Our History
For a time activities of the Chapter were suspended. Under the leadership of Mrs. Virginia Lawrence, the Chapter was reorganized with fifteen members on February 1, 1969. The Chapter continues to be very active in the community and presently has 72 members. In observance of the 180th anniversary of the founding of Laurens County, The History of Laurens County Volume II 1941-1987 was published in 1988. Mrs. E. B. Claxton, Jr., served as editor. The Chapter was named for Lieutenant Colonel John Laurens for whom the county of Laurens County Georgia, was named. John Laurens was born in South Carolina in 1755 and was a descendant of a Huguenot family that had arrived in America during the earlier part of the 18th century. Having been educated in South Carolina, he was attending law school in England when the war became inevitable. He soon managed to return home by sailing to France on a neutral ship and working his way to America. On arrival he enlisted in the patriot army and soon was attached to George Washington’s personal staff. He served in various engagements of the war from Brandywine to Yorktown. He was at Germantown, where he was severely wounded, at Monmouth, at Savannah and was one of the brave defenders of Charleston. In 1781 he was sent on a special mission to France to ask for a loan of money and to obtain military supplies. Receiving the grateful thanks of Congress, he returned to the army and the siege at Yorktown. The terms of the capitulation were arranged by him and he received with his own hand, the presented sword of Cornwallis. Colonel Laurens returned to his home in South Carolina where a part of the state was still in the possession of the enemy. He was mortally wounded on August 27, 1782, near Combahee, while leading a detachment against a foraging party of the British army.
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In 1915 Mrs. John Asa Peacock was officially appointed Organizing Regent of a proposed DAR chapter to be formed in the Dublin, Georgia area. By February 25, 1916, sufficient application papers had been approved and the privilege of organizing a chapter was granted. Mrs. J. A. Peacock was elected Chapter Regent. The Chapter continued to be very active and to celebrate the twenty-fifth anniversary of its organization in 1941, the John Laurens Chapter published the official History of Laurens County, Georgia 1807-1941. This was edited by Mrs. Bertha Sheppard Hart.
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