Our Patriots
A Patriot is a man or woman who gave military, civil, or patriotic service to secure American independence between April 19, 1775 (Battle of Lexington) and November 26, 1783 ( withdrawal of troops from New York).
(An “X” represents that the name is unknown.)
| Patriot | Spouse | State | Service | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abney, Abraham | Cassandra X | SC | PS |  |
| Adair, James | Hannah X | SC | PS | |
| Adair, Joseph, Sr. | Sarah Laferty & Susanna Long | SC | PS | |
| Adams, James | Isabella Weldon | PA | CAPT |  |
| Albright, Jacob | Margaret X | NC | NCO, PS |  |
| Alexander, John | Agnes Craighead | NC | CS, PS | |
| Amyx, Samuel | XX | VA | SOL |  |
| Anthony, James | Anne Nancy Tate | VA | PS | |
| Anthony, Joseph | Elizabeth Clarke | VA | PS | |
| Arrants, Harmon | Francina Price | MD | LT, PS |  |
| Avery, Waightstill | Leah Probart Franks | NC | PS, COL | |
| Barksdale, Hickerson | XX | SC | SOL | |
| Barlow, Nathaniel | Martha Gates & Margaret Purchase & Lydia X | MA | CS, PS |  |
| Barnes, Joseph, Sr. | Hannah Stowe | MA | CAPT | |
| Barnes, William | Freelove Whipple | MA, VT | PVT |  |
| Bassett, Rufus | Jedediah Handy | MA, VT | SGT | |
| Bell, Charles | Susannah Sukey Threlkeld & Sarah X | VA | PS | |
| Bell, Martha McFarlane McGee | John McGee & William Bell | NC | PS | |
| Bellamy, Richard | Mary X | GA | PS | ![](https://www.tndar.org/~williamlenoir/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/GA.png") |
| Biggs, John | Isabella Wilson | PA | PVT | |
| Billingsley, John | Jean Millsap | NC | PVT | |
| Blackman, Elisha, Jr. | Anna Hurlburt | CT | PVT |  |
| Blackman, Elisha, Sr. | Lucy Polly Smith | CT | PVT | |
| Blough, Christian | Elizabeth Gastelli & Rosanna Steck X | PA | PS | |
| Blough, Jacob | Annie Kauffman | PA | PVT | |
| Blount, Jacob | Barbara Gray, Hannah Salter Baker, Mary X Adams | NC | STAFFOF, PS | |
| Blount, William | Mary Granger | NC | STAFFOF, PS | |
| Bond, John | Silence King | MA | PVT | |
| Boughton, Timothy | Martha Scott | NY | PVT |  |
| Bowers, Isaac | Priscilla Dodge | MA | CS | |
| Bowers, Morris | Esther Bonner | VA | NCO | |
| Boyd, Patrick | Ann McDowell | VA | PVT | |
| Boyer, Valentine, Sr. | Maria Christina Winck & Margaret Brady X | PA | PS | |
| Brakebill, Peter | Catherine X | PA | CAPT | |
| Branch, William | Hester X | NC | SOL | |
| Brandon, Thomas | Chathren X | NC | PS | |
| Brashear, Robert | Charity MacDowell | NC | PS | |
| Brashear, Robert Samuel | Phoebe Nicks | NC | CAPT, PS | |
| Brooks, Thomas | Catherine X | VA, NC | PVT, PS |  |
| Browder, Edmund | Anne X | NC | CS, PS | |
| Brown, Asa | Deborah Grant | CT | PVT | |
| Bryant, Robert | XX | VA | PVT | |
| Bullard, Thomas | Jemima Hall & Peggy X | NC | PVT | |
| Burns, Edward | Abigail Amy | VT | ? |  |
| Bussell, Matthew | Frances Fanny Reynolds | VA | SMN | |
| Cadwell, Levi | Priscilla Mason & Hannah Parson | MA | PVT | |
| Campbell, David | Janet Lockhart | NC | PS | |
| Cardwell, Robert | X Meam & Alice Rucker | VA | PVT | |
| Carmichael, John | XX & Isabella | PA | PS | |
| Carpenter, Christian | Mary X | NC | PS | |
| Chandler, John, Jr. | Margaret Mack | MS | PVT, PS | |
| Chapman, Nathan | Elizabeth Coleman | VA | PVT | |
| Chapman, Thomas | Deborah Close | NY | PVT | |
| Charles, Michael | X | NC | PS | |
| Cheeley, Joseph | XX & Winifred Lenoir | VA | PVT | |
| Chenoweth, John | Eleanor X | VA | PVT | |
| Chestnut, John | Patience Gumm | VA | CS | |
| Cole, Alexander | X | NC | CPL | |
| Coleman, Robert E. | Catharine Robinson | VA | PVT | |
| Collins, James | Temperence X | NC | PVT | |
| Colville, Andrew | Mary Craig | VA | CAPT | |
| Comstock, Adam | Margaret McGregor | RI | LCOL, CS |  |
| Coombs, John, Jr. | X, Margaret X | VA | PVT | |
| Copp, David | Margaret Palmer | NH | LCOL |  |
| Cork, John | Elizabeth X | SC | SOL | |
| Court, John | Lydia Wright | MA | STAFFOF, PS | |
| Cox, Curd | Susan Overton | VA | PVT | |
| Cresswell, Henry | Rebecca R X | VA | PS | |
| Crummey, Stephen | Rebecca R X | VA | PS | |
| Custer, John | Margaret Margretta Bleistein | PA | PVT | |
| Darrow, Ammiras | Sarah Fisher Melona | NY | PVT | |
| Davis, Charles | Sarah Moreland & Anne Dent | MD | PS, SGT | |
| Denn, William | Lucy Knap | NY | SOL | |
| Dersham, Jacob | Barbara Smith | PA | PS, PVT | |
| Dey, Ezekiel | Elizabeth Betsey Cox & Sarah Sally M Egbert Paul | NJ | PVT |  |
| Dollar, William | Ruth Beezley | VA | PVT | |
| Duck, Timothy | Tabitha Brannon | NC | PS | |
| Ducker, Nathaniel | Sarah Segar | MD | PS | |
| Duff, Samuel, Sr. | Margarite X | VA | CS | |
| Dugger, Julius | Mary Hall | NC | PVT | |
| Dunn, Daniel | Rhoda X | NC | PS | |
| Dutton, Francis | Hannah Talbot & Lydia Booth | PA | PS | |
| Dyer, Eliphalet | Huldah Bowen | CT | BGEN, CS, PS | |
| Eblin, John | Mary Warner | VA | PS | |
| Eichelberger, Jacob | Anna Maria Reinacker | PA | PS | |
| Eldredge, Simeon | Mary Brittain | NC | PVT | |
| Fain, Nicholas | Elizabeth Taylor | NC | PS | |
| Farnsworth, Henry | XX | VA | LT | |
| Farwell, Abel | Hannah Russell | MA | PVT | |
| Ferguson, Paul | X | SC | PVT, CS, PS | |
| Flye, John | Mary X | NC | PS | |
| Fox, John | Mary X | SC | LT, PS | |
| Franklin, Henry | Mary Ann Higginbotham | VA | PS | |
| Frierson, John | Margaret Smith | SC | CS | |
| Frisbie, William | Sarah Campbell & Anna Hibbard | NY | PVT | |
| Garrett, James | Mourning X | VA | PS | |
| Gibboney, Alexander | Anne Garber | PA | SOL | |
| Gibbs, Nicholas | Mary Eveland | NC | CS, PS | |
| Gilmore, James | Martha Beatie | VA | PS, CAPT | |
| Glascock, Peter, Sr. | Jane X & Mary Rector X | VA | CS | |
| Goolsby, John | Catey X | VA | PVT, PS | |
| Goolsby, John Turrentine | Elizabeth X | VA | PS | |
| Goss, Stephen | Catherine Spraker & Elizabeth Spraker | VA | SOL | |
| Graves, Stephen | Jennie X | MA | PS, PVT | |
| Hadley, Thomas | Mary Thompson | NC | PS | |
| Hager, Jonathan, Jr. | Mary Magdalena Orendorff | PA | PVT, PS | |
| Hager, Jonathan, Sr. | Elizabeth Kerchner | MD | PS | |
| Hall, James | Margaret Wyley | VA | PVT | |
| Hamilton, Benjamin | Susan X | VA | PVT | |
| Hampton, Andrew | Sarah X & Catherine Hyder | NC | COL, CS, PS | |
| Hancock, John | Ann Oliver | SC | LT | |
| Hankins, Joseph | X & Keziah Reynolds | VA | PVT | |
| Hansard, William | Martha Christian | VA | SOL | |
| Harrington, THomas | Lucy Perry | MA | Pvt | |
| Harris, Nelson | Sarah X & Lavina Harris | NC | SGT | |
| Harris, William Overton | Diana Chisman Goodwin | VA | CAPT | |
| Haveracker, John | Susanna Margaret Schildt | PA | PS | |
| Hawes, Isaac | Anna Whitlock | CT | PS | |
| Hawkins, John | Mary Waller Wilby | NC | CS | |
| Hemingway, Daniel, Jr. | Mary Carroll | MA | PVT | |
| Hemingway, Daniel, Sr. | Ruth Bigelow & Elizabeth Johnson & Abigail Wheelock | MA | CS, PS | |
| Hibbard, Ahimaaz | Asenath Millard | CT | SAIL | |
| Hickman, John | Elizabeth X | NC | PVT | |
| Hider, Michael | Elizabeth Woods | NC | PS | |
| Hitchcock, Josiah | Martha Hitchcock & Lucy X Ely | MA | CS, PS | |
| Hitchcock, Luther | Beulah Chapin & Amy X Cooley | MA | CS, CPL | |
| Hobson, Charles | Sarah Beck | NC | PS | |
| Hoffecker, George | Agatha Lee & Mary Creswell | VA | PVT | |
| Hogg/Hoge, James | Elizabeth Howe | VA | PS, SOL | |
| Honaker, Henry | Ann Baker & Edith Smith | VA | PVT | |
| Honaker, Jacob, Sr. | XX & Maria Mary Gotz | VA | PS | |
| Hotchkiss, Jared | Elizabeth Betsey Knight | CT | PVT | |
| Hounshell, John | Susanna X | VA | PVT | |
| Housman, Jacob | Christina X | PA | PVT | |
| Houston, Christopher | Sarah Mitchell & Elizabeth Simpson | NC | PS, CAPT | |
| Hunter, John | Barbara Bowman | VA | PS | |
| Isham, Daniel | Rhoda Lord & Hannah Nichols Blanchard | CT | NCO, PS | |
| Johnson, Jeffrey | Rachael X | NC | PS | |
| Johnson, William | Mary Parks | NC | PVT | |
| Johnston, Joseph | Margaret Graham | VA | SGT | |
| Johnston, Thomas | XX | SC | PS | |
| Keener, Peter | Susannah Low | VA | PS | |
| Keith, William | Margaret Stockton & Elizabeth Wilson | PA | PS | |
| Kelly, William | Elizabeth X | NC, SC | PVT |  |
| Kelso, Hugh | Elizabeth X & Sarah McLanahan | NC | PS | |
| Kennedy, Andrew | Rachel Penny | NC | PVT | |
| King, James | Sarah X & Elizabeth X | NC | PVT | |
| Kitt, William | Magdalena X & Susan Catherine X | PA | PS | |
| Kuykendall, Petrus | Catherine Kittel | NY | PS | |
| Lane, Jesse | Winnifred Aycock | NC | PVT | |
| Lane, Joseph | Rebecca Bowman | VA | PVT | |
| Lee, William | Jane Payne | VA | CAPT | |
| Leeper, Allen | Elizabeth Cummings | PA | PVT | |
| Leeper, James | Mary Blair | PA | SOL | |
| Leinbach, Henry | Catherine Keller | PA | PS, PVT | |
| Lenoir, Robert Crawley | Winifred X | VA | PS | |
| Lenoir, William | Ann Ballard | NC | CAPT | |
| Leonard, Moses | Sarah Sally Pratt | VT, MA | PVT | |
| Lewis, John | Ann Berry Earle | VA | PVT | |
| Lewis, Solomon | XX & Catherine X | NC | PS, PVT | |
| Lewman, Caleb | Elizabeth X | VA | PS | |
| Lindsey, David | X & Nancy McNey | PA | LT, PS | |
| Livermore, Daniel | Elizabeth Hitchcock | MA | CPL | |
| Livingston, John Orrel | Lucy X | NC | PS | |
| Lloyd, Joseph | Euphemia Huyler | NH | MUSC | |
| Long, John | Jane Young Henry | NC | PVT | |
| Luttrell, James | Elizabeth Witt | VA | PVT | |
| Lynn, Andrew | Elinor Scott | PA | PVT | |
| Maddy, James | Anna Morris | VA | SOL | |
| Makemson, Thomas | Jane Lindsey | MD | PS | |
| Manning, Moses | Martha X | SC | PVT | |
| Mapp, John | Betty Elizabeth Jacob Haggoman | VA | COL | |
| Markell, Peter | Elizabeth Koch | NY | PVT | |
| Marney, Amos | Sarah Vance | VA | PVT | |
| Maroney, Philip D. | Sarah Nelson & Martha Massey | MD | CAPT | |
| Martin, David | Mary X | NC | PS | |
| Martin, Salathiel | Mary Cook | NC | CAPT | |
| Matthews, James | Margaret Sloan & Mary Ann Newkirk | NC | PVT | |
| Mays, Benjamin | Susanna Brown | VA | PVT | |
| McCain, Hugh, Jr. | Isabel Baskin | SC | PVT | |
| McCrea, Phineas | Sarah Jane Peters | PA | PVT | |
| McDowell, William | Elizabeth Burgess | VA | PVT | |
| McGinley, James | Susann Alexander & Margaret Privett | PA | PVT | |
| McIntosh, William | Martha Gamble, Mary Reardon, Elizabeth Herrington | SC | SGT | |
| McKenney, Peter | Mary Shorts | PA | NCO | |
| McTeer, Robert | Agnes Martin | PA | PS | |
| Menges, John Jacob | Elizabeth X | PA | PVT | |
| Metzger, Jacob | Susanna Rudesille | PA | CAPT | |
| Mifflin, Daniel | Mary Warner & Ann Walker & Mary Pusey | VA | PS | |
| Mileham, John, Jr. | Nancy X & Polly Allison | VA | PVT | |
| Miller, John, Sr. | Magdalena X | PA | PS | |
| Miller, Martin | Sallie Richie & Elizabeth Gidden | NC | NCO | |
| Milligan, John | Mary Adams | PA | PVT | |
| Millsaps, Thomas | Sarah X | NC | PS | |
| Miner, Joseph | Edith Cox | VA | PS | |
| Morgan, John | Agnes Bilbo | VA, GA | PVT |  |
| Morgan, Zacquill | Nancy Paxton & Drusilla Springer | VA | COL, PS | |
| Morris, Chevalier/Cavalier | Affa X | NJ | PVT | |
| Morton, Oliver | Sarah Everett & Melinda Lary | MA | PVT, PS | |
| Mull, Peter | Barbara X | NC | CAPT, PS | |
| Murdock, Elisha | Hannah Chapin | MA | SGT | |
| Netherland, John | Mary Anne Mosby | VA | PS | |
| Newman, Thomas | Mary X | VA | SGT | |
| Noe, Randall | Honor Sanders & Susannah Barker | VA | PS | |
| Orendorff, Christian | Elizabeth Hoffman | MD | PS, MAJ | |
| Owen, Bailey | Mary/Polly Solomon | NC | PVT | |
| Paine, Robert | Rachel Lord | VA | PVT | |
| Park, Thomas, Sr. | Pricilla X | NC | CS, PS | |
| Patterson, Samuel | Cicely Poindexter | VA | SOL, PS | |
| Pennington, Micajah | Rachel Jones | NC | PS | |
| Phillips, Isham | Mary Dawson | GA | SOL, PS | |
| Phoenix, Ralph | Deborah Voorhees | NJ | PS | |
| Poindexter, Phillip | Elizabeth X & Sarah Crymes | VA | PS | |
| Porter, Samuel, Jr. | Sibbel Munson & Lucy Bronson | CT | NCO, PS | |
| Prather, Bazil | Priscilla X | SC | PVT, PS | |
| Pratt, Elisha | Lucy Fletcher | VT | CS | |
| Price, Thomas | Barbara Winston | VA | PS, CAPT | |
| Randall, Israel | Sarah Chesley | NH | LT, PS | |
| Reed, Lovet | Sibby X | NC | CNT | |
| Renfrew, John | Esther Peach | VA | PVT | |
| Reuben Walker, John | Sarah McHerd | NC | PVT | |
| Reynolds, Elisha | Judith Eddins | NC | LT | |
| Reynolds, Winthrop | X Hutchins, X Ricker, Lucy Stone, Hannah Locke | NH | SOL | |
| Rice, Eber | Mary Alcott | VT | PVT | |
| Richardson, Dorothy Sinkler | Richard Richardson, Sr. | SC | PS | |
| Richardson, Richard | Mary Cantey, Dorothy Sinkler | SC | Brig Gen, PS | |
| Riddell, James | Tempreance | NC | CS | |
| Ritchie, John | XX | VA | PVT | |
| Robbins, Peter | Martha X | RI | PVT | |
| Robbins, William | Hannah Paine & Nancy Leland | NH | PVT, PS | |
| Roberts, Peter | Anne Grimball | SC | PS | |
| Rogers, John | XX | VA | PS | |
| Rogers, Willoughby | Mary X | NC | CPL | |
| Rush, Benjamin | Alice Grigsby & Elizabeth X | NC | PS | |
| Russell, Matthew | Jane Henderson | VA | PVT | |
| Rutherford, James | Drucilla Brooks | NC | CS | |
| Sage, David | Bathseba Judd & Mary Rositer | CT | CS | |
| Sage, Solomon | Lois Wilcox | CT | PVT | |
| Sailor, John | X & Marietta X | PA | PVT | |
| Savage, Benjamin | Elizabeth X | SC | SOL | |
| Scott, James | Mary Pearson | PA | PVT | |
| Scott, Joseph | Elizabeth Booker | VA | CAPT | |
| Searcy, Reuben | Susan Henderson & Elizabeth Jett | NC | CS, PS | |
| Sees, Melchior | Sophia Lint | PA | SOL | |
| Sevier, Valentine, Jr. | Naomi Douglas | VA, NC | MAJ, CS | |
| Shaffer, Peter | Catherine Lorisch | PA | PVT | |
| Shields, James | Jane Gilliland | MD | PVT | |
| Shields, William | Jane Bently Williams | MD | PS, CAPT | |
| Shoemaker, Henry | Phoebe Peck & Hannah Moore & Rachel Moore | NJ | PS | |
| Short, Richard | Jane Johnson | PA | SOL | |
| Siler, Pliker Dederic | Elizabeth Hartsoe | NC | PS | |
| Smith, Edward | Hannah Crabtree | VA | PVT | |
| Sprinkle, Peter | Margaret Elizabeth Fisher & Anna Maria X | PA | PVT | |
| Steele, Henry | Eleanor VanGorden | PA | SOL | |
| Stewart, Ralph | Elliott & Mary Clay | VA | CAPT | |
| Stovall, John, Sr. | Dorcas X | NC | PS | |
| Stubbs, Peter | Mary Baradell Tyler Palmer | SC | PVT | |
| Summers, William | Frances Lewis & Mary Haven & Ruth Wood | VA | CPL | |
| Sumner, Daniel | Lydia Fairbanks | VT | PVT | |
| Taliaferro, John | Mary Hardin & Lydia Howard | VA | CAPT | |
| Tappan, James | Nancy Dunham | NJ | PVT | |
| Taylor, Andrew, Sr. | Elizabeth Wilson & Anne Wilson | NC | CS | |
| Team, Jacob | Susanna Rose | NC | PS | |
| Tillman, Tobias | Catharine Sharp | NC | PVT | |
| Totman, Ebenezer | Grace Turner | MA | PVT | |
| Tower, Benjamin | Lucy Totman | MA | PVT | |
| Treat, Stephen | Grace Sage & Hannah X | CT | PVT | |
| Van Auken, John, Jr. | Leah Kuikendal | PA | PS | |
| Van Auken, John, Sr | Maria Van Gardan | PA | PS | |
| Van Bibber, Isaac | Sarah Davis | VA | PVT | |
| Van Inwegen, Harmanus/Herman | Margrietje Cole | NY | PS, PVT | |
| Van Kirk, Samuel | Mary Price | NJ | Pvt | |
| Van Voorhees, John | Antje Schenck | NJ | PS | |
| Vance, Smauel | XX, Ailey X | NC | PS | |
| Vandergrift, Garret | Mary X | PA | PVT | |
| Walker, James Reuben | Sarah McHerd | NC | PVT | |
| Walker, John | Mary X | VA | CS | |
| Waller, George | Anne Winston Carr | VA | COL | |
| Walton, William, Sr. | Elizabeth Tilman | VA, NC | PVT, PS | |
| Wax, Henry | Margaret Geschwind & Catherine X Kern | PA | CAPT, PS | |
| Weatherly, Edward | Henrietta X | NC | PS | |
| Weaver, Jacob | Magdalina Oberholtzer & Elizabeth X | PA | PVT | |
| Wells, John | Britter X | NC | PS | |
| West, Francis | Elizabeth X | VA | SOL | |
| Wheeler, Thomas | Mary Child | MA | Pvt | |
| Whipple, Stephen | Zelpha Angel | MA | PVT | |
| Whisenant, John Nicholas | Mary Carpenter | SC | PS | |
| White, Aaron | Lucy Kellogg | MA | CS, PVT | |
| White, Jonathan | Tryphena Ely & Editha X Bliss | MA | CS, PS | |
| White, William | Jane Brown | SC | PVT | |
| Wilcox, Daniel | Sarah White | CT | PS | |
| Winck, Casper | Gertrude Kemp | PA | PS | |
| Wylie, James | Jemima Cleveland & Barbour X & Mary Whitenberger | VA | PVT | |
| Yates, Rebecca Waldron | Johannes Yates | NY | PS | |
| Young, John | Mary Martin & Sarah Martin | VA | PS | |
| Zinn, George | Mary Ann Seylor | MD | PS | |
Military and Service Abbreviations – Legend
• ADC Aide-de-Campe • BG Brigadier General • CAPT Captain • CHP Chaplain • CL Continental Line • COL Colonel • CNT Cornet • CPL Corporal • CS Civil Service • DRUM Drummer • ENS Ensign • FIF Fifer • 1LT First Lieutenant • LTC Lieutenant Colonel • MA Major • MATR MATROOS (was a soldier of artillery, who ranked next below a gunner. )
• MM Minute Man • NCO Non-Commissioned Officer • MUSC Musician • ORDL Orderly • PNSR Pensioner • PS Patriotic Service • PVT Private • PVTR Privateer • SCT Scout (spy) • S.D.I. Signer of the Declaration of Independence • SAIL Sailor • SGT Sergeant • SGRMAJ Sergeant Major • SOL Soldier • STAFFOF Staff Office • WGM Wagon Master • WPNSR Wife who received a pension