The NSDAR was organized in Washington, D.C. on October 11, 1890, and has celebrated more than 100 years of service to the nation. The NSDAR motto is  "GOD, HOME and COUNTRY."  Our Society organized  "To perpetuate the memory and the spirit of the men and women who achieved American Independence; to promote the development of an enlightened Public Opinion; and to foster Patriotic Citizenship."  We promote Patriotic, Educational, and Historic endeavors.

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On May 25th, 1892, President General Mrs. Benjamin Harrison, appointed Mrs. J.N.C. Stockton as regent to organize the first Florida Chapter of Daughters of the American Revolution. On March 12th, 1894, President General, Mrs. Adlai E. Stevenson appointed Mrs. D.G. Ambler as Florida State Regent, she served as State Regent until 1897. On April 2, 1895,  the organization of the first Florida chapter,  "The Jacksonville Chapter," was completed. In 1999, the Florida State Society of Daughters of the American Revolution includes 108 Chapters with nearly 9,000 Members.

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Our Chapter was named for "Captain James Ormond" whose family settled in Volusia County  in the 18th century. He was the Captain and owner of the "Armed Brig"  Somerset in the service of Panton, Leslie & Company, a Scottish firm involved in the Indian trade in Florida. He traded from Savannah to Apalachicola to the West Indies. After leaving the sea, he owned a sugar plantation in Exuma, in the Bahamas.  When Spain regained Florida from England by a treaty in 1783, large land grants were offered to encourage individuals to come to Florida with their families to live. So, Captain James Ormond sold his plantation in Exuma and moved with other British plantation owners to the Volusia County area around 1790. His first plantation was located in Spruce Creek/New Smyrna area, his other property "Damietta" included a grant of 2,000 acres, located just south of Bulow Ville at the head of the Halifax River.

Both Captain James Ormond and his wife, Russell Walker, were born in Scotland.  Captain James Ormond was shot and killed by a run-away slave while walking with his son Emanuel in 1817.  Captain Ormond and eventually his wife, Russell, were buried on their Spruce Creek plantation.  After the Captain's death Russell return to Scotland to live with son James Ormond II. James Ormond II, who had been born and raised in Scotland, came to live on "Damietta" with his mother and brother. In 1824, he sent to Scotland for his wife Isabella and young children Agnes, Russell, Helen and James III. James II died in 1829 and is buried on the Damietta Plantation. His Tombstone can still be seen in the park dedicated to the Ormond Family. In 1890, the Colony of New Britain was renamed Ormond after the pioneering family.  In 1950, it was decided that both the mainland and peninsula side of Ormond would be called Ormond Beach.

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