Chapter History

On September 20, 2003, the Organizing Members of the Colonel Joseph Hardin Chapter, NSDAR, held the Organizational Meeting and Installation of Officers.  The meeting was held at the Ross House in Savannah, Tennessee.  The chapter officers and members were sworn in by Tennessee Second Vice Regent Elizabeth Stoddard.

The Ross House is the former home of Mrs. Nellie Ross, deceased, a member of the original Colonel Joseph Hardin Chapter, NSDAR.  “Miss Nellie” collected DAR plates throughout her membership and the members of the new chapter were delighted to be able to use them at the brunch.   

The original Colonel Joseph Hardin Chapter, NSDAR, in Savannah, Tennessee, existed from 1931-1996. The organizing members of the new chapter felt it appropriate to name the newly formed chapter after the original Colonel Joseph Hardin Chapter. 

The Colonel Joseph Hardin Chapter, NSDAR, was admitted at the NSDAR October 4, 2003, board meeting in Washington, DC.

     The Organizing Chapter Members are:
Nancy Fitchpatrick
Phyliss Haggard
Dottie Hutchinson
Doris Jibeault
Patricia Kirk
Michelle Konnecke
Betty Plunk
Barbara Pate
Katherine Roseland
Bettye Stanley
Elizabeth Story
Judy Weaver

 Organizational Meeting

Photo by the Savannah Courier Newspaper