Daughters of American Revolution, Ancestor Search Service
Please see the website for further information on records, service sources, etc., on those listed. If you wish to add someone to this list, please contact the county coordinator. I want to limit this list to those with some association (birth, death, service) with Guilford. Some of the older DAR files have errors, so please verify information independently.
Those associated with Guilford County include:
Benjamin Beeson ~ DAR #A008558, born c1716 PA, died 1794 Randolph Co NC
State of Service: NC, Rank(s): patriotic service
Service Description: 1) furnished supplies
Edward Beeson ~ DAR #A008559, born c1757 NC, died 1837 Marshall Co AL
State of Service: NC, Rank(s): captain
Service Description: “1) also Ens, Lt, Capts Brower, Woods; 2) Cols Dugan, Litterel, Reed, Belford”
Isaac Beeson ~ DAR #A008561, born c1739 Frederick Co VA, died 1811 Guilford Co NC
State of Service: NC, Rank(s): patriotic service
Service Description: 1) furnished supplies
Isaac Beeson ~ DAR #A008562, born c1729 Chester Co PA, died 1802 Guilford Co NC
State of Service: NC, Rank(s): patriotic service
Service Description: 1) furnished supplies
Richard Beeson ~ DAR #A008565, born 1747 NC, died 1817 Randolph Co NC
State of Service: NC, Rank(s): patriotic service
Service Description: 1) furnished supplies
Richard Beeson ~ DAR #A008566, born 1755 Frederick Co VA, died 1781 Guilford Co NC
State of Service: NC, Rank(s): patriotic service
Service Description: 1) furnished material to militia wagon hire
Francis Bell ~ DAR #A008698, born 1750 VA, died c.1839 Jackson Co GA
State of Service: NC, Rank(s): soldier, civil service
Service Description: 1) Col James Martin – Guilford Co Militia, received bounty GA; juror
Robert Bell ~ DAR #A008776, born Dec 1736 PA, died Jan 1816 Davidson Co TN;
member of and captain in Guilford militia; owned land in Guilford County
State of Service: NC, Rank(s): lieutenant
Service Description: 1) also ensign; 10th & 2nd Regts, Continental Line
(sources) Heitman, Hist Reg of Officers of the Cont Army during the War of the Rev, 1775-1783, p 98; NCDAR, Roster of Sols from NC in the Am Rev, p 233
Charles Breden ~ of Guilford
link to pension statement
Alexander Caldwell ~ DAR #A018189, born c.1735 PA, died 1785 Guilford
Service: NC, Rank(s): civil service, patriotic service
Service Description: 1) justice of the peace, 1781, 1782, 1783; paid for service, 6-29-1782
John Chambers ~ DAR #A020468, born 1720, died 1806 Guilford
Service: NC, Rank: patriotic service
Service Description: 1) furnished supplies
William Dick ~ DAR #A033580, born c.1735 (not 1745), died 1810, Guilford
State of Service: NC, Rank: patriotic service
Service Description: 1) furnished supplies
James Dicks/Dix ~ DAR #A034625, born c.1748, died after 1788 (1830), Guilford
State of Service: NC, Rank: patriotic service
Service Description: 1) paid for services rendered [James Dicks was a Quaker]
Peter Dicks/Dix ~ DAR #A034641, born c.1720 PA, died 1796, Guilford
State of Service: NC, Rank: patriotic service
Service Description: 1) feeding & nursing sick and wounded, 2) soldiers
[Peter Dicks was a Quaker, so I think #2 refers to feeding soldiers]
James Doak ~ DAR #A032609, born 1746 VA, died c.1805 Guilford
Service: NC, Rank: patriotic service
Service Description: 1) paid for services rendered
William Donnell ~ of Guilford
link to pension statement
John Forbes/Forbis ~ DAR #A040667, born 1749, died before May 1806, Guilford
State of Service: NC, Rank: patriotic service
Service Description: 1) furnished supplies
Daniel Gillespie ~ DAR #A044784, born 1743 Frederick Co VA, died 1829 Guilford
State of Service: NC, Rank(s): Captain, patriotic service
Service Description: 1) Capt of Light Horse; Member of Provincial Congress, 1776
2) Member of Assembly, 1779
John Gillespie ~ DAR #A044824, born 1741 Frederick Co VA, died 1806 Guilford
State of Service: NC, Rank: Captain
Service Description: 1) also pvt; Guilford Militia
Barney Ingle ~ DAR #A088325, died before Nov 1828, Guilford
State of Service: NC, Rank: patriotic service
Service Description: 1) rendered material aid
George Ingle ~ DAR #A060163, died before Feb 1801, Guilford
State of Service: NC, Rank: patriotic service
Service Description: 1) paid for services
John McClintock ~ DAR #A075112, born c.1740, died 1807 Guilford
State of Service: NC, Rank: patriotic service
Service Description: 1) furnished supplies for the army
William Milliken, Sr. ~ DAR #A079802, born c.1720 Ireland, died c.1804 Guilford
Service: NC, Rank: civil service
Service Description: 1) justice of the peace, registrar
Aaron Mills ~ DAR #A079836, born 1749 PA, died 1794 Guilford
Service: NC, Rank: patriotic service
Service Description: 1) furnished supplies
John Mills ~ DAR #A079949, born 1712 NC, died 1794 Guilford
Service: NC, Rank: patriotic service
Service Description: 1) furnished sundries for the militia
John Paisley ~ DAR #A086262, born 1742 PA, died 1811, Guilford
State of Service: NC, Rank: Colonel
Service Description: 1) also Maj, LCol, Guilford County Militia
William Paisley ~ DAR #A086270, born 1741 Phila PA, died 1822, Guilford
State of Service: NC, Rank(s): patriotic service, soldier
Service Description: 1) ranger, Capt Forbes; Col James Martin, Guilford; 2) furnished supplies
John Rankin ~ DAR #A094366, born 1736 DE, died 1814 Guilford
Service: NC, Rank(s): civil service, patriotic service
Service Description: 1) provided supplies; 2) juror
William Rankin ~ DAR #A094394, born 1744 DE, died 1804 Guilford
Service: NC, Rank: patriotic service
Service Description: 1) paid for services; 2) Guilford Co.
William Scott ~ DAR #A101874, born 1750 Orange Co VA, died 1801 Guilford
Service: NC, Rank: private, civil service
Service Description: 1) pd for cl service, 2) grand juror
William Shaw ~ DAR# A102218, born Feb. 5, 1758 in Killeleagh Parish, County Down, Ireland (Immigrated in 1772), died Aug. 25, 1842 in Lincoln County TN.
Memorial Marker, Pioneer Cemetery, Moore County, TN
Service: NC. Service Description: Four tours; Orderly Sergeant command of Col. James Martin, Col. John Paisley, Captain Arthur Forbes, Lt. William Wiley; Brigadier Gen. Rutherford, Captain Smith Moore; Captain Whitsell; Company of Light Horse under Captain John Gillespie. Pension Application
Samuel Smith ~ DAR #A105797, born 1758 Guilford, died 1839 Rockingham Co NC
State of Service: NC, Rank: private, Pension: #S*W4808
Service Description: 1) Capts Williams, Bethell, Sharp, Maj Owens; 2) Col Gillespie
William Smith ~ DAR #A106107, born 1753 PA, died 1833 Guilford
State of Service: NC, Rank: Private, Pension Number: *S7555
Service Description: 1) Capts Forbis, McAdoo, Cols Paisley & 2) Gillespie, Gen. Wiley
Isaac White ~ DAR #A132980, born 1729 NC, died 1811 Guilford
Service: NC, Rank: patriotic service
Service Description: 1) affirmed the oath to claim land, 1783
William Wiley, Sr. ~ DAR #A125381, born bef. 1737, died 1783 Guilford
State of Service: NC, Rank: patriotic service
Service Description: 1) provided supplies
Andrew Wilson ~ DAR #A127265, born 1752 PA, died 1834 Guilford
Service: NC, Rank: Captain
Service Description: 1) Guilford County militia