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GREETINGS FROM THE DAUGHTERS OF the Daniel Morgan Chapter, NSDAR! We are located in Gaffney, South Carolina, and would love to talk to you about becoming a member of the National Society.
The National Society Daughters of the American Revolution (NSDAR or DAR), founded in 1890, and headquartered in Washington, D.C., is a volunteer women's service organization dedicated to promoting patriotism, preserving American history, and securing America's future through better education for children. Any woman is eligible for membership who is no less than eighteen years of age and can prove lineal, bloodline descent from an ancestor who aided in achieving American independence.
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CHAPTER HISTORY
The Daniel Morgan Monument is located in Spartanburg, Spartanburg County, South Carolina
The Chapter organized October 23, 1907, with the following officers: Mrs. A. N. Wood, Regent; Mrs. Francis MacArthur Montgomery, Vice-Regent; Mrs. W. B. DuPre, Recording Secretary; Mrs. J. T. Darwin, Corresponding Secretary; Mrs. L. G. Potter, Registrar; Mrs. T. B. Butler, Treasurer; Mrs. W. H. Smith, Historian. The other charter members were Mrs. George Blanton, Mrs. C. W. Hames, Miss Jessie Lipscomb, Mrs. Sue Shanks Parker, Mrs. I. W. Richardson and Mrs. Oscar Shanks.
The Chapter has always been active in educational as well as historical work. Scholarships have been given; drinking fountains were installed in two of the public schools in 1912, contributions made to schools and a presentation of a United States Flag to six schools. Each year History Essay, Good Citizen and ROTC Medals and certificates are awarded. During World War I, bonds were bought and liberal contributions were made to the soldiers, Red Cross and Salvation Army, and in 1922 they placed a bronze tablet on the front façade of the Library with the names of 51 boys who fell in the War.
A contribution was made for the monument erected in Columbia, SC to the Three Partisan Generals, Sumter, Marion and Pickens and Mrs. W. S. Hall was a member of the committee for the erection of the Signers Tablet in the State House in Columbia.
The Chapter paid for a chair in Memorial Continental Hall, Washington, DC. We compiled a history of Gaffney and Cherokee County for the Sesquicentennial Edition of the Gaffney Ledger.
The Chapter was instrumental in having the remains of Colonel James Williams removed and re-interred on the lawn of the Library and a monument erected over his grave, and the chapter is still trying to protect this hallowed spot.
CHAPTER OFFICERS
Regent: Cherry Locke Murph
First Vice-Regent: Brenda Elmore Azzara
Chaplain: Ella Rose Lee
Recording Secretary: Shirley Turner
Corresponding Secretary: Shirley Turner
Treasurer: Pamela Tate
Registrar: Marjorie Steadman Lambright
Historian: Rebecca Jane Waters
Librarian: Laura Parker
Parliamentarian: Bette Brooks Ballard
DANIEL MORGAN CHAPTER PATRIOT ANCESTORS