Patriots
Listed by the state of service are the names and ranks of the ancestors of the Shocco Creek 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.
Maryland
Matthew Atherton, PVT
William Groves, PVT
Electius Thompson, PVT, PS
Massachusetts
Matthew Atherton, PVT
New Hampshire
Abraham Prescott, PS
North Carolina
Samuel Batchelor, SOL
James Blackwell, CAPT
Otway Burns, SOL, CS
Peter Cash, PVT
Thomas Chadwick, COL, CS, PS
Matthew Davis, PVT
William Dickens, PS
Samuel Fuller, PS
Erastus Ham, PS
Soloman Highsmith, PS
William Hooper, SDI, PS
Frances Howard, PS
Michael Koonce, CAPT, PS
Nicholas Long, COL, PS
John Macon, CAPT
Thomas Mann, CS, PS
Nothiel Merritt, PVT
Robert Merritt, CAPT
Daniel Nance, SOL, PS
Wynne Nance, PS
Tillotson O’Brien, PVT
Justice Parish, PS
John Rice, LT
Henry Rhodes, LCOL, PS
Frederick Shearin, PVT
Joseph Shearin, CS
Peter Sinclair, CS, PS
Joel Terrell, SOL
Francis Timberlake, PVT
Robert Timberlake, CPL
Daniel Wester, PVT, PS
Pennsylvania
Christopher Hite, PVT
South Carolina
Devault Funderburgh, PS
John Smith, PS
Samuel Smith, LT
Virginia
Thomas Blacknall, PVT
Spencer Collins, PVT, PS
Henry Harding, PS
Randolph Rutherford, PVT
William Toney, PS
Abbreviations for Patriot Service Ranks
CAPT — Captain
CS — Civil Service
COL — Colonel
CPL — Corporal
LT — Lieutenant
LCOL — Lieutenant Colonel
PS — Patriot Service
PVT — Private
SDI — Signer of Declaration of Independence
SOL — Soldier