Peter Foree Chapter
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ORIGIN OF CHAPTER NAME
The Peter Foree Chapter, NSDAR, was organized April 17, 1953, by Mrs. Major E. (Juanita Garr) Holmes and Mrs. Richard (Jean Kay Rutherford) Radcliffe. Mrs. Holmes was the Organizing Regent serving until 1955, then again from 1963-1965. She was a descendant of Peter Foree, who served as a private under Colonel Joseph Williams and Captains McAnally, Morgan, and Henderson in Surry County, North Carolina. Peter, of French Huguenot descent, was born to Pierre and Marie Faure in Cumberland County, Virginia, on 25 October 1744. He moved to North Carolina where he served ten tours during the Revolution, from March 1776 to April 1781. He was married to Sarah "Sally" Pryor/Prior around 1770 and had eight sons and one daughter. In the late 1790s, they moved to Henry County, Kentucky, about 3/4 mile from New Castle. Peter filed for and received a pension in 1834 (*S31036, Peter "Force.") He died in Henry County, Kentucky, at age 99 on March 20, 1844, and is buried in the New Castle Cemetery. His grave was marked by this chapter.
Office Title |
Officer Name |
| Regent | Adele McCoy |
| Chaplain | Charlotte Akers |
| Recording Secretary | Shannon Seebert |
| Treasurer | Jean Taylor |
| Registrar | Vivian Stewart |
CHAPTER PATRIOTS |
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| CPL. JAMES BALLARD of Virginia | LT. WENDELL MILLER of North Carolina |
| WILLIAM BATTLE of North Carolina | JAMIMA SMITH MONROE of Virginia |
| LT. JOHN BAXTER of Pennsylvania | LT. JOHN MONROE of Virginia |
| SGT. THOMAS BELL, JR. of Virginia | LT. ROBERT MOSELEY of Pennsylvania |
| WILLIAM BERRYMAN of Virginia | COL. JOHN NETHERTON of Virginia |
| NATHANIEL BODDIE of North Carolina | 2nd MAJ. CHRISTIAN ORNDORFF of Maryland |
| ENS. PHILLIP BOWMAN of Maryland | 2nd LT. CHRISTOPHER ORNDORFF of Maryland |
| 1st LT. TURNER CHRISTIAN of Virginia | JOHN PACE of Virginia |
| JOHN CLORE, SR. of Virginia | PVT. JAMES PARK of Pennsylvania |
| PVT. FREDERICK COONS of Virginia | CPT. JAMES PATTEN of Virginia |
| PVT. ROBERT COVINGTON of Virginia | PVT. OBADIAH PEDEN of Pennsylvania |
| PVT. ACHILLES/ARCHELOUS CRAFT of North Carolina | PVT. EDWARD POLLEY of Virginia |
| PVT. DANIEL EICHER of Pennsylvania | MATTHEW RIPPEY of North Carolina |
| LT. GEORGE FINLEY of Virginia | COL. GEORGE ROSS of Pennsylvania |
| PVT. PETER FOREE of North Carolina | JAMES ROSS of Pennsylvania |
| JOHN GAAR of Virginia | JAMES WILSON SELBY of Maryland |
| PVT. WILLIAM GAINES of Virginia | WILLIAM MAGRUDER SELBY of Maryland |
| SGT. HENRY GOODLOE of Virginia | THOMAS SHIP of Virginia |
| PVT. JOHN HALL of Virginia | TIMOTHY STAMPS of North Carolina |
| PVT. JONAS HAMMER of Pennsylvania | WILLIAM STAMPS of Virginia |
| LT. CLEMENT HANCOCK of South Carolina | THOMAS SULLENGER of Virginia |
| WILLIAM HANCOCK of South Carolina | ISAAC SUTTLES of New Jersey |
| ENS. WILLIAM HARGIS of North Carolina | HARRISON TAYLOR of Virginia |
| LT. JONATHAN HARNET of Pennsylvania & Virginia | COL. JAMES TAYLOR, JR. of Virginia |
| PVT. WILLIAM HAYNES of Virginia | ENS. JOHN THOMAS of North Carolina |
| CPT. JAMES HENDERSON of South Carolina | ANTHONY THOMPSON of Virginia |
| LEWIS HIPKINS of Virginia | PVT. JOHN WARD of Virginia |
| PVT. HENRY HORN of Pennsylvania | SGT. JAMES WEEKS of Virginia |
| JAMES JAY of North Carolina | 2nd CPL. JAMES WESTERVELT of New York |
| PVT. FREDERICK KIPER of Virginia | AGNES WHIGHAM of Georgia |
| ROGER LAWSON of Georgia | JOHN WHITAKER of North Carolina |
| LEWIS LASHLEY, SR. of North Carolina | JOHN WILHOIT of Virginia |
| ANDREW LEE of South Carolina | JOHN WILLIAMS of North Carolina |
| PVT. WILLIAM McBRAYER of Virginia | PVT. JOHN WILMORE of Virginia |
| PVT. THOMAS McCLELLAN of Pennsylvania | RUSSELL WILSON, SR. of South Carolina |
| WILLIAM McKENNEY of Georgia | JOHN WITHERS, SR. of Virginia |
| AMBROSE MEADOR of Virginia | GODFREY YEAGER of Virginia |
| JOHN MILBURN of Virginia | GRD. WILLIAM YOUNCE, JR. of North Carolina |
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