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God, Home, and Country |
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Polk County Museum and Heritage Society
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The Robert Rankin Chapter of the NSDAR proudly represents the Lake Livingston area. Mrs. Joseph T. Dabney, a descendant of Lt. Robert Rankin, organized the chapter in 1968. Our Chapter meets every third Saturday, with exception of December. Please contact us for a calendar of events and speakers. The gathering of our daughters each month provides a forum for camaraderie; a forum to establish community-minded goals. We sponsor many projects throughout the year. We collect postage stamps and labels to benefit the wounded veterans program and contribute to the NSDAR and TXDAR scholarship programs. We also encourage community awareness programs for national and civil defense. Please accept our invitation to attending a chapter meeting or membership in the Robert Rankin Chapter of the National Society, Daughters of the American Revolution. Contact us for information. Membership Information Any woman over the age of 18 is eligible for membership who can prove lineal, blood line, descent from an ancestor who aided in achieving American Independence as a soldier, sailor, civil officer, or a recognized patriot of the United States. For more information about DAR membership, visit the NSDAR website. |
Lieutenant Robert Rankin served in the Third Regiment of the Virginia line of the Continental Army in 1776. His participation in the battles of Germantown, Brandywine, Stony Point, and the siege of Charleston earned him the commission of Lieutenant, which he received on his release as a prisoner of war. He continued to serve until the war's end. After the war, he served in the Virginia legislature as one of nine trustees for the newly established town of Washington, in Bourbon County, Kentucky. He also served as an elector to the Kentucky Senate in 1792. Robert Rankin was a friend and ally of Sam Houston during the war for Texas Independence. He was instrumental in maintaining good relations with the Indians, in the spring of 1836, during the Texan retreat toward San Jacinto.
Robert Rankin was born in Colonial Virginia in 1753. On October 1, 1781, he married Margaret Berry while on military furlough. Four of his sons served in the War of 1812. On November 13, 1834, he received land grants in Joseph Vehlein's Colony in Texas. He was issued the necessary certificate of character on November 3, 1834, by William Grimes. The town of Coldspring, Texas, was founded on Lieutenant Rankin's original land grant.
Robert Rankin died November 13, 1837, in St. Landry Parish, Louisiana. He was buried near his home, in Butler Cemetery, Coldspring, Texas. In 1936, his body was re-interred at the State Cemetery in Austin. Robert Rankin was a soldier, patriot, and good citizen.
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On Saturday, November
18, 2006, members of the Texas Society Daughters of the American
Revolution celebrated and honored the Native American Indians at the
Alabama-Coushatta Reservation in Livingston, Texas. |
| The Robert Rankin Chapter proudly presents Our Revolutionary Patriots | ||
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Andress, Joseph NC |
Gates, Samuel VA & Mary Roland |
Powell, Dempsey NC & Lydia Muse |
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Batson, Thomas |
Gibbs, Herod VA & Lucy Anderson |
Prather, Thomas VA MD & Mary |
| Battle, Elisha NC & Elizabeth | Goode, William VA & Martha Jefferson | Ramey, John VA & Jane |
| Bickham, Abner Capt GA & Dicey |
Granberry, George NC & Elizabeth |
Rankin, Robert VA Margret Berry |
| Birdwell, Robert VA |
Greer, Acquila VA & Elizabeth |
Reed, John Capt SC |
| Blackburn, Ambrose NC | Gresap, Michael MD & Mary | Reisinger, Peter PA & Eva |
| Blount, Reading VA | Hamilton, William Joseph MD | Reuben, Barrett SC |
| Breedlove, William VA | Hardin, Joseph NC & Jane Gibson | Scurlock, William VA |
| Brown, Edward MD & Margaret | Henry, Patrick VA & Sarah Shelton | Seale, Charles NC & Lydia Muse |
| Brown, Perez MS & Betsy | Houx, Mathias VA | Seloover(Slover), Andrew PVT NY |
| Burch, Joseph MD & Gilly Wilcox | Humphries, Charles Sr. SC | Slayton, Phine VT |
| Calihan, David SC & Elizabeth | Isaacs, Samuel NC | Slemons, Thomas Jr. PA |
| Campbell, Farquhard NC & Isabella | Laird, John Lt Col PA & Sarah Finley | Scurlock, Wm VA & Rhoda Simmons |
| Cannon, John NC & Martha | Lee, William & Elizabeth | Smith, Nathaniel NC & Elizabeth |
| Causey, Wm Capt MD & Susannah | Leedy, Abraham PA | Spear, John VA & Mary Ann |
| Carter, William Merriman VA | Leftwich, Augustine Sr VA | Stewart, Finley NC & Prudence Shaw |
| Chenoweth, John MD | Leftwich, William GA | Sumpter, John VA & Catherine |
| Coe, Moses NJ & Sarah Howell | Mainer, John Pvt GA & William | Teeter, Abraham PA & David |
| Craig, Toliver Sr VA & Mary Hawkins | Maxey, Walter | Thomas, Theophilus NC & Mary R |
| Curry, Robert VA | Maxey, Walter Sr. VA | Thorne, William NC |
| Crudup, Josiah NC & Elizabeth Battle | McBee, Silas VA & Catherine Cates | Van Liew, Frederick NJ |
| Davis, Jonathan VA & Lucy Gibbs | Neucomer, Ulrich PA | Veitca, John Pvt MD |
| Elliott, Aaron | Parker, John 1740 Pvt DE/MD | Warner, Wettenhall SC & Elizabeth |
| Farrar, William VA | Peebles, Lewis VA & Elizabeth | Ware, Robert & Margaret Basell |
| Farrow, George VA & Ann Ashby | Peters, Sgt. Christian VA & Elizabeth | White, John M VA & Mildred T. |
| Felder, Henry SC & Mary Elizabeth | Pickens, Andrew SC & Rebecca | Wolfskill, Joseph NC |
| Finley, John Maj PA & Mary Young | Pope, Jesse NC & Mary Fort | Womack, Abraham GA |
| Fort, John NC & Frankie Broadwell | Powell, Nathaniel VA & Elizabeth | |
| Fussell, William GA | ||
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Blest be the tie that binds, our hearts in Christian love John Fawcett 1740-1817 |
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