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NEWSLETTER OF THE COL. STEPHEN TRIGG CHAPTER - SAR APRIL 2014

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Compatriots!Stay Informed! Check the

Web Site Every Day!

Trigg Compatriots - The best way to stay informed about chapter events is to be a regular visitor to our Facebook page and web site.

ALSO! You can greatly increase the traffic to our web site by “liking” and reposting from the Col. Stephen Trigg Facebook page on your own page. Posting on your own Facebook brings a LOT of traffic to our site. March was our busiest month ever on our site!

Welcome New Compatriot!Glenn Greenfield

Glenn Greenfield’s application was approved on March 12 and he is now “officially” our second new compatriot of 2014!

Glenn has been an active participant in the programs and events of our chapter since submitting his application in early December.

Glenn is the owner of Greenfield Construction in Cadiz. His wife, Donna, works at Tractor Supply in Hopkinsville.

Glenn descends from Maryland patriot Mathias Houx. You can read about this patriot on page 2!

NSSAR 125TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATIONTuesday, April 8

2:00 PM700 Capital Ave. BayFrankfort, KY 40601*Uniforms Encouraged

The KYSSAR will celebrate the historic beginning of the KYSSAR in the old capital building, the place of its original charter. Chapter President Geoff Baggett will be attending this event. If you are interested in attending, please contact him by phone, 270-522-6996. He would like to take a full vehicle of compatriots from the Col. Stephen Trigg Chapter.

The group will depart Cadiz at 7:30 AM and return around 7:00 PM. We will eat two meals “on the road.”

The Trigg Patriot


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MATHIAS HOUX - MARYLAND PATRIOTMathias Houx, ancestor of Glenn Greenfield

and Patriot from Maryland, was born in Frederickstown, Maryland, on March 10, 1759. He enlisted July 19, 1776, as a Private in Captain Henry Hardman's Company, 1st Maryland Battalion of the Flying Camp. His unit was primarily from Frederick County, Maryland.

He was in the Battle for Long Island in August 1776, and the Battle of White Plains in October 1776.

The 1st Batallion was at Fort Washington when Washington's army was defeated on November 16, 1776. Captain Hardman was captured and not exchanged until June 1778.

Most of the men of the Maryland Flying Camp were captured; although, a few escaped across the river. There are no Muster Rolls for the unit, so the status of Mathias Houx is unknown. It is likely that he was captured with the majority of the men in his unit.

He returned to action at the Battle of Germantown on October 4, 1777, the Battle of Camden on August 16, 1780, the Battle of Guilford Courthouse on March 15, 1781, and the Battle of Hobkirk’s Hill on April 25, 1781.

His time of service apparently ended sometime in mid-1781, and he returned home to marry Susannah Morganstern on September 20, 1781.

He left Maryland around 1795 for the wilderness of Kentucky, settling in Logan and Todd Counties. Around 1817 he departed Kentucky to settle in Missouri. He died there on October 28, 1831. He is buried there beside his wife in the Mount Vernon Cemetery in the community of Pilot Grove, Cooper County.

Unfortunately, though his wife’s tombstone is intact, his tombstone has been broken and lost. Only a stone stump remains (see photo below).

We have begun the process of applying for a replacement stone from the Veteran’s Administration, and will co-host a grave marking ceremony in cooperation with the M. Graham Clark Chapter in Columbia, Missouri, later this year.


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Patriot’s Day Celebration 2014!Though is it celebrated with enthusiasm every year in

the Northeast United States, particularly in Massachusetts, very few of us here in the South are familiar with this patriotic holiday.

Patriot’s Day is a remembrance and celebration of the very first battles of the Revolution, Lexington and Bunker Hill, on April 19, 1775.

Observances and re-enactments of these first battles of the American Revolution occur annually at Lexington Green in Lexington, Massachusetts and The Old North Bridge in Concord. In the morning, mounted re-enactors with state police escorts retrace the rides of Paul Revere and William Dawes, calling out warnings the whole way.

Though we will not be hosting and re-enactments of Lexington and Concord, we will be celebrating our own special Patriot’s Day.

On Saturday, April 19, the 239th anniversary of those first shots of the Revolution, we will be marking the grave of our very first Patriot in Trigg County! We will honor Miles Hollowell, soldier from North Carolina.

Hopefully, we can celebrate Patriot’s Day every year with the special recognition of one of our very own local Patriots.

Patriot’s Day Grave MarkingPvt. Miles Hollowell

North Carolina MilitiaMartin County Regiment

Saturday, April 192:00 PM

Larkins CemeteryP’Pool Road


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SPEAKER’S BUREAU EVENTS

TAX DEDUCTIBLE? YOU BET!!Did you know that your gifts to our chapter treasury are

100% tax deductible?!! The SAR is a recognized 503c charitable organization. Consider including our chapter in your family’s “Regular Giving.” Just keep your cancelled checks for next year’s itemized return!

TCIS - Mrs. Jennifer Roeder’s 5th Grade Class - March 12

TCIS - Mrs. Leah Boyd’s 5th Grade Class - March 12


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SPEAKER’S BUREAU EVENTS

SPEAKER’S BUREAU HELPERS NEEDEDSpeaker’s Bureau events are open to all compatriots! Of course, the

historical impact is much greater if you are in uniform, but you don’t have to be! You can help by taking pictures, asking and answering questions, and promoting the SAR. Contact Geoff Baggett if you are interested in attending an event.

Pennyroyal Area Christian Homeschoolers Educators of Kentucky (PACHEK) - March 18

TCIS - Mrs. Sara Wallace’s 5th Grade Class - March 15


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CHAPTER PRESIDENT GEOFF BAGGETT HONORED AT STATE MEETING

At the annual meeting of the Kentucky Society in Louisville on March 8, Geoff Baggett was honored to receive the “Bluegrass Award,” recognizing this very newsletter, “The Trigg Patriot” as the outstanding newsletter among SAR chapters in the commonwealth!

He is pictured at right receiving the award with outgoing Kentucky Society President Tome Geimeier and incoming President-Elect Chuck Scott.

While at the meeting, Baggett provided a written and spoken report about the priorities, events, and progress of the Col Stephen Trigg Chapter.

MARCH CHAPTER SERVICE AWARD HONOREE

JOHN HUMPHRIES

Compatriot John Humphries has offered a very unique form of service in recent weeks. He is, by far, the most responsive compatriot to our online presence, both on the web site and on Facebook. We can always count on him to “like” our posts on Facebook or make the occasional comment on the web site. Thank you, John, for helping spread the word about the Col. Stephen Trigg Chapter!

THREE GRAVE MARKINGS IN ONE DAY! - APRIL 26On Saturday, April 26, the Gov. Isaac Shelby Chapter will be leading ceremonies for three grave

markings on the same day. This is an opportunity for Col. Stephen Trigg Compatriots to earn three “credits” toward the fifteen required to earn their first Patriot Grave Marking Medal. You need to be in uniform and participate in the service. Graves to be marked include:

• Conrad Mathis - Bardstown, Lutheran Church Cemetery - 11:00 AM (Eastern Time)

• Morgan Wright - Springfield - St. Rose Priory Church - 2:00 PM (Eastern Time)

• Thomas Lewis - Bardstown - Poplar Flat Cemetery - 4:00 PM (Eastern Time)

Geoff Baggett will be attending these markings. You may ride with him. Plan to be back home around 7:30 - 8:00 PM.


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THREE NEW PROSPECTIVE COMPATRIOTS IN PROCESS AS OF APRIL 1!

Kevin Stroud has worked as a

barber for twenty-five years in Cadiz. He is now semi-retired. He is also a former Magistrate and Justice of the Peace in Trigg County, where he has lived his entire life.

Like several of our other “native” Trigg County Compatriots, he is descended from Patriot James Thomas, and is a member of the Thomas-Bridges Association. Document discovery and the application preparation process should take a couple of weeks. We hope that Mr. Stroud’s application will be approved some time in May.

Dylan is a 2011 graduate of Trigg County High School. He is currently employed in patient registration at Trigg County Hospital and is seeking entrance into a program to earn a nursing degree. He also works as an on-air personality at WKDZ Radio in Cadiz.

Dylan is descended from Joel Cohoon, who served in Capt. Wilson’s Company of Hart’s North Carolina Regiment. Cohoon is buried in Trigg County in the Griff Calhoun Cemetery, on a bluff overlooking Lake Barkley, on North Lakeshore Drive.

Joshua is sixteen years old, and a sophomore at Trigg County High School. He will be our chapter’s very first “Junior Member.” Joshua’s 6th great-grandfather was Henry Chaffee of Connecticut. In April of 1775 he answered the “Lexington Alarm” with the other militiamen of the area in response to the British moving on Lexington and Concord, Massachusetts. He marched to the relief of Boston, serving five days. He later served with the same militia company from May until October 1775, and in another company in 1776.

WESTON POWELL WINS THIRD PLACE IN KENTUCKY POSTER CONTEST

Weston Powell, 4th grade student at HCA in Hopkinsville, won third place in the Kentucky SAR’s Americanism Poster Contest.

Here, young Mr. Powell he receives his certificate, a $50 check from the KYSSAR, and an additional $20 cash award from the Col. Stephen Trigg Chapter.


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William Addison Grave MarkingMarch 22, 2014


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Dr. Dennis Adams and Mr. Glenn Greenfield have their oath to the SAR administered by KYSSAR President Doug Collins, and receive their Rosette from Col. Stephen Trigg President Geoff Baggett

During “Our Nation’s Tribute,” Compatriots fold the United States flag provided by the Veteran’s Administration (VA) and explain the meaning of each fold.


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Keep Spreading the News! Recruit, Recruit, Recruit!

We are seeing more and

more interest in the community. Already, we have two new Compatriots inducted, three new Compatriots in April, three more in the application preparation process, and several more “in the works” over the next couple of months!

Please remember your challenge from our January dinner. Every compatriot is challenged to recruit at least ONE active compatriot by the end of 2014.

We are well on our way toward doubling our chapter this year.

If each one will reach one and invite him in ...

Tell prospects about our genealogical help and point them toward: http://coloneltrigg.wordpress.com/new-compatriots/

April CalendarApr. 8 - Kentucky Society 125th Anniversary Service - 2:00 PM

Old Senate Chamber - Louisville (Uniforms Encouraged)

Apr. 15 - Tuesday - 6:30 PM

Regular Chapter Meeting - Trigg County Museum

Apr. 19 - Saturday -2:00 PMMiles Hollowell Patriot’s Day Grave Marking

Larkins Cemetery - P’Pool Road

Apr. 26 - Saturday

Three grave markings in Bardstown and Springfield (10:00 / 2:00 / 4:00) - Opportunity to earn three credits toward the Patriot Grave marking Medal.

Col. Stephen Trigg Chapter1969 Kings Chapel Rd.Cadiz, KY 42211

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