In a message dated 8/11/2005 9:27:18 PM Eastern Daylight Time, wnorman918@aol.com writes: > There is something that I can't understand. A cousin of mine sent to > Washington DC for William Hill Sr. & Jr.'s military records. They wrote > back saying > that they had nothing on them! I find this odd since they are both listed > in > the DAR books as having served. I can't figure this out. Any answers? > > Wanda Norman > Wanda, You don't have to serve in an official military unit to join the DAR. If your ancestor even gave a couple of cows, guns, gunpowder, horses, tobacco, etc. to the cause they are eligible for DAR membership. Also if they served in a militia for even a week, member of a Committee on Safety, etc. So, it doesn't surprise me, especially in Virginia, where for the most part men DIDN'T serve in any formal sense since so little of the war was faught here. Have you seen the DAR application or supporting documentation? Janet Hunter