Flag History of US

The flag held by this soldier was never officially sanctioned by the Continental Congress, but is considered the first national flag of the United States. It was in use from late 1775 until early 1777.  It is widely believed that this flag was raised by George Washington's army on January 1, 1776 at Prospect Hill in Massachusetts. In one of Washington's letters, he referred to it as the "Great Union Flag" and it is most commonly called the Grand Union today.

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Patriot Index

The members of the Nation Ford Chapter of the DAR are proud to be descendents of the following patriots.

                     Aderhold, Frederick William                          PA

                     Anderson, George                                            Soldier, SC

                     Blakeley, James                                               SC

                     Boyden, John                                                   Soldier, MA

                     Burkhalter, David                                           Soldier, SC

                     Braddock, Capt. John Cutler                         GA

                     Carrington, John                                            Civil & Public Service, NC

                     Coleman, Francis Roe                                    Civil Service (CS), PS, Sol, SC
                     Coddington, Joseph                                        Soldier, NJ

                     Coopernoll, William                                       Soldier, NY

                     Craft, Archeles/Archelous                              NC

                     Creager, Adam                                                MD
                     Cunningham, Joseph                                      Sgt., PA

                     Darrow, John                                                  NY

                     Davis, Thomas                                                 SC

                     Denham, Charles                                             GA
                     Dew, Thomas                                                   Soldier, VA

                     DePriest, William                                            Soldier, NC
                     Dickey, John                                                    Public Service, NC

                     Fauber, Jacob                                                  VA

                     Floyd, Andrew                                                 NC
                     Foster, Lt. Ephraim                                        Soldier, NJ/PA

                     Foster, Rachel  Stockham                              Public Service, PA/NJ

                     Garland, Gutridge                                          Patriotic Service (PS), NC
                     Hampton, Cary Henry                                    Surgeon's Mate, Va
                     Hunter,  John                                                 Patriotic Service, VA
                     Kirkland, Sr., Reuben                                    Soldier, SC
                     Lesnett, Christian                                          Soldier, PA
                     Little, Peter, Sr.                                             Soldier, NC

                     Luther, Michael                                             Soldier, MD

                     Meador(er), Ambrose                                     Patriotic Service, Va

                     Montgomery, Samuel                                    Soldier PS, SC

                     Moore, Matthias                                            Civil Service, NC
                     Murphy, Darby                                              Soldier, MD

                     Nesmith, Thomas                                          Soldier, SC

                     Palmer, Icabod                                              CT

                     Patterson, John                                             NC

                     Pettus, Thomas                                             Civil Service, Public Service , VA
                     Pitman,  Arthur                                             Public Service, NC
                     Porter, Noah                                                  Soldier, NH

                     Roberts, Major John                                      VA

                     Rhyne, Jacob                                                 Civil Service, NC

                     Say(e), Corp James                                        PA

                     Steele, Capt. Joseph                                      Soldier SC

                     Sternbergh, David                                         Soldier, NY

                     Sutton, Jonathan T.                                      Soldier, NJ
                     Taylor, Richard                                             State Navy, VA

                     Teller, Pierre                                                 Soldier, NY

                     Todd, John                                                    CT

                     Toole, Isaac                                                   SC
                     Wilson, George                                              Soldier, PA
                     Winans, James                                               NJ

                     Work, Samuel                                                PA

                     Yenowine, Leonard                                       PA

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