History of the Sweetwater Chapter
During the Revolutionary War period, a Cherokee chief named Ama Kanasta, which translates to "sweet water" in English, had his wigwam near what is now Lithia Springs, Georgia. In addition to the needs of hunting game and kindling council fires, Chief Ama Kanasta may have had an additional interest in residing at this particular location. It is said he believed in the healing virtue of the water and therefore, would gather his tribe in close proximity to the spring.
On the granite surrounding the spring, seats appear to have been chiseled out by early inhabitants to form an amphitheater. Tribal members may have sat in these seats while praying for healing. In addition, there is also evidence that the area may have been used as a "resort" during the time of the Revolutionary War. By the end of 1838, however, the United States had removed the Cherokees from this land through what today is known as "The Trail of Tears."
Despite the absence today of these early, if not first, inhabitants of the Douglasville area, Georgia's longest creek bears the translated name of Chief Ama Kanasta, "Sweetwater". His name in its original Cherokee form was at one time selected as the name of for an earlier Douglasville area DAR chapter – the Ama Kanasta Chapter. This chapter organized March 29, 1921 and disbanded December 30, 1933.
Many decades later, the Douglasville area chapter's originating members believed it fitting to name its new chapter for the same early inhabitant of the Douglas County area. This time, however, the chief's name was used in its English translation. The NSDAR Board of Management confirmed the Sweetwater Chapter on December 6, 2003.
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Lisa Elizabeth Wilson Meek |
Vice Regent: | Emily Sue Veal Carlton |
Chaplain: | Kathy Jewel Mullis Goggans |
Recording Secretary: | Michelle Lee Roof Norfleet |
Corresponding Secretary: | Micheele Lee Roof Norfleet |
Treasurer: | Brenda Kay Lowry Christian |
Registrar: | Nancy Anne Styles McLendon |
Marcia Tindall Atkins | Jennifer Olsson Harrison |
Linda Lee Abbey | Emma Williams Jordan |
Cynthia Lee Davis | Mary Sue Rogers Murray |
Sarah Lee Davis | Laura Lee Powers |
Betty Farr Dewell | Laura Elisabeth Reed |
Kathren Moon Fogg | Lisa Carriker Reed |
Margie Lee Hall (Organizing Regent) | Elsie Dodson Smith |
Below are the names of the Sweetwater Chapter Daughters' DAR-recognized patriot ancestors.
They are organized by the state for which their service to our emerging nation was provided.
If you are not aware of what the DAR considers acceptable service for recognition as a patriot, please visit the NSDAR webpage "Becoming a Member", which describes the many ways a person's ancestor may be recognized and included amongst those honored by our organization.
Georgia | |
Cone, William Crumbley, Anthony Dover, Francis J. Futch, Onesimus Peters, Jessie Stewart, Robert | |
Connecticut | |
Brown, Thaddeus Hickok, Asa Lyon, Ephraim | |
Massachusetts | |
Bedlow, William Blodgett, David Flagg, Josiah |
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New Hampshire | |
Sherburne, Job | |
New Jersey | |
Skinner, Daniel | |
New York | |
Printup, Joseph Skinner, Daniel Walling, James | |
North Carolina | |
Ames, Thomas Barnard, Francis Beck, Jeffrey Bradshaw, James Cantrell, Isaac Caradine, Thomas Casey, Jeremiah Gosnell, Charles Egbert Hayward Herman, George Hood, William Huntley, Thomas King, Samuel Kirkpatrick, Valentine Lane, Jr., Tidence Large, Joseph Macon, Harrison McDaniel, John McIarty, Alexander McMurray, Robert Merrick, John Moseley, Henry Newman, Reuben Pace, Stephen Strickland, Philip Taylor, Leroy Thompson, Frederick White, Archibald White, John Wright, James | |
Pennsylvania | |
Albert, George Houser, Peter Long, Jeremiah Sherrod, Conrad Skinner, Daniel Weakley, James | |
South Carolina | |
Dawkins, William Faust, Peter Langston, Solomon Littleton, Charles Martin, Elijah McKelvey, John Noble, Lewis Sellman, Jeremiah Sloan, John Templeton, James | |
Vermont | |
Chandler, Thomas Olcott, Timothy |
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Virginia | |
Beard, Elizabeth X. Biggs, Benjamin Buford, James Colquitt, James W. Florence, Thomas Foster, Peter Griffin, Thomas Hansard, William Hodnett, Benjamin Kendall, William Lipscomb, Uriah Luttrell, James Marshall, James Metcalf, Allen Rogers, Lot Shell, William Tucker, Joseph Veale, Francis White, Jesse Winston, John |
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Last updated September 5, 2023