Searching for Your Patriot?
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If you think you may be a descendant of a Revolutionary War Patriot, the following websites may be of use in your search. To go to a specific website, click on its blue name.
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SAR National Registry The SAR maintains a list of every Patriot who has been represented by a past or present member of the Society. You can access this list to see if your Patriot has ever been represented by a member of the Society.
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Patriot Paths is a free searchable database developed by the Tennessee State Library and Archives. Its developers have listed thousands of Patriots who had some connection to Tennessee, both before and after it became the 16th State in 1796.
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Fold 3 is a searchable database that contains the digitized military and non-military records of millions of soldiers and sailors who fought in America's wars, from the Revolutionary War to the present. It is a tremendous resource for locating Revolutionary War Patriots and proving the details of their service.
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Daughters of the American Revolution. You can go to their site and see if you ancestor is listed as one of the Patriots already in their system.
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Isaac Shelby Patriots
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The Patriots listed below are the ancestors of past or current members of the Isaac Shelby Chapter of the SAR. If they were soldiers or sailors, their rank and military unit appear with their names and, in the parentheses, some of the more notable engagements in which they participated. If they were civilian Patriots who helped the cause of American freedom, their contribution appears after their name, followed by their place of service. If their names are in blue, they are linked to a website that mentions them.
Surrender at Yorktown
John Trumbull
List of Patriot Ancestors of Isaac Shelby SAR Members
Connecticut
Henry Burch (1744-1833), Signed Memoralist Petition offered to Assembly at Hartford, CT.
David Austin (1732-1801), CT Militia.
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Massachusetts
Pvt. David Fuller, Massachusetts Militia.
Capt. Ezekiel Knowlton, Sr. (1736-1810), Worcester County Regt., (Bunker Hill, Dorchester Heights,
Massachusetts State legislator).
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Maryland
2nd Lieut. Thomas Dale (1744-1812), Worcester, MD Militia.
New Jersey
Cpl. Benjamin Enyart (1741-1818), NJ Militia.
Capt. Jacob Stull (1741-1830), 2nd Susses NJ Reg't.
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New York
1st Lieut. Christopher Codwise (1740-1785), 2nd New York Regt., Continental Line (Valley Forge,
Saratoga, Monmouth, Sullivan Campaign; Original Member NY Society of the Cincinnati).
Pvt. John Hughson (1736-1794), Dutchess County, NY Militia.
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North Carolina
Andrew Beard (1737-1785), NC Overseer of Roads.
Capt. Moses Guest (1750-1838), North Carolina Militia (Kings Mountain).
George Helms, Sr. (1720-1800), NC, Signed Oath of Allegience, furnished supplies.
Fife Maj. James Rowe (1759-1823), Continental Artillery Reg't, (Monmouth, Siege of Charleston, Siege
of Yorktown).
Pennsylvania
Ranger William Campbell (1763-1850), Westmoreland, PA.
Pvt. Leonard Welker (1750-1816), PA Frontier Rangers.
South Carolina
Pvt. Joseph May (1732-1829), 5th SC Reg't.
Cladius Pegues (1719-1790), SC Provincial Congress (1775-6), SC First General Assembly (1776),
Justice of the Peace. (The only known exchange of prisoners between the Lord Cornwallis and the
colonist was conducted at the Pegues home on May 3, 1781, after the Battle of Guilford Courthouse).
Pvt. John Waldrop (1749-1794), SC Light Dragoons.
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Virginia
1st Lieut. Spencer Clack (1746-1832), VA Militia.
William Cole (1742-1798), (Provided Patriot forces with beef and supplies).
2nd Serg't James Ferguson (1752-1838), Orange Co. VA Militia.
Pvt. Samuel Howard (1762-1840), 7th Reg't, VA Line
Pvt. Edward Kelly (1750-1834), VA Continental Line.
Pvt. Charles Lecompte (1749-1822), Col. William Linn's Battalion, Virginia Militia, (served with George
Rogers Clark).
Col. Henry Lee, Sr. (1729-1787), VA Militia, VA State Convention
Pvt. Thomas Madding (1760-1810), 9th Virginia Regt., Daniel Morgan's Rifle Regt., 4th Continental
Light Dragoon Regt., (Valley Forge, Monmouth, Yorktown).
Pvt. Jeffrey Palmer (1740-1818), 11th and 15th VA Reg'ts.
Col. George Waller (1734-1814), Henry County, VA Militia (Penn's Regiment) (Guilford
Courthouse, Yorktown).
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