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Organized March 27, 1907—Chartered October 1, 1907
Chapter Number 734
On March 27th, 1907, sixteen women met at the Elkins home of Mrs. Margaret Butcher Bent for the purpose of forming a local chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution. The name “John Hart Chapter” was chosen because ten of the sixteen members were descendants of John Hart, a signer of the Declaration of Independence.
Charter Members were: May Jackson Taylor (Mrs. Blaine)—Regent; Miss Edna Scott (later Mrs. Herman Guy Kump)—Recording Secretary; Lucy Bosworth Talbott (Mrs. E. D.)—Registrar; Florence Butcher Wamsley (Mrs. Jared L.)—Treasurer; Sallie Scott Hoover (Mrs. Benjamin Milton)—Historian; Margaret Butcher Bent (Mrs. James A.); Miss Hannah Hart Butcher; Evelyn Bosworth Talbott Fling (Mrs. E. O.); Ada Bosworth Harding (Mrs. Clare); Harriet Weymouth Jones (Mrs. Barton); Miss Ruth Morgan Kittle; Lucy Brown McCrum (Mrs. Page); Emma Logan Scott (Mrs. Cyrus H.); Miss Charlotte Lee Wilson; Myra Weymouth Wilson (Mrs. G. N.); May Kittle Yokum (Mrs. Bruce).
Patriot Ancestors of John Hart members in 2011 are as follows: John Arbogast, John Ash, Nicholas Bargerhoff, Abraham Burner, John Chenoweth, Samuel Craig, Jr., William Currence, Sr., Samuel Barker Davis, Jr., Daniel Davisson, Benjamin Eastburn, Samuel Edman, John Fox, Jonas Friend, Jr., James Alexander Fullerton, Salathiel Goff, Jesse Goodwin, Sr., William Hall, John Hart, Henry Hinzman, Moses Hutton, Michael Isner, Frederick Keister, Abraham Kittle, Jacob Kittle, Andrew Lockridge, Nicholas Marstiller, Daniel McCollum, John McLean, Alexander McQuain, Morgan Morgan, Zackquill Morgan, Andrew Morrison, Joseph Neville, Thomas Phillips, Elisha Reynolds, John Rucker, Sr., William Shreve, John Skidmore, Jacob Stalnaker, Thomas Stevenson, Andrew Strain, Richard Taliaferro, James Tenney, Sylvester Ward, Thomas Weakley, Phineas Wells, Benjamin Wilson, George Wilson, Joseph Yeager.
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