About Us
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The Ann Poage Chapter, National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution (NSDAR or DAR), was organized on April 13, 1940, and is named after the ancestor of founding Regent Regina Higdon Sykes. Ann Poage was a woman of great energy and self-reliance. Because of her active service in the Revolutionary War, Ann Poage is recognized as a Revolutionary Patriot for molding bullets, serving meals, and standing watch at Fort Nelson in Louisville, Kentucky.
The chapter, which celebrates 80 years of service, currently has over 80 members from the greater Houston area and beyond.
Become a member
Membership is open to all women eighteen years of age and older who can provide lineal, bloodline descent from an ancestor who aided in achieving American independence. Read more details on our Texas membership page.
More about Ann Poage
Ann Kennedy, daughter of Joseph Kennedy, first married John Wilson. Widowed, she then married William Poage, and it was with their five children that the Poages became the fifth non-native family to enter Kentucky, arriving at Boonesborough in September 1775. They came with Colonel Joseph Lindsey, Commissionaire for General George Clark's Army.
In February 1776, the Poages settled in Harrodsburg, where they cleared land and raised corn. They brought the first spinning wheel into that area and made the first linen from lint of nettles and buffalo wool. While General Clark's army was stationed at the fort in Louisville, Ann Poage helped serve meals, mold bullets, and stood her turn in the watchtower as lookout for Indians. In September 1778, William Poage was mortally wounded when Indians attacked him and fifteen other men as they were going to Logan's Station.
In 1781, Ann Poage married Colonel Joseph Lindsey, who was later killed at the Battle of Blue Licks. Several years later, Mrs. Ann Kennedy Wilson Poage Lindsey married her fourth husband, James McGinty. She lived many more years as Mrs. James McGinty, and that is the way her grave is marked at Fort Harrodsburg, Kentucky. The grave marker of Ann Poage McGinty was sponsored by Ann Poage Chapter, NSDAR, on June 16, 1950, on the occasion of the 176th anniversary of Harrodsburg, Kentucky. (Reference: Collin's History of Kentucky, Volumes I and II)
Calendar of Events
Regular meetings are held on the second Saturday of the month from October through May. Each February we host a tea to celebrate Presidents' Day and to honor our new members. We also schedule a field trip once a year and host happy hours. The Houston Area Regents Council hosts a Flag Day luncheon in June and a Constitution Day luncheon in September.
Regular meetings begin with refreshments and socializing, followed by a program and business meeting. Upcoming programs include:
- Genealogy 101
- Historic Apollo Mission Control Center Restoration Project, Johnson Space Center
- Remembrance and Closure for POW/MIA Families
- The 400th Anniversary of the Mayflower Voyage
- Movers and Shakers - Houston Women in Cultural History
- Field Trip to Houston Botanic Garden
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, all meetings will be conducted via Zoom until notified otherwise. Visitors and prospective members are welcome at all meetings. Contact us if you would like to join in.
Chapter Activities
Service Projects
DAR is a women's service organization
dedicated to promoting historic preservation, education, patriotism, and
honoring the Patriots of the American Revolutionary War. The Ann Poage Chapter, NSDAR,
participates in at least one major service project each year. Recent examples
include creating gift bags for veterans attending Lone Survivor foundation
retreats, participating in the Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure, and donating
money to provide 2,115 meals to the Houston Food Bank.
Historic
Preservation and Community Service Awards
The DAR Historic Preservation
Medal was awarded to member and past Regent Lisa Pennington and her husband
David Furlow for their extraordinary efforts to preserve the history of
Plymouth Colony.
The DAR Community Service Award was presented to
member Hillary Houle for coordinating a letter-writing campaign to first
responders at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Chapter member Dr. Elizabeth Grimm and
her husband Dr. Jack Roth were featured in a news story about their
participation in COVID-19 vaccine trials.
Scholarships
The Ann Poage Chapter, NSDAR,
maintains and awards scholarships from two funds each year.
The
Ann Poage Memorial Nursing Scholarship Fund was established in 1942, in honor of
Mrs. Edith Freeman Rudersdorf, a Charter Member of the Chapter. The Memorial
Scholarship Fund provides scholarship(s) to one or more outstanding nursing
students graduating from the University of Texas School of Nursing.
The Teacher Development Scholarship Fund was established in 2020, when the Mary
Smith Fay Memorial Scholarship Fund, and the Marian Prestbo Beckham Scholarship
Fund were combined. This fund annually provides scholarship(s) to one or more primary or
secondary school teachers wishing to participate in professional development
activities.
Patriots
| Connecticut |
New Hampshire | |
| Ichabod Jewett |
Amos Boynton | |
| Seth Kent |
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| Ezra Pratt |
New York | |
| Aaron Stone |
Teunis Dolson | |
| Jonathan Tompkins | ||
| Georgia |
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| Thomas Leverett | Pennsylvania | |
| Benjamin Manning, Jr. | James Bratton | |
| Silas Mercer | Jost Fix | |
| Thomas Shannon | Yost George | |
| Nicholas Ickes | ||
| Massachusetts | John Koplin | |
| Samuel Barnaby | Michael Lei | |
| Elijah Carter | Christopher Mantle | |
| Andrew Cobb | John McHenry | |
| Eliphalet Elms | Conrad Riegelman | |
| Josiah Hackett | Henry Warner | |
| David Henley | ||
| Temple Kendall | Rhode Island | |
| Stephen Paine | William Sherman | |
| Samuel Reed | ||
| Artemas Ward | South Carolina | |
| Ammiel Weeks | William Colvin | |
| Ephriam Whitcomb | Thomas Johnston | |
| Edward McGraw, Sr. | ||
| Maryland | Peter McGraw | |
| William Beatty | Edward Van Der Veer | |
| Moses Driscoll, Sr | Willis Watson | |
| Benjamin Hearne | ||
| John Horsey | Virginia | |
| Richard Rapier | James Agee | |
| David Stanford | Nathaniel Allen | |
| Thomas Allen | ||
| North Carolina | Edward Beville, Sr. | |
| Robert Bean | John Beville | |
| Charles Blount | Edward Burgess | |
| William Call | Thomas Burroughs | |
| John Collier | Abraham Burton | |
| Henry Connelly | Spencer Clack | |
| David Crawley | Benjamin Coleman | |
| William Cromartie | John Collier | |
| Stephen Darden | Zachariah Collins | |
| John Devane, Sr. | John Cox, Jr. | |
| Joseph Dixon | Andrew Fox | |
| William Fletcher | Henry Harris | |
| John Frazier | Joseph Hawkins | |
| Thomas Gibson | John Higdon | |
| Daniel Gillespie | Robert Hill | |
| Preston Goforth | Susanah Hudson | |
| George Granbery | Samuel Johnson | |
| Robert Harris | Webb Kidd | |
| George Houser, Jr. | William Loving | |
| George Houser, Sr. | Christian Miller | |
| Francis Howard | John Miller | |
| Francis Howard | Jonathan Osborn | |
| Exum Lewis | Samuel Pickerill | |
| William Midyett | William Ragsdale | |
| James Moore | Charles Reagan | |
| Henry Shores | William Spurlock | |
| Hardy Stevens | John Storm | |
| Henricus Stonecypher | Charles Taliaferro | |
| William Todd | John Threldkeld | |
| John Treadwell | Nicholas Tuttle | |
| John Walker | Benedict Yeary | |
| Stephen White | ||
| Jonathan Woody | Vermont | |
| Luther Field |
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