After a three year effort, the twelve charter members of the Colonel John Green Chapter, DAR, met for the first time in October of 1904. Mrs. Mary Stuart Green Edmunds was elected the first regent, and quickly appointed a committee to locate the graves of Revolutionary soldiers buried in Christian County. Mrs. Edmunds presented a gavel to the Chapter which was made of wood from a dogwood tree which grew in the Libery Hall Cemetary in Culpeper County, VA where Colonel Green was originally buried.

In 1912, the Chapter provided funds to place two bronze tablets on the gates of Riverside Cemetary which contained the names of the thirty nine Revolutionary War soldiers buried there.

By 1930 the Chapter had grown to sixty-four members and was actively engaged in promoting patriotism in local schools, giving books to school libraries, giving books and clothing to mountain schools and prizes for historical essays. During World War I, the Chapter worked for the Red Cross and Belgian Relief Fund, supported six French orphans, bought Liberty Loan Bonds, and contributed to the building fund of both Memorial Continental Hall and the (then) new Constitution hall in Washington.

The Colonel John Green Chapter currently has 56 members, and continues to be actively involved in the community. Chapter meetings are held on the second Saturday of each month.

The Chapter is honored to have had several Daughters serve in State and National offices. Mrs. W. Paul Hale (Lillian) served as State Regent of Kentucky, 1974-1977, and Vice-President General, NSDAR, 1977-1980. (Mrs. Hale died in October of 2002) Miss Mary Pardue served as Corresponding Secretary, KSDAR from 1974-1977. Mrs. Floyd Paul Van Booven (Ruth) served as Librarian, KSDAR, from 1983-1986.

Most recently, Mrs. W. Lawrence Long (Claire) has represented the Colonel John Green Chapter as State Chaplain of Kentucky, 1995-1998, and as State Regent of Kentucky, 1998-2001.