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Our History

The Sons and Daughters of Virginia Founding Fathers was founded February 6, 2013, and is comprised of men and women who are able to comply with the requirements of the membership clause.  

The purposes of the Organization shall be to perpetuate the memory and promote the principles and virtues of the Colonial Virginia ancestors of its members. In addition, the Organization shall collect and preserve genealogical and historical documents relating to Colonial Ancestors in Virginia, encourage excellence in historical research and establish commemorative and durable memorials in lasting tribute to the early Colonial settlers.

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Founders

Suzanna Etheridge Rawlins and Leslie Ann Kirk​
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Founding Board Members

Suzanna Etheridge Rawlins
Leslie Ann Kirk
Sally Hellums Woolley
Sue Hansford Jaworowski
Anne Travis Kilgrow
Karen Elizabeth McCandless McClendon
Deborah Whitmore Hicks
Shari Kelley Worrell (Honorary)

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Honorary Governor Generals

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Paul Walden
2023-2025













Celebrating 10 years
Honorary Governor Generals
Deborah Hicks, Leslie Kirk, Suzanna Rawlins 










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Deborah Whitmore Hicks, Esq., Founder
​2021-2023



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Leslie Ann Kirk, Founder
2019-2021












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​Suzanna Etheridge Rawlins, Founder
2013-2019

Mission Statement

To identify, collect, preserve and honor the history, memory, courage and endurance of those valiant men and women who left the known, escaping the Old World, for a promise of building a better world of liberty and personal freedom, risking their lives and personal fortunes in the establishment of the colony of Virginia.                             ~ Sue Hansford Jaworowski Southern
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Our Motto

Honoring our past ~ Preserving our future
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Emblem

The tobacco flower
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Organization Colors

Dark Purple and Silver-Gray
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Logo and Name Use

The logo and name "Sons and Daughters of Virginia Founding Fathers" is the property of this organization and may not be used outside this organization without the express written consent of the Sons and Daughters of Virginia Founding Fathers.​

2013-2021 SDVAFF History Book

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​Compiled by Honorary Governor General Leslie Kirk 

Past Officers & Committee Chairmen

2023-2025
Governor General Paul Walden
Deputy Governor Julie Palmer Hesler
Marshal General Dianne Agerton Dyess
Secretary General Mary Glenn
Treasurer General Tony Vets
Chaplain General Lynda Moreau
Historian General Brenda Eatmon Dorsett
Counselor General Deborah Whitmore Hicks, Esq.*
Registrar/Genealogist General Suzanna Etheridge Rawlins*
Webmistress Leslie Ann Kirk*



2021-2023

Governor General Deborah Whitmore Hicks, Esq.*​
Deputy Governor General Anne Farley​
​​Marshal General Julie Hesler ​
​Secretary General Anne Farley
​Treasurer General Barbara Allison
Historian General Mary Ray Casper 
Chaplain General Paul Walden
Parliamentarian Lila Burner Housden
Registrar-Genealogist General ​Suzanna Rawlins*
Webmistress Leslie Ann Kirk*


2019-2021
Governor General Leslie Ann Kirk*
Deputy Governor General Deborah Whitmore Hicks, Esq*
Marshal General Cheryl Whitt Rios
Secretary General Sue Hansford Jaworowski Southern*
Treasurer General Barbara Jean Smith Allison
Chaplain General Paul Walden
Historian General Ora Jane Johnson
Registrar-Genealogist General Suzanna Etheridge Rawlins*
Parliamentarian General Jane Routt Power
Finance Committee Chairman Trudy Cauthen Tanzillo
Newsletter Editor General Jared Nathan
Webmaster General Leslie Ann Kirk*

2017-2019
Governor General Suzanna Etheridge Rawlins*
Deputy Governor General Leslie Ann Kirk*
Treasurer General Matthew John Barlow, Jr., MD 
Marshal General Mary Paulette Lollar
Secretary General Deborah Whitmore Hicks, Esq.*
Chaplain General Anne Travis Kilgrow*
Genealogist General David Grinnell, Patricia Wasilik
Counselor General Deborah Ann Whitmore Hicks*
Parliamentarian General Jane Routt Power
Scholarship Chairman Jonathan Ridgeway
Webmaster General Leslie Ann Kirk*

​2015-2017
Governor General Suzanna Etheridge Rawlins*
Deputy Governor General Leslie Ann Kirk*
Treasurer General Harold Douglas Ford
Marshal General Sue Hansford Jaworowski*
Secretary General Mary Paulette Lollar
Chaplain General Anne Travis Kilgrow*
Genealogist General Karen Elizabeth McClendon*
Counselor General Deborah Whitmore Hicks, Esq.*
Parliamentarian General Jane Routt Power
Webmaster General Leslie Ann Kirk*

*Founder/Founding Member
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​​Virginia Colony History and Timeline
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1606 - The first Charter was granted to Virginia Colonists.

1607 - The London Company Colonists landed, and established Jamestown.

1607 - Capt. John Smith's company erected a cross on the islet near the Falls of the                                "Powhatton" River and changed its name to "James."

1607 - Landing made by Virginia Colonists at Cape Henry.

1607 - The Virginia Colonists discovered the mouth of the Delaware River.

1607 - Arrival of the London Company Colonists with Capt. Christopher Newport in the James               River, Virginia.

1607 - Capt. John Smith was sworn in as a member of the Jamestown Council.

1619 - The first General Assembly of Burgesses met in Virginia.

1621 - Virginia received its first written Constitution.

1676 - Bacon's Rebellion in Virginia, under Nathaniel Bacon, against the Royal Government, in             favour of self-government.

1682 - A Virginia Printer was forbidden to print anything until his majesty's pleasure in England               should be known.

Source:  A Year Book of Colonial Times Compiled by the Rev. Frederick S. Sill, D.D. Member of the Society of Colonial Wars, E. P. Dutton & Company, New  York, 1899 
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