I’m a proud descendant of Jane Trail West, an American patriot from South Carolina who furnished critical supplies to the Continental Army during the Revolution.
That made me eligible to join the Daughters of the American Revolution — but only after my mother, grandmother, aunts and I documented and defended our link to that remarkable woman.
Proving our connection to her demanded months of meticulous genealogical research: We had to locate primary sources, cross-referencing wills, deeds, pension records and supply ledgers, to satisfy the DAR’s exacting standards…