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
• 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.