ELIGIBILITY FOR
MEMBERSHIP
U.S. Daughters of
1812
Any woman over 18 years
of age, of good character, and any child up to 21 years of age,
who offers satisfactory proof of lineal descent from an ancestor
who rendered civil, military,
or naval service during the years 1784-1815 is eligible to membership,
provided the applicant is acceptable to the society.
Membership is by invitation only.
who offers satisfactory proof of lineal descent from an ancestor who rendered civil, military,
or naval service during the years 1784-1815 is eligible to membership,
provided the applicant is acceptable to the society.
Membership is by invitation only.
Ancestor
Service, Eligibility for Membership (as stated in the National
Bylaws)
Civil Services
1. Signer of the Oath of Allegiance or the Loyalty Test.
2. All state, county, and town officials and also jurors.
3. Members of the Continental or Federal Congress or a member of a State Assembly or Legislature of one of the first eighteen states.
4. Delegates to the convention that framed the Constitution of the United States.
5. Members of a State Convention which ratified the constitution fo the United States.
6. Electors of one of the first four Presidents of the United States.
7. Legislative, Executive or Judicial officers of the United States government, including such appointive officers as Treaty Commissioners, Territorial Officers, etc.
Military or Naval
Services.
8. Wyoming Valley War, Pennsylvania 1784-1787. (A local disturbance between settlers from Pennsylvania and Connecticut in said valley.)
9. Shay's Rebellion, Massachusetts, December 1785 to January 1787. (Local, grew out of burdensome taxation. Confined to and suppressed by militia of the State of Massachusetts.)
10. Whiskey Insurrection, Pennsylvania, August to November 1794. (Local, arose in consequence of certain taxes on domestic spirits. Was suppressed by the authority of the United States.)
11. Wars with Indians, 1784-1815.
12. War with France (undeclared), July 9, 1798 to September 30, 1800. (Naval, Carried on by the United States through its Navy and privateers.)
13. Sabine Expedition, Louisiana 1806.
14. Chesapeake War, Naval, July 9, 1807 to August 5, 1807. (Disturbance growing out of attack of the British Frigate Leopord on the American Frigate Chesapeake, as the result of the British claim to the right of search. The attack occurred at sea off Hampton Roads, Virginia. The militia was called out by the authority of the President.)
15. Embargo Dispute, Lake Champlain, 1808.
16. Commodore Patterson's Expedition against Lafitte's Pirates, 1814. (Local, but conducted by the authority of the United States.)
17. War with the Barbary Powers; Naval, March 3, 1815 to August 15, 1815. (Conducted by the authority of the United States, through its Navy on the northern coast of Africa.)
18. War of 1812, with Great Britain, June 18, 1812 to February 17, 1815. (General, covering nearly the entire territory of the United States, especially the seaboard.)
19. Creek Indian War, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi and Tennessee, July 27, 1813 to August 9, 1814. (Local, but conducted by the authority of the United States.)
20. Lafitte's aides to General Andrew Jackson, Battle of New Orleans.
21. Naval Engagement, 1811. (A Naval engagement between the British sloop of war, Little Belt, and the American ship, President, on the Atlantic, off the southern coast of the United States, resulting from the British claim of right of search.)
22. Service in the Army or Navy, as an officer or private or giving material aid to the military forces, 1784-1815.
23. Lewis and Clark Expedition, members 1804-6. (Military exploring expedition to find land route to the Pacific Ocean.)