina
Spouse: Sarah Reeves

FIND YOUR OWN PATRIOT

Did you know that your ancestor -- male or female -- did not have to serve in the military to be a patriot? There are many other acceptable service qualifications, such as civil service (serving as a town, county or state official) or patriotic service (taking an oath of allegiance or providing material aid, such as supplies, to the troops).

Did you know?  The DAR has a searchable database called the Genealogical Research System (GRS) that contains information on proven patriots and descendants of past and present DAR members. You can browse the collection here.



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