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.

                      Boyden, John                                                  Soldier, MA

                     Burkhalter, David                                           Soldier, SC

                     Coleman, Francis Roe                                    Civil Service (CS), PS, Sol, SC

                     Coddington, Joseph                                         Soldier, NJ

                     Coopernoll, William                                        Soldier, NY

                     Cunningham, Joseph                                      Sgt., PA

                     Dew, Thomas                                                   Soldier, VA

                     DePriest, William                                            Soldier, NC

                     Dickey, John                                                    Public Service, NC

                     Foster, Ephraim                                              Soldier, 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

                     McLallan II, James

                     Meador(er), Ambrose                                     Patriotic Service, Va

                     Montgomery, Samuel                                    Soldier PS, SC

                     Moore, Matthias                                            Civil Service, NC

                     Murphy, Darby                                              Soldier, MD

                     Nesmith, Thomas                                          Soldier, SC

                     Pettus, Thomas                                              Civil Service, Public Service , VA

                    Pitman,  Arthur                                             Public Service, NC

                    Porter, Noah                                                  NH

                    Steele, Capt. Joseph                                      Soldier SC

                    Sternbergh, David                                         NY

                    Sutton, Jonathan T.                                      Soldier, NJ

                    Taylor, Richard                                             State Navy, VA

                    Teller, Pierre                                                 Soldier, NY

                    Wilson, George                                              Soldier, PA

                     Winans, James                                               NJ

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