Original Blackwater Chapter Members & Projects

There were twenty original chapter members.  Sixteen were present at the organizational meeting.  Original chapter members included Mrs. L. H. (Pearl ) Mott, Regent, and Mrs. Albert (Susan Calborn) Minear, who were the first Regent and Vice Regent.  Other members included Vice Regent, Mrs. J. D. D. (Gladys) Duncan, Secretary, Mrs. Harold (Flora) Phelps, Treasurer, and Mrs. Ray (Marie Hahn) Lipscomb, Registrar.  Past Regents include Mrs. Mary Matlick, Mrs. Alice Smith, and Mrs. Louise Righman.

Original members included Mrs. Lena Heironimus, Mrs. C. H. (Lulu Minear) Loeber, Mrs. J. D. (Willard Auvil) Jordan, Mrs. T. B. (Ethyl Digman) Walters, Mrs. Fred (Elizabeth Harman) Painter, Mrs. C. H. (Ruth) Harman, Mrs. Eva Harman Corrick, Mrs. H. H. (Virginia Bane) Harrison, Mrs. Ella Nash Ward, Mrs. C. G. (Hattie Parsons Hahn) Lucas, Mrs. C. R. (Lucille Hagerty Roberts) Parsons, Mrs. William (Ruth Collett) Hamby, Mrs. Lloyd (Lalah Scott) Frankhouser, Mrs. John (Nelle Harper) McNeeley, and Mrs. Hob (Emma) Parsons.

One of the first projects sponsored by the chapter was marking the graves of Revolutionary soldiers buried in Tucker County: William Parsons, Samuel Bonnifield, Salathial Goff, Henry Fansler, and David Minear.  The chapter also gathered records of World War I dead and copied records from tombstones. Bible marriages, birth, death, wills, and court records were used to furnish dates of the early history of Tucker County.  Many members of the chapter were descendants of the following Revolutionary War soldiers:  David Minear, William Parsons, and Jacob Harper.  Others trace their lineage to such names as Stalnaker, Mills, Glisan, Vandivar, Taylor, Goff, Colborn, Morgan, Rankin, Welch, Lee, Foreman, Dennis, Clayton, Sharp, Morton, Weitzel, Rose, Knapp, Orr, Nutter, Hart, Gent, Meschter, Beall, Bishop, Woodford, Elliott, (Van) Swearingen, Hinkle, Nestor, Williams, Arnold, Darnell, Feathers, Balliet, Jenkins, Phillips, and Hardin.

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