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The Society of Mayflower Descendants in the State of North Carolina was founded
in 1924 with its organizing meeting and first annual meeting being held 21
November 1924 at the residence of Burnham Standish Colburn in Biltmore Forest,
North Carolina. This meeting was attended by 14 Charter Members and by
Secretary General Addison P. Munroe who assisted in organizing our state society.
There were 21 Charter Members of the Society of Mayflower Descendants in
the State of North Carolina. Each of the Charter Members had become a
member of an existing state society and transferred membership to North Carolina
in 1924. These Charter Members are listed in the table below.
| NC# |
Name |
Residence |
Original State |
& # |
Ancestor |
| 1 |
Burnham Standish Colburn |
Biltmore Forest |
Michigan |
#44 |
Standish |
| 2 |
Macon Rush Dunnagan |
Winston-Salem |
California |
#756 |
Howland |
| 3 |
Chester Pierce Munroe |
Asheville |
Rhode Island |
#139 |
Warrren |
| 4 |
Laura Johnson Baird |
Charlotte |
Wasington, DC |
#375 |
Alden |
| 5 |
Lee Alphonso Folger |
Charlotte |
Indiana |
#55 |
Warren |
| 6 |
Margaret Davis Winslow |
Tarboro |
California |
#714 |
Howland |
| 7 |
Leonard Tufts |
Pinehurst |
Massachusetts |
#1679 |
Brewster |
| 8 |
Florina Gertrude Worth John |
Maxton |
California |
#506 |
Howland |
| 9 |
Mary Reade Hall |
Belmont |
New York |
#1478 |
Bradford |
| 10 |
Mary Wilson Puett |
Lenoir |
Indiana |
#78 |
Howland |
| 11 |
Horace Waldo Porter |
Greensboro |
California |
#914 |
Howland |
| 12 |
James Gore King McClure, Jr. |
Fairview |
Illinois |
#260 |
Howland |
| 13 |
Luria Lyons Lee |
Asheville |
California |
#924 |
Warrren |
| 14 |
May Lovell Rhodes |
Asheville |
Massachusetts |
#2446 |
Howland |
| 15 |
Claude Romulus Dunnagan |
Winston-Salem |
California |
#757 |
Howland |
| 16 |
Edward Knox Powe |
West Durham |
Indiana |
#56 |
Howland |
| 17 |
Edward Knox Powe, Jr. |
West Durham |
Indiana |
#57 |
Howland |
| 18 |
Maud Dudley Shackelford |
Tarboro |
New York |
#900 |
Doty |
| 19 |
Metta Folger Townsend |
Reidsville |
California |
#435 |
Howland |
| 20 |
William Cullen Colburn |
Biltmore Forest |
Michigan |
#100 |
Standish |
| 21 |
Laura Holmes Reilley |
Charlotte |
Massachusetts |
#2700 |
Allerton |
Note: Burnham Standish Colburn (NC #1 & first NC Mayflower State Governor) was the Governor General of the General Society for six years, from 1933 to 1939.
Revised: February 2, 2012
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