Participation in one or more of the following types of service is required of an ancestor if a descendent is to be admitted into the Sons of the American Revolution.

• Signer of the Declaration of Independence
• Member of any of the Continental Congresses
• Rendering material aid, such as:
  • Furnishing supplies with or without remuneration
  • Lending money to the Colonies, munitions makers, and gunsmiths
  • Any other material aid which furthered the Cause
• Military or naval service:
  • Service at the Battle of Point Pleasant, October 10, 1774
  • Service from April 19, 1775 to November 26, 1783
  • Furnishing a substitute for military service
• Members of the
  • Boston Tea Party
  • Kaskaskia Campaign
  • Galvez Expedition
  • Cherokee Expedition
  • Edenton Tea Party
• Defenders of forts and frontiers; rangers.
• Prisoners of war, including those on the British ship "Old Jersey," and other prison ships.
• Physician, surgeon, nurse, or others rendering aid to the wounded.
• Civil service under the Colonies from April 19, 1775, to November 26, 1783, inclusive
• Member of committees made necessary by the war, such as
  • Committee of Correspondence
  • Committee of Inspection and Safety
  • Committee to care for soldiers' families
  • or any other Committees which furthered the cause of the Colonies from six months before the Battle of Point Pleasant.
• Any pledge to support the cause of the Colonies, such as signing the Oath of Fidelity and Support:
  • Oath of Allegiance
  • Articles of Association
  • Association Test
• Signers of
  • The Mecklenburg Declaration, 1775
  • The Albemarle, Virginia, Declaration
  • The Cumberland Compact
  • and similar declarations.
• Signers of petitions addressed to and recognizing the authority of the provisional and new state governments.
• Persons accepting obligations or acting under direction of the provisional and new state governments, such as persons directed to hold elections, to oversee road construction, to collect provisions, etc.
• Ministers known to be in sympathy with the Colonies, either by sermon, speech, or action.