INSTRUCTIONS FOR ASSEMBLING BINDERS These are replacement pages for your roster to be put into your binder as follows: In Section NSCDA, please retain copies of The Dictionary and The National Constitution. Discard the other pages and replace with new NSCDA information pages, if any. In Section NSCDA/TN, discard all the pages except the Tennessee Ancestor’s List. Replace with new pages. Following Section NSCDA-TN discard the contents of each Town Committee Section and replace with the new pages included here. Keep your binder and blue tabs every year. Please check your personal information for accuracy and notify: Ryan Harris (Memphis) if there are any changes. Please use EE-mail-mail ([email protected])([email protected])or the orRoster the RosterListing Listing Change Request Form. THIS PAGE INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK ****** NSCDA-TN ****** THE NATIONAL SOCIETY OF THE COLONIAL DAMES OF AMERICA IN THE STATE OF TENNESSEE ****** DIRECTORY 2017-2018 ****** THIS PAGE INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK TABLE OF CONTENTS – 2017-2018 NSCDA Information Pages............................................................................... 1 General Information ........................................................................... 2 NSCDA Constitution (Not printed this year) ..................................3-8 Dictionary of Dames......................................................................9-29 NSCDA-TN Mission, Purpose, Vision.................................................................. 1 Quick Reference Information........................................................ 2 Membership Responsibility Statement ......................................... 3 Calendar of Events.....................................................................4-5 Ancestor List (Not Printed this year) .......................................6-30 Bylaws ...................................................................................31-45 Membership....................................................................... 32 Finances............................................................................. 33 Meetings of the Society ..................................................... 33 Board of Managers .......................................................34-38 Liability of Managers ........................................................ 38 Public Benefit .................................................................... 38 Amendment of Bylaws ...................................................... 39 Standing Rules .......................................................................39-44 Membership..................................................................39-40 Finances............................................................................. 40 Meetings of the Society..................................................... 41 Board of Managers .......................................................41-42 Additional Duties of Officers and Managers................42-44 Special Committees ........................................................... 45 Amendment of Standing Rules .......................................... 45 Charter Members in 1896................................................................. 46 Past Presidents................................................................................46-47 National Roll of Honor from Tennessee ............................................. 47 Honorary Presidents.......................................................................... 47 NSCDA-TN Board of Managers .................................................48-51 Annual Reports.............................................................................52- Report From The President ....................................................52-56 Projects Endowment Fund Report............................................... 56 Treasurer’s Report....................................................................... 57 Historian’s Report ..................................................................57-61 Membership Changes.............................................................62-63 Travellers Rest Information ...................................................64-65 Donation Form ............................................................................ 66 CHATTANOOGA TOWN COMMITTEE BOARD AND ROSTER KNOXVILLE TOWN COMMITTEE BOARD AND ROSTER MEMPHIS TOWN COMMITTEE BOARD AND ROSTER NASHVILLE TOWN COMMITTEE BOARD AND ROSTER NSCDA-TN EXCLUSIVE USE STATEMENT This yearbook contains the confidential information of The National Society of The Colonial Dames of America in the State of Tennessee (NSCDA-TN). All information contained in this yearbook is provided for the exclusive and restricted use of members of the NSCDA-TN. It is a violation of NSCDA-TN policy and the privacy rights of its members to use or release to others any personal information in this yearbook, including but not limited to names, addresses, telephone numbers or e-mail addresses, of NSCDA-TN members except for official use within the NSCDA. All other use of this information is prohibited. 8/15/16 Exclusive Use NSCDA ROSTER LISTING CHANGE REQUEST FORM OLD LISTING: (Please complete all items in Old Listing) FULL NAME NAME PREFERRED TO BE CALLED TOWN COMMITTEE ADDRESS CITY, STATE & ZIP AREA CODE & PHONE NEW LISTING: (Include only the items to be changed) NAME NAME PREFERRED TO BE CALLED CITY, STATE & ZIP TOWN COMMITTEE AREA CODE & PHONE E-MAIL ADDRESS MAIL TO: Ryan Harris 5537 Southwood Drive Memphis, TN 38120 OR EMAIL TO: [email protected] THIS PAGE INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK NATIONAL SOCIETY COLONIAL DAMES OF AMERICA INFORMATION PAGES “Virtues majoram filiae conserVant” (Daughters preserve the virtues of their elders) Salute to the Flag To the Glory of God, and in grateful remembrance of those, our ancestors, who through evil report and loss of fortune, through suffering and death, maintained stout hearts and laid the foundation of our country, we, The National Society of The Colonial Dames of America, pledge our loyal and affectionate allegiance to the Flag. Article II of the Constitution of The National Society of The Colonial Dames of America Objects The objects of this Society shall be to collect and preserve manuscripts, traditions, relics, and mementoes of bygone days; to preserve and restore buildings connected with the early history of our country; to educate our fellow citizens and ourselves in our country’s history and thus diffuse healthful and intelligent information concerning the past, to create a popular interest in our Colonial history, to stimulate a spirit of true patriotism and a genuine love of country, and to impress upon the young the sacred obligation of honoring the memory of those heroic ancestors whose ability, valor, sufferings, and achievements are beyond all praise. Lord’s Prayer Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done on earth, as it is in heaven. Give us this dday our daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation,but deliver us from evil: For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, forever. Amen Matthew 6:9-13 10/9/17 NSCDA-1 GENERAL INFORMATION NATIONAL HEADQUARTERS: 1. DUMBARTON HOUSE 2715 Que Street, NW Washington, D.C. 20007 Dumbarton House (202) 337-2288 NSCDA Headquarters. (202) 337-0972 Fax: (202) 337-034 Website: nscda.org Username is “history” and password is “future” 2. GUNSTON HALL: Gunston Hall Home of George Mason 10709 Gunston Road Mason Neck, VA 22079-3901 Telephone: (703)550-9220 Website: www.GunstonHall.org 3. SULGRAVE MANOR: Sulgrave, Near Banbury Oxon, OX172SD England Telephone: 011-44 1295 760 205 Fax: 011-44 1295 768 056 E-mail [email protected] Website: sulgravemanor.org.uk 4. OTHER WEBSITES OF INTEREST: nscdatn.org ancestorbibliography.org davidsoncocemeterysurvey.com tnportraits.org 8/15/15 NSCDA 2 THE NATIONAL SOCIETY OF THE COLONIAL DAMES OF AMERICA CONSTITUTION PREAMBLE WHEREAS, History shows that the remembrance of a nation’s glory in the past stimulates to national greatness in the future, and that successive generations are awakened to truer patriotism and aroused to noble endeavor by the contemplation of the heroic deeds of their forefathers; therefore, The National Society of The Colonial Dames of America has been formed, that the descendants of those men, who in the Colonial period by their rectitude, courage, and self-denial prepared the way for success in that struggle which gained for the country its liberty and Constitution, may associate themselves together to honor the virtues of their forefathers, and to encourage in all who come under their influence, true patriotism built on a knowledge of the self-sacrifice and heroism of those men of the colonies who laid the foundation of this great nation. ARTICLE I Title 1. NAME AND ORGANIZATION. This Society shall be known by the name, style, and title of The National Society of The Colonial Dames of America, and shall be composed of Corporate Societies of which there are: the Societies in the Thirteen Colonial States, or the Colonial State Societies; the Society in the District of Columbia, or the Domicile or Charter Society; the Societies in the Non-Colonial States, or the Associate State Societies; and the Committees of Members in Territories and Foreign Countries. Every member of every State Society shall be a Dame of one of the Thirteen Colonial State Societies. ARTICLE II Objects 1. The