Found while rummageing through more files, a copy of a letter from Dee Fozzard to Dreat Younger. Dreat sent it to me. It was written on stationery of The Genealogy Society of Southern Illinois,John A. Logan College, Route 2, Carterville, Illinois 62918. The date was 15 Dec 1987. Letter was as follows: "Dear Dreat, I joined the D.A.R (#684412) thru Laura Helen Younger Kell's Great Grand father, Joshua Logan Younger [underscore mine]. She was Coleman Younger's sister. I ordered Joshua's War Record and discovered he had served in Valley Forge in Captain William Vance's Co. of the 12th VA. Reg't. commanded by Col. James Wood from his Company Pay Roll sheets. In Nov. 1983, a member, Dessie Harrelson, of McLeansboro, Ill. announced to our Society, "The Genealogy Society of Southern Illinois," that she had been accepted as a new member of the "Society of the Descendants of Washington's Army at Valley Forge." She gave me the address to order the application forms. Then I began the task to prove the lineage of each generation. Since no one had entered on Joshua's record, I had to show where I obtained each proof, thru, births, death and marriage certificates, wills, etc. We are not allowed to use a quote from a book or other society's papers as proof. Many people shared their data with me: Louella Myers, Wilbur Zink, Marley Brant, Mabel Motes, Dreat Younger, Jay Younger, Margarette Hutchins, Ruth Whipple, Robert Brashier, Leola Mayes, Billie Smith, Sylvia Creek, June Spicer, Harriet Wickstrom--the list goes on and on. These people are all of the wonderful people I have met thru the "Friends of the Youngers." As Marley Brant told me "As we know families, whether they be biological or the family of friends, are what life is all about. The D.A.V. Commissary General of Muters [That is what it looked like. It is unfamiliar to me and I didn't find it in my dictionary. HM], Mrs. Bettye G. Wilson also gave me a lot of assistance on each step to take. Anyone interested in getting informaiton of the D.A.V. should write to the Society of the Descendants of Washington's Army at Valley Forge, P.O. Box 915, Valley Forge, Pa 19482-0912. I had problems with Charles Lee Younger's [again my underscore] proof that he was Joshua's son. His name wasn't listed on Joshua's Pension Record. Finally I obtained the marriage of intent for Nancy Toney to Charles Younger with his father's consent from Garrard Co, Ind., Marriage and Marriage Bonds of 1796 thru 1851 Book. I'll share any material I have. My D.A.V. #603 can be also used by any direct descendant of Joshua Logan Younger. They wish to compile the Roll of our Honored Dead at Valley Forge and the Rolls of all the soldiers at the Encampment to preserve their names and honor for posterity. To discover, compile, preserve and publish the incidents of the Encampment at Valley Forge. A good book on "Valley Forge ---In Search of That Winter Patriot" by Ramona Cameron Worley. I've enclosed some of it's pages. Still Searching Dee Fozzard" I copied the above letter exactly as it was written. It would seem that she was able to establish the Logan and Lee names with authentic documentation. I have not checked any of this out, just submitting it for your information. Helen