Lieutenant William Shannon Chapter

National Society United States Daughters of 1812

Brevard County, Florida

Chapter President

Welcome to Lieutenant William Shannon Chapter
State of Florida Society
National Society United States Daughters of 1812

Purpose

The National Society United States Daughters of 1812 was organized on January 8, 1892, on the anniversary of the Battle of New Orleans. Primary purposes of the Society are to promote patriotism, to preserve and increase knowledge of the history of the American people, by preserving documents and relics, marking historic spots, recording family histories and traditions, celebrating patriotic anniversaries, teaching and emphasizing the heroic deeds of the civil, military and naval life of those who molded this government between the close of the American Revolution and the close of the War of 1812, from 1784 to 1815, inclusive, and to maintain, at National Headquarters in Washington, D.C., a museum and library of memorabilia of the 1784-1815 period.

About Our Chapter

1812 Ancestors

John McNitt Alexander

Capt. John Anderson

Peyton Bristow

Pvt. James Cameron

Adam Clay, GA

Josiah Coe

Owen Dewees

George Folsom, GA

Daniel Gotshall

Durham Hancock/Handcock, GA

Asa Harrell

Pvt. John Kepner

Pierre de Lagarda

John Landoph

Aaron Lincoln

John C. Manson

Thomas McCall, GA

Benjamin Pearsall

John Randolph

Maj. Benjamin Sears

Lt. Col. Elnathan Sherwin

Job Stafford

Pvt. Michael Stock

Jacob Taylor

Claiborn Waddell

George Augustus Waggaman

Samuel Wear, TN

Martin Webber

Christopher Wilkinson

Joseph Williams II

Hiram Isaac Wilson

Pvt. Aaron Wood

Gravesite of War of 1812 Veteran Buried in Brevard County, Florida