ELIGIBLITY REQUIREMENTS FOR MEMBERSHIP IN THE WAR OF 1812 SOCIETY IN THE COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA.
A male person of age eighteen or older of good moral character and reputation that is recommended by a Society member and is also acceptable by the officers of the Society and who provides acceptable bloodline proof that he descends from a lineal descendant of an ancestor that served in the military during the war period 19 June 1812 to 18 February 1815 or who served in the Battle of Tippecanoe on 7 Nov 1811 or who is a descendant of the President of the US, the Secretary of War or State or of the Navy or from a Governor of any state or territory of the US from 7 Nov 1811 to 18 July 1815. If a failure to find a lineal descendent of the above then one collateral ancestor of the applicant is acceptable that had the above service provided that the applicant descends from a brother or sister of the one who had the acceptable military service.
