Qualifications

Qualifications for Membership

Any man shall be eligible for membership in this Society who,

being of the age of eighteen years or over and

a citizen of good repute in the community,

is the lineal descendant of an ancestor

	who was at all times unfailing in loyalty to and
	rendered active service in,

the cause of American independence, either as an

	officer,
	soldier,
	seaman,
	marine,
	militiaman or
	Minuteman,

in the armed forces

	of the Continental Congress,
	of any one of the several Colonies or States;

or as a Signer of the Declaration of Independence,

or as a member of a Committee of Safety or Correspondence;

or as a member of any

	Continental,
	Provincial, or
	Colonial Congress or Legislature;

or as a recognized patriot who performed actual service by overt acts of resistance to the authority of Great Britain.

The applicant must also be personally acceptable to the Society.

Family tradition in regard to the services of an ancestor will not be considered.

No preliminary decision will be given on a line of descent, service or evidentiary value of proposed evidence. (When examined with all available evidence, such preliminary decision might prove to be incorrect and the National Society cannot accept responsibility for such a decision.)

Qualifications for Membership

Copyright © 1999-2003 Harris-Ferry Chapter, National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution Last modified: May 09, 2003 Explanations and disclaimers

Copyright © 1999-2003 Harris-Ferry Chapter, National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution
Last modified: May 09, 2003
Explanations and disclaimers