This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Wallingford Applegate Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/WBB.2ACI/2950.1.1.1.1 Message Board Post: I'm afraid DAR does not allow posthumous membership, unfortunately for your aunt. Although he was not a soldier, Benjamin Wallingford collected and provided supplies for Virginia soldiers during the Revolution. As such, his descendants qualify for membership in the DAR. The problem with Benjamin is that he didn't leave a will or own any land. No Bible record has survived either. Nevertheless, several of his children, (Mark, Joseph, Nicholas, Richard, Sarah & Elizabeth) can be proven easily through alternative sources. The others, (Martha, Prudence, Rebecca & Phebe) are more difficult. I believe I could probably piece together enough circumstantial evidence to prove to the DAR that the last four were Benjamin's as well. I am from Indiana originally, and get back there once or twice a year. I just never seem to have time to do genealogy when I'm there as it's usually over a holiday or family gathering. I have been to Ohio County doing researching on one occasion, but I've also got a lot of info at the Indiana State Library (before I left Indiana). I only recently learned of the Jesse Cooper family's migration to Ohio Co so I'm eager to get back there and do some research. I believe another of Jesse & Mary's children was Basil Cooper. Basil married Mary Wallingford, probably in Gallatin Co, IL or Dearborn Co, IN. Anyway, in 1850, Basil Cooper's household included a Mary Cooper, age 68 b VA (Dist 2, Oh Co IN p 344). Jesse is buried in the Cooper Cemetery, which is where Basil is buried. Basil named one of his sons Jesse.