John Guill Chapter

OWENTON

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ORIGIN OF CHAPTER NAME

The John Guill Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution takes its name from an early Owen County resident who served as a private in the Virginia Line during the American Revolutionary War.

John Guill was born May 2, 1758 at Caroline County, Virginia. Guill enlisted for service in the month of March 1777 and served under Captain Holcomb 4th Regiment and under Col. Lawson. He saw action at the Battle of Brandywine, Germantown, and Mommouth before being discharged February 1780.

He later moved from Virginia to the frontier of Owen County, where he died on May 11, 1842.

Office Title	Officer Name

Regent	Susan Upton Hampton
Vice Regent	Kathy Stewart Keith
Chaplain	Betty Gowin Whitehead
Corresponding Secretary	Lee Neal Cochran
Recording Secretary	Eleanor Gamble
Treasurer	Lori Keith Backous
Registrar	Jackie Connelly Allnutt
Historian	Jeannie Dawson Baker

CHAPTER PATRIOTS

PVT. JAMES BALL of Virginia	ANDREW MEANS of North Carolina
MERCY MASSEY BEDFORD of N. Carolina	PVT. ABIJAH NORTH of Connecticut
PVT. SAMUEL COBB of South Carolina	SGT. EDWARD POE of Virginia
POLLY HAWKINS CRAIG of Kentucky	MICHAEL REASOR of Virginia
PVT. SAMUEL HOWARD of Virginia	JAMES THOMPSON of Kentucky
PVT. TILMAN KEMPER of Virginia	SGT. JOHN TYE of Virginia
CAPT. JOHN LILLARD of Virginia	SGT. PHILIP WEBBER of Virginia
JOHN McCLUNG, SR. of Virginia	PVT. MANDLEY WINSTEAD of N. Carolina
CYRUS McCRACKEN of Virginia