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I received this email from Johnnie H. Beasley, Jr. about the cleanup of Dicey and Thomas’ grave:

To the descendants and concerned citizens of Thomas Springfield and Laodicea “Dicey” Langston, on Saturday June 6, 2009 we will be honoring the memory and accomplishments of Revolutionary War  heroine “Daring Dicey” Langston and her husband Thomas Springfield by cleaning and landscaping their gravesites.  This will take place at 213 Bridwell Way Travelers Rest, SC 29690 starting at 8 o’clock am until complete.

Directions to the family site are as follows: take Tigerville Rd. turn right onto Enoree Rd. from Tigerville Rd. then turn to the first right onto Bridwell Way follow Bridwell Way until you come to the Horse Ranch, turn into that driveway and it runs straight into the house.) Any parties interested in helping honor these historic figures please contact:  Johnnie H. Beasley Jr. (864) 271-9253  (864) 414-7339 goodoljb74@aol.com,  Randy Hawkins (864)380-1935,  Curt Doherty (864)
834-3268  Montana horses@bellsouth.net,  Jeffery A. Hess (864) 294-9358 (864)  294-1874 pattyhess66@gmail.com, for additional information and help with directions above by Thursday May 28, 2009.  Parties willing to bring yard tools (shovels, rakes, wheel barrows, chainsaws etc.) will be needed. Also help hauling the brush and debris from the site will be needed.  Tree service to remove three large dead trees that could cause harm to the sites is requested.   Donations to install iron fencing around sites, as well as donations for river rocks to go on the sites to help them last will be accepted.   Thank you for your concern and support! We look forward to seeing you on June 6, 2009 to honor these historic figures of our community.

Sincerely Yours,
Johnnie H. Beasley Jr.
5th Great Grandson of “Daring Dicey” Langston

This was sent to me by the Daring Dicey Chapter of the DAR:

The Daring Dicey Chapter of Daughters of American Revolution  held their organizational meeting on 22 February, 2009 at the City Hall in Vernon, Alabama, with Kawatha “Kay” Koonce as the Organizing Regent.  Alabama State Regent Shelby Dean Ward  administered the Oath to the following Organizing members; Ann Black, Norma Chandler, Mahalia Enlow, Ruth Ann Faris, Teressa George, Jennifer Hopper, Kawatha Koonce, Ruth Newell, Chloe Otts, Mary Elna Rector, Janiece Yerby Strickland, Donna Thompson, and Deana Vernon

Alabama State Regent Shelby Ward administered the Oath of Office to the following officers of the chapter; Regent, Kawatha “Kay” Koonce; Vice Regent, Mahalia Ann Enlow; Recording and Reporting Secretary, Deana Vernon; Treasurer, Ruth Newell; Registrar, Ruth Ann Faris; Historian, Mahalia Ann Enlow; Librarian, Jennifer Hopper; Chaplain, Chloe Hankins Otts Parliamentarian, Teressa Chandler George

We had 46 attendees for the event, including the following State of Alabama Officers; Regent,Shelby D. Ward; Corresponding Secretary,  Annette Smith; Recording Secretary and incoming State Regent, Rita Horton: Organizing Secretary, Tad Douglas; First Vice Regent, Helen Hahn.

Also attending and our speaker for the event was Cindy Shelton Hays, D. C. Corresponding Secretary, who spoke of  the history of our chapter name. “ Daring Dicey”, who was Laodicea Langston, a female Revolutionary War Patriot growing up in North Carolina, who forged the river to warn our troops that the Tories planned to attach, in addition to standing between the Tories and her father to keep them from killing him.  She later married Thomas Springfield and bore at least 22 children.  A third generation descendant of Dicey was Thomas Walker Springfield, who was a minister at Springfield Free Will Baptist Church in Lamar County.  Among her many descendants in Lamar and surrounding counties is Dona Sanders Thompson, an organizing member of the Daring Dicey Chapter.

The DAR founded in 1890 and headquartered in Washington, D. C. , is a non-profit, non-political volunteer women’s service organization dedicated to promoting patriotism, preserving American history, and securing America’s future through better education for children.

The Daring Dicey Chapter of DAR is the first in the history of Lamar County

We welcome any one interested in becoming a member of the Chapter, who has lineal descent from a Revolutionary War Patriot,  to contact Ruth Ann Faris at  faris@hughes.net , Kawatha ‘Kay’ Koonce  kaykoon@bellsouth.net or any of the members of Daring Dicey Chapter.

Our next meeting will be on the 4th Sunday in March with the location announced in this newspaper.

Deana Vernon, Corresponding Secretary