CAPTAIN WILLIAM PENNY

National Society Daughters of the American Revolution

Chatham, Illinois

CHAPTER MEETINGS

Our meetings are held at 10:00 a.m. on the first Saturday of each month
(unless otherwise scheduled) from September through May. Each regular meeting
includes a devotional, patriotic exercises, current President General's Message
and a National Defense report.

For further information about our chapter or to visit a meeting, please contact:

Esther Reed

CHAPTER ACTIVITIES

Our Chapter assists with naturalization ceremonies, participates in the American
History Essay Contest, the History Medal Program and the Good Citizens Awards
Program. We also support our DAR schools, the Illinois Veterans' Home at Quincy,
C.A.R. WaBose Society, and the national, state and district funds as requested.
Local projects include the Angel Tree at White Oaks Mall; Friends of Memorial
Hospital's Festival of Trees; and Friends of the Chatham Area District Library.

CHAPTER HISTORY

The Captain William Penny Chapter, NSDAR, was organized September 5, 1996
and the charter from the National Society was granted October 12, 1996. William
Penny, a Revolutionary War soldier served from NC as Captain of a Cavalry Company
attached to the army of General Horatio Gates and as a spy against the Tories under
the command of General Rutherford. By 1818, Captain Penny and his family were living
in Illinois and at the time of his death on March 15, 1821, they lived on Richland Creek.
Captain Penny is buried in the Richland Baptist Church Cemetery in Sangamon County.

The chapter conducts a memorial service at his gravesite each year.

CHAPTER OFFICERS 2011-2013

Regent:	Anna Marie Koontz
Vice Regent:	Brenda Venaas
Chaplain:	Sylvia Brewer
Recording Secretary:	Sharon Stone-Cook
Corresponding Secretary:	Carol Frost
Treasurer:	Elizabeth Needham
Registrar:	Polly Myers
Historian/Librarian:	Thelma McCulley

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