DAR Patriots, Rev. Dempsey Hinton and Jesse Norman's lines have been closed due to lack of military service proof. Lineage Documentation - from us to the patriot has not been questioned. We recently received notice from DAR, Washington, DC, that the lines of Reverend Dempsey Hinton and Jesse Norman have been closed due to lack of acceptable documentation for these patriots. The genealogist for DAR decided that the 1930's documentation for patriotic service for these men was now unacceptable. The original DAR application from the 1930's, which we have seen, stated the service for Rev. D.H. was listed as follows: and I quote: "The service credited to D.H. was that he was killed by John Anderson in a fort at Mallorysville, Wilkes Co., GA. This information was in a certified statement of Bible records and court records submitted by the applicant. The information concerning the fort appears to be in the Bible records. If you have any information which confirms those records, please provide it." additionally my letter states: "The court records of First Court of Wilkes Co. for 27 Aug 1779, states that an indictment was brought against John Anderson for taking the life of Dempsey Hinton. Nothing in the available records indicate where or when the killing took place or the circumstances. We have been unable to locate a fort at Mallorysville, and cannot find that Mallorysville existed until after 1793. Have also been unable to find any other service that is attributed to Dempsey Hinton. If you have information which verifies the circumstances surrounding this event which places D.H. at a fort during the period after 19 Apr 1775, and before his death, please provide it." We gotta prove it, now. They will be more than happy to open this line for future applicant's IF we can prove our claim. We do have other recourse, too. We could prove Civil Service. This would include city or colonial government service; including duty as a juror. Does anyone have such documentation? We need help. Can anyone send some actual proofs? We need to reopen these lines. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Regarding: Jesse Norman's service DAR - and I am quoting, again: "The service attributed to Jesse Norman was that he served under Count Pulaski at the Siege of Savannah, GA., and the source for that information is the Wilkes Co., GA, Deed Book KK, 1793, No. 104. The citation is to a deed for appointment of Francis Baldwin to receive the pay and land due John Ross, a soldier from the U.S. or the state of NC, serving under Count Pulaski. Jesse Norman was one of two witnesses to the signature of John Ross. The document does not say that he, Jesse Norman, was a soldier. No other source of service has been identified in any paper filed on Jesse Norman. If you can provide information that proves Jesse Norman as either a soldier during the revolution or that shows he had either Civil or Patriotic Service, we will be pleased to reinstate him as a patriot." They want PROOF of patriotic service. We viewed the source documented in the 1930's application. It was by KNIGHT. Jesse Norman witnessed a 1793 document, he was not the patriot. The 1930's applicant misread the KNIGHT abstract in this book. Therefore, we are now required to send further proof to DAR to reopen this line, too. Please help us get this matter straightened out. Let's all work together to reinstate these two men. Any document in your possession that you believe will aid in this effort, please submit it. Someday, some of you, or your descendents may also wish to pursue application into DAR through these lines. We are all very proud of our heritage or we wouldn't be genealogical researchers. Please do what you can to help, now. Martha & Marilyn AMEN !